Rachel Maddow: Political Game Changer

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 »

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3.5
by Jim Lang - Oct. 4, 2008

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.

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