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calimary

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22. Welcome to DU, dewsgirl!

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #18)

Fri Mar 3, 2017, 05:39 PM

Mar 2017

Yeah, I love her, too! She's the ratings queen at MSNBC again, so I've read. And well she should be!

Rachel Maddow connects the dots like nobody else I've seen in the air in donkey's years! And I'm old. She spends a long first segment every night, following trails of bread crumbs to lead to yet another in a continuing series of startling and sometimes infuriating exposes or other breaking news.

She's the Queen of Context. And many times, that's exactly what's needed - to understand the point of the story she takes 20 minutes to complete, or the big picture she takes 20 minutes of puzzle pieces to assemble.

A LOT of these stories AREN'T simple. Kinda like life. Life is complicated. The road isn't straight. Most of the time it's got a few twists and turns in it.

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Maddow's secret to her ratings success. [View all] kstewart33 Mar 2017 OP

She's turned up some really, really good stories lately, too... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #1

That's the tack they all need to take TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #2

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2017 #3

On the other hand, I was interested to watch Page on Chris Hayes last night, because the bogus Leghorn21 Mar 2017 #5

Now THAT was Worth watching. Grammy23 Mar 2017 #8

That was a remarkable, revealing interview! n/t moonscape Mar 2017 #10

I noticed - and enjoyed - that too! lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #15

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2017 #16

Rachel has always been smarter than the average bear ... PsychoBabble Mar 2017 #4

Very smart woman that Maddow. ananda Mar 2017 #6

She is awesome. Yes, don't get distracted by their words, focus on what they do! /nt MatthewStLouis Mar 2017 #7

plus there are so few liberals on tv that she becomes the default show nt msongs Mar 2017 #9

YES! moreland01 Mar 2017 #11

I've been saying the same thing. murielm99 Mar 2017 #12

It is useful to collect footage of all the lies for later replay. lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #17

Jon Stewart used that technique with great success during the BushCheney years Hekate Mar 2017 #25

Hers is the one show I never, ever miss. Vinca Mar 2017 #13

Don't cover the Twitter feed, and don't talk to liars. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #14

I adore her dewsgirl Mar 2017 #18

Welcome to DU, dewsgirl! calimary Mar 2017 #22

+100 Hekate Mar 2017 #26

Thank you, Calimary. Last night, she absolutely killed it. dewsgirl Mar 2017 #29

I was watching when she announced that was what she was going to do lunatica Mar 2017 #19

Rachel is a goddess. SpankMe Mar 2017 #20

To riff off one line in the first "Godfather" movie... calimary Mar 2017 #21

My husband and I are now regular viewers. phylny Mar 2017 #23

Wow.. how refreshing.. thank you, stewart! Cha Mar 2017 #24

so she is doing what journalists are expected to do ? JI7 Mar 2017 #27

This is connecting the dots "bigly" Motley13 Mar 2017 #28