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Originally Posted by mardigras
Rachel Maddow is the best talk show on the "news" channels. Nobody connects the dots, dots the Is, crosses the Ts and sources their facts more thoroughly and meticulously than her. And unlike the hosts on Fox, she will come back with a correction or clarification even on small things on the rare occasion she got something wrong. And it IS rare because she puts major reasearch and prep time into getting it right.
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Maybe you're right. And maybe that's why she ignores the major news stories when it doesn't fit her agenda.
I like to switch between MSNBC, CNN, and FOX to get their reactions to stuff happening. And yeah, Maddow was right there with every story on Romney having his dog on the roof of his car during the election.
But she has yet to cross any "t's" or dot any "i's" on any of the biggest newstories happening the last few weeks (the IRS, the NSA, Benghazi, etc.) She simply ignores the stories.
Weird.
Also...keep in mind that neither Maddow or any anchor at Fox News or MSNBC are doing any actual "fact checking" themselves.
They all have teams of people working for them and then they come in and read what's written.
If any of these people were real reporters there would be no need for "fact checking" because they would be finding things out themselves instead of reading press releases from politicians and press releases from "think tanks", etc.
It's pretty sad.
I don't find any redeeming quality to Maddow's show or any of the other "opinion" shows on MSNBC or Fox News or CNN other than entertainment value.
And Maddow is simply not very entertaining...which is why she loses the ratings on her time spot to Hannity of all people.
Why?
Because Hannity is an entertainer and brings on people with opposing viewpoints to debate with. That is simply good t.v.
Maddow needs to stop bringing on people who agree 100% with her and doing all that smirking on her show. It makes her look like an elitist.
If she would bring on some ultra-conservative "guests" and debate whatever the topics are she is pushing that day it would be a LOT better.
That kinda seems to be the main problem with all Liberal oriented shows. They seem to be afraid to debate ideas with the opposing viewpoint. But it just isn't very compelling to watch a host with 3 or 4 other people all agreeing with each other and smirking.
That is boring as hell.
