Obama turns the tables on Chris Matthews
If you watched Barack Obama's appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Tweety earlier today, you probably enjoyed this little exchange:
Matthews' commentary and behavior to guests and viewers is constantly offensive. It's clear he isn't going to change his ways, so he shouldn't be allowed to enjoy the privilege of being a broadcaster. MSNBC needs to cancel his show and replace it with something meaningful and informative.
The silly and endlessly repetitive Tweety theatrics are insulting and demeaning. Since the corporate-owned traditional media is rarely willing to police itself it is up to us to hold the traditional media to higher standards. You can voice your displeasure to MSNBC by contacting its Senior Vice President for News, Phil Griffin:
Phil Griffin
Senior Vice President, News
NBC Television Network
30 Rockefeller Plz
New York, NY 10112
phil (dot) griffin (at) nbc (dot) com
MATTHEWS: Let me ask you about... at any time in this campaign, did you have a chuckle that you just couldn't get rid of? Something weird that happened, that was so crazy that you just went to bed laughing about?I was astonished that Obama even agreed to appear on Matthews' show at all, given how many stupid and insentive comments he has made about the Illinois senator's candidacy. Here's a sampling:
OBAMA: Oh... I think that, that happens about once a day, you know? But then I stopped watching cable news.
Addressing MSNBC political analyst Michelle Bernard, host Chris Matthews [said], "You know, Michelle -- and this gets very ethnic, but the fact that he's good at basketball doesn't surprise anybody, but the fact that he's that terrible at bowling does make you wonder." While showing the video of Obama's bowling, Matthews asserted, "[I]t isn't the most macho form there."That was on Monday; on the next day, viewers were treated to this:
Discussing Sen. Barack Obama on the April 1 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, host Chris Matthews asked Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO): "Let me ask you about how he -- how's he connect with regular people? Does he? Or does he only appeal to people who come from the African-American community and from the people who have college or advanced degrees?"Nicely done, Chris. You managed to insult millions of Americans in one fell swoop. Not that such a feat is ever difficult for you.
Matthews' commentary and behavior to guests and viewers is constantly offensive. It's clear he isn't going to change his ways, so he shouldn't be allowed to enjoy the privilege of being a broadcaster. MSNBC needs to cancel his show and replace it with something meaningful and informative.
The silly and endlessly repetitive Tweety theatrics are insulting and demeaning. Since the corporate-owned traditional media is rarely willing to police itself it is up to us to hold the traditional media to higher standards. You can voice your displeasure to MSNBC by contacting its Senior Vice President for News, Phil Griffin:
Phil Griffin
Senior Vice President, News
NBC Television Network
30 Rockefeller Plz
New York, NY 10112
phil (dot) griffin (at) nbc (dot) com
# Posted by Andrew : 11:19 PM
Comments:
Yo Andrew. I hope someone pays you to watch Chris Matthews. That it is your job. That in your free time you can watch whatever you like.
Thanks for letting us know how he thinks and expresses. Otherwise I would not know there is a constinuency somewhere for this type of consciousness.
I don't think I will complain to anybody to shut it down. There IS a constinuency for this type of consciousness. Sometimes, it votes.
Later on it learns and grows up.
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