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Matthews: “Right Wing Knows How to Put Your Heel In the Back Of the Guys Head”
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Chris Matthews compares and contrasts the media coverage of the Charles Rangel censure and concludes that the conservative press is meaner and nastier than the liberal media.
From Mediaite
Following the censure of Charlie Rangel, Chris Matthews spent a segment on his program comparing how the conservative and liberal press handled the story. He then compared how they handled scandals involving conservatives like David Vitter and decided that conservative politicians and pundits are always “meaner.”
His guests, Ron Reagan and Politico’s Roger Simon agreed. Reagan pointed out how President Obama spoke of the “Slurpee Summit” as opposed to how Republican leaders did. Simon added “Republicans bring a gun to a knife fight” and compared Glenn Beck calling Obama a “racist” to liberal hosts who are “wry, sardonic, and witty” instead like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (not to get all “false equivalency,” but are they really the best direct comparison on the left to Beck?).
In the end, Matthews admitted that there were some nasty tactics on the left, just not as many on the right. He’s correct in that. Very few conservative politicians get attacked by the liberal press. After all, there just aren’t insults to go around after the press gets done with Sarah Palin.
Besides Palin there are a host of conservative and Republican politicians that have faced intense scrutiny and front page coverage from the liberal media over the years including Reagan, George Bush, Tom DeLay, Dick Cheney etc…
In the case of Rangel the lack of attention given to his censure by the liberal press serves as an example of their bias rather than any perceived conservative nastiness. And to mention Glenn Beck as another example of over the top behavior without including Keith Olbermann or even Ed Schultz is only more evidence of the narrow lens in which Matthews sees things.
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5 Comments for Matthews: “Right Wing Knows How to Put Your Heel In the Back Of the Guys Head”
I don’t know,,,maybe it’s just me,,but it seems the more the PRO-Left shouts & the louder the Limo Liberals yell about Tax cuts for the ‘wealthy’
,,,they never tell their viewers at CNN & the others ,that they make multi-million dollar salarys TOO,,just like the ones they scream against.They cut off their noses,,,etc. Go to their ‘hoods & look for the recipients of their liberalism. None to be found . WHY?? Their ‘hood is ZONED so the poor minorities they love so much cannot live there.,,,,. Out of the hi-rise,,into the limo,,up into the studio,,out of the studio,,into the limo,,
back up into the hi-rise,,,& they don’t even know if it’s raining out. God forbid they walk the streets & find out what is really happening.
PC Dictionary meaning of a “Liberal”,,,a Latte drinking,,white wine sipping
,,NON-subway riding ‘Male’ that has not been ‘Mugged’ yet.
Look under ‘liberal hypocrite’ & all you’llfind are pics of the NBC people.
My opinion
Where is Zell Miller when we need him? Chris long ago lost all credibility as a serious news commentator when he gave himself over to propagandizing for the left. Lacking the skills and integrity needed to be a first class journalist, in order to hang on to some sort of job, he marginalized himself, choosing a niche on the far Left, and seems content within his narrow sphere. It takes all kinds. . . !
Matthews is an obvious far left loon and should not ne taken seriously.
The problem with extreme partisans of both the right and left is that, as they feel the end justifies the means, strict adherence to the truth matters little to them. Unfortunately, all forms of the media–public speaking, the Internet (including the slanted news from the the site providers) blogs, TV, and the printed page–are now so inundated with propagandists and idealogues who daily assault our senses that inevitably even the best of us succumb and often find ourselves spouting similar hatreds and distorted logic against anyone who doesn’t agree with us. Honest debate is dead: Viva vanity and arrogance! Maybe, just maybe, a government can be no better than its electorate! If we are not honest, can we expect the politicians to be honest? If we, like so many prominent partisans, substitute hyperbolic name-calling for true debate, can we expect any higher level of thinking from others?
Mr. Matthews is obviously not aware that his projection masks the reality that the left’s hatred of this country knows no bounds. It seems to me that the loons in the left wing press, including his colleagues Olbermann, Maddow, and Schultz, along with CNN’s Cafferty, Blitzer, and King, are more brutal than Matthews is.