Chris Matthews Calls for ‘Rambo Kind of Stuff’ as Response to Real-World Violence
Chris Matthews doesn’t know how to solve the ISIS problem. But he knows who does–and he’s a fictional character played by Sylvester Stallone.
Chris Matthews Calls for ‘Rambo Kind of Stuff’ as Response to Real-World Violence
Chris Matthews doesn’t know how to solve the ISIS problem. But he knows who does–and he’s a fictional character played by Sylvester Stallone.
Is Keystone Coverage Getting Worse?
The Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news. But some of the coverage is as bad as ever—if not worse.
Pundits Bemoan Failure to Cut Social Security
Media comments after the Obama administration backed off attempts to cut Social Security benefits exhibited a curious notion about where the “middle” is and what “majority support” means.
Doubling Down: Healthcare Site Isn’t Obama’s Katrina—It’s His Iraq War
No, the website problems with the Affordable Care Act aren’t like Hurricane Katrina. They’re more like the Iraq War.
Huge Servings of Stupid Royal Baby Coverage
Last week, news of the anticipation of the royal baby eclipsed much other news in the U.S., but it gave no indication of the level of stupid that was to come with the kid’s actual birth.
Media Millionaires
many high-profile members of the media elite live a rather charmed life. The journalism business looks to be in a disastrous state—but the view from the top is just fine.
What Did Samantha Power Say About Iraq Invasion?
The New York Times says that UN Ambassador-nominee Samantha Power “criticized the American invasion of Iraq because it lacked the council’s stamp, among other reasons.” But what did Power actually say about the Iraq War before it happened?
FAIR TV: The IRS & Obama’s Scandal Trifecta, Matthews Praises Reagan, Newseum Scandal
What should we make of the so-called “trifecta” of scandals hitting the Obama White House? And what questions should we ask about the IRS/Tea Party story? Also this week: Chris Matthews wants Obama to take charge–just like the union-busting Ronald Reagan. And the Newseum decides two Palestinian journalists shouldn’t be considered part of their tribute […]
Matthews: Obama Needs to Break a Union Like Reagan
Praise for a conservative president’s breaking the air traffic controllers’ union–that’s what you hear on the liberal cable channel.
When It Comes to Drones, Trust the Churchgoing CIA Director
Last night, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews hosted a discussion on the Obama administration’s recently disclosed “white paper” justifying its policy of using drones to strike at U.S. citizens. Matthews ultimately deciding that the policy was defensible–on the grounds that the CIA director Leon Panetta goes to church.
FAIR TV: Factchecking Moderators, Chris Matthews Wants a King, When Advertisers Write the “News”
This week on FAIR TV: Who factchecks the debate moderators? What Does Chris Matthews Think is in the Constitution? And why not just let advertisers write the “news”? Please take a look– and spread the word.
When Candidates Lie, REAL Journalists Say They ‘Finessed the Facts’
On the subject of why politicians aren’t worried about corporate media factcheckers, a New York Times article from last week (8/31/12) by Alessandra Stanley is worth a second look. Under the headline, “How MSNBC Became Fox‘s Liberal Evil Twin,” Stanley wrote: “You can agree with everything that Rachel Maddow or Ed Schultz say on MSNBC […]
Chris Matthews and the Awesome Power of Cable Television
Here’s the video of MSNBC host Chris Matthews speaking at a cable industry conference this week. We noted here the odd notion that, as Matthews argues, 24-hour cable news would have stopped the Iraq War lies—despite the fact that 24-hour cable news had been around for more than 20 years at the time of the […]
Chris Matthews: Cable News Would Have Stopped Iraq War Lies
(UPDATE: See the video of Matthews’ comments here, along with some discussion of what it all means.) Reporting from the big cable TV industry event this week, Broadcasting & Cable‘s Andrea Morabito writes (5/22/12): Hardball host Chris Matthews argued that because of the rise of opinion-based news networks, the non-critical aspect of the media is […]
Matthews Remembers Mission Accomplished (Some of It)
On Wednesday (5/2/12), MSNBC host Chris Matthews played a long clip from the Daily Show, where Jon Stewart mocked Republicans who are complaining about Barack Obama’s celebration of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Stewart naturally recalls George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” photo op stunt from 2003. Stewart points out that if Republicans are angry […]
Romney’s the Right Kind of Flipflopper
As we’ve written before, some political flipflops are better than others. The ones that Mitt Romney commits, or might commit in the future, are often seen as being the good kind. That argument was advanced once more this Sunday (4/29/12) on the Chris Matthews Show, by Time editor Rick Stengel and the host himself, who […]
U.S. Can’t Win Afghan War Because We Aren’t a Colonial Power
Now here’s an anti-war argument I hadn’t heard before, courtesy of conservative blogger/journalist Andrew Sullivan (on NBC‘s Chris Matthews Show, 3/18/12): SULLIVAN: Again, it just shows that America colonizes without any real colonial talent because this is a country built on escaping colonialism, not actually imposing it. MATTHEWS: Yeah. Well… SULLIVAN: You’re doing something against […]
Generation’s Greatest Reporter Drops Bombshell Exclusive
NBC’s Chris Matthews Show (10/30/11): CHRIS MATTHEWS: Welcome back. Bob, tell me something I don’t know. BOB WOODWARD: That the White House has a secret plan to win the election and it’s complex and it’s secret, but it–look, Barack Obama wants to win so badly, as I understand it, everything in the White House is […]
The Bob Woodward School of Journalism
On Sunday’s episode of NBC‘s Chris Matthews Show (4/3/11), the panel actually talked about criticism of the mainstream media, with some citing the media’s Iraq War debacle as a major factor in the rise of blogosphere-based media criticism. The discussion got somewhat confused along the way, as this segued into a discussion of the entirely […]
