I love her technique.. its called building a story, an art that has mostly been lost in the current, short attention span age of sound bytes, instant gratification and fast food. Its the difference between a documentary and a news clip; a symphony and a three-minute rock song; a novel and a short story. If you gave me the choices, I'd take the documentary, the symphony and the novel every time.
Rachel Maddow is, as Chris Hayes calls her, "The Master Explainer" - she is detailed, and thorough and leaves nothing out in her effort to show how we got to the place where we are in at the time of whatever it is she is reporting about. Her descriptions of event timelines, and her ability to tie together seemingly unrelated facts is unparalleled IMO, and makes otherwise complex subjects easy to understand.
I have just finished reading her latest book - "Blowout". Its quite simply outstanding.
