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MSNBC’s Chris Matthews came out swinging, during Monday’s Hardball, against conservative radio host Mark Levin for being the source of President’s Donald Trump’s claim of having his tower wiretapped by the previous administration. The 71-year-old Matthews postured like a schoolyard bully, towards the top of his program, as he mocked Levin for the sound of his voice. “Well, that's a voice to be believed,” Matthews declared after playing an audio clip of Levin talking about Obama.
But the MSNBC host’s childish prodding did not stop there as he continued smear conservative talk radio and “The fudge that goes on here.” The irritated Matthews railed against Levin are damaging the good reputation of the media:
The notion that Mark Levin is a news outlet, or that Rush Limbaugh is a news outlet. And that's their way of disgracing legitimate media. By say those are just other news outlets. By saying those are just other news outlets. It's not The New York Times, it’s not The Washington post, it’s not The Wall Street Journal, it’s not the L.A. Times, it’s not a major news network it’s Mark Levin.
“I know what talk radio guys do on left and right, mostly on right. They rile people up with outrageous charges and nobody keeps count of them,” Matthews ranted. He continued to besmirch Levin’s reputation by lumping him in with the unhinged Alex Jones.