| | Matthews has also won a series of awards ranging from the [[David Brinkley]] Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism to the Gold Medal Award from the Pennsylvania Society. | | Matthews has also won a series of awards ranging from the [[David Brinkley]] Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism to the Gold Medal Award from the Pennsylvania Society. |
| − | Chris Matthews is well known as a strident supporter and follower of [[Barack Obama]]. There are only two known, documented occasions where Matthews has criticized Obama: once, when the President announced a troop increase in Afghanistan at the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point, and another time when he tells Obama to "Get rid of that damn teleprompter."<ref>Scott Baker. [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/his-menace-chris-matthews-tells-obama-to-get-rid-of-that-damn-teleprompter/ ‘His Menace’: Chris Matthews Tells Obama to ‘Get Rid of That Damn Teleprompter’], theblaze.com, September 2, 2010.</ref> Such bias and outlandish hypocrisy is typical of [[Leftist|leftists]] of his generation; possessing an antipathy towards the U.S. military, Matthews was critical of President Obama for choosing to speak at West Point, referring to the academy as "the enemy camp." | + | Chris Matthews is well known as a strident supporter and follower of [[Barack Obama]]. There are only two known, documented occasions where Matthews has criticized Obama: possessing an [[antipathy]] towards the U.S. military, Matthews was critical of Barack Obama when the President announced a troop increase in [[Afghanistan]] at the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point]], referring to the academy as "the enemy camp," and again he criticized Obama when he told the President to "Get rid of that damn teleprompter."<ref>Scott Baker. [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/his-menace-chris-matthews-tells-obama-to-get-rid-of-that-damn-teleprompter/ ‘His Menace’: Chris Matthews Tells Obama to ‘Get Rid of That Damn Teleprompter’], theblaze.com, September 2, 2010.</ref> Such bias and outlandish hypocrisy is typical of [[Leftist|leftists]] of his generation. |