Why did Rachel Maddow apply for a job at Fox News?

In an interview with the New York Times in October, 2008, Rachel Maddow was quoted as saying: I don’t talk much about Fox. That’s more Keith Olbermann, but the only time Fox tried to book me on a show — ever — was for me to comment on Madonna and Britney Spears having kissed at an awards ceremony. I declined .

In today’s Washington Post, a spokesperson for Fox News was quoted: These feelings that [Rachel Maddow] experienced about Fox News didn’t stop her from applying for a job here. According to a source in Fox News, Maddow applied for work as a “talking head” with Bill O’Reilly back in 2007.

Fans and critics alike of the out lesbian, very liberal, former AIDS activist could be forgiven for being a little bit taken aback by this revelation, but should we be?

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