As I noted here, on yesterday's show, Matthews, discussing Rudy with former congresswoman Susan Molinari, had this exchange:
Matthews: "He got the pee smell out of the phone booths in New York.
Even phone booths that aren't booths, they're just a place to make a
phone call, had that smell about them before. I think I've been to New
York enough times -- he did clean up that atmosphere in New York."
Molinari: "You bet he did. He stopped making excuses for people. . . "
Matthews, interrupting: "Was he a little bit of a fascist?"
View video here.
But in Media Matters' account of the exchange, the "fascist" comment conveniently disappears. Here's how Media Matters plays it:
MATTHEWS: Well, he got the pee smell out of the phone booths up there. Even phone booths in New York that aren't booths, they're just a place to make a phone call, had that smell around them before -- I think -- having gone to New York enough times, he did clean up that atmosphere in New York.
[...]
MATTHEWS: Well, I'll tell you, three things going for him. He acts and talks like a president.
Note that telling "[...]"
The Media Matters item also contains a video clip of the exchange. It, too, manages to omit the f-word. How can Media Matters possibly defend its attempted deception?
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