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In reply to the discussion: Rachel Maddow: "Helping Our Rich People Was A Theory That We Tried.." [View all]Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)28. It's not, and it's not even accurate either.
Last edited Fri Dec 27, 2013, 12:09 PM - Edit history (1)
Here's Glenn on the subject earlier this year:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/19/msnbc-axelrod-gibbs-obama
Chris Hayes regularly criticizes Obama from the left while, post-election, Rachel Maddow sometimes does the same).
Chris Hayes regularly criticizes Obama from the left while, post-election, Rachel Maddow sometimes does the same).
From the interview apperently in question:
"Not everyone on MSNBC does that 24 hours a day," Welker interjected. "No, not everybody, but a lot of people on MSNBC do," Greenwald said.
Greenwald clarified that he wasn't talking about everyone.
Here is Rachel defending Greenwald in August: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/19/1232435/-Rachel-Maddow-on-David-Miranda-and-the-White-House
By the way, reaction from this discredited website, where BOTH Maddow and Greenwald are trashed:
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/08/dear-rachel-maddow-terrorism-under-veil.html
Rachel goes on an "insane rant!" don't you know.
Here is Greenwald interviewing Maddow about her book "Drift:" http://www.salon.com/2012/04/04/interview_with_rachel_maddow
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And This Distinction Is Important Why In The Context Of The Quote About Oligarchs
cantbeserious
Dec 2013
#13
When history writes the story of how this government of, by, and for the people shirked its mandate
indepat
Dec 2013
#31
When I am faced with theoretical theories and speculation, I like to extrapolate them out to the Nth
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#40
When I am faced with situational theories and speculation, I like to extrapolate them out to the Nth
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#41