General Discussion

She has proven her credentials time and again, with in-depth reporting, many deep-dive podcast series, and book after book.

Yes she has a staff, but from the way she used to talk when she first started at MSNBC, in the beginning it was a small number of interns. They are pros by now. They don’t “feed” her what to say — she directs them in their research, and she has the in-depth knowledge to know if they know what they are saying.

If she had pursued academia, she would have been the kind of professor who knew when a student was blowing smoke, and she would have been the kind that demanded top-notch work. And would have demanded top-notch work from herself, every day.

The quality shows in her chosen career.

As for her salary, it’s negotiated, not “given. “ The corporate bigwigs would not have yielded unless they thought she was worth it. It’s not coming out of your pocket or mine, and as an older woman, I’m just tickled that Rachel is making as much as a man in a similar position.