When Bill Taylor, the United States’ acting ambassador to Ukraine, began his testimony to the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday morning, MSNBC did what news networks will often do to educate viewers about the events unfolding onscreen: It offered a graphic providing contextual information. “Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine since June,” one bullet point noted, explaining Taylor’s most direct relevance to President Donald Trump’s impeachment hearings. “Testified he had ‘clear understanding’ aid tied to probes,” another bullet went, referencing the military support the U.S. had withheld from, and then given to, Ukraine. “Texted it would be ‘crazy’ to withhold Ukraine …read more
Source:: The Atlantic
