WaPo Touts Rachel Maddow’s Left-Wing Activist ‘Military Mission’

On Monday, Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz touted how Rachel Maddow is making history happen on gays in the military – which might not seem very tough with Obama and the liberal Democrats in Congress in charge of the government. Maddow tries to present herself as an advocacy journalist, not an activist, like there’s a huge difference: As one of the few openly gay television anchors, Maddow has kept the spotlight trained on the contentious issue of whether service members known to be homosexual should face discharge proceedings, as Choi did after that interview. But she doesn’t view herself as mounting a crusade. “I was an activist before I went into the media,” Maddow says.

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WaPo Touts Rachel Maddow’s Left-Wing Activist ‘Military Mission’