GOP Congressman Tells Chris Matthews 'By Your Standards the New York Times Is a Right-Wing Newspaper'
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Tuesday asked a Mitt Romney supporting Congressman, “Why do you call the Washington Post a liberal newspaper?”
After the Hardball host told his guest, "It’s the most hawkish paper in the country," Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fl.) marvelously responded, "By your standards the New York Times is a right-wing newspaper” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
The segment began with Matthews asking his guest about all the negative ads his candidate is running in Florida.
Diaz-Balart responded, “This is a tough game, and if anybody thinks that this is tough, wait until you run into the close to a billion dollars that Obama is going to be throwing out in all negative campaigning. Remember that already the Obama administration has been called out by the Washington Post - not exactly a right-wing, you know, publication – where they gave it four Pinocchios, the top Pinocchios for their claim that the Republicans were going to destroy Medicare as we know it.”
This led Matthews to ask when the Congressman finished, “Why do you call the Washington Post a liberal newspaper?”
Diaz-Balart replied, “Well, I’m saying it’s clearly not a right-wing newspaper. It’s definitely not a conservative newspaper.”
“Well, it is by my standards,” Matthews responded. “It’s the most hawkish paper in the country.”
“But Chris,” Diaz-Balart shot back, “by your standards the New York Times is a right-wing newspaper.”
“No, no,” said Matthews, “the New York Times is a liberal paper and almost always right.”
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Translation
Submitted by hailstate on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:09pm.
"I can't dispute the substance of what you're saying so I'm going to focus on labels."
Chrissie has give up any pretext
Submitted by NC Boy on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:18pm.
“No, no,” said Matthews, “the New York Times is a liberal paper and almost always right.”
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/01/31/gop-congressman-te...
But just this morning, he
Submitted by Ken Shepherd on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:33pm.
But just this morning, he insisted that he was an objective journalist!
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2012/01/31/msnbcs-chris-matthe...
Just obeying the admonition
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 8:59pm.
Just obeying the admonition to be all things to all people.
These boys
Submitted by bobsmom on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:36pm.
are getting their butts handed to them right and left lately and I like it!! If every single even semi conservative person that goes on one of their shows just gets off just one zinger it's more pushback than they have had in years. I'm really starting to see a glimmer of guts here and some major signs that us great unwashed have just about had it.
The Diaz-Balarts are some tough hombres
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:45pm.
Expect more "Rubio" types out of south Florida, you've just been introduced to yet another.
And on a VERY SAD NOTE.....the idiot Florida Legislature (controlled by R's!) has just redistricted Allen West OUT....he's going to run in Florida 16, whose incumbent is going to run in a new district. Which will, I suppose, leave me with yet another Little Debbie clone, as Florida 22 has been relegated to a democrat wasteland, once again.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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All the more reason for Rubio
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:01pm.
All the more reason for Rubio to accept a VP position.
Dan...I've said a couple of times in the past that Rubio
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 3:39am.
is the most impressive of the new crop of conservatives on the scene--attractive, extremely articulate, and well-situated geographically and demographically as a V-P choice.
I was listening to one of the electoral "experts" this evening speculate on the uphill battle Obama would face against a Romney/Rubio ticket in November. He backed it up with some persuasive data which was difficult to challenge. If the election were today, I would definitely give R&R the edge.
Jer
Im not sure I will vote for
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 6:44am.
Im not sure I will vote for Romney as he is nothing more than a Yankee liberal.
How can anyone waste time
Submitted by Captain Repus on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:52pm.
How can anyone waste time watching this arrogant, overbearing left wind political assassin. He is one of the most hate-filled pseudo-intellectual pundits on the most hate-filled political wings of the democrat party (MSDNC).
The saving grace is that when and if Romney becomes president, there will be a 4 or 8 year period in which neither Romney or any of his staff or cabinet will EVER appear on this phony news network.
Tingelbell Was Depantsed in View of MSNBC's Tiny Audience.
Submitted by farstar99 on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:58pm.
Classic!
The Washington Post's Endorsements
Submitted by SMGalbraith on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 8:35pm.
The Washington Post endorsed Barack Obama three years ago for president. And they'll endorse him again this year.
And before that they endorsed John Kerry for president. In 2000 they gave no endorsement between Gore and Bush. But before that they endorsed Clinton twice. And Dukakis. And Mondale. And Carter.
And yet Matthews' thinks the Post is a "the most hawkish paper in the country"?
Chris Matthews is just silly.
Chicken Hawk?
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:02pm.
Chicken Hawk?
Matthews -- wrong as usual
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 10:44pm.
MATTHEWS: "Why do you call the Washington Post a liberal newspaper?”
DIAZ-BALART: " Well, I’m saying it’s clearly not a right-wing newspaper. It’s definitely not a conservative newspaper.”
MATTHEWS: " “Well, it is by my standards, It’s the most hawkish paper in the country.”
The Washington Post isn't even 'most hawkish paper" in Washington DC. The conservative paper in town is the Washington Times, but it comes as no surprise that this boob wouldn't read it.
I would challenge Matthews to name the last Republican candidate for Federal, state, or local office that got an endorsement from the Washington Post. I've lived in the northern Virginia suburb of DC since 1993, and I can't recall them ever endorsing a Republican over a Democrat.
He looksl ike an unmade bed
Submitted by Slyrr on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:30pm.
Did ol 'Thrills up my pants' Matthews get caught in the rain or something? He looks like someone dragged him to the studio on the bumper of their car.
How do you
Submitted by bobsmom on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:39pm.
say "belly laugh" in the new language" BLOL? Regardless, that's what your post just had me doing. I'm thinkin' along the same lines with his straggly hair hanging over his face and his puffy eyes and girly looking jowly chin. Sorry, lookin' at him seeing the Swedish version of a Rottweiler.
⇒ No, Slyrr
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:40pm.
Seems he hitched a ride on top of Mitt Romney's station wagon
huuuuh...
Submitted by Mark81150 on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:46pm.
Matthews is a walking talking disgrace, he's so openly delusional in regards to what's good, what's left or right, it's utterly remarkable he hasn't been fired for being such an embarassment to his liberal overlords at MSNBC.
He's a rambling trainwreck of illogic and delusional rationalizing... he can't ever admit, the right every did a thing right, or a liberal was ever wrong.
a friggin disgrace.
“No, no,” said Matthews, “the
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 3:58am.
“No, no,” said Matthews, “the New York Times is a liberal paper and almost always right.”
Make sure you save this comment because Matthews will probably call the paper middle-of-the-road and rightwing a dozen times by the end of the year (assuming he hasn't done so already).
I'm glad people like Matthews, Behar, Maher, and every Hollywood celebrity are the main outspoken mouthpieces of the socialist platform. If you think Obama's bad, imagine how bad things would be if that collectivist philosophy found advocates who were actually intelligent?
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
I love the fact that finally
Submitted by NCfairandbalanced on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:35am.
I love the fact that finally Republicans are holding their interviewers accountable for their own bias. Remember the days when all elite media used to deny their bias?
Even THEY know that dog won't hunt anymore!
Example: Chris says he's an objective journalist. EVERYONE is laughing at that one. Some in public, some in private, if you get my drift!