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The Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award is given to journalists "who courageously promote democratic values, defend religious freedom and reinvigorate informed civic participation." This year, it's being given to Rachel Maddow.



No one is more deserving of this award than she is. Except Fareed Zakaria. Whenever I see right wing pundits talk about Maddow, they always smear her as some far leftist loon, when there's actually nothing partisan about her. She gives the facts, and then she gives her opinion, backed up by those very facts. And she just has fun with it. She doesn't treat the sky as if it's falling like Olbermann or Hannity or Beck. She's basically Jon Stewart, but with no jokes. I wish she wasn't gay, because I am in love with this woman.

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