Continuing to use "cocaine," Matthews again falsely claimed Penn "raise[d]" the issue on Hardball

SUMMARY: Chris Matthews once again falsely claimed that Mark Penn, chief strategist for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, "raise[d]" the issue of "cocaine" "on my show twice." Contrary to Matthews' assertion, Penn was not the first to "raise[]" the issue; Matthews devoted the entire Hardball segment to the controversy over comments about Sen. Barack Obama's past drug use by Billy Shaheen, a Clinton campaign co-chairman who subsequently resigned.

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