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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI gotta say this-Not happy Rachel has had ZERO coverage on her show of the Trayvon Martin killing
I mean I kinda expected Tweety to be clue-less. He is but he does have his good moments.
Eddie & Rev. Al have done an excellent job...
LoDo is slaying the rest of the media wholesale-this is how you do it folks!
Rachel???....Crickets...I have hope she'll stop the book pimping to cover tonight- but I'm not holding my breath.
Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)mikelgb
(6,021 posts)See reply with links to clips below.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... other stuff.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)As you mentioned, others are doing a good job.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)24x7 non-stop about Trayvon and Zimmerman---and you want more?
Ugg--- no fuck that---double fucking ugg!
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)montanacowboy
(6,089 posts)cover, Rachel does some other coverage of current politics, and then Lawrence picks it up at the end of the day.
Raine
(30,540 posts)there isn't "over kill" of any one thing.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,718 posts)It's getting a lot of coverage on other shows; maybe MSNBC decided it would be a good idea for one of their talking heads to cover some other important items as well.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)worried about other issues in the news on a national level. I think Al, Chris, Ed and Lawrence have done a great job. I think they are keeping us up to date. This has been nonstop coverage. But I do feel the family need to have the day.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Like you said, everyone else on the network is doing it, why not have someone covering the other millions of things currently happening?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I think Rachel would be on it if she felt there wasn't enough coverage. But I see that she is also promoting her book, so that is a bias right there.
Well enough. I am sure her book is in a wonderful liberal tradition that I, for one, would like to read.
However, if there is anything tht has not been covered on the Martin case, it should be covered.
Period. The end.
Spazito
(50,349 posts)given her show is bookended by Ed Schultz before and Lawrence O'Donnell after, both of whom have given extensive coverage of the Trayvon Martin killing. She would, for the most part, only reiterating what is said before her show or will be said after.
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)It seems almost as if it fell to her to get in all the other news and issues.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)Rachel Maddow:
March 26 - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46863014
March 23 - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46841305
March 22 - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46830302
Her producers and MSNBC may have decided to not spend wall-to-wall hour long coverage on it because Al, Ed, and Lawrence have covered it so heavily.
Also, Christ Matthews:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#46873774
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#46861605
mikelgb
(6,021 posts)no need now
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)...and I guess you can't access past days of Hardball.
Glad to preempt you!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I'll take facts over impressions any day.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)mikelgb
(6,021 posts)If you actually watched her show you might know that it's bs too.
slampoet
(5,032 posts)Boxerfan
(2,533 posts)But I didn't recall any coverage as the story has grown exponentially(IMHO).
If I'm wrong I'll accept it . And wall to wall coverage is not needed. But she is in the process of book pimping & more power to her. Just thought she'd see what a lot of America see's-A very important story that is not going away.
So, actually, your real problem is what you regard as her "book-pimping".. It's not about the wall-to-wall coverage that is going on with all the other MSNBC talking heads. Repeating each other's stuff ad nauseum and ad infinitum. Be honest about what you are upset about.
mucifer
(23,547 posts)earlier this week. She brings in more of the big picture. There is a lot of injustice out there.
Gold Metal Flake
(13,805 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)that were murdered in my hometown. Their killers are still on the loose.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)So has Jane Velez-Mitchell on HLN.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)It's wall to wall on all the other shows, repeating the same points over and over. Frankly, it's nice to get a break.
Carla in Sequim
(228 posts)all the news coverage it deserves. Justice will be done. But if one of msnbc's shows is educating us on other issues as well, clueless is not a word that applies, especially to Rachel Maddow.
I won't even fan the flames by saying her show is better, but it is different. Her credentials and depth of knowledge makes her show a treasure. The issues she chooses to research are ones you will find nowhere else. I've learned so much.
Her wit and intelligence is a breath of fresh air so instead of holding yours, why don't you just appreciate it.
EmeraldCityGrl
(4,310 posts)multiple news stories all of great importance. Rachael has her strengths and they
are better exploited with the stories she's covering. I thought her interview with
Dan Rather was remarkable last night. She will take a complicated issue and break
it down getting into the nitty gritty details while keeping you glued to the TV.
Lawrence on the other hand is like a prosecutor and his coverage of Trayvon's murder
has been brilliant.
MSNBC and CURRENT are my two go to networks. CNN is impossible to watch anymore.
That Erin Burnett (sp) was the last straw. I just want to slap her.
EC
(12,287 posts)She makes the ties to other subjects like SYG law =ALEC =Koch that the others don't cover. Melissa Harris Perry did that too, tying it to equal rights.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)co-hosts have because she's been covering some really astonishing stuff no one else is talking about. Her blog has what she has covered if you want to double check.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)But, whatcha gonna do?
malaise
(269,020 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)yardwork
(61,622 posts)This kind of misinformation about a strong female liberal journalist is not helpful.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Every show is covering the same thing. Maybe there should be at least one show that covers something else.
JI7
(89,250 posts)Gold Metal Flake
(13,805 posts)Damn, you are a bold one.
jillan
(39,451 posts)It wasn't the opening story, but he did a whole segment on it.
I had to check the date you posted this because I just got done watching.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Enough already!