MSNBC, the place for left-wing politics strikes again.
If there ever was a textbook example of what not to do in a TV interview for broadcast journalism students, "Hardball" host Chris Matthews put it on display during his Aug. 10 show. In a segment with Americans For Prosperity President Tim Phillips, Matthews did his dead-level best to discredit the opponent of Obama's health care policy proposals, first by trying to link him to those questioning Obama's presidency on the claims of an invalid birth certificate.
"Tim, where are you from politically? What's your story? Who are you politically?" Matthews said, peppering his free-market conservative guest with questions. "Are you one of the people that question's the president's legitimacy as president?" "You're not a birther or anything like that?"
Matthews then asked Phillips what he wanted politically, as if conservatives had reins of power in Washington, D.C. Phillips began to answer the question by what he didn't want to see, perhaps since the policies he would prefer would have little chance of becoming enacted under the current political climate, before being interrupted by Matthews.
"No! What do you want? No, no, no!" Matthews said. "I will not have that conversation with you. What do you want?"
Phillips said he wanted to see more choices versus mandates, which reward behavior. However, Matthews amped up his bulling tactics after not rattling the Americans for Prosperity president when Matthews tried to analogize health insurance mandates with auto insurance mandates.
MATTHEWS: Do you like the idea of requiring people to have health insurance at a young age?
PHILLIPS: I do not. I don't think it's good for the government to be mandating and requiring that, so I'm opposed to that.
MATTHEWS: Well, they mandate you buy, when you get a driver's license to go out on the road, you have to have insurance to drive a car. You don't like that either? Where are you with that?
PHILLIPS: I don't want government reaching...
MATTHEWS: Wait, wait, wait. Do you want people to have insurance when they drive a car?
PHILLIPS: I think that's a decent mandate, absolutely because...
MATTHEWS: And it's a decent mandate
PHILLIPS: Hold on, hold on.
MATTHEWS: I'm holding on. I'm giving you all the time you want, buddy! Don't do this "hold on" crap with me. OK, I'm letting you talk. I know the tactics. Talk.
PHILLIPS: Thanks Chris.
MATTHEWS: No, you don't have to say "thanks Chris," just talk.
Matthews has taken a different tone in the past with his more left-of-center guests, like HBO's Bill Maher for example, giving them free rein to expound upon their ideas of how the world should operate.
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Why?
August 11, 2009 - 07:03 ET by FeynmanFanWhy do conservatives go on these kinds of shows? They should know they will never have a chance to give their point of view. Maybe they like being punching bags - I just don't know.
I encourage them to appear
August 11, 2009 - 11:41 ET by GalvanicMatthews is never more than talking-point deep on any subject. I think a well-informed conservative guest -- well versed in Matthews' scatter-brained tactics -- can make mincement of his leg-tingling performances. Folks like Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, George Will, and Bernard Goldberg can expose Matthews' nonsense -- it's probably why his producers don't bring them on. But many others can do a similar job.
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August 11, 2009 - 15:20 ET by Galvanicdeleted
Busted
August 11, 2009 - 07:12 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsMe: Mr. Matthews, are you a teabagger?
Matthews: What? Where's this coming from? No, no!
Me: Mr. Matthews, when it comes to Obama, and you get that tingly feeling, are you a teabagger? How about when promoting gay marriage? Are you not secretly a teabagger?
Matthews: Well, I think you are taking this entirely out of context. I strive for objectivity, but I have feelings too! So what if I'm a teabagger when it comes to great men?
Me: Point taken.
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nobody watches him so who cares ???
August 11, 2009 - 07:13 ET by rustyf1Chris Matthews has about 3 viewers so who cares what he says or does?
Viewership.
August 11, 2009 - 08:58 ET by blazermaniacI thought that Chrissy had five viewers. I guess, two have them have left.
Somebody has to watch Chris
August 11, 2009 - 09:22 ET by moovovaSomebody has to watch Chris (as distasteful as it might be) so we can get the videos of his antics.
Besides, these videos get my heart pumping better than the eliptical at the Y. Shoot, I can even have a beer while I'm watching. Can't do that at the Y.
Conservatives...
August 11, 2009 - 07:17 ET by ForbusFirst of all...Conservatives should never appear on that show or on MSNBC. But if they do they should ALL do the following:
If Matthews starts his nonsense...explain nicely that this is a discussion and you won't be continually interrupted or intimidated. If he does it again...unplug your mic and walk off. If Republicans do that 4-5 times he might get the message.
The problem is Mathews
August 11, 2009 - 09:41 ET by BruzillaThe problem is Mathews targets these bit players who are more interested in getting face time on a show like Mathew's than presenting a coherent point of view. And in return, Mathews gets to present this idiot as a mover & shaker in the Conservative movement.
No - don't walk off the
August 11, 2009 - 21:10 ET by ParalegalGoddessNo - don't walk off the set. That's exactly what he wants them to do - so he can say "see I won - they don't have an answer" and it will be plastered all over you tube or where ever these evil trolls congregate.
And that's why MSNBC's ratings suck.
August 11, 2009 - 07:21 ET by c5thenThat wasn't an interview, it was an argument. Mattews didn't want to let this guy have his say, he wanted to try and discredit him. It's absolutely disgraceful.
Glenn Beck is a better interviewer than Mattews is.
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You're right. Matthews
August 11, 2009 - 07:46 ET by motherbeltYou're right. Matthews was NOT interested in the opinion of the person he was supposedly interviewing. He was using the so-called "interview" as a platform from which to launch his rant.
Chrissie should switch to the Keith Olbermann format: only have on guests who agree with him and will nod and say "Right, Chris!" at appropriate intervals.
The man is a disgrace even to "journalism" with quotes around it.
He gets more despicable by the week.
Also, Glenn Beck...
August 11, 2009 - 08:48 ET by Iowa Boy...is a damn sight more entertaining. I watched BOR last night. he had a segment on the latest ratings. FNC is killing everyone. Even outdrawing the CBS Evening News. He made an interesting point. The huge growth has to be coming from liberals. FNC already had the conservatives but, even the liberals are getting tired of the crap on MSNBC.
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IB - watched that segment on BOR also-
August 11, 2009 - 11:17 ET by BO STINKSfantastic! Something like 300% more are watching FOX than CNN. over 200% more from MSNBC, etc. I may have the numbers wrong, but do remember taht the #'s were astounding. it has to be the Dems are watching, said BOR, cause all the conservatives moved over to FOX already! Great segment.
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Say what I want you to say!
August 11, 2009 - 07:27 ET by KC MulvilleMatthews was a jerk. That's all there is to say.
I mostly watch Video here
August 11, 2009 - 07:38 ET by Lancasters Saved UsI mostly watch Video here and You Tube...People actually watch this guy ? I must go back and study marketing some more. You say advertising pays for this?Hmmmn
Matthews and Libs illogical comparison.
August 11, 2009 - 07:36 ET by Red JeepOne aspect of the heath care debate is that the left argues that all should mandated to pay for coverage, including the very young. Thus Matthew’s question: “Do you like the idea of requiring people to have health insurance at a young age… they mandate you buy, when you get a driver's license to go out on the road, you have to have insurance to drive a car. You don't like that either?” It is a non-sequiter.
The young are required to buy car insurance because their leading cause of death is auto accidents. Teenagers are 10% of the population but are involved in 12% of fatal accidents. Their leading cause of death is not life, living.
I suppose a comeback for the libs when they make this argument is to ask, Ok, if the young are going to be required to pay health care insurance will it be pro-rated? Will 20 year-old pay far less than a 70 year old?
The reason auto insurance is
August 11, 2009 - 07:51 ET by motherbeltThe reason auto insurance is required is because one can do damage to someone else's life and/or property. Thus, if one is injured or has his car damaged by another driver, who has no money to fix it, he's SOL. It's to protect other drivers from the acts of the insured. That's why Property Damage coverage is required, but not collision (for damage to one's own car.)
also.....
August 11, 2009 - 07:53 ET by armedcitizenAre all teenagers mandated to purchase car insurance, even if they don't drive or own a vehicle?
To the best of my knowledge, teenagers have a choice in the matter, as long as they don't drive or own a car or what ever, they are not forced to pay insurance for anyone else. Maybe if anything, that argument is more close to what the opposition is trying to say. We don't want mandates, we want freedom and choice.
The guest should have turned that around, maybe if he had a chance to do so.....
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In NJ, if your kid had a
August 11, 2009 - 08:24 ET by SickofLibsIn NJ, if your kid had a learner's permit, when they turn 17 (and you have a car in the family), adding them to the policy is mandatory. Even if they will never be allowed to drive the car.
I can see that..but even then....
August 11, 2009 - 09:14 ET by armedcitizenThere is a possibility that a household with no vehicles, would not be mandated to pay car insurance. This happens in big cities where public transport is the best way to get around, such as NYC.
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That's coverage for
August 11, 2009 - 09:49 ET by Interested and concerned CDNThat's coverage for catastrophic damage to the roof of the car from the 17yr old spiked hair...
It makes one want to end an
August 11, 2009 - 07:40 ET by JTPencounter like that with a big hardy F.U before the camera is off. Thats all an "interview" like that deserves.
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It's very funny
August 11, 2009 - 07:54 ET by TexndocThey guy is comical! Pathological! Reminds me of an old episode of "Cheers" where Sam bet Diane she couldn't keep her mouth shut for a mere 20 seconds.
Sam: "Go."
Diane: (10 seconds later) "I don't know why I'm doing this."
Sam: "One more time. Go."
Diane: (10 seconds later) "This is so stupid."
Sam: "Care to try again?"
Don't argue the point
August 11, 2009 - 07:59 ET by Nortonalecshout-down your opponet. Chris said he knows the "tactics". He knows them and was USING them on this guy! Chris can't win the debate, so he does not let the debate take place. Keep shouting Chris! The more you show the public how you guys view them the more they will show up at town hall meeting to tell you what they think.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."~David St. Hubbins
That was not Journalism...that was a Smack-Down
August 11, 2009 - 08:21 ET by SkipperMLMTim was very composed and didn't lose it. I would have lost it after the "don't thank me" statement.
Does Crybaby Matthews not know that driving is a privilege and not a right and thus can require certain criterion in order to drive.
My question to Chris would have been, "Will that be next in the government. Government provided automobile insurance for all?"
Skipper matthews is also
August 11, 2009 - 08:48 ET by Radical1979Skipper matthews is also ignoring the fact that driving is an activity that can be risky to others so should be regulated. Also, here in PA the insurance mandated does not cover the person driving, it covers anyone hurt/damaged by the driver. That is not what healthcare insurance does. Just existing does not pose a threat to others (unless you're matthews, then you are a threat to intelligent life). There's the difference, but I think matthews knows that and is just being his usual arrogant self.
Chris wasn't dealing with the usual RINO
August 11, 2009 - 09:34 ET by ReaverI’ve been a member of AFP for awhile now and I know Tim Phillips to be one sharp operator. I’m sure he walked into that interview with his eyes wide open and knew exactly what he was in for. As to the people who say why do conservatives go on these shows, Tim showed Mathews for the dem party tool that he is. We need to be fearless, ask yourself when was the last time Obama was interviewed on Fox News?
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Bully
August 11, 2009 - 08:27 ET by client8The guy should have simply challenged him to a duel. He would have backed down, like when Miller did it to him.
How do you ask fellow Americans to die for Obama's mistake?
August 11, 2009 - 08:30 ET by ekslibIt doesn't matter which radically different health care bill comes out of Congress and is signed by Obama.
Fact is, thousands of people will needlessly die as we switch to a different health care system.
They will die when the new system is too overloaded .
They will die when administrators are unable to resolve problems.
People unfamiliar with the new routine will die when they fall between the cracks.
They will die when the system decides their lives are not worth extending.
How do you ask fellow Americans to die for Obama's mistake?
You're not a truther, or
August 11, 2009 - 08:41 ET by mattmYou're not a truther, or anything like that, are you Chrissy Boy?
Where are you from politically? What's your story? Who are you politically?
Oh wait, we already know: you're just a leftist gasbag.
What are you politically Chris?
August 11, 2009 - 08:41 ET by MrltavernChris Matthews knows where this young man is politically. we know where Chris is politically. I have to tell you if not for News busters and Fox News reporting this, I would not see it. I refuse to watch that garbage of a network owned by the Obama administration.
If I saw Chris Matthews outside NBC I'd slap his face.
He wants to compare having car insurance which costs no where near health care costs which is absurd. What's next Pumpkin Head? You going to compare Doctors to Mechanics? Oh yeah, it's the same thing.
Perhaps when we get done protesting Obama care, we should do a protest outside 3o Rock. I'll bring the eggs and the rotten tomatoes for Chris and Keith.
I predict your next post about Pumpkin head will be where he says that "it's likely that 60% of the people getting the sodium penathal will admit they aren't comfortable with a black president."
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What did I miss? When did these tactics work with people?
August 11, 2009 - 09:10 ET by JWFPhillips: I don't want a bill that drives up costs.
Matthews: ...I will not have that conversation with you.
Come again? Matthew vehemently refuses to discuss driving up costs. Now why is that? Perhpas he knows it is true and does not have a leg to stand on?
The birther thing, Palin, Beck. He was trying to throw in a wedge. Seperate the pack. Divide and conquer. Not working either. I will take the birthers, Palin pals, and Beck listeners any day.
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MEMO TO EVERY CONSERVATIVE/REPUB. LOOKING TO DO HARDBALL
August 11, 2009 - 09:11 ET by SgthulkaYou clueless twits.
After watching Ingliss (R-SC) and this guy, I have to wonder - Do you crave media attention so badly that you are willing to be made to look like a fool on a cable news channel?
Please read~
August 11, 2009 - 09:19 ET by Georgia Girlhttp://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/08/10/four-steps-to-save-health-care/#more-619
Why don't these guests throw it back at these a-holes
August 11, 2009 - 09:23 ET by averageschmoeWhy don't they say, "Do you want to let me make my point or do you want to be rude and talk over me." And just get up and walk off.
Sitting there smiling makes you look like an idiot that just got smacked down by Matthews. The show is called hardball. Start playing hardball with these jerkoffs.
Because its a no win for conservatives
August 11, 2009 - 09:28 ET by sam12663I agree with that thought, however, if someone were to do just that, they would milk the appearance as another conservative who won't discuss 'issues', and when pressed on their postion, wimps out and leaves. It would be great to see something like that, however, and if were the right person, they could get away with it.
President Obama is nothing more than a lying empty suit; a Hollywood style special effects smoke and mirrors show that has shown itself to be a total fraud.
WAKE UP AMERICA! SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION!
Simply point out the obvious
August 11, 2009 - 11:46 ET by ThisnThatChris, you were all concerned the other day about the town-hall meeting protests that prevented the speaker from making his points.
Here on this show, Chris, you are preventing the speaker from making his points. You are rude; loud; obnoxious; and angry. Your double-standard is showing, Chris.
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August 11, 2009 - 14:15 ET by Chris NormanExcellent - the ultimate truth. Nothing more to add.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
AMEN to that
August 11, 2009 - 09:24 ET by sam12663why would anyone with even the slightest conservative tilt show up anywhere on that 'network'? They are used for target practice, and unless they have the ablity to outscreech the host, they stand no chance of getting their view expressed. Besides, do they really think they can persuade what MSNBC calls an audience? It is a total waste of time and energy to grace these buffoons with your appearance.
President Obama is nothing more than a lying empty suit; a Hollywood style special effects smoke and mirrors show that has shown itself to be a total fraud.
WAKE UP AMERICA! SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION!
Matthews definitely needs to
August 11, 2009 - 09:20 ET by Michael ChapmanMatthews definitely needs to take some Metamucil or more prune juice. Geez. I think Henry Louis Gates has better manners with policemen in his home than Matthews does with "invited guests" on his ratings-in-the-basement show.
I heard
August 11, 2009 - 09:32 ET by jessieHI heard one of our elected servants talk about healthcare. She said "if you are in a car wreck, and have to go to the hospital, the taxpayers will have to pay for it if you don't have healthcare." So why do we have to have auto insurance? Isn't that covered in our policy? Yes, she is an idiot, but so is Chris-the leg man-Matthews. Congress hasn't earned any respect.
Matthews, Olbermann...
August 11, 2009 - 09:34 ET by sam12663Maddow, Shultz, O'Donnell, etc. This bunch has no desire to speak issues and facts, it is all about ridicule and smear. They did it for 8 years with Bus, and now that 'their' guy is in charge, it is attack all those who dare disagree with their 'chosen one'. The amazing thing is that their ratings are falling faster than Obama's, which is no surprise, due to the fact that most people are smart enough to not want to be force fed a bunch of outright lies and deception.
President Obama is nothing more than a lying empty suit; a Hollywood style special effects smoke and mirrors show that has shown itself to be a total fraud.
WAKE UP AMERICA! SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION!
I have no sympathy for
August 11, 2009 - 09:37 ET by RMRI have no sympathy for conservatives or Republicans who go on MSNBC and get bullied. What world are they living in? That's what they do at MSNBC, they bully conservatives!
So conservatives must be prepared to stump on little roaches like Chris Matthews or stay out of the MSNBC sewer. Period!
Hit back twice as hard....
August 11, 2009 - 09:41 ET by Interested and concerned CDNSomeone needs to keep score here... the WH said they would hit back, twice as hard and we now have two rediculous bullying interviews, both Mathews and O'Donnell using similar phrases 'I'm giving you all the time to speak' while continuing to harangue and interupt
I have never seen this kind of interview by Hannity et al.
Answer Matthews
August 11, 2009 - 09:43 ET by slickwillie2001I would have answered Matthews like this: "No Chris, I am not a 'birther'; now let me ask you the conservatives' version of that question. Do you, Chris Matthews, believe that President George W. Bush stole the election of 2000?"
I don't watch Hardball, but
August 11, 2009 - 11:08 ET by FranksamI don't watch Hardball, but find myself finally agreeing with Chris. " You don't have to say 'thank you'." The appropriate statement would have been " Stick it up your a**, Chris." Maybe that's just me.
so this is the big right-wing conspiracy?
August 11, 2009 - 11:22 ET by candanceCome on lefties, we're dying to know how this is proof of corporate right-wing America controlling the MSM.
Why do lefties always fail to make an appearance on these threads?
Car Insurance vs. Government Health Insurance
August 11, 2009 - 11:44 ET by shooterMatthews is clueless as well as rude and politically motivated.
Car insurance is a state requirement and only applies if you own a car. That does not compare with proposed intrusive US Government requirements to have health care (without penalties) from the time of birth.
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and
August 11, 2009 - 11:48 ET by katainkentyou're only required to carry liability insurance if the note is paid off. ie. Pay for the damage you might do to someone else. They could care less if you can't pay your own damage/hospital bills. That is your decision.
Again ... the conservies want to re-enact the Christians to the Lions? It gets them no where.
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slow learner
August 11, 2009 - 12:20 ET by CatherwoodMathews needs to be slapped. Down here we have a word for rude people like him: asshole.
I saw Mathews interview Pat Toomey
August 11, 2009 - 12:30 ET by nwahsI saw Pat Toomey, Republican candidate of Senator in Pa., on Hardball about a week or so ago, and Chris Mathews was just as rude. He talked all over him "are you a birther?" "will you put people who get abortions in jail?" "Did you vote for Palin?"
I think he's fallen off the edge.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
Who the HELL Cares
August 11, 2009 - 13:06 ET by ConcernedOneif he IS a "birther" huh Blowhard Matthews?? All of you spineless, cowardly puppets in the media just want to lay back and play stepford wives for all your liberal $$$ coffers.
I thank GOD for any American Citizen that has decided to stand up to their representatives, be it local or federal, and finally realize that THESE scumbags work for US, not the other way around.
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Chris Matthews' weak conservative guests
August 11, 2009 - 13:15 ET by jbrucebChrissy makes sure that he only invites limp conservatives on his show ever since Ari Fleisher made mincemeat out of him earlier this year. Not one of his recent conservatives has answered his question as to why the Republicans didn't reform healthcare when they controlled Congress and the Presidency the past eight years with "maybe 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were a higher priority than health care."
Answering his inane question about being a "truther" the correct answer is "none of your business".
Chris Ass
August 11, 2009 - 13:21 ET by Lord ErondSo Matthews, the DNC buttboy tries to make it sound like that laws requiring drivers licenses are the same thing as laws that make it more financially easier on you if you are sick and injured. Let me explain it to you, you Obama loving jackass.
We require licenses because cars can be deadly and injure other people. You have to prove that you can operate such a vehicle so that you are not a danger to others.
If you don't have health insurance, the only person hurt by that decision is YOU. No one else is affected if you are uninsured.
Your argument is pure sophistry.
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Wow
August 11, 2009 - 13:46 ET by RpeggioHmmm and I wonder why MSNBC's ratings are so low and down from last year? They just don't get it. Matthews is so blinded by ideology and Obamamania it's almost sad.
And I understand why a Republican would go on his show, even if you're going to be treated rudely by ideologues. It gives us a clear opportunity to see how insanely biased they are, how rude the left is, how smug they are. If I were a politician, I'd go on his show and call him a left wing zealot and Obama-luvin kool-aid drinker...make him look like the fool he is.
Birther baloney
August 11, 2009 - 13:51 ET by RpeggioThe birther thing is funny, because the MSM won't admit that there are more Dems/liberals that believe in crazy conspiracies such as:
1) Bush didn't win the election in 2000
2) 9/11 was an inside job or Bush knew about the attacks beforehand
There are higher %'s of lefty idiots that believe in 1 and 2 above than believe Obama wasn't born in Hawaii. You won't hear the lame stream media report that fact, that hypocrisy.
I refuse to have sympathy
August 11, 2009 - 14:19 ET by Chris NormanI refuse to have sympathy any longer with conservatives or Republicans who go on MSNBC - any more than I sympathize with an attention seeker who deliberately jumps into a pit filled with ravenous alligators.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
3 words
August 11, 2009 - 14:20 ET by KellyRWHAT A PRICK
Sounds like he's pissed off after reading his latest cable ratings. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Once again...
August 11, 2009 - 16:04 ET by SlyrrOnce again - why would anyone consent to be interviewed by Matthews when he admitted at the inaguration of Obama that he plans to be nothing more than his propaganda mouthpiece.
He said flat out 'it's my job to make Obama look good'.
He's a shill. He hands out favorable coverage to Obama in exchange for money.
He lies to cover up Obama's failures.
He lies to cover up opposing viewpoints.
Matthew's only hope to stay in business is if the govt takes over the media as well - so they can use taxpayer dollars to prop up his failing network.