Ed Schultz Is Defending Donald Trump’s RT America Interview

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Mediaite

Liberal TV host and former MSNBC star Ed Schultz put out a video Friday in which he lit into the Clinton campaign and the media for raising questions over Donald Trump‘s Thursday night appearance on his current network.

Trump spoke with Larry King on his Russia Today show, which was intriguing to some because it meant that Trump was following his most recent Vladimir Putin sweet-talk by appearing on the Kremlin’s own network. That interest was compounded by the fact that discussion focused on whether Russian agents were responsible for the DNC hack right before their convention months ago.

These factors have caused both Hillary Clinton and numerous media figures to alternatively question and highlight Trump’s cozy relationship with the Russian president. Schultz is also an anchor for RT America, and he lashed out at Clinton, the media, and CNN in particular for insinuating that Trump’s interview was “unpatriotic.”

Schultz lambasted Clinton for never having granted interviews to the network, and said the idea that Putin hacked the DNC was manufactured by her campaign. Schultz invited her campaign to come on his show, but said they will not because connecting Trump to Putin is Clinton’s top strategy to win the White House.

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/liberal-host-ed-schultz-is-defending-donald-trumps-rt-america-interview/

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Fuck you, Ed, you big, fat Russian tool. Hope RT's 30 pieces of silver were worth it.



Guess the sell-out missed the part where Trump himself called on the Russians to keep hacking.

[still_one]

1. It didn't take him that long to go back to his right wing roots

[FighttheFuture]

3. Really? Pfaugh.

[still_one]

15. yeah, really

http://www.salon.com/2011/04/14/ed_schultz_right_wing_past/

[FighttheFuture]

21. That deos not mean he returned to it. Really!!! Its no secret that Ed was RW a LONG

time ago. He's even talked about it many times. The point is he changed and has become more left that ever; to the point that the corporate whores at MSNBC ended him there. I'm glad to hear Ed on a network that also presents people like Thom Hartmann and Christopher Hayes.

I guess those people are too Russian Red for your delicate sensibilities, too.

[still_one]

59. I may have issues with RT, but I was going after Schulz, and his implication that poor DT

was being unfairly attacked.

My impression is Schulz will go whoever will pay him the most. Doesn't matter which side

[lark]

100. Are you supporting russia?

I totally loathe russia under Pootey Poot because it's a violent dictatorship, not a haven for workers, totally the opposite. Putin is nothing but murdering and country thieving thug and can't believe I'm seeing even a hint of approval here. This is a country that puts gays in jail, won't let them work and that is actively trying to steal Ukraine back.

I'm about as far left as they come, love the socialism practiced in Europe, but Russia is not even in the same class at all. Their communism is really just a type of oligarchy and now a dictatoriship.

[George II]

105. Point?

[Blue Idaho]

2. Media Whore

Returns to his roots.

[FighttheFuture]

4. bullshit.

[Major Nikon]

5. No shortage of RT fans on DU

As far as I'm concerned, fuck RT and fuck Ed Schultz. He's nothing more than Putin's mouthpiece now.

[metroins]

9. I'm completely on your side

RT is anti American.

[elmac]

80. Oh brother

Here we go again,French fries or American Fries

[FighttheFuture]

10. Why is that? Could it be that RT News is much better than you realize? this isn't 1960 coldwar.

That's long past.

[zentrum]

14. +1

[metroins]

20. It's worse.

How on earth you can support such an un-American organization and speech is beyond.

[FighttheFuture]

25. Well, its called reporting real news, its called shows like The Big Picture by Thom Hartmann,

or Christopher Hayes show (if you can find it (Sat 8-8:30pm CST but its called the wrong name, RT is a bunch of idiots when it comes to publishing their schedule properly) or Lee Camps satire.

RT will report things on their general news programs more in the region of Russian or the banned Russian athletes saga, but so what? Its no more than any crap reported in this country's "news" organization that glosses over Americas bullshit in the world or puts dome corporate spin on it. Ignore that if you want. It's not hard if you have half a brain.

There is simply too much good news and programs available on RT that you will not be able to obtain on the US Corporate Controlled "news" and the whores that work it.

[metroins]

30. Being fed what the Russians tell you to say

If you call that reporting, I'm not sure what to think of you.

Anti American bullshit.

[FighttheFuture]

37. You are an fool if you think Hartmann is being "fed" by anyone to say what he does not believe.

[Adrahil]

56. Hartmann is there because they pay him. And they pay him...

... because he say things that serve their agenda. RT America is a very sophisticated propaganda operation. It's "real" enough to be convincing to a receptive audience, but make no mistake, The Kremlin does not fund news which does not serve their interests.

[SCVDem]

69. But I listen to Thom

on I heart radio.

It seems right wingers are the only ones who can't smell bullshit! Cough, Fox news.

I listen and decide what is an extreme viewpoint, be it RT, NBC, CBS et al.

Ed jumped the shark.

I hope the shark jumps higher!

[maddiemom]

98. Yes.

Sadly too many Americans have lost the ability to make their own judgements. No more critical thinking. Just be fed what they want to hear instead of "we report (as WE see it, actually); you decide." Ironic what outfit came up with that idea. As a liberal, I wanted to make myself familiar with Fox "news." I wonder if most of these outraged RT critics have thoughtfully really watched RT. Well, if it means they won't vote for Trump, I guess I'll give them a pass.

[Drunken Irishman]

85. Hartmann offers critiques of America.

They're valid critiques but it plays right into the hands of what type of network they want.

Has Hartmann ever been critical of Putin on his RT show?

[William769]

61. Corporate Controlled as compared to State run & controlled.

Got cha.

[Tarheel_Dem]

76. Is that really what they call it?

RT, originally Russia Today, is a television network funded by the Russian government.[5][6] It operates cable and satellite television channels directed to audiences outside of Russia as well as providing Internet content in various languages, including Russian.

RT has frequently been called a propaganda outlet for the Russian government[12][13][14] and its foreign policy[12][14][15][16] by news reporters,[17][18] including former RT reporters.[19][20][21] RT has also been accused of spreading disinformation.[18][22][23][24][25] The United Kingdom media regulator, Ofcom, has repeatedly found RT to have breached rules on impartiality, and of broadcasting "materially misleading" content.[26][27][28] RT states that it merely offers a Russian perspective on global events.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)

[elmac]

82. Yes, I would rather get my news from RT or Radio Havana Cuba

then that canned corporate crap like MSNBS, CNN or Fox so called news

[lark]

101. Your praising them because they aren't that much different than american media?

MSM in America are profit whores and for the rich, seems like RT is the same for Russia. However, one is our country and one wants to destroy our country, funny you should side with the american haters?

[Major Nikon]

24. The cold war has fuck all to do with Putin's corruption

He's a corrupt despotic piece-of-shit that directly manipulates state owned media to lie about his corruption.

And no, it's not better than I realize. It's a piece of shit owned and controlled by a piece of shit. Even Fox News is a glowing example of journalistic integrity by comparison.

[FighttheFuture]

28. Right... RT has that 24/7 Putin programming on!!! Oh my stars!!! Do you even know what the fuck you

are talking about?

Go watch Hartman's show (6-7pm CST M-F) or Christopher Hayes (Sat 8-8:30pm CST (maybe)). Ignore the rest if you want. For those shows it is all worth it.

[metroins]

33. Hartman is a no nothing anti Demoxrat

[FighttheFuture]

38. Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha....goofiest thing I've heard in a long time.

[Kathy M]

86. Hartman describes himself as

"Hartmann is considered to have progressive/liberal politics (although he describes himself as part of the radical middle).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Hartmann

[lark]

102. Tsk, tsk

[Major Nikon]

39. If you're going to employ strawman bullshit, you really should do a better job of it

As it is you're sucking at it pretty badly.

Even if Putin brought back the MDA telethon and found another Al Capone vault, it wouldn't change the fact that he and his network are a piece of dogshit.

[FighttheFuture]

43. Talk aout strawman suckage... Go watch a few of the shows I mentioned, or just HArtmann, and

then tell me all the Putin Propaganda you think you see.

[Major Nikon]

48. OK, I'll talk about strawman suckage

I never claimed every single aspect of RT was Putin propaganda, so by claiming that's what I wrote and proceeding to destroy your own manufactured argument is the epitome of strawman bullshit.

By doubling down on this nonsense even after being called out for it, you've now gone into strawman suckage² territory.

If Hartmann is so desperate for either money or airtime (or both) that he wants to legitimize a despot's mouthpiece by associating with him, then fuck him too. I wouldn't tune into that network if they had exclusive rights to broadcast the second coming of Jebus.

[oberliner]

44. Have either of those shows every said anything critical about Putin?

Or Russian foreign or domestic policy?

[Major Nikon]

67. Well they haven't turned up dead from polonium-210

So I'm thinking the answer is no.

[oberliner]

92. Exactly

I don't understand how people can speak positively about a Russian propaganda channel.

[Tempest]

62. Well this comes as no surprise

A newbie defending Russian propaganda.

How much does Putin pay?

[LiberalLoner]

66. I was noticing the Russian "accent" in the writing to be honest....

[LovingA2andMI]

73. +1

[elmac]

81. Yes, and to all the haters out there

Watching and enjoying "The Americans" TV show doesn't make me a commi either.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

16. Yup

See 4 & 14.

[Duckhunter935]

29. Well stated

[Odin2005]

113. The Hate-America-Firsters

They'll support any dictator that shits on the US.

[Major Nikon]

114. True

Also those who like Alex Jones level of conspiracy theory nutbaggery.

[redstateblues]

6. I never bought his "Progressive" schtick. Kind of Colbert Report in reverse.

Comrade Shultz

[FighttheFuture]

12. Guess he wasn't enough of a corporate cocksucker for MSNBC.

Glad to see Ed is back on.... along with Thom Hartman, Christopher Hayes, Lee Camp...

[paleotn]

36. You know as much

...of why Schultz was shown the door as just about anyone else. Pulling stuff our of your arse doesn't count as first hand knowledge. Could it have been his positions on trade deals? Maybe, but you nor I know that for sure.

[FighttheFuture]

41. What I do know, form a network that has "Monring Joe" on, and a habit of ejecting

people who speak up on issues that, while most agree with them, upset the corporate whores that run it it the usual pattern. So, what ever you think I "pull out o my arse" is much better than the crap you peddle.

[paleotn]

50. That's still not first hand knowledge. Just supposition....

...Show me where Schultz or anyone else stated he was canned due to his advocacy of certain issues?

MSNBC has never been a liberal, anti-fox network. To think so is silly. They're a profit making operation based on advertising and eyeballs. Nothing more. Nothing less. If Schultz had said he ate kittens for breakfast every morning, and it sold, he'd still be prime time.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

70. So now he sucks Putin's cock instead of MSNBC's? nt

[Kathy M]

87. Could have been ratings ...

Never could watch / listen to his show ( Ed )

[paleotn]

7. Ed sold out....

...As though working for the kleptocrat's mouth piece wasn't bad enough, now this crap. My father use to say, wait long enough and someone's true character will come out. As usual, he was right.

[metroins]

11. No. Propaganda bullshit

RT is trash and below even Fix News.

Russian propaganda.

[FighttheFuture]

13. Maybe you should watch it sometime... if your delicate sensibilities can survive it.

Frankly, you do not know what you are talking about.

[metroins]

17. No. You don't know what you're talking about.

I've watched and I've read their website.


RT is propaganda bullshit.

[FighttheFuture]

22. Bullshit. Hartmann, HAyes, Lee Camp, the news is very good.

If you don't like some Russian travel program don't watch it. Whatever russian bent they may have on the news, ignore it if you don't like it. That's irrelevant, frankly. The news they report you do not see on the shit that passes for news here in Corporate-State America.

[metroins]

27. Bullshit yourself

Subterfuge and whoring is what RT is with its propaganda.

Finding talking heads willing to be paid to bash America.

RT is propaganda and is full of shit.

[FighttheFuture]

46. No... go double bullshit yourself... blah, blah.

[ReRe]

88. The dude protests just a little too much...

... IMHO.

[lark]

103. Don't understand something,

I may be misinterpreting this, but you seem to be anti Democratic principals, so why are you here? RT can have some good (to me) programming, but it never ever allows the truth about putin or russia and is only a propaganda machine for them. Yes, they like the anti-corporate talk from america, but covering the hacking of our political system by their country, the deliberate destabilization of Ukraine and efforts to steal that country, nope you will never ever hear a word about that there.

[still_one]

26. RT, originally Russia Today, is a television network funded by the Russian government

"RT has frequently been called a propaganda outlet for the Russian government and its foreign policy by news reporters, including former RT reporters. RT has also been accused of spreading disinformation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)

Also I believe Mr. Schultz is endorsing Stein, so as far as I am concerned, he is an idiot.

He also is dumber than a toad

[FighttheFuture]

34. Which is why I watch Hartmann's show, and a couple of others. I really do not care that

much about RT news, any more so than MSM "news". Still they do provide information which is often better than the crap you see on MSNBC, etc. I also like Ed Schultz, regardless who he endorses (as long as it is not Trump), because he actually speaks to issues that the majority of the people in this country care about.

[oberliner]

45. He does support Trump

Have you ever actually listened to him talk about Trump and Clinton?

[FighttheFuture]

47. YEah and I really do not see it. Its certzainly nowhere near the MSM and their pandering passes the

give Trump.

[oberliner]

49. Maddow and O'Donnell have been tearing Trump apart on MSNBC

I've been impressed.

[FighttheFuture]

58. Which is fucking easy to do; sure I appreciate it, but I would rather have better news on many

other subjects that MSNBC anchors have to be careful where they tread. I know Trump sucks worse than anything we have seen in our politics at that level (presidential) since I remember, probably in the history of this country.

If I want real information I'll listen to Hartmann on RT and his show, or Amy Goodman. IF I want real deep analysis Christoer HAyes. Decent reporting on working people's issues, injustices, Ed Shultz, he is there with that. I don't see it on American MSM including MSNBC which is why I gave up on that mess a long time ago. the amount of viewing I would have to waste on them is to have some kernel of truth is not worth it.

[oberliner]

93. There should be better news coverage, I agree

But a Russian government controlled propaganda channel is not the answer.

[still_one]

52. I never said anything negative about Thom Hartmann. I suspect he uses RT as

his outlet to keep his costs down. There is no comparison between Thom Hartmann and Ed Schultz. Hartmann is extremely intelligent

[jknudsen]

71. Sad

Sad but let's be real here don't you think the MSM is Distributing misinformation in this country

[still_one]

89. yes. My main argument is with Schultz defending trump

[DonCoquixote]

63. when they do a show about LGBT

that actually speaks against the homophoboia that Putin and others have encouraged, then I will believe it is not A Putin Puppet.

And you are right, this is not about the Cold War, because Putin is just Stalin without the idealism of the USSR.

[CentralMass]

18. Ed was pissed in 2008 when she wouldn't go on his show.

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. What an asshole

SMDH

[keithbvadu2]

23. Of course Trump has every right to speak against America on Putin's meidia

[FighttheFuture]

32. Riiighhhtt. It's not like he has that chance on our American MSM media... oh wait, he DOES.

All the time.

[paleotn]

40. And we have every right to call him a tool.....

....Putin's little finger puppet.

[Adrahil]

31. Sold his soul for some Putin rubles.

Fucking pathetic.

[saltpoint]

35. Ed forgets that someone in fact did that

hacking, and that sober observers in key places suggested Russia as a player of interest.

Hillary Clinton is on firm ground to suspect the Russians while pounding Trump for inviting Russia to hack away.

Schultz should reconcile the disparity relational to his slam on Clinton. If he cannot, he should apologize.

[FighttheFuture]

53. Valid but irrlevant points; his slam is for them conflating Trump with Putin using RT

news interview. that is the stupidity here. They are as valid as any other news organization to interview Trump.

These hacks into the DNC are not clear who did it at this point. It could be Russia. I would also suspect the Republican party. They did hack the Democrats in the House and Senate computers back during Bu$hitCo's years, as I recall.

The other problem is this information that was hacked as not been shown to be false. It was true! Oppps!

Now, I think Trump has something going on with either Putin or Russian oligarchic (re: criminal) interests for his business deals/funding and he is very suspect for that. Yet all we keep hearing is Hillary's emails or some half assed hack of mysterious origins. Where is the real investigation into Trump?? Given the state of our media and politics, we may never know.

All people can do here is try to make this mole hill into some russian-commie mountain while there is much good information and programs available on RT News. We just cut off our own noses for little petty bullshit and dubious gains.

I'll take the information I see on RT like Thom Hartmann or Christpher Hayes or Ed Shultx (who has really reported on the Indian protests on the pipeline) over any shit form the American MSM. For American news I would take Colbert or the Daily Show or Larry Wilmore show (RIP) or BBC News any day.

[saltpoint]

57. Relevant correspondent to the clarity of

Schultz's denigration of the Democratic candidate.

To my knowledge there is no comprehensive / verifiable source that presents what was hacked or who did the hacking, but apart from what is apparently our mutual disregard for mainstream media, media, including MSM outlets, are within bounds to report the FBI's assertion that Russia appears to be a taproot suspect for the hack.

We will or we will not ever know, but in the meanwhile, any media source reporting on this event has some in-zone and firm-ground obligation to reference the FBI's public statements.

[fleabiscuit]

74. It's easy to be duped if one is in the right mindset....

"...the Russian Government, headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, included ANO "TV-Novosti" in the list of core organizations of strategic importance of Russia..."

Umm...

[Old and In the Way]

107. If you offered me a turd with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles on top...

I still wouldn't eat it.

[EricMaundry]

42. Fuck you, Ed

Seriously.

[TimeToGo]

51. Ychhh

[a kennedy]

54. This makes me so sad......he was HUGE labor fan.....now he's one of them.

[ErikJ]

55. Ed is still in pro-Bernie anti-Clinton mode

[Adrahil]

75. He knows who ultimately signs his checks..... NT

[ErikJ]

77. He was quite anti-Hillary for the past year.

so he prob has trouble switching to pro-Hillary. He's old.

[Gothmog]

60. Russia TV is his new employer

[Thinkingabout]

64. Everyone is entitled to select their preference, I do this also, it isn't

RT. I used to listen to Ed nightly but somewhere he left his original positions and went too far away from myself. Sorry Ed, Hillary probably will not be on your show.

[shawn703]

65. RT's coverage of the annexation of Crimea

Told me all I need to know about their agenda. One of the reporters was actually brave enough to quit on the air over it. Not Schultz, he's a tool and will carry the water for anyone who sign his paycheck.

[roamer65]

68. RT America is a channel designed to incite discord in the United States.

I refuse to view it based on that fact.

Same reason I refused to listen to Radio Moscow when I used to listen to shortwave.

[mrmpa]

72. What flavor was the kool-aid he drank...........eom

[secondwind]

78. OMG, I used to love watching his show! I can't believe what I am reading!!!! omg

[Drunken Irishman]

79. Him going on a foreign-owned television network and attacking the President IS unpatriotic.

Especially one of our adversary.

[Midnight Writer]

83. Right. Bottom line is Trump is on Russian TV praising Putin and insulting Obama

Millions of Russians are watching one of our top political leaders say that their corrupt dictator is superior and stronger than the United States' weak kneed President. Who does that serve? Whose interests are advanced here? Sure not the United States.

Instead, it lends legitimacy to a dictator who is the antithesis of American values.

How in the f#*king hell can anyone defend this?

[Drunken Irishman]

84. Bingo and I'm tired of our media, and now supposed liberal allies, giving this fascist cover.

[Vinca]

90. Maybe Ed's got a line in his contract that allows Pooty Poot to execute him

if he doesn't toe the line. Ed . . . what the hell have you done with your life?????

[standingtall]

91. Sad to see this

Ed was a stand up guy at MSNBC and now he has decided to toe the line to appease his new employer kissing up to Trump. Would be one thing to say that it has not been uncommon for American politicians to appear on RT. So no big deal,but insinuate that the Clinton campaign is manufacturing news to villify Trump in regards to Putin is totally dishonest. No news needs to manufacture about Trump. His own mouth does it for him. He's an asshole.

[MBS]

96. " " " n/t

[dembotoz]

94. ahhhhh dems are a fickle bunch lets throw ed under the bus

he established his left credentials clearly when scummy walker starting fucking over unions in wisconsin.

but alas long ago and far away huh?????????????????????????

it would be nice if we had a lefty tv network like the right has....

msnbc is a pathetic joke

i want to start a rant but it would only get me alerted

[workinclasszero]

95. Damn is Ed on Putin's payroll with Trump?

Sickening!

[lark]

99. OMG, WTF happened here?

Ed Schultz, seriously, OMG I am so extremely disappointed. He has to get this and is just lying, or does he too have Clinton Derangement Syndrome? For the first time ever, I am happy he lost his show. Good, this turncoat against the people doesn't deserve the tv format, or any format with this level of dumb. Doe he really think that drumpf will be better for workers, if so, he need to take a long leave and get lots and lots and lots of therapy.

[George II]

104. He's a hack, strictly out for the money. And they called the Clinton campaign "Camp Weathervane"?

[radical noodle]

106. I once liked Ed

but I don't simply like commentators, I like the truth. The truth is that Ed got more and more extreme in some of his claims and I quit watching him before he was turned loose from MSNBC. As a people we would be smarter to listen to content than blindly following anything a favorite pundit says.

It is entirely inappropriate for anyone running for POTUS to appear on a propaganda machine for a Russian dictator. JMHO

[FairWinds]

108. Yesterday I watched the brilliant Naomi Prins on RT . .

She is rarely if ever on the US corporate MSM,

http://www.nomiprins.com/media/

Another good reason to watch RT.

And by the way, you can always tell on DU when posters
have ZERO facts on their side.

All they have is obscene name calling.

Really juvenile.

[Tempest]

109. Seriously?

The so-called journalist who blamed the Clintons for the banking crisis during the Bush administration?

There's a reason she's RT loves her. She has the same conspiracy theories and propaganda Russia spouts.

[FairWinds]

111. The so-called journalist who authored five books?

to which one(s) do you object? Why?

And BTW, she's also a former director of Goldman (Sacks)

Here is her upcoming speaking schedule - http://www.nomiprins.com/events/

OMG, she's spoke in China !! Obviously a commie !! Why does she hate America ??

(Sarcasm Alert)

[ButterflyBlood]

110. Fuck that traitor

He's a modern day Alger Hiss.

[Odin2005]

112. Oh no, not Ed, too!!!