WEBVTT - NBC Drops Ronna McDaniel After Backlash & Now "Cowards" Are Criticizing the Decision

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<v Speaker 1>For the first time in a long time, somebody in

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<v Speaker 1>the media was on your side. And that's why Megan

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly so upset. N Ri Fleischer and you hew It

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<v Speaker 1>and all the rest of the people who got in

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<v Speaker 1>line stayed in line and will tell you that red

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<v Speaker 1>is blue and blue is yellow, whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>It is.

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<v Speaker 1>That can get them a buck. But at NBC News,

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<v Speaker 1>something extraordinary happened. A group of people did not get

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<v Speaker 1>in line. They stood tall, and that matters a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the warning. The chairman.

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<v Speaker 1>Of NBC News, Caesar Konda, has released a statement taking

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<v Speaker 1>full responsibility, accepting accountability, and severing his news network's ties

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<v Speaker 1>with the former RNC chairwoman and his briefly lived colleague,

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<v Speaker 1>Rana McDaniel. Here is what Caesar Conda said. There is

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<v Speaker 1>no doubt that the last several days have been difficult

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<v Speaker 1>for the news group. After listening to the legitimate concerns

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<v Speaker 1>of many of you, I've decided that Ronna McDaniel will

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<v Speaker 1>not be an NBC News contributor. The criticism from the

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<v Speaker 1>newsroom was more than just understandable. Of course, it was righteous.

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<v Speaker 1>It was indignant. It was a just revolt. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a declaration that integrity matters, that the standards of the

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<v Speaker 1>work matter, they're real, that the concept of truth, and

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<v Speaker 1>that it's assault that the ongoing event that has played

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<v Speaker 1>out as a continuum on the basis of nine long

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<v Speaker 1>years is in fact, authentic, real happening underway and continuing.

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<v Speaker 1>The very first official act of Donald Trump's four year

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<v Speaker 1>administration was a lie. His spokesperson came forward to assert

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<v Speaker 1>that a picture that showed a smaller crowd was in

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<v Speaker 1>fact an image of a crowd that was larger than

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<v Speaker 1>the image that showed the larger crowd. But it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>just a lie. It wasn't a prevarication of evasion. It

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a version of I didn't have sexual relations with

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<v Speaker 1>that woman. It wasn't an instance of puffery embellishment, nor

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<v Speaker 1>was it a lie of omission.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a lie of authority.

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<v Speaker 1>It demanded submission of intellectual agency for the purposes of belonging,

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<v Speaker 1>of being in good standing, being part of the team.

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<v Speaker 1>As Ronald McDaniel talked about, this era of American life

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<v Speaker 1>has been defined by an acquiescence of principle and abdication

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<v Speaker 1>of belief, brought on by a hollowness of character. In

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<v Speaker 1>the absence of character and conviction. Our politics has become

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<v Speaker 1>a sick reality show. Why is it that the American

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<v Speaker 1>people know who Nancy Mace is and Lauren Bober and

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<v Speaker 1>Marjorie Taylor Green and all the rest of this pack

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<v Speaker 1>of weirdos, this Star Wars bar scene menagerie of political creatures,

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<v Speaker 1>and not Abigail Spanberger, not the serious people who understand

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<v Speaker 1>the complexities of intricate policy in a consequential moment of

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<v Speaker 1>American history.

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<v Speaker 2>It is because it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is all part of a sick and cynical show, a

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<v Speaker 1>depraved one. The American news media is distrusted and despised

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<v Speaker 1>because the American people revile its cynicism and its dishonesties.

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<v Speaker 1>A perfect case in point was the cynicism of the

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<v Speaker 1>decision by the NBC News executives to do what they

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<v Speaker 1>did to throw away the legacy of the network, its traditions,

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<v Speaker 1>the work, career and sacrifices of the journalists there matter.

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<v Speaker 1>What David Bloom stood for, what Tim Russard stood for,

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<v Speaker 1>the career of Tom Brocaw, his mentorship. It impacted scores

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<v Speaker 1>of men and women to whom the NBC News logo,

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<v Speaker 1>its brand, its ethics, and its integrity means something.

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<v Speaker 2>Ronald mcdebe annual was not let go.

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<v Speaker 1>She was not revolted against because she was the Republican chairwoman.

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<v Speaker 1>She was revolted against because she was a liar who

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<v Speaker 1>was the Republican chairwoman. Had she only told lies to

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<v Speaker 1>her colleagues internally, it likely would not have been a

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<v Speaker 1>disqualification from being a paid colleague of news anchors on

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<v Speaker 1>a television network. But that's not what she did. What

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<v Speaker 1>she did was participate in one of the greatest lies

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<v Speaker 1>in the history of any free peoples, and without question,

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<v Speaker 1>the most dangerous lie of the twenty first century, one

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<v Speaker 1>of the most dangerous lives in all of American history.

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<v Speaker 1>The truth is this, The facts are as follows. The

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<v Speaker 1>election was not stolen. There were no problems with it

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<v Speaker 1>that mattered in its outcome. It was the most honest, fair, legitimate,

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<v Speaker 1>technically secure American election in the entire history of the Republic.

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<v Speaker 1>It has been slandered and defamed because of the authoritarian

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<v Speaker 1>ambitions and ego of a man Donald Trump, who refused

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<v Speaker 1>to concede to the judgment and the will of the

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<v Speaker 1>American people in an act of sedition against the Constitution

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<v Speaker 1>it was an assault on our way of life, on

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<v Speaker 1>our existence, and it was suborned by an army of

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<v Speaker 1>lies and liars in a general of that cause.

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<v Speaker 2>A leader in that effort.

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<v Speaker 1>Was the spectacularly clueless Ronald McDaniel, who, even today, flippantly

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<v Speaker 1>in an appearance on the network where she was so

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<v Speaker 1>shortly lived as an employee, cannot bring herself to acknowledge

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<v Speaker 1>for even a nanosecond the most simple of truths that

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<v Speaker 1>in a democracy, both sides must be prepared to govern,

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<v Speaker 1>as both sides must be prepared to concede. What Trump

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<v Speaker 1>did wasn't just divide the nation. He broke a tradition

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<v Speaker 1>that was the substance of the nation, that connected us

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<v Speaker 1>back to the beginning of the cause of liberty, the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that people in a grand experiment are capable of

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<v Speaker 1>self governance and assigning through the outcome of an election,

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<v Speaker 1>power temporarily with restraints, in the service of something bigger, brander,

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<v Speaker 1>that unites us all. A constitution that asserts the rule

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<v Speaker 1>of law is supreme in this land, not the tat

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<v Speaker 1>of a king or an emperor, or a caesar or

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<v Speaker 1>a Trump. There is a backlash now to the backlash

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<v Speaker 1>as they say. Ari Fleischer, who is a paid Saudi

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<v Speaker 1>agent and a Fox News contributor who flies the Saudi

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<v Speaker 1>flag on that network without it ever being disclosed, has

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<v Speaker 1>demanded retribution. Now he says no Republican should ever appear

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<v Speaker 1>on NBC News, as if what happened to Ronald McDaniel

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<v Speaker 1>is an indictment of a party, an indictment of an idea,

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to the condemnation of an action, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a lie. That's what she did wrong, and Ari Fleischer

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<v Speaker 1>knows that. But Ari Fleischer doesn't care about it, because

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<v Speaker 1>Ari too is somebody who has no business being on

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<v Speaker 1>a television network because of his absence of character. Ari Fleischer,

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<v Speaker 1>for twenty one years released on nine to eleven a

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<v Speaker 1>series of tweets documenting that day, and then he stopped

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<v Speaker 1>because he became a paid shill of the Saudi government

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<v Speaker 1>and he would be inconvenient to lament one of the

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<v Speaker 1>darkest days in American history lest it offend his new masters.

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<v Speaker 1>Because like Ronald McDaniel, if you buy Ari Fleischer, you

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<v Speaker 1>get his soul. The thing that unites Ari Fleischer and

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<v Speaker 1>Heraldo Rivera and Megan Kelly is shame.

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<v Speaker 2>They know.

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<v Speaker 1>That they did not do, could not do, would not do,

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<v Speaker 1>don't have the guts to ever do. What Chuck Todd did,

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<v Speaker 1>which was historic in an age of the weasel and

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<v Speaker 1>in an era of cowardice. What he said will long

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<v Speaker 1>be remembered, and its mythology will grow. It will become

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<v Speaker 1>a quote that is more expansive over time. Our bosses

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<v Speaker 1>owe you an apology, will come to me, all of

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<v Speaker 1>the media bosses, all of the bosses who put crap.

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<v Speaker 2>Like this on the air.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is what Megan Kelly hasn't understood about America.

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<v Speaker 2>She is like a cloistered person.

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<v Speaker 1>Hidden away from decency at Fox News, and she's had

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<v Speaker 1>a hard time adjusting in America. She's angry at NBC

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<v Speaker 1>News and the journalists there because they drew a line

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<v Speaker 1>at Ronald McDaniel as they drew a line at her comportment.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't just that Megan Kelly said it was okay

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<v Speaker 1>to wear blackface in twenty eighteen. It was that Meghan

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly said it was okay to wear blackface in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>and eighteen.

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<v Speaker 3>After doing this, Santa Claus should not be a white

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<v Speaker 3>man anymore. Yet another person claiming it's racist to have

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<v Speaker 3>a white Santa, you know. And by the way, for

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<v Speaker 3>all your kids watching at home, Sanna just is white.

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<v Speaker 3>But this person is just arguing that that maybe we

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<v Speaker 3>should we should also have a black Santa. But you know,

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<v Speaker 3>Santa is what he is. And just so you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we're just debating this because someone wrote about the kids.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course then is heralda Heraldo shows to sit

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<v Speaker 1>in a hive of lying and disinformation as it assaulted

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<v Speaker 1>the bonds of affection between Americans as a propagandized hatred

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<v Speaker 1>as it reawakened and extremism as it helped explode a

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<v Speaker 1>fair election into violence amid accusations of conspiracy, its posts

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<v Speaker 1>became tribunes of a new insanity, a madness.

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<v Speaker 2>One of them is a useful idiot of.

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<v Speaker 1>Such staggering dimensions for Vladimir Putin that his interview is

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<v Speaker 1>now part of the dictator's curriculum in Russian secondary education.

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<v Speaker 1>Quite an accomplishment, Quite a staggering achievement. What all of

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<v Speaker 1>these people do not seem to be able to comprehend,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps through their shame and the misery it imposes on them,

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<v Speaker 1>is a simple, an elemental.

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<v Speaker 2>Idea. The truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Matters and at NBC News, the audience knows for sure

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<v Speaker 1>that up and down the network, when a liar was

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<v Speaker 1>imposed on the people whose job it is, whose credibility

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<v Speaker 1>is on the line to tell you the truth, those

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<v Speaker 1>people would not be involved in lying to you. And

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<v Speaker 1>for the first time in a long time, somebody in

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<v Speaker 1>the media was on your side.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why Megan Kelly.

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<v Speaker 1>So upset, and Ari Fleischer and you hear it, and

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<v Speaker 1>all the rest of the people who got.

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<v Speaker 2>In line stayed in line.

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<v Speaker 1>And we'll tell you that red is blue and blue

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<v Speaker 1>is yellow, whatever it is that can get them a buck.

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<v Speaker 1>But at NBC News, something extraordinary happened. A group of

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<v Speaker 1>people did not get in line. They stood tall, and

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<v Speaker 1>that matters a lot in an error where most people

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<v Speaker 1>in positions of power and authority and influence, with credibility

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<v Speaker 1>to spare chose to lie down. Good for them and

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<v Speaker 1>shame on their critics. It's not that the criticism is unjust.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that it's so perfectly clear exactly where it comes from.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's a low place. It's the coward's place, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the liar's place. You deserve better, and you got it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good thing. Thank you for listening to my

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