Shellenberger Clashes with Ben Ferguson over Assange: ‘Why Are You Spreading Taliban Misinformation?’

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SHELLENBERGER: “You're repeating Taliban propaganda. You literally repeating Taliban --”
FERGUSON: “You cannot sit here --”
SHELLENBERGER: “-- propaganda at this moment. You're spreading Taliban misinformation.”
FERGUSON: “Do you actually -- let me ask you this, seriously, because I'm not -- I'm not dumb enough to buy what you're saying right now. Do you actually believe the Taliban wouldn't go out and kill people that we're working with the United States of America? Are you that dumb as a journalist to believe the Taliban doesn't kill and behead people, they betrayed them? Like, give me a break and wake up!”
SHELLENBERGER: “Why are you spreading Taliban misinformation? You're participating --”
FERGUSON: “I'm not spreading misinformation. They put videos online.”
SHELLENBERGER: “-- in the Taliban's propaganda information. Nothing you said --”
FERGUSON: “They put videos online.”
SHELLENBERGER: “-- nothing you said proves what you claim it proves.”
FERGUSON: “No you're just dumb. You're too stupid to actually look at the facts here.”