Matthews: "I deeply apologize" for saying Obama "went to maybe the enemy camp tonight" at West Point

Sure, if you define "left" as "anyone who doesn't wear a white sheet with a pointed hood." Matthews hated the Clintons before they were even sent to the White House, supported Bush long after the rest of the country had lost its patience with him (right up until the right-wing started pretending Bush wasn't the right-wing conservative he really is), never pointed out in public that the invasion of Iraq was a stupid idea based on lies, never points out in public that single-payer healthcare is the most fiscally prudent plan of all (and that Americans pay more in taxes to maintain our commercial health care system than the British do for fully socialized system), and did all of the other things that are required in the right-wing playbook except call himself a Republican. Matthews always makes sure his show is consistent with right-wing talking points, never says a single word to promote a liberal idea or policy, and even has Ann Coulter on his TV show. No actual liberal would do that. Matthews appears to be to the left of Tom DeLay and Jeff Sessions, but they are so far right that this is even true of most rank-and-file Republicans - and that still puts him in the right-wing of the real political range. The American mass media, like the Democratic leadership, is to the right of most of the country. Not only are they not on "the left", they aren't even on the left side of the mainstream.

Any defense of Matthews is apt to draw thumbs down from more than a few liberals, not just our lurking RNC stooges who are well trained in the art of the contrary.