So if Sanders isn't viable, why is Rachel Maddow interviewing him?

[babylonsister]

Damn good interview, too.

No, awesome interview! Fantastic, watch it if you can!

[Duckhunter935]

1. She is feeling guilty

For basically ignoring and dissing him for a year

[HereSince1628]

10. I suspect, for the record. It helps balance out the minutes, doesn't hurt much now

and so down the road people will look at summary stats and see the minutes better balanced

[babylonsister]

11. She's interviewed him numerous times. Google it. nt

[Duckhunter935]

13. Yes she has

And asked Hillary softbal questions while saying Bernie can never win

[babylonsister]

21. I hope you watched this. nt

[Adrahil]

25. She's given him TONS of positive coverage.

But for some Sandernistas, anything that isn't fawning cheerleading is "ignoring and dissing."

[Dem2]

2. I thought the press was ignoring him?

Now it means he's viable?

Oh, response above says she's guilty?

It's becoming more and more difficult to not laugh out loud.

[Logical]

3. To fake looking un-biased. nt

[rurallib]

4. Not being snarky

my guess is that Comcast said go ahead now that they think he can no longer win.
See - that burnishes MSNBC and Comcast as the lefty station.

If they they thought he was viable they wouldn't give him 10 seconds.
Plus it is Friday night - no one watches news type shows on Friday night.

[mythology]

9. If only she hadn't interviewed him before

Tonight, March 30th, September 18th 2015, January 20th for examples.

[babylonsister]

14. Thank you kindly. Yes, she has, and his wife twice. nt

[silvershadow]

18. For a whole hour, each? Wow. Didn't know that. Off to look. See you in two. nt

[truedelphi]

29. I doubt that you will have to look very long to find out that

This Friday night one hour interview is the only one hour interview she has offered him.

And maybe we can't blame her too much - MSNBC ditched Ed Schultz for what I would see as minor offenses. She does have to have a job and all.

[silvershadow]

33. MSNBC screwed themselves. Ed Shultz's voice was the lone beacon after

Olbermann left for the final time.

[Databuser]

5. Rachel Maddow...

...is in FULL Chuckles The Sensible Woodchuck Mode.

Comcast Rachel is very different from Air America Rachel.....




[ GO BERNIE! ]

[HooptieWagon]

8. Air America Rachel was awesome.

Sad to see what became of her.

[Duckhunter935]

16. I so agree

[HooptieWagon]

20. It's like a sports star you once admired...

...is now pitching vinyl siding on a late-night infomercial.

[truedelphi]

30. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ n/t

[babylonsister]

15. Go away. I like her. nt

[scscholar]

6. Because she is anti-estrablishment

Oh wait. She used to be. Now she's a DWS-girl.

[WhiteTara]

7. Squeaky wheels get the grease.

Complaining and whining get you further.

[lunamagica]

12. So I guess Rachel is cool again

[babylonsister]

19. I certainly don't always agree with her,

am not happy about what I saw/heard, but who's left? And FTR, she's a damned good Dem and I will read her book from these few years in her life if I'm still here.

[KingFlorez]

17. For ratings

Sanders supporters will anything and everything that he appears on.

[babylonsister]

22. Hate her all you want, it was a good interview. I loved it. nt

[SusanCalvin]

26. Me too. nt

[onehandle]

23. They kept filming the Hindenburg after it moored at Lakehurst. nt

[anigbrowl]

38. Oh the humanity

[Demsrule86]

24. could be a pity interview.

I would imagine Bernie supporters are begging them to. Also, Joe Scarborough who has influence want Bernie to be the nominee desperately.

[Travis_0004]

27. Maddow cares about raitings

I dont think she chooses interviews based on viability.

[floppyboo]

28. I'm going to guess that it's because they've been told to stop it with the Trump TV

and Hillary has no news they are allowed to talk about, so Bernie is a default.

[babylonsister]

31. So, all those people who love Bernie, you

are ignoring them?

[floppyboo]

32. ???

[GreatGazoo]

34. good stuff

[eastwestdem]

35. I don't know if you've noticed, but there is a coordinated effort to appease Sanders supports

which started a couple of weeks ago when Biden said nice things about Sanders and his movement. Obama has gone out of his way to make complimentary statements as well. Clearly these two are the heads of the Democratic party, and will be the first to call for party unity when Sanders finally leaves the race. By trying to connect with the Sanders supporters now, it will make them more credible when that time comes. I suspect that the Maddow interview was part of this movement. By giving Sanders some airtime (albeit 9pm on a Friday), with softball question, it allowed the liberal media to show him in a good light and counter claims by this supporters that he is being ignored. It was also interesting how no questions were asked that would require him to single out Hillary in any way, so was as non-threatening to party unity as possible.

[silvershadow]

36. Yeah. They are buttering us up for the Big Screwing. Takes lots of butter this time. nt

[BootinUp]

37. I watched it, good interview

I still hold out hope that this primary battle will end well so we can all work together.

[CobaltBlue]

39. babylonsister—Good question! Here's another: How much longer will Rachel Maddow slum @ MSNBC?