Ken Shepherd | January 4, 2016
Read more at NewsBusters  | It is simply "beyond indecent" for Donald Trump or anyone else to hit Hillary Clinton for enabling Bill Clinton's adultery and subsequent handling of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Hardball host Chris Matthews huffed on his January 4 MSNBC program.
Ken Shepherd | January 4, 2016
Read more at NewsBusters | According to filmmaker George Lucas, Russian directors in the height of the Cold War had more artistic freedom than he enjoyed when he was making movies in Hollywood. This hasn't gotten a lot of scrutiny because it aired the day after Christmas and because Lucas's "white slaver" remark garnered more controversy, but Star Wars creator George Lucas actually told Charlie…
Ken Shepherd | January 4, 2016
Read more at NewsBusters | A few months ago I brought to your attention a Hardball promo which hailed Ted Kennedy as a "great" "leader" and a "lion" who "keep[s] me going non-stop." Well, Matthews is back at it with another promo which hails as "gutsy" liberal icon Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and as "grownup" the anti-gun rights former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg. House Minority…
Ken Shepherd | December 29, 2015
TOPICS: -- Obama Hawaiian Vacation -- Obama 2016 Agenda -- Holiday Travel -- Jeb Bush -- Welfare Recipients -- Terrorist Neighbors -- Charlie Sheen -- STDs
Ken Shepherd | December 23, 2015
TOPICS: -- Obama Christmas Presents -- Paul Ryan -- Terrorism -- Democratic Debate -- Bowe Bergdahl -- Hillary Clinton -- Christmas Shopping -- Willie Nelson
Ken Shepherd | December 21, 2015
Read more at NewsBusters | "Let's pretend that Marco Rubio were a Democrat." Members of that party would, "in a New York second," slam the Washington Post for the "bigotry and racism and profiling" in their story "because, after all, they just called an Hispanic lazy" in today's front-page hit piece, "Rubio's aloofness on stump unnerves GOP activists," the Media Research Center's (MRC) Brent…
Ken Shepherd | December 16, 2015
Read more at NewsBusters | Chris Matthews has made no secret of how much he loves the "perfect" Barack Obama in everything from his speaking style on down to his family life. But far be it from the hyperpartisan Hardball host to see Rubio's good looks and polished speaking style as plusses for him in a hypothetical general-election contest against Hillary Clinton. Matthews kicked off his segment…
Ken Shepherd | December 15, 2015
Read more at NewsBusters | Former John McCain presidential campaign advisor Steve Schmidt pushed back against former Carter staffer Chris Matthews on tonight's Hardball when the latter whipped out his tired Bush-caused-ISIS talking point. Schmidt wondered why set the clock for the genesis of ISIS in the Bush era when Jimmy Carter's mishandling of Iran in 1979 and the Eisenhower administration's…
Ken Shepherd | December 15, 2015
TOPICS: -- ISIS -- President Obama -- Texting -- Mississippi Teacher -- Vegetarians -- Tax Delinquents -- STDs -- Survivor
Ken Shepherd | December 14, 2015
Read more at NewsBusters | MSNBC's Chris Matthews seems to have a problem with those who would call the torturers, rapists, and murderers who populate the ranks of ISIS as "animals." The Hardball host made the complaint tonight to frequent contributor and left-wing journalist David Corn of Mother Jones magazine. Matthews also groused that Republicans were telling their voters  "it's OK to hate…