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question everything

(49,044 posts)
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 09:51 PM Nov 2013

Dear MSNBC President - time to put Chris Matthews to pasture

He has interesting ideas and interesting guests... when he lets them talk.

I like Howard Fineman. I like David Corn. I like Jo-Ann Reid. I like Joan Walsh.

But Matthews asks a question, and immediately interrupts his guests, often screaming. And these are his friends.

Last week, before the elections, he had someone whose answer he did not like. I have no idea why not. He barely gave him time to utter two words. "That's not what I am asking, you are of no use to me..." Oh, so people are measured by their usefulness to him.

This evening he started by calling out Cheney (or, as he says Cheeneei, adding that this is the correct pronunciation) for calling the president a liar. OK. But then he "reminded" everyone about that member of Congress who said "you lie" in the middle of the president's addressing Congress. "Let's roll it now," he said. Why? Why does he have to run it?

This is when we turned to PBS - always a better alternative.

I don't know why he has to have so many guests and barely get each to say more than one sentence.

I don't know why Keith Olbermann was kicked out, but he always sat patiently and let his guest talk. Until he was done. After all, you have a whole hour!

Replace him with Michael Smerconish, with Ron Reagan, with Chris Cilliza, with Karen Finney - anyone.

OK, venting.



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Dear MSNBC President - time to put Chris Matthews to pasture (Original Post) question everything Nov 2013 OP
Agreed, elleng Nov 2013 #1
And they should make Joe Scarborough take a dirt nap....... TheDebbieDee Nov 2013 #2
Yeah, JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #5
Replace him with *anyone* - anyone at all. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #3
They probably will not get rid of him, his ratings have been going up lately. See article below... Tx4obama Nov 2013 #4
Chris is annoying and flawed redstateblues Nov 2013 #6
There is a simple fix if some one does not like Chris Mathews, turn the channel. It is like the man Thinkingabout Nov 2013 #7
Except that he and his guests do raise important issues question everything Nov 2013 #8
Ron Reagan...why does he not have a show? BootinUp Nov 2013 #9
Tweety confuses rudeness with being a "hardball" interviewer. JaneQPublic Nov 2013 #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #11

JimboBillyBubbaBob

(1,389 posts)
5. Yeah,
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 10:23 PM
Nov 2013

I couldn't agree more. He's like all those guys I grew up with, except we left high school years ago, he hasn't.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(121,412 posts)
3. Replace him with *anyone* - anyone at all.
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 09:59 PM
Nov 2013

Kermit the Frog.

Just about anybody would be an improvement.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
4. They probably will not get rid of him, his ratings have been going up lately. See article below...
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 10:13 PM
Nov 2013


Thursday Cable News Ratings: MSNBC’s Matthews Beats Maddow in Demo

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/thursday-cable-news-ratings-msnbcs-matthews-beats-maddow-in-demo/

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
6. Chris is annoying and flawed
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 11:04 PM
Nov 2013

He is also a passionate supporter of Obama. I'm glad he's a Democrat.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
7. There is a simple fix if some one does not like Chris Mathews, turn the channel. It is like the man
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 11:29 PM
Nov 2013

Who went to the doctor and complained every time he hit his head with the hammer it hurt, STOP and the pain will go away for you.

question everything

(49,044 posts)
8. Except that he and his guests do raise important issues
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 11:37 PM
Nov 2013

when he, on occasions, lets them talk and complete their ideas.

The program is important, one learns about news there. When he is willing to spend more than a few minutes on them.

We usually listen at the beginning to hear what he will cover and then decide.

JaneQPublic

(7,117 posts)
10. Tweety confuses rudeness with being a "hardball" interviewer.
Sat Nov 16, 2013, 04:10 AM
Nov 2013

He's not holding the guests feet to the fire, as the name "Hardball" would suggest; rather, by constantly cutting off his guests after two words, he's simply acting on his egotistical belief that he can answer his own questions better than anyone else.

Matthews is one of the worst interviewers on TV.

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