On AlterNet: chris matthews

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5 Worst Political Books of the Year

Jon Wiener, The Nation. December 23, 2011.

Bill Clinton, Chris Matthews, and the Cheneys are among the authors who missed the mark.

Bush Adviser to Host ABC News Show: Further Evidence of TV's Rightward Tilt

Eric Alterman, Center for American Progress. March 4, 2010.

Matthew Dowd, President Bush's former political adviser, is guest-hosting ABC's Sunday-morning show. As politicos invade TV journalism, the news tilts ever rightward.

Chris Matthews and His 'Hardball' Follies: Taking Us to New Depths of Dumbed-Down Politics

Robert Parry, Consortium News. January 20, 2010.

MSNBC's Chris Matthews personifies the puffed-up self-importance and total lack of self-awareness that has come to define America's media punditocracy.

Thomas Friedman Can't Stop Comparing Afghanistan to a "Special Needs Baby"

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: World. December 7, 2009.

From Charlie Rose to Hardball, Friedman has spent months polishing his favorite new metaphor.

Video: Dem Senator Criticizes Progressives for Pushing Public Option

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. September 30, 2009.

Sen. Charles Schumer, whose amendment for a public option in the Baucus health-care bill failed yesterday, says pressure from the left is hurting the cause.

Crazy Gets Crazier: New "Dancing With The Stars" Cast Member Tom DeLay Joins Birther Wackos

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. August 20, 2009.

"I'd like the President to produce his birth certificate," DeLay told Chris Matthews on Tuesday. "I can. Most illegal aliens here in America can."

Media Gasbags Develop Weird Mancrushes on Sgt. Crowley

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 31, 2009.

Lou Dobbs is drooling and Roger Simon literally squealed in delight following Crowley's press conference yesterday.

Racism Is the Prime Cause for Debunked Obama Birth Certificate Conspiracy Theory

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. July 28, 2009.

The "birther" conspiracy has been utterly debunked, yet more GOP establishment figures have embraced the transparently racist cause.

RNC Chair Michael Steele: Abortion Is an 'Individual Choice'

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 12, 2009.

Steele goes from being "pro-life his entire adult life" to believing abortion is an "individual choice."

Matthews Gets Alarmist Over Family Planning Measure in Stimulus Bill

Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Video. January 27, 2009.

A one-child policy or a provision to help low-income working women reduce health care costs?

Chris Bowers to Matthews: Obama Said He Would Govern in Bi-Partisan Fashion

Staff, AlterNet: Video. December 2, 2008.

Why Obama isn't betraying the left with his early appointments.

Is Chris 'Hardball' Matthews Gearing Up for a Senate Run?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Media and Technology. November 28, 2008.

"Chris Matthews, it appears, is in."

Matthews Rips Palin: Somebody Needs to 'Give Her a Copy of the Constitution to Read'

Staff, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Election 2008. October 22, 2008.

"Where does she get her civics?"

Sarah Palin and the Wrong Way to Battle Sexism

Rebecca Hyman, AlterNet. September 16, 2008.

Palin's VP run reveals more dimensions to sexism in America. And merely weeding out a few bad apples like Chris Matthews won't solve the problem.

Chris Matthews Gives Right-Wing Radio Host a Smackdown

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 16, 2008.

Kevin James gets a much needed history lesson.

The Media Created the "Delusion" That Hillary Can Win

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 4, 2008.

Chris Matthews rips into the MSM

Elizabeth Edwards pwns Chris Matthews [VIDEO]

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: Video. February 5, 2007.

Sexist digs backfire bigtime for MSNBC host.

Bush spokes-fratboy says 'Race Card' 'always' played with Black candidates [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. October 26, 2006.

Not racist, just 'a little bit cute'