http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/chris_matthews This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Chris Matthews en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020003 On<em> Hardball</em>, Chris Matthews asserted: "Look, the war's not going to be any more popular in November. It may be somewhat OK with 30, 40 percent of the people, but it's never going to be a winner. The economy's not going to be a winner. So what do you have with [Sen. John] McCain? Integrity." But Matthews did not note his own role in promoting that image of McCain, despite numerous false assertions and inconsistencies. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020003 Fri, 2 May 2008 16:31:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805010005 On <em>Hardball</em>, John Harwood stated: "John McCain's brand ... has been pretty well-established since 2000. He's likable. He's a maverick. He's a war hero. All of that redounds to his benefit." But while citing McCain's purported "brand" as a "maverick," Harwood did not acknowledge his own role in promoting that "brand." Nor did he point out any of McCain's actions that challenge that "brand," such as McCain's rightward shift on high-profile issues such as immigration and taxes, and his growing list of falsehoods. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805010005 Thu, 1 May 2008 15:34:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290007 On <em>Hardball</em>, Chris Matthews likened the relationship between Sen. Barack Obama and his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, to "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and asserted: [E]very time you have a problem with Barack, because you don't really know him and he seems a little foreign to you, you think of -- you think of him as both these guys. They're different faces of the same guy. Jeremiah Wright, to a lot of people, is Barack Obama." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290007 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:04:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250002 A week after claiming that Sen. Barack Obama "can't walk into a dinette [sic] with five or six guys there, white guys, in some cases. He can't just shake hands and hang out," Chris Matthews asserted, "[Obama] doesn't seem to have the knack for walking into a dinette [sic] with regular people in it and just having fun, just connecting." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250002 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:08:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804230006 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, after Pat Buchanan said of Sen. Hillary Clinton's speech following the Pennsylvania primary that "only once or twice did that voice start rising to the level that every husband in America at one time or another has heard. You know, where it starts going up -- " Joe Scarborough said, "Be careful here, Buchanan." Chris Matthews added, "Go the other way. You're in the danger area. ... You're in the danger area, Pat, take my advice." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804230006 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:29:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220006 Chris Matthews stated of Sen. Hillary Clinton, "When she went to New York, she quickly became a New Yorker with the Yankees hat and the upstate listening tour." Matthews has repeatedly suggested that Clinton's assertion during her first Senate campaign that she has "always been" a Yankees fan is false, despite photographic and other evidence showing that her allegiance to the Yankees long precedes her Senate run. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220006 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:00:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804210009 On <em>Real Time</em>, Bill Maher said to Chris Matthews: "I heard you say on your show, you were talking about Barack Obama and you said -- and I know you like him. But you said when he goes into a diner, he can't ask the average guy, you know, how the Phillies doing and all that stuff. And you said he was -- at one point, he was offered coffee and he turned it down and asked if he could have orange juice instead." After Matthews said, "Yeah," Maher continued: "First of all, Chris, you don't understand black people. They like juice. Preferably gin and juice." In response, Matthews replied: "No, no. Not true. Let me, you know, it's -- you walk into a diner, one of these things where grumpy old men are hanging around because they don't want to be at home with their wives for an hour a morning and they're hanging around there." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804210009 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:43:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180002 Echoing a familiar Chris Matthews refrain, the<em> Hardball </em>host said of Sen. Barack Obama: "He can't walk into a dinette [sic] with five or six guys there, white guys, in some cases." Matthews continued: "He can't just shake hands and hang out. He doesn't seem to, 'Hey, you know, how are the Eagles doing?' Or 'How are the Phils doing?' " Pat Buchanan responded by claiming that Obama "is very much Columbia and Harvard Law and all the rest of it." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180002 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:02:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170011 During his April 15 interview with Sen. John McCain, Chris Matthews failed to challenge McCain on a variety of issues, including Iraq, other foreign policy issues, campaign finance, and spending projects, despite purporting to ask "tough" questions. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170011 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:53:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160011 Discussing "the Catholic vote" on <em>Hardball</em>, Chris Matthews said: "It isn't like a vote like, for example, if you're a Jewish voter probably you care about Israel, that's a safe bet. You have one key concern. ... But clearly, if you're African-American, you care about civil rights. You care about certain programs of the federal government. That's a generalization, but probably true." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160011 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:13:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150009 Despite questioning a few days earlier how people could "still think" Sen. John McCain is "a straight-talk maverick when he's been in league with the president," Chris Matthews asserted during an interview with McCain: "Let me ask you about your Republican Party, because you've been a maverick and a lot of people like you because of that, and I want to ask you how much of a maverick you are." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150009 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:53:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150008 On <em>Hardball</em>, Chris Matthews said to Sen. John McCain, "[W]e're back at Villanova, and we've had enough softball, Senator. It's time for the show to start here." Matthews continued: "Let me ask you a tough one here. We've done the Abu Ghraib stuff. We're getting to the domestic Abu Ghraib here. Is [Sen.] Barack Obama an elitist?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150008 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:49:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150005 Chris Matthews purports to be "tough" and "blunt" on his show, but he has been effusive on the subject of Sen. John McCain. Matthews recently asked how people could "still think [McCain is] a straight-talk maverick when he's been in league with the president," yet he repeatedly refers to McCain as a "maverick." So, the question is: Which Chris Matthews will show up for his one-hour interview with McCain on the April 15 edition of <em>Hardball</em>? http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150005 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:17:27 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110011 On <em>Hardball</em>, Tim Russert said of Sen. John McCain: "[T]he perception right now of McCain is someone who's experienced, someone who they see not of the Republican brand or the Bush brand, but of the maverick brand." Russert did not acknowledge the media's role in promoting that "brand," much less the role of <em>Hardball </em>host Chris Matthews -- who, the next day on <em>Today</em>, called McCain "a maverick. People think of him as a maverick." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110011 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:11:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110004 On <em>Hardball</em>, while remarking on Sen. Barack Obama's reported request for orange juice after being offered coffee at an Indiana diner, David Shuster asserted: "[I]t's just one of those sort of weird things. You know, when the owner of the diner says, 'Here, have some coffee,' you say, 'Yes, thank you,' and, 'Oh, can I also please have some orange juice, in addition to this?' You don't just say, 'No, I'll take orange juice,' and then turn away and start shaking hands." Host Chris Matthews agreed, "You don't ask for a substitute on the menu." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110004 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:52:55 EST