Rachel isn't a lawyer. Funny, I watch her show every night, but I don't think she's a good talk show guest.
I haven't listened to her Spiro Agnew podcast, but I thought it was fascinating that she discovered irrefutable evidence of his antisemitism. On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 6:35 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <tvornottv@ googlegroups.com> wrote: > For me, it's not the preaching to the choir; that's one of the reasons I > tune into the network (in spite of its preponderance of centrists and > former Republicans; I mean, I like Nicole Wallace, but ...). My problem > with Maddow is that she's a lawyer and an academic, and treats her program > like she's teaching a class or appealing to a jury, so she goes on long, > long rants that take forever to get to the point. She's much better on talk > shows, where she's forced to be succinct. I even liked her podcast on the > crimes of Spiro Agnew, since it was so focused. > > I much prefer Hayes's show; he understands that he's on television and > treats his program accordingly. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Friday, November 20, 2020 at 9:18:18 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > >> Rachel Maddow has been doing the MSNBC show since 2008, so her style >> isn’t really a product of the current administration. >> >> As far as preaching to the choir, the three major “cable” news nets all >> do that. The last time there was unbiased cable news, “CNN2” was doing >> headlines. >> >> -Stan >> On Friday, November 20, 2020 at 7:32:29 AM UTC-5 Doug Eastick wrote: >> >>> If you want snark, watch Brian Williams in the 11pm (ET) slot. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri., Nov. 20, 2020, 12:15 a.m. Kevin M., <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I watched it. It’s the first time I watched Maddow since her fake Trump >>>> tax “bombshell” several years ago. It was clear she spoke from the heart, >>>> and I empathized with her as I watched it, and none of it had any place on >>>> what is ostensibly a news program. I don’t have any animosity towards her; >>>> her show’s style is a byproduct of Trump, where snark and informality get >>>> in get in the way of news and information. Her personality is the bulk of >>>> her show... her perspective. And I wish both she and her beloved Susan (as >>>> opposed to my beloved Susan) all the best, but her type of show is just >>>> awful to me. I just don’t see the point of a prime time series that does >>>> nothing but preach to the choir. >>>> >>>> https://twitter.com/maddowblog/status/1329613581621612551?s=21 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 8:50 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It was a pretty Real and Personal 9 minutes. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu., Nov. 19, 2020, 10:18 p.m. Steve Timko, <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-rachel-maddow-828b442412e08d9c069e38d58342f63d >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2B_fQPypzCfQFnvnRamw%3DKOYEZ-D9LpwkRy%3DyRBVHi%2B_2rRiqw%40mail.gmail.com.
