Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews

Christopher John Matthews is the liberal Democrat host of the talk show Hardball with Chris Matthews. He has worked for four Democratic politicians. He was a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter and wrote Carter's infamous "malaise" speech. Despite his claim that he voted for George W. Bush in 2000, like most hosts and journalists on MSNBC he is a vocal opponent of the Republican Party and was vehemently opposed to the Bush Administration in particular throughout George W. Bush's presidency.

His on-going random attacks on Fox News Channel pundit Bill O'Reilly have raised eyebrows in the broadcast community because they are interlaced into his broadcasts without context or explanation.

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.

He well known for being a strident supporter and follower of Barack Obama. The only noted occasion that Matthews has criticized Obama was when the President announced a troop increase in Afghanistan at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Typical for leftist of his generation, Matthews apparently possesses an antipathy towards the U.S. military, he was critical of President Obama for choosing to speak at West Point and referred to the academy as "the enemy camp."

External Links

• What Liberals Say - Chris Matthews, Accuracy In Media

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