Letters to the Editor
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Military Patriot
Dan Abrams who is the MSNBC legal correspondent and now has his own show after Countdown had a discussion on Jan 7 with Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan criticizing the media piling on Hillary.
I watch Abrams on a fairly regular basis now. I remember his old show, which was on earlier and used to focus mostly on Nancy Grace-type tabloid "legal" stories. He's really found his voice in the new format, and I agree that he's another wise move by MSNBC.
As frustrating as Chris Matthews can be, and as downright annoying as Tucker is, I think MSNBC is our best hope right now for a "mainstream" TV outlet that can actually handle issues in a reasonable way. (No, I am not affilliated in any way with that station.) I think it's also important sometimes to remember not to expect perfection from anything coming out of TV. Even Olbermann can say insipid things from time to time -- conversely, Scarborough and Buchanan sometimes offer nuggets of startling wisdom. And when David Shuster is on attack mode, it is a thing of beauty. Chuck Todd, Charlie Cook, and Chris Cilliza are often more insightful than not too, but only for those who can stomach political prognosticating.
Like it or not, despite everyone's best efforts to raise the salience of blogs, television news is something we cannot ignore. I like to think of myself as "rewarding" MSNBC for its positive, if halting, steps.
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