Accuracy in Media Fear has set in at MSNBC. Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow are in a state of panic over the idea that Mitt Romney may appeal to white voters and that Obama may not. That Obama is running a campaign based on black racism and exploitation of ethnic divisions in society is of no concern to them. Citing polling data that blacks and Hispanics are going for Obama, Maddow said on her August 24 … [Read more...]
MSNBC Planning to Have Matthews & Co. Host this year’s Election Coverage
March 20, 2012, 5:20 pm by Leave a Comment
Accuracy in Media Unlike in 2008, MSNBC is planning to have Chris Matthews, along with the rest of the primetime lineup of MSNBC, host the 2012 presidential election coverage. This includes the presidential debates in September and October, and election night itself. When it came up in 2008, MSNBC decided to pull their two top hosts, Matthews and Keith Olbermann, from anchoring the presidential debates and … [Read more...]
MSNBC’s Usual Suspects and Plans for the Democrats to go ‘Nasty’
February 6, 2012, 5:44 pm by 2 Comments
By: Roger Aronoff Accuracy in Media There are so many scurrilous, condescending and false charges on MSNBC on any given day, that it is tough to catalog all of them. The NBC brand, which used to have much higher standards, is being damaged on a daily basis by its cable news division. A few items from MSNBC’s Florida primary analysis demand retractions and corrections, which will likely never come. They don’t … [Read more...]
Chris Matthews: Gaffe Machine
November 28, 2011, 5:46 pm by Leave a Comment
Accuracy in Media One should always be careful, when criticizing and making fun of others, to not be guilty of the same offense. We try to be very careful, with a name like Accuracy in Media. It can come back to bite you. That is unless you’re some hotshot left-wing “news” person on MSNBC. Then it doesn’t matter. But let’s pretend it does. Chris Matthews was on The Tonight Show earlier this month plugging his … [Read more...]
The Deal is Done; Assessing Winners and Losers
August 4, 2011, 2:03 pm by Leave a Comment
The voting is in from the House and Senate, but opinions are sharply divided among both conservatives and liberals as to whether or not the debt ceiling deal was a good one for either party or country. Wall Street’s first response was quite negative, with the Dow down 265 points on the day the Senate sent the bill to the White House. Chris Matthews said the Obama administration “gave in to hostage taking.” As … [Read more...]
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