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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is why Rachel Maddow is a national treasure.
Amazing journalism. Tonight's lead story is golden.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)ZX86
(1,428 posts)Sorry about that.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)ZX86
(1,428 posts)www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
politicat
(9,808 posts)I've never had cable, but I pull down TRMS via iTunes podcast every day. I usually watch last night's show while making and eating breakfast.
There's also an audio only version.
I think in theory it's available through the website, but it's gotten so ad heavy, buggy and demanding of my (non-existent) cable provider codes that I don't bother.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)and haven't watched a Sunday AM roundtable type show in a decade. Just too cynical - I get the gist of stuff here, but really can't stand anything on TV at all. I watch baseball on my laptop, and we use our TV for movies!
politicat
(9,808 posts)Though even baseball has gone away for me (the local stadium has very cheap seats, but getting to and from the game is an exercise in frustration and nobody does good baseball radio commentary anymore.) As a teenager, we had the very minimum cable because we lived about 3 minutes' walk from the middle of nowhere, so when I went to college, I just didn't take a TV. I never really got the habit, and when setting up my own household, I couldn't justify the cost -- at most, I probably would have watched 2 hours a week. I just couldn't see paying $8-10 per hour for that, when for the same money, I could have an ISDN line. I never even bothered with antennas. NPR covers the news well enough. Then again, I am a premature digital native (first computer --TI94A -- at age 6, logging into the local BBS at 10) so for me, everything has always been on the computer.
I find I like Maddow's commentary -- she avoids the IIBIL of local news, the repetition of the 24 hour cycle, and goes in depth on stories that don't get deep coverage.
I do admit an unnatural affection for binge-watching series while doing repetitive tasks. Making sausage or jerky or crackers or hemming or folding laundry goes much faster with added plot.
Cha
(297,240 posts)malaise
(269,004 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)The MSM does not want to see it, the pundits deliberately cover it up.