A bizarre technical glitch interrupted The Washington Post’s David Ignatius during a Thursday appearance on MSNBC’s “Hardball” with Chris Matthews.
Ignatius was talking about President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees taking “a hard line on Russia,” when a glitch made Ignatius appear to say “Russia” several times in succession.
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The MSNBC glitch occurred just hours after RT overtook C-SPAN’s confirmation feed for a full 10 minutes. An MSNBC spokesman told CNN’s Brian Stelter that, “the show was pre-taped but there was a technical glitch that was resolved in a matter of seconds.”
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A signal carrying the state-run Russia Today network cut into C-SPAN’s feed at 2:30 p.m., when Rep. Maxine Waters was voicing support for a strong Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Rep. Waters went on to mention Russia several times while the feed was interrupted, according to the New York Times.
Thursday morning, the CIA confirmation hearing was interrupted when the lights mysteriously went out during the hearing. The blackout occurred about ten minutes into the Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing for Representative Mike Pompeo.
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These "glitches" don't seem significant on their own but altogether … https://t.co/PiQpbU1Z7X
— Rachel Stoltzfoos (@RachelStoltz) January 13, 2017
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