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Chris Matthews: Southern 'Secessionists' Want to 'Kill' Obama...'Polit
August 3rd, 2011 5:45 PM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews took his hateful attacks on conservatives to a new level, Wednesday, smearing the Tea Party as "southern" "secessionists" who want to "kill" Obama. The Hardball host quickly amended, "politically."
After guest Howard Fineman suggested Republicans have opposed the President from the start, the Hardball anchor retorted, "What? 'We hate you, want to kill you–' …

Matthews Blames Tuesday's Stock Collapse on Debt Agreement, Ignores Ba
August 2nd, 2011 11:18 PM
If the economy stagnates or falters in the coming months, it seems a metaphysical certitude Obama-loving media will do everything in their power to blame it on Tuesday's debt ceiling agreement rather than any of the other factors already in play.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews gave us a foreshadowing of such deception on "Hardball" when he blamed Tuesday's stock market collapse on the newly-signed…

Chris Matthews: 'Thug' Republicans Are 'Muggers' Who 'Assault' Obama
August 2nd, 2011 6:25 PM
Chris Matthews doesn't seem to be running out of violent imagery to use in his smears against the Republican Party. On Tuesday, the Hardball host bombarded the GOP, comparing them to "muggers" who assaulted Barack Obama during the debt limit standoff.
Explaining his current metaphor, Matthews slammed, "What we saw, what I saw at least, was one guy with a knife and the other trying to avoid…

Matthews Mars Giffords' Return By Connecting Tea Party and 'Violent Le
August 2nd, 2011 10:03 AM
At the conclusion of a fractious national debate about the debt ceiling, a truly marvelous moment occurred Monday when Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) returned to the House floor after being shot in the head almost seven months ago.
Apparently unable to control himself, the sadly getting more and more disgraceful Chris Matthews chose to mar the emotional homecoming by connecting…

After the 'Great' John McCain Bashes the Tea Party, Chris Matthews Gus
July 28th, 2011 6:11 PM
Chris Matthews' infatuation with John McCain has returned. The day after the Republican senator bashed his own party, knocking "Hobbit" Tea Partiers, the Hardball anchor on Thursday lauded him as "great" and even suggested McCain as a MSNBC guest host: "...He can substitute for me some night with that kind of talk!"
The former GOP presidential nominee criticized 2010 Senate candidates…

Attention Chris Matthews: 'Slim' Pickens Rode the Bomb in 'Dr. Strange
July 28th, 2011 1:07 AM
Just how totally out of touch is MSNBC's Chris Matthews?
At the beginning of Wednesday's "Hardball," he said the actor who famously rode the bomb at the end of the classic film "Dr. Strangelove" was "Sam" Pickens (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chris Matthews Reveals How His Parents Balanced Their Budget - Without
July 26th, 2011 9:49 PM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Tuesday exposed his own debt ceiling hypocrisy without realizing it.
As he absurdly asked his "Hardball" guests why America isn't having a "big debate" about what the federal government should pay for - like that's not what's happening at the moment! - he relayed how his parents balanced their household budget, but never once said anything about raising revenues. It was…

Matthews: Obama's Speech 'Like a Fox Commercial' - 'Fair and Balanced
July 26th, 2011 12:31 AM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews appears to have a serious case of Fox News envy.
In a special installment of "The Last Word" following Barack Obama's debt ceiling address to the nation Monday, the "Hardball" host said, "I thought the President used a couple of words we’re familiar with: 'Fair and balanced.' It was like a Fox commercial" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chris Matthews Nominates Bill Clinton as Treasury Secretary: 'It's a L
July 25th, 2011 7:17 PM
Barack Obama might give Chris Matthews a thrill up his leg, but the bromance MSNBC's "Hardball" host has with former President Bill Clinton knows no bounds.
On Monday's program, Matthews finished by nominating Clinton as Secretary of the Treasury, "Because in many ways it’s a life saver" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Ex-Newsweek Editor Howard Fineman Slams: Tea Partiers Are Creating a
July 25th, 2011 5:59 PM
Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman on Monday berated Tea Partiers for engineering a "slow motion succession" in relation to the budget impasse in Congress.
Appearing with Hardball host Chris Matthews, Fineman summarized the conservative position this way: "This is an ending of the social compact. This is two, three generations worth of agreement about Social Security, about Medicare,…

MSNBC President Says MSNBC Is 'Progressive' But 'Not Ideologically Dri
July 25th, 2011 5:14 PM
In an interview, MSNBC president Phil Griffin made some rather strange characterizations of his network, insisting that it "come[s] from a progressive stance" while it is simultaneously "not ideologically driven."
Those two concepts would seem contradictory in the minds of most people--but not to Griffin, who seems to believe that his staff of "smart people" who "do their research" is up to…

'Fox News Watch' Cites NewsBusters Piece About MSNBC, Murdoch and 'Pie
July 23rd, 2011 4:10 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC contributor Michael Smerconish on Thursday, while substitute hosting for Chris Matthews on "Hardball," actually floated the absurd conspiracy theory that Rupert Murdoch had staged the pie throwing event during his hearing before Parliament Tuesday in order to distract from his testimony.
On Saturday's "Fox News Watch," Jim Pinkerton referenced this…
PieGate: MSNBCer Floats Conspiracy Theory Murdoch Staged Pie Throwing
July 21st, 2011 7:10 PM
The media's attention on Rupert Murdoch and the British hacking scandal hit a new low Thursday.
Filling in for MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Michael Smerconish finished "Hardball" with a segment floating the conspiracy theory that Rupert Murdoch staged Tuesday's Parliamentary pie throwing incident to distract everyone's attention from his testimony (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Video Proves Chris Matthews Totally Distorted Ronald Reagan's Position
July 21st, 2011 4:47 PM
On Wednesday's Hardball, Chris Matthews took a clip from a 24 year-old Ronald Reagan press conference and disingenuously passed it off as the Republican's take on "raising taxes to deal with the ballooning deficit."
Matthew's version was out of context and video from October 22, 1987 proves it. [See below for video. MP3 audio here.]
After playing a snippet of Reagan that had nothing to do…