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Chris Matthews Eviscerates Neocon Frank Gaffney: "4,000 People Are Dead Because Of The Way You Feel" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media

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Chris Matthews revisited the decision to go to war with Iraq Tuesday night on "Hardball," hosting neocon hawk Frank Gaffney and Mother Jones' David Co...

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Jason Linkins

Bill Ayers On Hardball: Calls Accusations "Profoundly Dishonest" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media

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"I don't tend to watch television news...I have three grown sons who kind of filter those things and they sent it to me." That's Bill Ayers, making a...

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236.com: Who's Long-Winded Enough To Replace Chris Matthews

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 01.07.2009 | Media

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As rumors of Chris Matthews' senate run become less exaggerated, he's reportedly being advised to quit MSNBC sooner than later. His contract expires ...

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Christopher Hitchens Battles Joan Walsh Over Obama's Foreign Policy Team On Hardball (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media

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President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team today, and the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, and Eric Holde...

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Christopher Hitchens Calls Hillary Clinton As Secretary Of State A "Ludicrous Embarrassment"

Huffington Post | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media

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Christopher Hitchens appeared on "Hardball" Monday night and voiced his strong opposition to Hillary Clinton being named Secretary of State. Appeari...

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MacBush

Norman MacAfee | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment

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Norman MacAfee

Stone assembled a game cast to play the characters who've wrought destruction upon the world in these past seven years. Except for two or three, they are bland and vague versions of the real.

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Hardball Reviews The Hot Senate Races: Can Dems Get To 60?

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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On MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, Norah O'Donnell and Politico's John Harris discuss the hot Senate races to keep an eye on Tuesday night. Cli...

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A Night Out With Chris Matthews And His Wife

New York Times | Posted 12.03.2008 | Media

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THE waiters at Martin's Tavern in Georgetown see a lot of Chris Matthews, host of the opinionated "Hardball" and the lower temperature, eponymously na...

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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Michele Bachmann: "Not All Cultures Are Equal" (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

The Uptake | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

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The Uptake

Rep. Michele Bachmann caught the national spotlight recently when she told MSNBC's Chris Mathews that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views....

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Last week I took on Michelle Bachmann -- Now the Red-Baiting Rep. Might Lose Her Job

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Katrina vanden Heuvel

The backlash to Bachmann's (and McCain-Palin's) politics of fear is reason for hope, and it also looks as though it might lead to this right-wing ideologue's well-deserved defeat in November.

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Bachmann Backpedals From "Anti-American" Comment, Blames Media

Jane Devin | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

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Jane Devin

Bachmann made a pointed accusation, defended it, and when faced with the politically disastrous consequences, took a page out of Palin's tired right-wing notebook and blamed the media.

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MSNBC Taken In By Right-Wing Smear Machine

Edward Rotchford | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

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Edward Rotchford

The "Hardball" crew took the bait, ending its show Monday with an interview of representatives of Clintons4McCain.com, an organization that a mere 15 minutes on the Web can tell you stinks to high heaven.

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Corrupting Habit

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media

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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Since the fall of 1969, media discourse has been dominated by debates about the news as a spin zone. But we think this argument over bias has obscured a far more fundamental reality.

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Is John McCain Responsible for His Own Negative Campaign?

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

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Robert Schlesinger

It's McCain's campaign, not Steve Schmidt's or Mark Salter's or anyone else's. We might joke otherwise, but John McCain does take credit for his bizarre ads.

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A Big Slip of Chris Matthews' Quick Tongue

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media

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Carol Felsenthal

Matthews audibly groaned when he slipped, meaning to say that a tape came out of the Osama HQ just before the election in 2004 had hurt Kerry and helped Bush -- but saying, instead, "Obama."

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Chris Matthews Calls Osama Bin Laden "Obama" During Terror Discussion

Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media

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Today on MSNBC's "Hardball," which aired live at 5pm, Chris Matthews was joined by Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd for a discussion about Charlie Black...

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MSNBC Pulls "Inappropriate" Michelle Obama "Hardball" Ad Depicting Silhouetted Female Dancers (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

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MSNBC ran an ad for "Hardball" Thursday morning teasing a segment on Michelle Obama's image makeover. The ad featured background artwork of female si...

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Harball Flirts With Women Voters

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Scott Swenson

If Chris Matthews and the mainstream media want to add something productive to the reproductive rights debate, they should move off the 70's polarization created by the far-right.

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Election 2008: The Race Election

Dan Treul | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

There is something culturally sick about defining such a critical election along racial lines alone. This election should not be a referendum on black and white. It should be a referendum on the Bush years.

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Chris Matthews Dons A Cowboy Hat (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.17.2008 | Media

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Why did Chris Matthews put on a cowboy hat during Monday night's "Hardball?" Was he finally so tired of hair-dye mix-ups that he opted for the cove...

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Jason Linkins

Chris Matthews Eviscerates Right-Wing Host Kevin James Over Obama "Appeasement" Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Utterly insane goings-on tonight on Hardball, where, for the second night in a row, the "Hardball Sideshow" segment was preceded by a scene that way o...

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Chris Matthews Vouches For Black People's Work Ethic

Huffington Post | Posted 05.17.2008 | Media

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

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Chris Matthews Debuts New Hairdo

Huffington Post | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media

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MSNBC host Chris Matthews took to the airwaves Thursday night with a new 'do. The normally bleach blond Matthews, host of "Hardball," now has noticeab...

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Jason Linkins

Chris Matthews Declares The PA Polls Closed Thirty Minutes Early

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

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In the clearest sign yet that tonight is going to be a long night for the media, Chris Matthews got a familiar quiver up his leg and without warning, ...

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