Rangel: 'Islamofascist' an Insult - 'You Never Called Hitler a Christi
August 11th, 2006 9:47 PM
It doesn't take much to offend liberals' exquisite sensitivities. The latest? Referring to Islamofascists as . . . Islamofascists. Chris Matthews got the ball rolling on this evening's Hardball. But Charlie Rangel upped the ante to the max, managing to impugn Christians and Jews in the bargain. Fortunately, GOP Congressman Dan Lungren had the guts to call Rangel on it.Matthews got things started…
Brian Blogs Back: I Was 'Aggressively Misunderstood
August 11th, 2006 3:37 PM
Apparently stung by criticism of his comments on last night's Hardball, Brian Williams has responded with a clarification at the Daily Nightly, the in-house blog of the NBC Nightly News. In doing so, Williams seems to have coined a new phrase, claiming to have been 'aggressively misunderstood' by his critics.As noted here, on last evening's 7 PM Hardball, Chris Matthews asked Williams about the…
Williams: Like Terrorists, U.S. Special Forces Willing to Go on Suicid
August 10th, 2006 10:01 PM
Brian Williams of "NBC Nightly News" surely intended to praise the heroism and selflessness of our various service people. But he employed at best an awkward, at worst an inappropriate and offensive manner of doing it.On this evening's 7 PM ET edition of Hardball, Chris Matthews mused about the UK-born terrorists whose plot was foiled today:"Here we have maybe 24 people who have lived in London…
Ned Lamont, Closet Republican
August 9th, 2006 8:06 PM
That didn't take long. Just yesterday, Ned Lamont was the netroot hero, the pride of MoveOn.org, the scourge of the GOP. Today, Dem nomination in hand, he began his run toward the center - with a little help from his MSM friends. On this evening's Hardball, Chris Matthews scoffed at the fact that the RNC put Lamont's picture up on its website alongside Michael Moore, Markos Moulitsas of the Daily…
Thursday Night Fights: Chris Matthews and Audience Take on Ann Coulter
July 28th, 2006 11:11 AM
For your viewing pleasure, MSNBC decided to add to the Friday Night Fights series with a special Thursday edition. However, as "Hardball's" producers must have believed the challenger in the left corner, host Chris Matthews, was going to be outmatched by the challenger in the right corner, they decided to film the segment with an audience conveniently stocked with Ann Coulter haters. As a result…
Intro to 'Conservative' Carlson's Show Casts Israel as Bully
July 24th, 2006 6:40 PM
Wasn't Tucker Carlson supposed to be MSNBC's conservative counterweight to Olbermann, Matthews, & Co? I might have to rethink that one, judging by the opening roll of his 'Tucker' show this afternoon, which clearly cast Israel as the heavy in the current conflict. Here's how it went:Open to video of an Israeli tank firing rounds, as an off-screen voice breathlessly announces "Lebanon,…
