Has Rachel JUst LOst Her Mind?

[Me.]

she just repeated everything she said in the first part of her show.

[mr_lebowski]

1. Maybe you're watching a repeat

[Me.]

2. I Am

the first half hour repeated in the 2nd half hour...

[Me.]

4. Maybe, Because You're Old, You Didn't Realize I Got It

and riffed on it

[mr_lebowski]

7. Yeah, ya know ... us older folks can kinda doze off ... I think Rachel's on more than once

in the same night, right?

[Me.]

8. So Would That Be Like Doubling The Repeats Of The Same Points?

[Oldem]

3. Her MO is to repeat the same thing four different ways. But her insight

still makes her necessary.

[Dem4Life1102]

5. She has issues sometimes

Some nights she takes 10 to 15 to get to the point. Other nights she’ll beat something to death.

[Me.]

6. It Was Almost One Of Her Hair On Fire Nights

but not quite

[Demobrat]

9. She has to fill an hour (less commercials of course).

Sometimes she has to do it with 15 minutes worth of material. So she’ll take 45 to get to the point. On slow news days the last 15 minutes are the most worthwhile.

[Sanity Claws]

10. Isn't it nice to have slow news days!

I think it’s great.

[LastDemocratInSC]

11. She's lost her mind, maybe,

but we all admire her remarkable recall.

[brush]

12. She has more time to fill than most cable host because she has fewer guests.

Wonder if it's still the case that many people don't want to come on her show and subject themselves to her scrutiny (mostly republicans of course)?

Maybe she should give herself a break and try to book more guests. Other hosts do it.

[madamesilverspurs]

13. PBS used to have a show called "Connections"

in which James Burke explained how events and devices came into being. I remember looking forward to those episodes, there was always something to be learned and understood. For much the same reason I look forward to Maddow's show. She and her staff do exceptional research.


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[sparkzebra]

20. Brilliant Program

This program changed the course of my life - as a child I had no appreciation of history beyond a record of dates and historical figures.
James Burke provided such a unique and profound view of history showing actual "cause and effect" of arbitrary and random events throughout history. It should be the basis of all elementary and secondary school curriculum's.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. They sure do.

There have been countless times when she's had someone on her show who we may not necessarily agree with - and she always asks if she was accurate in describing their issues/positions and I have never heard anyone correct her. And she always manages to explain the most complicated issue so clearly that anyone can understand. She's the best.

[OnDoutside]

26. I loved that programme !

Good to know James is still alive and kicking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(science_historian)

[Raine]

14. It's just Rachel being Rachel. nt

[ecstatic]

15. ADHD and multitasker friendly programming.

I approve. That being said, I couldn't get past the first 10 minutes of her show last night. The Georgia qpublican attempt to overturn the GA Constitution is just too much. Can't deal with their crap tonight.

[Hortensis]

16. Stating things 3 times helps implant them in memory. She's been using the technique for years.

It's not at all about filling a highly competitive prime time slot with waste because she didn't prepare enough to talk about, a frankly ridiculous idea. Most nights her repetitions roll out okay, but some nights they're more noticeable and come off as more tedious.

Also, her regular strategy is to start by describing a history and context into which the current event will be set for much greater understanding than just reporting the current event could provide. This is a big part of what's made her show so popular and stand out from what comes before and after.

Of course we've seen that the Trump/Repub chaos generated such a cascade of news that she, and others, often had to abandon their planned show many nights and just plow straight through the happenings, often still ongoing during the evening.

[sparkzebra]

17. I repeat myself when under stress.... I repeat myself when under stress...

The Rachel Maddow Show ..the only place in the world where you can watch a Giraffe beat a Dead Horse...

no disrespect intended - think she is brilliant...perhaps years on the radio trying to avoid "dead air" corrupted her speech patterns and delivery

[TheBlackAdder]

18. Lawrence O'Donnell does that too. There are a lot of thick Republicans they try to reach out to.

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Dumb people need things repeated three times to sink in, almost like saying Beetlejuice.

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[sarcasmo]

19. A few years back my neighbor called me up, are you watching the Tigers game?

I said, Betty, look up in the right corner of the TV, it says replay.

[DFW]

22. You can have a senior moment at any age

In late 1978, after spending a year in the USA to see if we were "compatible long term," my wife and I were on a Lufthansa plane from Boston to Frankfurt. The pilot came on while we were still on the ground, and made his announcements. My wife suddenly turned to me and asked, "warum sagt er das alles noch mal (why is he saying that all over again)?"

After a year in the USA, it was so natural for her to use both English and German that she hadn't even noticed that the pilot had made his announcement first in English, and then again in German. To her, he was just repeating himself, and she couldn't figure out why.

[OnDoutside]

25. Lol, very good !

[Totally Tunsie]

23. Rachel was up against President Biden's Town Hall on CNN,

hosted by Anderson Cooper. She's smart enough to know Joe will be the bigger draw, so maybe she's just coasting for the night?

[OnDoutside]

24. I never get the hate directed towards her, by some, on this site. It really stands out.

[Happy Hoosier]

28. Me neither.

She actually tales the time to provide perspective and context. But in an instant gratification world, I guess some folks don’t have the patience for it. I think shes the best opinion journo on TV.

[OnDoutside]

29. Well said.

[Yonnie3]

27. I dunno about Rachel, but ...

once the kid in two and a half men aged 5 years while I was watching a re-run.