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mzmolly

(52,653 posts)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:38 PM Wednesday

MSNBC (MSNOW) reporter is lying about conditions in MN.

Noem said ice was trying to dig themselves out of snow banks which was somehow part of the excuse for cold-blooded murder. Bullshit!

The reporter speaking to this (just now) said that they dealt with a lot of black ice and precarious conditions getting to the scene. Absolute garbage! There is no “black ice” when it’s 38° outside. The snow is melting, driving conditions are safe today.

There was no ice vehicle stuck in a snowbank being impeded by the poor woman who was murdered.

I have no idea why the reporter would lie for Noem.

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MSNBC (MSNOW) reporter is lying about conditions in MN. (Original Post) mzmolly Wednesday OP
Local reporter or national reporter? haele Wednesday #1
Whoever was reporting for MSNBC mzmolly Wednesday #3
Not doubting you of course senseandsensibility Wednesday #2
MSNOW, sorry. Re CNN, OMG. mzmolly Wednesday #6
I tuned in to see what she was saying now senseandsensibility Wednesday #9
I feel a bit bad for the young man now. mzmolly Wednesday #11
There's no black ice, its just slushy. sboatcar Wednesday #4
Stay safe! mzmolly Wednesday #8
You don't know why? RockRaven Wednesday #5
They're lying for Noem because that's what the release/statement from Noem said. WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #7
Just another Minneapolis/St P resident. ....No Ice, No Snow, Just slush Sweet Rosie Red Wednesday #10

haele

(15,093 posts)
1. Local reporter or national reporter?
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:43 PM
Wednesday

Local reporter would know better, National reporter might just be talking off the top of their head in an attempt to sound like they're considering all the contributing conditions.

mzmolly

(52,653 posts)
3. Whoever was reporting for MSNBC
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:46 PM
Wednesday

earlier today. It’s one thing to consider conditions. It’s another to make them up.

senseandsensibility

(24,259 posts)
2. Not doubting you of course
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:46 PM
Wednesday

and I know that Alex Tabet has received a lot of criticism (he's the MSNOW reporter) but if you think that's bad, Whitney Wild on CNN seems to be auditioning for FAUX. During several "hits" she spoke among a yelling crowd so that you could not understand her or the crowd. She was doing this to emphasize how rowdy and out of control the crowd was. The way I know this is because when asked, she put the microphone closer to her mouth and it was easy to hear her. Yet she had to be asked to do it every time they returned to her. Then she kept blaming the "local" law enforcement and repeating that that's who the crowd was mad at, not ICE. Even Dana Bash had to correct her on that one. She then kept tying this incident into the George Floyd protests in an obvious effort to scare the public about "violent" protestors when it was ICE that killed someone. Sorry for the long post but it was jaw droppingly bad reporting.

senseandsensibility

(24,259 posts)
9. I tuned in to see what she was saying now
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 03:09 PM
Wednesday

and if she had changed her tune. She gave a more balanced report, kind of a he-said she-said tone quoting Noem and then Jacob Frey who called reports of self defense "bullshit". But then she again inexplicably said the crowd was angry at local police, and called the crowd angry when she was surrounded by peaceful people milling around.

mzmolly

(52,653 posts)
11. I feel a bit bad for the young man now.
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:28 PM
Wednesday

He was probably just trying to be fair and is not used to Minnesota winters.

I know this was a traumatic day for him and others who witnessed the murder and the aftermath.

sboatcar

(727 posts)
4. There's no black ice, its just slushy.
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:46 PM
Wednesday

Their narrative is 100% bullshit. I live in the neighborhood, and unless they drove directly into the snowbanks like idiots, there's no way they'd be stuck. Also, in running errands now, I've seen at least a dozen black SUVs with blacked out windows and out of state plates driving all over south Minneapolis. Things might get out of hand here.

Sweet Rosie Red

(9 posts)
10. Just another Minneapolis/St P resident. ....No Ice, No Snow, Just slush
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 04:30 PM
Wednesday

Mr Sweet and I were out driving around South Nashville and arrived home about the time this happened. Small patches of melting ice in parking lots, roads were clear and plowed, Where did ICE find a snow bank to get stuck in?

I mourn for the family, community and country. And I am pissed beyond expression. No Human Being is illegal!

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