Rachel Maddow Takes on King of Astroturfing, Rick Berman

Critics of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show often mischaracterize both the show and the host. You'll read that she's just the flip-side of a Glenn Beck or a Sean Hannity. You'll hear that she's shrill. You'll hear that she never allows competing views on her program. All of those things are false, as is obvious to anyone who has actually watched her show.

Case in point, the following interview with non-profit, pro-corporate web-site and "astroturfing" (fake grass roots) maven, Rick Berman. The interview is fascinating for several reasons, but mostly for the tone and tenor of the host. To say that Maddow's sympathies do not lie with Berman would be understating things. And while she does interrupt him to keep the interview on track, she's polite, thoughtful and engaging. What other cable news host could you say that about?

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