Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow, a political commentator on Air America and frequent guest host for Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Her program, The Rachel Maddow Show started on MSNBC beginning September 8, 2008. The move is widely perceived by media sources to illustrate the network's ideological trend to the left.TPMCafe: Liberal Media! Run Away!(August 21, 2008)

We’re not looking for political bent, we’re looking for eyeballs within our target audience. That usually doesn’t skew Democratic and Republican; that’s more age, sex and lifestyle.—Peter Knobloch, president of the media communications agency RJ PalmerNew York Times: Seeking More Viewers, MSNBC Turns Left (August 21, 2008)

I really like Maddow and have found her thoroughly compelling throughout this latest campaign season, but I am not so thrilled about this trend toward partisan networks and news.—Sacha Zimmerman in The New RepublicThe New Republic: The Dawn of Maddow (August 20, 2008)