What the F is Rachel Maddow getting to?

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

I was alive in '76 and remember all this stuff about Ford. But what's the point, Rachel?

[Greywing]

1. getting reeady to talk about the Newsweek story on Trump & Cuba

[madaboutharry]

2. Sometimes we need to let Rachel be Rachel!

I think she is going to talk about Cuba.

[Siwsan]

3. Her story build ups can be trying, sometimes

If she'd get to the point, she'd have much more time for detail.

[moonscape]

9. And I might then start watching again ... n/t

[tblue37]

30. That wheel-spinning and the circuitous and and repetitious build-ups are why I cannot

sit through a Rachel show. Her delivery drives me nuts. I bet she'd increase her audience if she would stop meandering, repeating, and delaying the point.

[LeftRant]

38. It's her way, to provide lots of background, to show historical examples of why a particular thing

has happened before. She and her team research the shit out of things to make sure they're factual and useful. That's her thing.

[Siwsan]

39. I know that is what she doing, but....

.... although the background information is interesting, the redundancy of information in her delivery can get slightly annoying. Say it once, and move on. I have noticed that she only seems to do this long, verbose build up on the first story. The rest of the night, she gets right to the point and the segments contain far more detailed, to the point information.

Of course, I'll add this is all 'IMHO'.

[Wounded Bear]

4. She started talking about Texas...

she's on Florida now. I think she's tying together the connection between ethnic groups in swing states and presidential candidate gaffes.

[lordcommander]

5. I think it has to do with the bombshell Newsweek article about Drumpf's Cuban embargo violation n/t.

[greyl]

6. You're only 7 minutes in!

The built-up suspense is part of the fun.

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

7. Ah, Cuba, yes. Sorry, but 68K is small beans.

Plus, the anti-Castros are dying off, and Trump can spin this as foresighted, given Obama's reach-out.

Read The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/03/a-new-cuba

[Grammy23]

10. Doesn't matter. Spending any money violates the embargo.

Trump and his surrogates are trying to spin the story to say that because he ultimately decided to not invest in businesses in Cuba he is off the hook. But that is incorrect. The cost of going to Cuba counts as spending money in Cuba and they attempted to hide it as a charitable trip. He did violate the embargo, contrary to what he (and his surrogates) claim.

[Iliyah]

13. Yeah, the pro R's are older and the younger Cubans favor Ds or Is.

The older Cubans are quite sensitive about dealings with Castro which if I read it right happened in the 1990s. That alone will piss off many older Cubans just not in Florida. It was against the embargo plain and simple and 68 thousand is a lot of money for me at least. The President which t-rump has so much disrespect for is the one who lifting the embargo against the approval from Rs and older Cubans.

[Hekate]

29. Federal law, broken. Fraudulent use of a charity to knowingly hide it. Actual letter directing....

...the fraud and the breaking of the fed law. This is a string of crimes.

Florida Cubans are still alive, they still vote, and you better believe they still care.

[UCmeNdc]

36. It is still an illegal act. Trump committed a crime.

Since when is it not a crime if you break the law? Plus what does this tell you about Donald Trump's character?

[comradebillyboy]

8. Rachel spends 20 minutes beating around the bush

before she gets to whatever point she is going to make. I find her approach to be both tedious and irritating so I rarely watch her anymore.

[metroins]

11. I like it when she makes drinks

But she is no Olbermann.

Olbermann was funny, Rachel is...kind of annoying.

[nolabear]

12. I like her style. There are plenty of news readers. She more artistic.

I love it.

[Duckhunter935]

14. I tend not to watch the first block anymore.

It is all repeating build up, very annoying.

[chillfactor]

15. I really enjoy Rachel.....

she sets up her stories and does a damn good job of it..seems some viewers have no patience as the wait is worth the punch line.

[spiderpig]

17. When the kids were really young, they'd roll their eyes and say

"Daddy - get to the point!"

[Adrahil]

18. Ya see, I think we need more of that.

In a world of short attention spans, Rachel gives texture and context.

[ReformedGOPer]

24. I have to agree.

I used to watch her faithfully, but it got tedious after awhile.

[lunamagica]

27. I really like that about Rachel, I find it informative and entertaining

[tblue37]

31. + a brazillion. nt

[JI7]

37. that's my favorite part of her show. i like the history and context

[LanternWaste]

40. Patience and context are very annoying to the modern mind.

Patience and context are very annoying to the modern mind which demands instant and simplistic responses.

[MFM008]

16. she does take the scenic view to a story

sometimes.

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

19. She's good, but she could cram in five times as much info if she did some editing.

[drray23]

20. i like that she takes the time to setup a story.

In the process of doing so, she always bring up interesting facts I did not know or had forgotten about it. For example, this evening when she pointed out the giantic gaffe gerald ford made when saying that russia was never dominating eastern europe... The important voting blocks back then were hungarian and polish americans.
I love these kind of stories.

[jberryhill]

33. That's fine, but she doesn't need to keep repeating

It is short attention span theater.

Having watched the previous several minutes, I do not need her to stop and summarize the previous several minutes before advancing to the next several minutes, and then stop again to summarize both of those chunks again, before proceeding to the next, as if I have some sort of short term memory disorder.

I'm sure it works fine if one is stoned, but that's not when I watch the news.

[Blue Idaho]

21. I really like her historical context.

I think it's important to take current events out of the vacuum of modern news reporting and place them into the thread of history.

[stopbush]

22. Skip the first 17 minutes of verbal masturbation. You won't miss anything.

[Boxerfan]

23. Winner!

Drives me nuts often...Have to remember to just tune in late.

[LuvLoogie]

25. Grandpa Simpson could sit in for her when she's on vacation.

[Doreen]

26. She is my favorite.

What she is doing is giving history lessons to those who do not know it...you know the ones that were not alive when it happened....you know like the millennials age. I like her humor. Her humor is like Warrens. factual, non invasive, and biting and humorous all at the same time.

[bluestateguy]

28. Loooooooooooooooooooooong

Someone at msnbc needs to run an intervention with Rachel.

[radius777]

32. Rachel (like many of us) is a political junkie,

and she enjoys laying out the historical context and details of a particular topic. Many times it can be very good, especially if it's a topic that's interesting to the viewer, but it can be torturous sometimes if it's not.

[oasis]

34. Well put together, informative pieces are a delight.

Rachel's educational tidbits are priceless.

[mulsh]

35. Chris Hayes or Joy Reid needs to suggest Rachael take a basic Journalism class at a local school

or university extension.

I found tonights show unwatchable after about three minutes. This is happening very frequently now. If she's meandering to the point or repeating the same teaser three and four times before moving towards some point because its a slow news day and she has to waste time, I suggest she assign an intern or staff member check out the rest of the country for issues and news items they can use to take up that time.

If Chris, Joy or anyone from MSNBC is reading this please refer Rachael to this local school, I'll be they have pretty good Journalism classes.

[link:http://www.extension.harvard.edu/|

[Paladin]

41. Yeah, well. Thank God there are so many other informed liberal TV commentators to choose from.

You Rachel Whiners need to give it a rest. Whatever pacing issues arise on her show on occasion, it's still the smartest liberal hour on TV.

[phleshdef]

42. Maybe you should try developing an attention span