Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. Over the past several years, MSNBC has run a series of “Lean Forward” ads promoting its various liberal hosts’ television shows or different liberal causes. While many of them have been downright ridiculous such as Al Sharpton’s blueberry pie commercial, the latest one featuring primetime host Rachel Maddow takes a completely different approach. The announcer begins the ad by proclaiming “Meet Rachel. She’s a news anchor with a big personality. She’s smart, funny and passionate. But we’re about to find out what happens when she gets serious.”
