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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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 commentators pretending to be non-partisan and actually just pushing the Republican's agenda. I love this story and need to print it out and read it at leisure. Hopefully when Democrats control this sad country again, the right wing electronic and written media whores will have no choice but to tell the truth. Sometimes, anyway. Rachel has tried to get the Republicans on her show and finally one of them showed up, some silly blonde. It's not so much those types are afraid of being on a liberal show, they are actually terrified of Rachel because she is so much smarter than any Republican politician or commentator that I can think of. Sad old Pat Buchanan is an example of a Republican who isn't afraid to argue with her, but he always loses.
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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 times and the biggest problem with them now is they are craven cowards. We need a new and progressive party and the Democrats can be the minority party and the rotten Republicans can disappear, ha ha.