Regardless of how you feel about Rachel Maddow’s progressive politics, one thing about her and her MSNBC show that I think we can all admire is the degree to which she pays attention to and praises local news. She and her staff spend a lot of time reading and watching local news rather than just relying on what Maddow calls “The Beltway Media.”
Maddow and her staff rely on local news to know what is happening around the country and frequently notes that the news out in the nation is often very different from what the national media cover.
When Alison Parker and Adam Ward of WEBJ Channel 7 of Virginia were shot and killed last week while on a remote broadcast, Maddow praised the hard work of community journalists and the work that the staff of WEBJ did while dealing with the death of their colleagues. I encourage you all to watch this segment. There is no footage of the actual shooting in this story.