On Monday’s version of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Present, the eponymous host lashed out at Republican West Virginia Governor Jim Justice for daring to make use of his energy as Governor to reform the corrupt leftist public broadcasting system in his state. Whereas many conservatives would like it’s defunded totally and be pressured to compete within the free market like each different information outlet, Justice apparently sought a center floor and was nonetheless attacked by the likes of Maddow for it. 

Maddow began off by crying that “Jim Justice in West Virginia has declared conflict on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.”

In line with Maddow and different leftists public broadcasting “is more and more essential as a information supply in West Virginia significantly because the information enterprise has led to the collapse of a number of native gathering information operations.” 

“However at West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Jim Justice has determined that’s received to go too. So he’s gotten rid of the skilled management,” she mentioned.

Solely leftists like Maddow assume the bureaucrats in public broadcasting are “skilled management.”

“He put in his personal communications director as the brand new CEO and now they’ve began firing reporters who’ve reported on scandals and failures in Governor Justice’s administration,” Maddow claimed. 

Maddow then predicted that different Republican governors across the nation “will see what he is doing and attempt to emulate it themselves.”

“As a result of that is what’s in fashion proper now on the American far proper. It’s a race to outdo one another with these things now,” Maddow cried. 

She then tried to check reforming or defunding leftwing public broadcasting to third-world dictators who crack down on the liberty of the press: “we’ve seen this playbook a number of completely different locations. We are able to see all of it all over the world.” 

In what’s apparent to everybody however Maddow and her leftwing viewers, there’s a distinction between reforming or defunding taxpayer-funded propaganda and stifling free and impartial media. 

If the federal government went after MSNBC, that may be a violation of the First Modification. That isn’t the case with publicly funded radio or tv. 

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MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Present
2/13/2023
9:16:54 p.m. Jap

RACHEL MADDOW: Simply right this moment, in West Virginia. NPR reporting on how Republican Governor Jim Justice in West Virginia has declared conflict on West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Which is more and more essential as a information supply in West Virginia significantly because the information enterprise has led to the collapse of a number of native gathering information operations. 

However at West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Jim Justice has determined that’s received to go too. So he’s gotten rid of the skilled management. He put in his personal communications director as the brand new CEO and now they’ve began firing reporters who’ve reported on scandals and failures in Governor Justice’s administration. 

I may describe that West Virginia state of affairs as a scandal. I believe for many Individuals who worth the concept of a free and impartial press, it might be seen as a scandal. However simply watch. If what Jim Justice is doing with the media in West Virginia, if that begins getting nationwide consideration. 

Simply watch, different Republican governors will see what he is doing and attempt to emulate it themselves. As a result of that is what’s in fashion proper now on the American far proper. It’s a race to outdo one another with these things now. And we all know the place it ends. We’ve seen this playbook a number of completely different locations. We are able to see all of it all over the world.