Ali Velshi must've read the comments about Maddow

[FoxNewsSucks]

considering leaving MSNBC. He let her know how important she is,calling her the "north star" of her colleagues, and it made her cry.

That was really good of him

[G_j]

1. She certainly seemed

touched

[FoxNewsSucks]

13. She pissed Scarborough off

back on the 2008 Race For the White House show. She didn't take his crap, he stormed off the set, and she magnanimously said maybe he was tired.

He's held a grudge ever since then. Every video of that on YouTube or any other site has been removed, because he threw a tantrum.

Unfortunately, he has inroads with NBC management. She may not realize how appreciated she really is.

As we've seen, having the highest-rated show is no guarantee of anything at that network.

[Joinfortmill]

24. Amen

[SouthBayDem]

25. Here's how the Huffington Post reported on that incident back then

Joe Scarborough Walks Off MSNBC's "Race To The White House" After Exchange With Rachel Maddow

Update from MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines to Huffington Post:
"Joe didn't walk off. He chose not to participate in the final couple of minutes of the discussion because he felt the conversation didn't fit his role as a political analyst."

Previously:
Did Joe Scarborough walk out of David Gregory's show "Race to the White House" Thursday night on MSNBC? It seems that way by the video below. Joe was a panelist on the show along with Air America's Rachel Maddow, CNBC's John Harwood and former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford, Jr.

The panel was discussing the effect of Sen. Obama's personal and professional relationships on his campaign when Rachel and Joe disagreed. Joe started to challenge Rachel's argument that relationships only become an issue when a political opponent makes them an issue, but she cut him off, "Let me make my point and then you can dismiss me." She then finished with an example of a McCain campaign co-chair in Florida's bathroom activities.

After a commercial break, Joe prefaced his rebuttal to Rachel's point by saying "I don't engage in Crossfire-type debates and certainly I don't want to talk about what people do in bathrooms." When he finished speaking, and after David Gregory had shut Joe vs. Rachel down, John Harrow came on camera. Then, viewers can hear Joe taking off his microphone (2:47 into the below video). When the panel picture came back, no Joe.

[Treefrog]

36. I wish I'd seen that.

She is thousands above him in intelligence.

[Evolve Dammit]

41. Joe couldn't carry Rachel's (fill in the blank). Rhodes scholar/ national treasure vs. narcissistic

dumbass. God he is a boor. I've tried but the inane drivel is just too much. Ari gets it. So does Chris Hayes, Ali Veshi, Nichole Wallace and Stepanie Ruhle (sp?)

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. What? What did she say?

I wouldnt blame her. She is working so hard to educate people but people refuse to be educated.

[BigmanPigman]

3. She told him he was going to make her cry

then she said "Bye" before she cried on TV.

[electric_blue68]

34. awww.... I heard him, them...

I listen via Tune-in bc I need a new TV so I didn't see her...

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. Here's one

https://news.yahoo.com/rachel-maddow-seriously-considers-leaving-171216989.html

It was posted here several times early today. I can understand, but I hope she stays.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Thanks

OK, I understand now.

[elleng]

7. Yes.

[FakeNoose]

8. Maybe this is a sign that she's already decided

... but they're keeping it quiet for now.

I posted earlier that she should become the mod on Meet the Press because she'd be lightyears better than Chuck Todd. (He's in way over his head anyway.)

Rachel is worth whatever $$ they pay her, so it can't be about the salary. Maybe she needs to work fewer hours, but get a bigger audience on NBC the broadcast network, rather than on MSNBC the cable channel. She'd get a large, diverse audience as the moderator of Meet The Press, don't we all agree?

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. No doubt about that,

but Comcast and the NBC bigshots don't want MTP to become an actual informative show. As Darth Cheney said, it's where republicons go to begin catapulting the propaganda. That hasn't changed since the Russert era when he said that.

Maddow would not let republicons on to spew their garbage unchallenged. So that will never happen.

[Evolve Dammit]

42. truth

[Mr.Bill]

15. A few years ago Rolling Stone did a big feature article on her

and she said interviewing was not something she considered her self to be good at. I think she called it her weakest point. Now that was a few years ago, and maybe she thinks differently now, but back then she didn't like to do interviews.

[Joinfortmill]

22. I do.

[FoxNewsSucks]

11. Same here

I've been listening since her 1 hour Air America show.

[FoxNewsSucks]

16. I still subscribe to Rhodes,

Thom Hartmann and Mike Malloy's podcasts. Al Franken too, but he just does one a week.

There was some real talent in the original AA lineup.

[electric_blue68]

35. I told every one I'd meet that I thought would be interested about AAR...

even like 🤔...
probably some Choice March in DC. 👍

[electric_blue68]

46. I catch Thom here & there. Should catch Randi, Mike, too

[Evolve Dammit]

43. Al Franken, Sam Seder; who did the Morning Sedition? Loved Air America. Andidote to Rush.

[electric_blue68]

47. Oh, my goodness - AAR was a bright beacon suddenly switching on!

[FoxNewsSucks]

49. And that's why Clear Channel killed it off.

People want the truth, can't have that . . .

[electric_blue68]

51. Ohhh, did not know that. Boo, fuckers!

[electric_blue68]

33. Yes...

I loved Air America Radio 😔💖

[SheltieLover]

19. +1,000!

Joe scum insulted Rachel?

[multigraincracker]

14. For me, Maddow and Velshi

are trusted news sources.

[BComplex]

30. Chris Hayes is right up there, too. He crams more news into his show than I would think possible

and he's very clear about ramifications. He was born to be a journalist IMHO.

But Rachel is still #1. No matter how you look at it.

[multigraincracker]

31. He is doing great too.

When he first started he threw his hands all over when he spoke. He's got it down now.

[BComplex]

32. He's such a good commentator, I never even noticed his flying arms & hands.

He pretty much keeps my attention with what he's saying.

[onetexan]

39. Ditto!!

[luvallpeeps]

18. Felt this in my bones.

Then she took 2 weeks off, I was so happy for her. Her show is my only must watch tv. When her partner got sick with covid, my gut told me she may have taken stock of her life the way one does after a scare like that. I wish her well in whatever she does, and wherever she lands. Trying to think positive, but when the North Star is out of sight…..🌟

[electric_blue68]

37. Oh, yeah, that's right - poor Susan... scary stuff back then

[electric_blue68]

38. I remember when moved from AAR to MSNBC...

really annoyed because I didn't have Cable,
let alone Cable+

[qazplm135]

20. sounds like burnout and a desire to refocus

which is pretty understandable. I definitely faced that when I was at the end of my military attorney career.

Sometimes I feel guilty about taking a couple of years off after retirement (retirement plus disability is pretty generous), but most of the time I just enjoy extended do nothing time and freedom. We don't lament on our deathbed not having put more hours in at the office.

[Joinfortmill]

21. He's cool.

[Silent3]

23. If I hadn't read about Maddow possibly leaving MSNBC today on DU...

...that comment from Velshi probably would have flown right over my head, but I definitely felt like had to be related.

[ShazzieB]

26. I hadn't read about it, either, until now.

And Velshi's comment did fly right over my head tonight! I wondered what brought that on, and now I know!

If Rachel steps down from her show, I will be bereft. I really want her to do what's best for her, even if it's that, but I will miss her SOOOOOOO much! I really want her to do what makes her happy, but it would be a very tough adjustment.

[katmondoo]

27. I wait every night for Rachel, I will give up MSNBC if I cannot see her show.

I am sad just thinking she may leave, so very sad.

[malaise]

28. I thought so too n/t

[halfulglas]

29. Some think Rachel can be tedious but she sticks to facts.

She doesn't do he said, he said. Some people have said she can be tedious sometimes, but she does bring out a kernel of truth that turns out to be very important. Of course also my friend who is hard of hearing says she talks much too fast to fit in all those facts.

She doesn't do a lot of interviews because they often have nothing new to a story and just churn what's already been reported.

[FoxNewsSucks]

50. She gives all the background

and thought process that leads to the conclusion. A lot of people don't have the attention span to follow along.

[Maru Kitteh]

53. She engages in a fair amount of repetition in that process.

I understand many require it, and I generally don't find it bothersome, but occasionally it can be a bit much.

[halfulglas]

54. Many do require it because that's the technique of the RW media.

The falsehoods that they're pushing are repeated over and over, in many different ways. It imprints on the mind. That's one of the reasons Fox started by offering their channel for free in many cable markets (and to certain demographics). It tells the mind it must be important, the same opinions, not really facts but presented as facts, all day. Now it's Trump is real winner, election corrupt, Democrats evil. Think of fundamental evangelists repeating over and over the same phrases. Even an agnostic driving home from a funeral finds themselves humming one of the songs and you think "where did that come from?"

I'm not implying Rachel is doing THAT, but she does know some facts have to be repeated for emphasis as a way of pointing out something important, especially in this media world of both-siderism.

[marieo1]

40. A fighter

Rachel Maddow is the best............I watch her every night. She and lawrence McDonald are my 2 go to newscasters. I really enjoy both of them and trust what they say. Please oh Please keep Miss Maddow.............she is so good!!! The people of the USA need someone with her skills that we trust right now. It helps all of us stay sane.

[Evolve Dammit]

44. Rachel would not make this decision without a ton of her usual fact-checking. I trust her judgement

and wish her and her family the best. She really is a national treasure. Few have her knowledge, articulation, journalistic integrity, flat-out honesty and heart. She does it for America, and it is her civil service gift. She has kept a portion of America informed during extremely dangerous and Orwellian times. I am grateful.

[2naSalit]

45. +++++++++++++++++++!!!

[Generic Brad]

48. After all she's done for us, she deserves whatever she wants

She is a generational talent and we have been blessed she has shared her intellect with us. Whatever she chooses, I trust it will wind up terrific.

[BradAllison]

52. Like Larry O'Donnell a few years back, this is a contract negotiation

Rachael is very important to that network. She knows it, they know it, and her colleagues do as well. At the same time, I don't know that she'd fit anywhere else but MSNBC, so we'll see.