{"id":55782,"date":"2016-11-09T14:03:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T18:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=55782"},"modified":"2016-11-09T19:04:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T23:04:41","slug":"maddow-morphs-into-mad-dog-during-prime-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=55782","title":{"rendered":"Maddow Morphs Into Mad Dog During Prime Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Meltdown of the night&#8217; Bitter news anchor bemoans Trump&#8217;s election success<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As Donald Trump triumphed in the race to the White House a television news anchor has bemoaned his incredible success.<\/p>\n<p>By JOE BARNES<br \/>\nEXPRESS<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldPrezTrump\/status\/796230305262800897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/2540076170001\/NykPWQNal_default\/index.html?videoId=5202670302001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As various major US news networks prepared to confirm the Republican&#8217;s victory over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/hillary-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">MSNBC<\/a> host Rachel Maddow gave a bitter response while live on air.<\/p>\n<p>The sombre host told MSNBC viewers, as Mr <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Trump<\/a> edged towards victory: \u201cYou\u2019re awake by the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not having a terrible, terrible dream. Also you\u2019re not dead and you haven\u2019t gone to hell.<\/p>\n<section class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<h4 class=\"withoutCaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/Donald-trump-us-presidential-election-730317.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump us election results\" data-w=\"590\" data-h=\"350\" \/><br \/>\nMSNBC host Rachel Maddow was slammed by Twitter users for her sombre response to Trump&#8217;s win<\/h4>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pull-quote on-left\">\n<blockquote id=\"nointellitxt\" class=\"nointellitxt ctx_blocked\">\n<p class=\"quote\">You\u2019re not having a terrible, terrible dream<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Rachel Maddow<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"text-description\">\u201cThis is your life now, this is our election now, this is us, this is our country \u2013 it\u2019s real.\u201dSocial media users attacked the television anchor for her moaning comments following on from Mr Trump securing the key swing states Florida, Ohio and North Carolina.One Twitter user wrote: \u201cI\u2019m sick of Rachel Maddow and all the MSNBC people acting like they\u2019re so stunned that Donald Trump is winning. He stands for America.\u201dAnother posted: \u201cMeltdown of the night: Rachel Maddow is losing it as Trump wins Ohio, North Carolina and it\u2019s hilarious.\u201d<\/section>\n<section class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<h5 class=\"withoutCaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"MSNBC US election coverage\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/rachel-maddow-msnbc-713836.jpg\" alt=\"MSNBC US election coverage\" data-w=\"590\" data-h=\"350\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"photo-caption defaultLeft\">MSNBC \u2022\u00a0<\/span>She warned viewers they weren&#8217;t dreaming or dead as Trump closes in on victory<\/h5>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"text-description\">A critic said: \u201cRachel Maddow is so clearly disgusted with American voters that she has lost touch with reality. Trump did not win on anti-Muslim.\u201dShe was not the only television presenter singled out for criticism because of their coverage leaning towards Mrs Clinton.BBC host <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/730296\/us-election-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-andrew-neil-bbc-us-election-coverage\" rel=\"tag\">Andrew Neil came under fire<\/a> and was accused of being \u201cbiased\u201d towards the Democratic candidate from viewers in the UK.Furious viewers said it was \u201cobvious\u201d Neil was backing\u00a0Mrs Clinton and demanded the BBC &#8220;not be a vehicle for its presenters to voice their own political views&#8221;.___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/730317\/us-election-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-msnbc-coverage-rachel-maddow\">http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/730317\/us-election-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-msnbc-coverage-rachel-maddow<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Meltdown of the night&#8217; Bitter news anchor bemoans Trump&#8217;s election success<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}