Maddow has broken the broadcasting mold. She has succeeded as an avowed liberal on television precisely because she is not a liberal version of conservatives like Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. Unlike so many progressive media figures who sought to replicate the on-air habits of the aggressive shock jocks of the right, she stumbled upon a workable style for the left. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Even though MSNBC still gives Republican Scarborough three hours per day, more than Olbermann and Maddow combined, the opening in big corporate media for informed and progressive news and viewpoints is a major shift from the monolithic pro-war pro-bush anti-government bias that still dominates most of "maimstream" media. The article informs on the inside happenings of journalism, and reads well.
Enjoyable piece that gives good background on an emerging commentator who is bright and personable. How nice to hear someone who can take on the right with fact based challenges and very little of the righteous indignation common to many commentators on both the left and the right.
This is a light story with a definite liberal bias about an emerging liberal pundit, engaging more in facts than in ideology, who is getting her own show on MSNBC. The story, part entertainment reporting and part human interest, maintains an easy-to-read nonstrident tone.
I avoid TV and talk radio in general and pundits in particular but a talk show host who operates with facts rather than simple ideology and prefers civil discourse to anger sounds like she might be worth watching.
This story is good but falls into a trap. How has the difference between conservatives and liberals become defined by being factual and taking on the theater of the far right? Conservatives used to be those who were slow to accept change but thoughtful and rational in their approach. That does not describe the social conservatives. They are unconcerned with the facts. This article describes the difference between Rachel Maddow and Randi Rhodes. Rhodes appears to be the irrationally left and Maddow the thoughtful slightly to the left
This is an excellent review of the birth of the liberal/progressive point of view in the 21st Century of media broadcasting. Having been a political junkie my entire life (I am 65 years old), I never seen the two back to back shows that held my interest as a liberal that seeks facts not hyberpole. What will be very interesting is when Senator Obama is elected president (I am engaging in the power of positive thinking), what will these two liberal pundits offer to us of will want to President Obama's feet to the fire for "real change". It will be very interesting.
It appears to be a very in depth story about this incredible woman. She is a breath of fresh air and is one of only two really decent newscasters on Cable. Olberman paved the way for her and Rachel is just as good and maybe even smarter. Cable and networks are owned by big business companies, virtually all of them conservative Republicans and worse. The handwriting is on the wall and hopefully there will be more people like these two eventually, but I'm not holding my breath. Matthews and Russert were mostly phonies pretending to be non partisan and they are obviously doing the bidding of their masters. Alan Colmes is a sad case, a decent man on quasi fascist Fox. Blitzer and Gregory are the same old ... More »
I love having at least one more honest and intelligent person on Cable news and admit I never watch the Networks and get my news online from dozens of sources. I've never voted for a Republican and I am 76 years old. I knew in my 20's Republicans were not going to do anything for me and I have been proven right. Their party is just no good and always has been. Abe Lincoln was more concerned with saving the Union than freeing slaves. Yes, Democrats have been bad at ... More »
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