Maddow Calls Fox News 'Chamber Of Horrors,' Says She Misses Olbermann In Howard Kurtz Interview

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Source: Huffington Post

In an interview with The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz, Rachel Maddow called Fox News a "a McCarthyite chamber of horrors" and discussed Keith Olbermann's departure from MSNBC.

Kurtz framed Maddow as the new face and most high-profile voice of the network in the wake of Keith Olbermann's departure. (She is now MSNBC's most veteran prime-time host, having been on the air for a little under two-and-a-half years.) MSNBC President Phil Griffin seemed to agree with this assessment, calling Maddow's program "our biggest show."

For her part, Maddow told Kurtz she misses Olbermann, but said his departure "really wasn't about the rest of us" at MSNBC.

It is at least the third time Maddow has publicly addressed Olbermann's abrupt exit from MSNBC in January. She has also called him a "freaking successful" pioneer and, in an echo of her comments to The Daily Beast, told Bill Maher on the night of Olbermann's resignation that the situation "didn't involve any of the rest of us." Maddow reserved her biggest fire in the interview for Fox News. "You can't really call yourself a news channel if that's what you broadcast," she said.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/28/maddow-fox-news-chamber-horrors-olbermann_n_829030.html

[SoapBox]

1. ...we all miss Keith.

[Kingofalldems]

2. She's trying to censor Fox news!!

:sarcasm: :shrug:

[calimary]

5. Hey I'D like to censor Pox Noise!

[xchrom]

3. recommend

[reformist2]

4. I like that phrase "chamber of horrors," LOL!

[Enthusiast]

14. "McCarthyite chamber of horrors"

Even better. Welcome to the DU.

[totodeinhere]

6. Or maybe she is jealous that Fox News always beats her in the ratings. n/t

[w4rma]

7. Highly unlikely. (nt)

[maxsolomon]

8. wow. yeah, that's probably it.

just jealousy over ratings. put down the o'reilly and back away slowly.

[stevenleser]

9. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that person was being sarcastic.

At least I hope so. No one who says anything like that belongs here.

[maxsolomon]

11. you gotta use

:sarcasm: if you're going to do that.

[The Nexus]

10. Is Maddow an attorney? nt

[PA Democrat]

12. No, Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from Oxford.

Also a Rhodes Scholar.

[slay]

13. I'd love to see Rachel on at 8pm - or Ed

and Cenk at 10pm and Lawrence... well.. don't really care for his style much of the time.

*on edit - i know west coast wouldn't get Ed live at 7pm that way but would still get the rerun then.

[RZM]

15. KO's show was the most entertaining on MSNBC

With Maddow coming in second. But one thing I don't miss about him was his obsession with Fox News, which I thought consumed airtime that could have been dedicated to more pressing issues. Call me a cynic, but I get the sense that ideology isn't entirely central to the ongoing war between the two organizations. It's certainly part of it for sure -- but since the networks are fierce competitors it's pretty tough to divorce their feud from the battle for ratings and advertising $$. And that, in the end, is what makes both of them tick.