So why is Rachel popular—second night of number one cable news show. Passion. She has passion to dig, ask questions, but above all connect dots to reveal context that gives meaning to events happening faster than we can keep track of. As she ofter says, she pays no attention to what Trump say, she watches what he does. That’s how your expose hypocrisy: The pattern of behavior is the message, not each individual act but the Pattern.
The only time we can actually see the space between words and body, thought and action, is when the sound track is slower than the action. But in reality there is no gap between thought and acton from the perceivers point of view. So it is only when we can connect the dots of actions to see a patter that we can see, suddenly with a SNAP that we are being deceived by the Stench of Lies (Apocalypse Now)
The Journalist (with a capital letter) discernment that withholds judgement until the pattern appears which is the truth or real message.
When you point out the pattern to someone, they become outraged and start yelling at you. Rachel Maddow hunts patterns in the news with a passion; the Sherlock Holmes of MSNBC.
And she delivery of the news is unique to her. Her speech patterns have a rhythm, repeating phrases like a song that seems to put her in her spot or her Word.
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