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Related: About this forumRachel Maddow: "The story of our democracy right now...is the most important story in the world." - C-SPAN
Rachel Maddow: "The story of our age -- I really believe -- the story of our democracy right now is not a Washington story and it is not easy to cover, but right now it is the most important story in the world." - Aired on 12/12/2025.
Full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/walter-cronkite-awards-for-excellence-in-tv-political-journalism/670381
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Rachel Maddow: "The story of our democracy right now...is the most important story in the world." - C-SPAN (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
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While Benjamin Franklin famously responded to a woman asking what kind of a
no_hypocrisy
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no_hypocrisy
(54,081 posts)1. While Benjamin Franklin famously responded to a woman asking what kind of a
government the nascent Congress established "A republic . . . . if you can keep it," it appears today, the response would be "a democracy . . . . if you can keep it."
KT2000
(21,893 posts)2. She is so who we need
they should have stood for her.
erronis
(22,413 posts)3. She's not just a "personality". She's a real analyst and reporter.
Asking other reporters to look at the reactions of the populace to interpret the how their system of government is working. A not very thinly veiled reference to Putin's rump USSR and Trump's.