Chris Matthews Uses Death of Russert to Display Elitism
Posted on June 14, 2008
Watch this video where Chris Matthews displays his utter lack of class with Keith Olbermann. While almost every other journalist and blogger on both sides of the political spectrum are giving condolences and highlighting Russert’s deserved credit of being one of the most fair and unbiased journalists of today’s media, Chris Matthews used the opportunity to go off on an anti-war rant. He added insult by comparing him to the “American people” in the sense of being fooled by the Bush administration into supporting the war. Besides displaying how opposite he is than Russert on the subject of bias, he had to go on and add his own elitist touch by presenting himself as a superior journalist.
Even Keith Olbermann knew better than to go there, changing the subject quickly after Matthews’ rant. He provided a moment of irony later when the two most biased “journalists” on television heralded Russert’s objectivity as if they understood what the word meant. Neither Olbermann or Matthews could carry Russert’s shoes, and Matthews in particular proved why last night.
One might be tempted to give Matthews a pass, as the shock of his friend’s passing had to be hard on him, and one could see the pain. However, Matthews makes clear that he deliberately chose to make this point, leading with, “This might be tricky,” and later saying that he had spent two hours preparing for the delivery of this anecdote. The choice of casting Russert as a dupe within hours of his death was deliberate.
Asked by a justifiably teary-eyed Keith Olbermann to reflect on the sudden death, Mr. Matthews professed his love and admiration, calling Mr. Russert “everyman”, a “true patriot”, “Mr. America” — by which he meant that the Meet the Press moderator had supported the Iraq invasion because of the trumped-up threat of nukes. …
It’s hard to fathom a soul so craven that he would use a eulogy to resurrect his timeworn attack on the stagecraft of the Bush administration. But the overflow of Chris Matthews’ darkened heart also spilled onto the rest of us ‘patriotic Americans’ who were fooled by what Bush-Cheney Inc. was “selling.” In a nutshell, we’re all just a bunch of hard-working dopes like Tim Russert.
I completely agree with everything Scott said above except that is hard to fathom. I’ve seen Chris Matthews be an opportunist elitist so many times, this comes as no surprise. Of course it still disgusts me. However, this is definitely crossing the line from partisan hack to the realm of total scum.
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Matthews is a despicable human being!
What classless turds!
Tim Russert was one of the only good guys at NBC. But this guy, Chris Matthew is nothing but Obama lover.
Read more about him and Obama and Cris Matthew here
http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/06/01/liberal-media-biascnn-msnbc-and-a-black-american-view/
You are all fools trying to stop real discourse about the war. Russert was duped. So was Matthews. They both fawned over Cheney on his whirlwind media tour of lying warmongering.
Up your meds Zoe.
Guys, I think you’re a little off here. He’s just pointing out where Tim’s heart was and how he saw things. His point was about truth telling as a journalist and being a patriot.
Wow, MSNBC… you are stuck with these guys. How insensitive and egotistical to paint Mr. Russert as a dupe! I think the ratings will continue to disappear for this network.
I used to think Matthews was an amusing distraction. Now, I think he’s a loudmouth douche. WTF was he thinking?
I can’t believe I’m writing this, but Matthews managed to make Olbermann look classy.
Jay, the signal-to-noise ratio has gotten awfully low here. This is soap opera nonsense. It’s a shame you don’t spend much time writing about real ideas anymore.
Well, I’ll give Matthews credit for being right on one thing he said.
“Tonight we lost our Quaterback.”
When he said that the nation lost its last honest and unbiased newscaster, he spoke more than just a simple sentence. He admitted that the media has a bias and the bias is slanted in a liberal way.
Right–”Like you and me, Keith, Tim was always looking for the truth.” What crap. Tim didn’t trash an innocent Scooter Libby like you two truth seekers. Slowly, but surely, people are beginning to realize what “puss heads” this pair really are.
To say that Chris and Keith are the most biased journalists in news is laughable. Don’t you guys ever watch the Fox network?
Chris Matthews has diarrhea of the mouth as usual.