Talk:Rachel Maddow

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[edit] first openly gay Rhodes Scholar (at time of election)

It is commendable that Maddow was open about her sexual orientation to her Rhodes selection committee, but I would love to see some footnoting or references on this assertion. Was Maddow in fact the first Rhodes Scholar to list a gay or gay-affiliated group on her Rhodes application? (And if so, is that "coming out"?) I know there were Rhodes Scholars before her who were openly gay while in Oxford; whether they were fully open to their respective committees at the time of their election is a different question, however.

Please know I'm by no means proposing an alternative candidate; Maddow may well be the first to have discussed her gay activism with the committee. Precisely because this is an important milestone, I would love to get some better information and establish the record. Sandover 16:14, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

at one point it had the proper wording ("out during the selection process"), but it was changed by someone who obviously doesn't care about being that clear. if her contention is that she listed a gay group on her application and was therefore "out", it seems she is just playing into the bad stereotype that only gays associate with gays, but i was under the impression she was specifically out. — unsigned comment from 68.162.171.54 on 03:56, 19 August 2006

I don't think that's Maddow's contention at all; I'm just trying to find some clarity on this issue, including confirmation that Maddow was "out during the selection process" and that previous Rhodes Scholars weren't. I've revised the copy accordingly. Sandover 16:04, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Richard who?!?

'Richard Corliss, a film critic for Time magazine, described her as "one of the sharpest political commentators around."'

Does the solitary opinion of a single individual belong in the opening paragraph of this bio? Furthermore, does the opinion of a virtual nobody belong anywhere on the page? Let along a nobody film critic commenting on radio?!? Ynot4tony (talk) 18:43, 9 April 2008 (UTC)