Television Critics Love Rachel Maddow, Cite Her ‘Outstanding Achievement in News and Information’
Last week, for the third year in a row, the Television Critics Association – which “represents more than 200 journalists writing about television for print and online outlets in the United States and Canada” – nominated MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for their annual award for “Outstanding Achievement in News and Information.”
The left-wing host is the only consistent nominee in the category over the past three years -- though she has yet to win. CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS hosts and programs have earned nominations over the years, but no one at the Fox News Channel has ever been nominated per the association’s press releases posted back to 2002.
Another favorite of liberals, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, which won in 2004, has been nominated in two of the past three years. PBS’s Frontline and CBS’s 60 Minutes are perennial nominees.
The 2012 “Outstanding Achievement in News and Information” nominees:
Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Frontline (PBS)
60 Minutes (CBS)
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
For 2011:
If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise (HBO)
Restrepo (National Geographic Channel)
60 Minutes (CBS)
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
30 for 30 (ESPN)
For 2010:
30 for 30 (ESPN)
America: The Story of Us (History Channel)
Life (Discovery Channel)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
The winners, dominated by PBS’s Frontline, over the past ten years:
2001-02 Frontline (PBS)
2002-03 Frontline (PBS)
2003-04 The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
2004-05 Frontline (PBS)
2005-06 Frontline (PBS)
2006-07 Planet Earth (Discovery)
2007-08 The War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick (PBS)
2008-09 The Alzheimer’s Project (HBO)
2009-10 Life (Discovery)
2010-11 Restrepo (National Geographic Channel)
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How
Submitted by grammajane on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 2:04am.
sad!! Are the judges from the white house? Noticed that puke letterman is up for an award as is anderson cooper. No mention of American Idol which is weird when they get millions calling in to vote. Oh forgot, that show is on Fox. OReilly has 10 times the audience of madcow so who is fixing this awards fiasco? What a joke
Don't forget mostly liberals
Submitted by Bluesman on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 12:45pm.
Don't forget mostly liberals get Nobel peace prizes not Conservatives.
Can someone remind me again why the POTUS received one? I'm drawing a blank
Liberals love awards.
Submitted by Order270 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 3:14am.
They invent awards to use as false credibility.
That's what it is
Submitted by KornKing on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:53am.
A bunch of NPR types patting each other on the back, ratings, we don't need no stink in' ratings
It's an old story. Liberals take care of their own. That is
Submitted by Rush Fan on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 3:18am.
understandable, as the Family should always come first.
It is funny because whenever
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 3:25am.
It is funny because whenever a comrade is having some PR trouble the establishment will initially circle the wagons in an attempt to boost their status, but like the children that they are the wagons will wander off once the collective gets bored with them. I thought it was funny when the media gave Cindi Sheehan the boot.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
"...a comrade..."
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:05am.
Perfect!
If the Daily Show is in the
Submitted by HelloDare on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 4:19am.
If the Daily Show is in the News and Information category, shouldn't Maddow be in the Comedy category?
Agreed
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:08am.
How serious can a "news and information" award be if one of the nominees is a show on Comedy Central? Why not the Ellen Show and Good Morning America, too?
My guess is that Maddow's show is the LGBT pick to show how open-minded the awards are.
Madcow's REAL Achievement
Submitted by djwolf12 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 5:28am.
When is the Madcow actually RIGHT about something or not making stuff up?
Rachel MadCow, & "Outstanding
Submitted by Arlen Cooper on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:15am.
Rachel MadCow, & "Outstanding Achievement?" What a misnomer! Stop it ... you're killing me with laughter. Gotta be a bunch of "no-nothing artists" pulling a gag on us the "the ignorant" non-viewers. What a fraud!
Outstanding?
Submitted by oldfart on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:31am.
Rachel who? Don't tell Chris Matthews - he will loose the tingle on his leg.
A word about these 'Awards.'
Submitted by ChrisNH on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:59am.
Leftist media people are among the lowest forms of life walking the planet today. They know it; we know it. To help maintain a modicum of esteem among the corps, they 'create' awards that are essentially Leftists backslapping other Leftists. In other words, the mantra is: "No one appreciates us, so we'll appreciate ourselves."
"...the corps" Perhaps you
Submitted by celator on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:53am.
"...the corps"
Perhaps you meant "the corpse"? ;+}
It's Simple!
Submitted by Fenwick on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 7:24am.
If you have never been invited to the White House by Obama, then you can not be nominated!
"Outstanding Achievement"
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:08am.
From the same people who brought us "everyone gets a trophy".
This is a joke
Submitted by cristo on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:27am.
It's as bad as Hollywood stroking their own every year with the Academy Awards - you know, actors and directors telling viewers who the best actors and directors are. Can't even count the number of times I've seen an old 2-star movie that didn't get a very good review and it turns out to be a pretty good job. TV critics - "journalists" who are "reporting" on TV news are no doubt pretty damn biased. What also seems to be consistent is that their reporting - and thus the awards - is biased. Each winner over the years listed is a liberal outlet, and FOX is not on the list once, despite the fact that FOX viewership blows away the top five alternative shows EACH NIGHT! FOX can be pretty bad at times (the daily morning clowns are a joke) but FOX reporting and CNN reporting are pretty close to the same thing. The Prison Channel, on the other hand, does not report, it simply delivers a left biased opinion that's so consistent that one need not longer watch it to know what opinion they will give.
Ooooo a socialist love-fest
Submitted by c5then on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:46am.
200 "Journalists" who write about TV and nominate the shows that they think are "cool".
This group is so heavy with socialists and "lugbut" activists that it should have to apply for a 501(c) designation.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Poor Rachel. Always a groomsman, never a groom.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:53am.
.
Who is he?
Submitted by Hozeking on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:16am.
I've never heard of him.
Who is he?
Submitted by Hozeking on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:16am.
I've never heard of him.
Rachel won again? Not surprising.
Submitted by KyWriter on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:20am.
This is, after all, a classic example of a circle jerk.
the Nobel Peace Prize of journalism
Submitted by wizardjr on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:33am.
and just as important. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
So funny liberals make up awards
Submitted by vaboxrboy on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:35am.
yet MRC blows its own horn with the MRC Gala and goes nuts over CPAC. It's even more funny that you can't really insult Rachel's intellect so you call her Madcow or a dude. So much intelligence that your cup runneth over with the insightful wit of a 4th grader. Keep up the good work guys!
I will feed the troll
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:18am.
Sorry UPChuck, all left of left shows get nominated and the superior shows like Brett Baiers or Greta's on Fox never get's a nomination?
Your cup runneth over with nothing insightful and since you only watch PMSNBC or look at HuffBlo or the DailyLoss, your brainless banter is as meaningless as this president (no cap deserved).
Ray ray has intellect?
So does her little sister who hates soldiers and veterans on weekend mornings?
My bad. you confuse leftist anti-american talk as smart, I still see it as nothing but leftist anti-american talk with ALL leftist anti-americans on the panels.
Fair and balanced - NAH..................
so good.. she's the Queen of retractions...
Submitted by Mark81150 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 5:49pm.
This.. libelous mistake smearing a republican.. (surprise)
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2010/10/21/youre-more-welcome-...
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Rachel Maddow Falls For, Then Retracts, A Gary Johnson-Related Hoax
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rachel-maddow-falls-for-then-retracts-a-gary-...
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So, is Rachel Maddow just a jerk, is she a liar, or is she ignorant? Hard to say, but let me share a little perspective.
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/04/14/toys-in-the-attic-strikes-again/
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Maddow is so bright, why she has the privilege of making up her pwn facts, and does so often. She's the smartest lying left wing hack journalist out there, You go fanboy and rifle through her underwear drawer....
She's still a hyper partisan liar and an open hater of all things right of Olberdork... her former mentor and fellow left wing whackjob. Her audience is nothing compared to FOX, but you go on touching yourself when you pine over her,.. but you do know,.. she ain't into guys... right?
Like the est at MSNBC, she's a joke.
Chuck, Rage bats 0% despite her fine PC academic credentials.
Submitted by drsamherman on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 5:59pm.
She has a doctorate in political science but she doesn't know the hierarchy of US law? Example - her whining about Michigan taking over municipalities that are in financial distress. Every state has a law like this on the books so it can step in and clean up messes created by local politicians. She didn't know that cities are political subdivisions of states and exist primarily at their largesse? That's Civics 101, boxboy.
She has all of this supposed knowledge about social science research techniques but constantly falls prey to hoaxes? Either she doesn't bother reviewing the copy before she goes to air or she is just plain overreliant on a rather inept research staff. She is at fault either way.
Sorry, but I can say professionally as a neurologist/psychiatrist that I do not find Rachel's intelligence to be much greater than a four year old. At least the four year old can legitimately claim ignorance by virtue of no life experience or formal education. Rachel, on the other hand, had a liberally stellar and politically correct education that seems to have done zero to help her understand the basic facts of American government, nor the maturity to recognize an obvious con because she keeps falling for them.
he/she
Submitted by tomolson3 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:47am.
Is he/she nominated as a man or a woman? what kind of parents name there son Rachel?????
Wasn't Anderson Cooper the
Submitted by Chulio on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 12:44pm.
Wasn't Anderson Cooper the CNN reporter who got the school girl giggles when he first described the Tea Party as tea baggers? With this group, you'd think that would qualify him for a lifetime achievement award.
Rachel isn't a total man-hater....
Submitted by thescoots on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 1:08pm.
there is one male figure she admires....
Charlie the Tuna......
Fox News won't ever get nominated
Submitted by ThisnThat on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 1:37pm.
unless Alan Combs comes back with his own show.
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