Hardball

Bizarre Chris Matthews: It's Like Germany Won World War II Because The
May 30th, 2013 6:05 PM
An unhinged Chris Matthews on Thursday launched into a bewildering rant, lamenting the scandals swirling around the President and suggesting that Germany may have actually won World War II because the country has high speed rail. The Hardball anchor fumed, "You look at Germany, where I just was, and see state-of-the-art bridges and super modern rail system." Mentioning Germany's subway system,…
Trashing a Tea Partier: Top 10 Most Vicious Anti-Bachmann Quotes
May 30th, 2013 9:48 AM
Republican Congresswoman and Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann’s announcement on Wednesday that she is not running for re-election marks the end of a four-term congressional career full of vicious attacks from liberal journalists. Over those years Bachmann’s outspoken defense of fiscally and socially conservative issues drew the ire of the liberal media elites. From Lois Romano depicting her…

Chris Matthews: Obama Scandals Aren't Scandals - They're ‘Kerfuffles
May 28th, 2013 11:34 PM
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is no longer willing to call the White House troubles involving Benghazi, the Internal Revenue Service, and the leaks investigation "scandals."
No, on Tuesday’s Hardball, the host called them “kerfuffles,” once even correcting himself after accidentally referring to what happened at the IRS as a scandal (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chris Matthews: 'Killing Islamic People - It's All We Seem To Do These
May 28th, 2013 6:44 PM
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews thinks all America seems to do these days with regard to foreign policy is kill Islamic people.
So astonishingly said the Hardball host Tuesday (video follows with transcript and commentary, file photo):

Chris Matthews Plots 2016 for Hillary: It's Just a Question of 'Who's
May 28th, 2013 6:15 PM
According to Chris Matthews on Tuesday, having Rand Paul or Ted Cruz as opponents would result in an easy win for Hillary Clinton in 2016. The Hardball host, who famously had a "thrill" going up his leg for Barack Obama, plotted the former Secretary of State's path to victory. Regarding whether she'll run, Matthews gushed, "It's just a question of what kind of campaign and who's going to…

Attention Chris Matthews: Is THIS 'The Unsmiling, Contemptuous Face of
May 27th, 2013 3:59 PM
As NewsBusters reported last week, MSNBC's Chris Matthews had the nerve on Friday's Hardball to call Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) "the unsmiling, contemptuous face of the wild, nasty, hard-right fringe."
On May 11, 2013, Cruz gave the commencement address at Hillsdale College. I wonder if you agree with Mr. Matthews (video follows with commentary):

Chris Matthews: 'Ted Cruz is the Unsmiling, Contemptuous Face of the W
May 24th, 2013 6:28 PM
"Pay attention to Senator Cruz because he is the unsmiling, contemptuous face of the wild, nasty, hard-right fringe of a Party that once competed with the Democrats to be the country’s governing Party."
So said MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Friday's Hardball (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chris Matthews Trashes 'Morning Joe' for Being 'Open to All People's P
May 23rd, 2013 6:40 PM
Chris Matthews on Thursday made it crystal clear that he sees his role at MSNBC is to present only one side of any issue.
Clearly oblivious to how he was letting the cat out of the bag for all to see, the Hardball host trashed his own network's Morning Joe for being "open to all people's points of view" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Obama Losing Chris Matthews? Host Rails Against 'Profiling' By IRS: It
May 22nd, 2013 6:25 PM
If Barack Obama is losing Chris Matthews, he might be in serious trouble. The MSNBC host on Wednesday declared that the Tea Party is the victim of "profiling" by the Internal Revenue Service that is on the level of targeting innocent Muslims as terrorists. On the subject of former IRS official Lois Lerner pleading the Fifth, Matthews wondered, "Why, if you have nothing to hide and you're a…
Chris Matthews: 10-20 Percent Of America Don’t Support Obama Because
May 16th, 2013 3:21 PM
Chris Matthews’ toxic anti-conservative vitriol has spread onto other MSNBC shows, infecting them with his slanderous language. It is no secret that Matthews opposes the Tea Party as extremists, often times accusing them of outright racism towards President Obama.
Appearing on PoliticsNation with racist host Al Sharpton, Chris Matthews disgustingly claimed that a full 10-20 percent of this…

Chris Matthews: Media Are 'Pro-Obama'; If President Disagrees, He's 'C
May 15th, 2013 5:56 PM
Even Chris Matthews admits it. Talking to the liberal Alex Wagner on Wednesday's Hardball about the IRS scandal, the cable host came clean on the press and their love for Barack Obama. After Wagner insisted that the President was tired of an "unfair media," Matthews scoffed, "Let me tell you something. The press has generally been pro-Obama. That's a fact." If the President disagrees, "he's…

Matthews and Jonathan Alter Freak Out: 'Vulnerable' Obama Hurt By Staf
May 14th, 2013 6:04 PM
Liberal journalists Chris Matthews and Jonathan Alter conducted a freak out session on Tuesday. Citing the growing IRS, Libya and Associated Press scandals, Matthews ranted that Barack Obama is a "ship with the engine off." Sending up the warnings, the Hardball anchor lamented, "[Obama is] vulnerable. And that is obvious to everyone this side of the White House gates."
In an…
Chris Matthews Frets: IRS Scandal Will Rile Conservatives Worried Abou
May 13th, 2013 6:04 PM
Liberal MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Monday expressed "outrage" over the growing IRS scandal involving targeted audits of conservative groups. At the same time, he fretted that such a controversy would strengthen conservatives who believe the federal government will soon take them to "concentration camps." Worrying about the President's political future, Matthews lectured Obama: "Find a way to…

MSNBC: No Live Coverage for Benghazi Hearings; Gave Hillary 5 1/2 Hou
May 9th, 2013 6:20 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC gave no live coverage to yesterday’s congressional hearings on the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi. Instead, the network aired a mere six minutes and 20 seconds of a highlight from the hearings. Those snippets were spread across four hours, and some of them were redundant.
Contrast that with the way MSNBC treated Hillary Clinton’s…