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Maddow's Success Defies TV's Formula

MSNBC's unlikely hit powered by brains, drive

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 3, 2008 12:57 PM CST

(Newser) – Rachel Maddow is an unlikely cable-news pundit: butch lesbian, holder of a doctorate from Oxford, erstwhile drive-time radio sidekick. But her MSNBC show, launched in September, has been wildly successful, not least because of her good humor and outsider credentials. She plays well with Pat... Read full story »

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