Jawa Report On Castrated Journalist: “Isn't That How Rachel Maddow Got Started?” Special Programs LGBTQ Written by Media Matters Staff Published 02/02/11 5:04 PM EST A February 2 post on the right-wing blog Jawa Report linked to an article about a Portuguese journalist who was reportedly castrated with a corkscrew and asked, “Isn't that how Rachel Maddow got started?”: