Trumps' Taxes - Maddow has them - story at 9 EST

[Landlord]

It wouldn't be on Msnbc if it was something...

 

 

If you're being serious, then I don't think you understand how journalism works very well.

[Danny Bateman]

I'm not seeing where it's illegal for the media to release tax returns, only the preparers, government officials, or others involved in processing the tax return. Here's the US Code: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103

 

This might be right. I'm pretty sure now that it's a crime to LEAK them, not for journos to publish them if they happen to come into possession of them through another source.

[NM11046]

Two things:

 

1. I love that Easy D is watching Rachel Maddow right now.
2. I also love that the viewership of this will likely be higher than his inauguration.

[Making Chimichangas]

[NM11046]

So the WH came out with a statement disclosing some info in order to try and get ahead of Rachel Maddow .... so doesn't that prove that he's able to disclose even if he is "being audited".

[zoogs]

I'm skeptical. The point is he refused to release them. There's probably nothing extremely explosive. It's like he wanted to distract the media with something and played the "I've got a secret and I won't tell" game.

[NM11046]

I'm skeptical. The point is he refused to release them. There's probably nothing extremely explosive. It's like he wanted to distract the media with something and played the "I've got a secret and I won't tell" game.

I agree - I don't think its too farfetched to think he may have even leaked them in order to distract us from something else ....

[zoogs]

It's also sounding like the people tuning into Maddow are feeling like suckers. It's the dangerously symbiotic relationship between Trump and the media, in my opinion. They don't really care whether there's a real story here or not. They do know that this means eyeballs for them. Lots of eyeballs. For a 1040 from 2005.

 

Congrats, MSNBC. And congratulations, Donald Trump. Always winning the media cycle.

[ZRod]

 

It wouldn't be on Msnbc if it was something...

 

 

If you're being serious, then I don't think you understand how journalism works very well.

I am, and I do.

[NM11046]

And quietly news just came out that Comey plans to announce whether or not Rusaia investigation will move forward tomorrow.

[Landlord]

 

 

It wouldn't be on Msnbc if it was something...

 

If you're being serious, then I don't think you understand how journalism works very well.

I am and I do.

 

 

 

 

There's at least a small chance that Trump 'leaked' these himself, but regardless, the media is comprised of actual individual people doing independent work. That means that there are thousands of sources with access to different things, with their own biases and motivations, and also thousands of journalists looking for scoops. It's investigative work that relies on luck and connections moreso than it does on fairness and prestige.

 

 

The implication of your sentence is that monumental news only comes from highly regarded, non-partisan sources. That's silly and demonstrably false.

[ZRod]

No. If it was big it would be on the main network and web page. There's no way an editor is going to just let this stay on a cable network.

[Apathy]

[knapplc]

Maddow is on TV, trying to get ratings. This is only a "failure" for her if her ratings don't increase.

[zoogs]

Yeah, I think ZRod is right on this one. If it were an explosive story it'd be dropped in a NYT expose. Not "please tune in for an hourlong special on cable TV."

 

That stuff is for things like Lebron to Miami. And if all this hubub was for basically nothing, then Maddow deserves to have her credibility damaged.