MSNBC host Ali Velshi claimed that unlike Fox News, the people who watch him do not believe in conspiracy theories. Part of the panel included former Biden disinformation czar Nina Jankowicz, who left the Department of Homeland Security in disgrace after it was revealed what she was hired to do.
"My audience doesn’t have conspiracy theorists in it. Right, so what does this content war mean? What does this volume of information mean? I can sit here and book you guys on the show and debunk these conspiracy theories that my viewer didn't have in the first place. And the people out there bathing in the cesspool of conspiracy are not watching me," said Velshi.
Jankowicz said she is suing Fox News for spreading "conspiracy theories" about her and the role she had for a short period of time at DHS.
"I think there needs to consequences for people who are ruining people's lives, lying for profit," she added.
MSNBC’s @AliVelshi: Unlike Fox News, “my audience doesn’t have conspiracy theorists in it … people bathing in the cesspool of conspiracy are not watching me.” pic.twitter.com/xeCLySecpS
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 15, 2023
Velshi and his guests had promoted various aspects of the debunked -Russian collusion claims multiple times during Donald Trump's presidency.
Definitely no fake news or conspiracies on Ali Velshi’s show https://t.co/CJRNhyq5ma pic.twitter.com/JWEpanwk5n
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 15, 2023
Likewise, Velshi downplayed the BLM riots while on the ground in Minneapolis, saying the riot that riot, with a burning building behind him, was not "unruly."