As she repeatedly reminds us whenever she covers a legal story, right after a 20 min deep dive into the arcane legal conundrums, and just before interviewing actual legal experts asking them to tell her where she made mistakes (but really cueing them to confirm that she was exactly right).
On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 at 9:40 AM Melissa P <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2B_fQPypzCfQFnvnRamw%3DKOYEZ-D9LpwkRy%3DyRBVHi%2B_2rRiqw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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/CAKGtkYJ%2BnXGKc6TrtK5s8FQOyUj-Cv5%3DOWUtMwh4dbvsc6vRkw%40mail.gmail.com.
