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WATCH: Chris Matthews Heated Clash Over Controversial Statement

Posted 02.21.2012

A comment made by MSNBC's Chris Matthews was brought into question on Monday, when the host sat on a Presidents Day panel at Ford's Theatre in Washing...

Chris Matthews: It's 'Weird' When Husbands Cook Dinner

Posted 02.17.2012

Perhaps Chris Matthews just had a momentary lapse when he made the following statement Wednesday evening about how "weird" it is when husbands cook di...

Activist Group Calls For MSNBC To Stop Inviting Controversial Guest On Air

Posted 02.16.2012

Faith-based activist group Faithful America and Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, delivered a petition filled with 20,000 s...

WATCH: Chris Matthews Scorches Limbaugh

Posted 02.16.2012

MSNBC host Chris Matthews harshly criticized conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh over comments he made on Tuesday regarding Democrats and abort...

Chris Matthews Attacks Newt Gingrich For Racially Charged Comments

Posted 01.18.2012

MSNBC's Chris Matthews weighed in on Monday night's Republican primary debate and said that, according to him, GOP candidate Newt Gingrich might have ...

WATCH: Chris Matthews Flips Out At Gingrich

Posted 11.30.2011

Chris Matthews issued a torrent of invective at Newt Gingrich on Tuesday's "Hardball," attacking the GOP contender's character and warning against his...

Lucas Kavner

Chris Matthews Plays Loveball With His Presidential Obsession

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.26.2011

Chris Matthews -- current host of MSNBC's "Hardball" -- was a 15-year-old working as a paperboy for the Philadelphia Bulletin when he found his politi...

Chris Matthews Does It Again!

Posted 12.20.2011

Chris Matthews had some charged words to share about Newt Gingrich on his show "Hardball with Chris Matthews" Wednesday night after he played a clip o...

WATCH: Chris Matthews, Bernie Sanders Denounce GOP

Posted 11.15.2011

Disheartened by news of higher poverty rates, Chris Matthews praised Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for his insights on Wednesday's "Hardball." Ma...

WATCH: Chris Matthews Mocks Bill O'Reilly

The Huffington Post | Katherine Fung | Posted 09.12.2011

Chris Matthews mocked what he called a signature move of Bill O'Reilly's on Tuesday's "Hardball: The MSNBC host was discussing the debt ceiling neg...

Post Mortem on Weiner Coverage: He Looked Bad, but So Did the Media

John Farr | Posted 08.28.2011

John Farr

After all the public flogging this once proud public servant has undergone, doesn't there come a point when enough is enough? Not where most of today's media is concerned, it seems.

Huckabee Questions Chris Matthews' Mental Health

Posted 05.25.2011

Fox News host Mike Huckabee appeared on Laura Ingraham's radio show and really went after his critics. In addition to discussing political issues, Huc...

Women + Politics = Change

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

Internationally, America is ranked 84th in the number of women serving in the national legislature, lagging behind Afghanistan and Cuba.

Chris Matthews In Middle East To Interview Joe Biden

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

MSNBC's Chris Matthews is traveling to the Middle East to interview Vice President Joe Biden this week. The interview will take place in Jerusalem on...

Sex, Lies, and (a Subpoenaed) Videotape

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

Michelle Schweiger Schecter

Appears Edwards's former fall guy turned out not to be so meek At long last, he's grown a set and won't turn the other cheek

The Meaning of Massachusetts: Obama, Fulfill Your Promises

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

Some say the Massachusetts vote was a repudiation of the President, but that's not what the polling says -- it would be accurate, I think, to say that the vote was a vote against the status quo ...

Do You Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident?

Cindy Handler | Posted 05.25.2011

Cindy Handler

It's official: New Yorkers aren't entitled to the same freedoms that residents of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont and after New Year's, New Hampshire can take for granted.

Ridge: Take That Untrustworthy Jacket Off My Trustworthy Book!

Talking Points Memo | Ben Frumin | Posted 05.25.2011

Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge's backpedaling book tour continues! As we've reported, Ridge's new book, The Test of Our Times: America ...

Limbaugh Resigns, Cheney Immediately Takes Over as Republican Titular Party Head in GOP Response to Obama

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Jennifer Donahue

Rush, I see that you have tried to resign from a position I named you to, along with others in the "drive-by media."

Chris Matthews Extends Contract At MSNBC For At Least Four Years

New York Times | BILL CARTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Matthews, the usually garrulous host of "Hardball" on MSNBC, has quietly signed a new long-term contract to remain with the cable network throug...

Chris Matthews Lets Ari Fleischer Get Away with Murder

Stephen Kaus | Posted 05.25.2011

Stephen Kaus

Matthew's job is to be up on things and point out the B.S. This is his full time job. Instead, he either doesn't know the facts or he is too busy yammering to notice what anyone else says.

Bachmann Praises Obama's Win... Now....

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

After suggesting that Barack Obama had anti-American views in an exchange three weeks ago with MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Min...

Clinton Supporters For McCain Trumpet False Claims; "Congressional Report" Cited On Hardball Discredited

Elizabeth Rauber | Posted 05.25.2011

Elizabeth Rauber

Confronted with expert opinions as to the doubtful authority of the documents and the flimsy and biased arguments made by the authors, Clintons4Mccain leaders Adkins and Adams seemed genuinely shocked.

McCain's Lying TV Ads

Chris Durang | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Durang

As a citizen of the beautiful state of Pennsylvania, I can tell you that every morning on my television for the last month, McCain has been lying about Obama's position on raising taxes.

Chris Matthews Vouches For Black People's Work Ethic

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

On Friday's "Hardball" Chris Matthews discussed Hillary Clinton's comment about hard-working white people with Tucker Carlson and former San Francisco...