Reality Check by Dave Whamond for May 11, 2018

Why bother showing up at all?

She is the ‘truth hen’ in the FOX house.

The New York Times drops its breaking news just before her show.

Better yet, show up 5 minutes after the show is over.

Colbert and Kimmel must be caught in the same loop: “Bash Trump”, repeat, “Bash Trump,” repeat….

Rachel Madcow. Irrelevant, but still annoying.

Not a journalist!!! Merely a divisive, liberal mouthpiece.

Creating humor and satire around the current administration is a real challenge. How do you exaggerate the behavior of these people, when that behavior is already an outrageous exaggeration of previously established norms? How do you spoof a spoof? This is why the jokes hit so close to home, and why some people were ticked off by the great job Michelle Wolf did at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And that’s why this cartoon, while having a humorous side, is also incredibly accurate. Rachel Maddow often has to scrap her planned show, because of the astonishing amount of late-breaking news generated by the scandals and corruption of this administration.

Fortunately, none of that changes the fact that she’s one of the most interesting and intelligent commentators on cable news.

The things people will say for money. Oh yeah. She believes her own BS.

Never mind.

For her paycheck!!