“I Am Not Trying To Change the Country”
How Rachel Maddow handles gay rights on her show.
As an openly gay host of a primetime news program, Rachel Maddow knows she has a ready-made platform on the issue of gay rights. But the MSNBC host says she doesn’t let her own sexual identity dictate her editorial choices on issues like same-sex marriage.
Maddow recently sat down with Jacob Weisberg for the latest interview in our ongoing series "Conversations With Slate." Here’s the third installment.
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Look out for one more excerpt from the Maddow interview in the days ahead, along with an audio podcast of the entire conversation.