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.
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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.
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