MSNBC’s Morning Joe devoted much of its coverage on Thursday to the Department of Justice indictment of two employees of Russian state media who allegedly funneled money into American, right-wing media outlets as part of a disinformation campaign designed to interfere with the 2024 election.
Co-host Willie Geist spoke to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and asked him about his thoughts on what he found in the 32-page indictment and what it meant for how the country receives its news:
Geist: What is your reaction to what you read in those more than 30 pages of the Justice Department indictment, laying out chapter and verse how a state media organization in Russia — therefore, the Russian government — funneled money to conservative influencers to spout their propaganda here in the US?
Murphy: This is a stunning indictment, and it really shows potentially how deeply integrated Russia is with …