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Rachel Maddow is Trying to ‘Force policy onto the air, as opposed to just politics’
TV Newser ^ | Dec. 2, 2010 | Molly Stark Dean

Posted on 12/02/2010 3:22:37 PM PST by Beaten Valve

MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow spoke at the Theodore H. White Lecture at the JFK School of Government, Institute of Politics at Harvard on Sunday, Nov 14, about how TV news is destroying democracy and how she tries to promote it. Maddow told the crowd of over 300 people:

“The way I think about my patriotic responsibilities is to force policy onto the air, as opposed to just politics.”

The MSNBC anchor was concerned that TV news is damaging politics, but says that “we are making a killing doing it.”

“We are not fragile,” Maddow said of her fellow tvnewsers, but politics is.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: msnbc; rachelmaddow
Now we all know that she just parrots the GE/White House talking points every night...
1 posted on 12/02/2010 3:22:39 PM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve

She carries the rainbow flag every night. blahhhhhhhh


2 posted on 12/02/2010 3:24:12 PM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: Beaten Valve

Well, if she truly forces policy on the air, then her ratings will collapse to CSPAN levels. So I say go for it, Rachel.


3 posted on 12/02/2010 3:24:44 PM PST by tired_old_conservative
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To: Beaten Valve

Who would name their son “Rachel” in the first place?


4 posted on 12/02/2010 3:24:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Re: Gov. Sarah Palin: Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. ~German Proverb)
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To: Beaten Valve

I’ll bet that somebody probably gives her a cracker during the commercial breaks...


5 posted on 12/02/2010 3:26:19 PM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve

“we are making a killing doing it.”

Now we know why the cow is making a killing...WE ARE PAYING FOR IT WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS!! TAX DOLLARS STOLEN FROM US TO GIVE TO GE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS!

ENOUGH!!


6 posted on 12/02/2010 3:37:41 PM PST by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: Beaten Valve

I wonder how much Madcow donated to Democratic party candidates? Madcow is mentally diseased.


7 posted on 12/02/2010 3:37:43 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (TSA apologists deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. END the TSA.)
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To: Beaten Valve

MarxistTV has seen its ratings shrink to shockingly low levels.


8 posted on 12/02/2010 3:48:07 PM PST by relictele
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To: Beaten Valve

Maddow pushes policy as long as the policy is extreme far left socialist/communist policy. One of many useful idiots.


9 posted on 12/02/2010 3:53:01 PM PST by SECURE AMERICA
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To: relictele
MarxistTV has seen its ratings shrink to shockingly more and more satisfyingly low levels.
10 posted on 12/02/2010 3:58:27 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality. Save America From Bankruptcy.)
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