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Home Front: Culture Wars
Chris Matthews announces retirement, mutually parts ways with MSNBC
2020-03-03
[NBCNews] Chris Matthews, one of the longest-tenured voices at MSNBC, announced his retirement during Monday’s night’s airing of his talk show, "Hardball."
The thrill up the leg is gone
Matthews, 74, said he and MSNBC had mutually agreed to part ways. The decision followed a series of events that resulted in criticism of the host’s statements about Bernie Sanders, African-American lawmakers, and comments he had made to female journalists and coworkers.

"I’m retiring," Matthews said. "This is the last ’Hardball’ on MSNBC."

Matthews was due to retire in the near future with the events of the past week playing a factor in the timing of the move, an MSNBC spokesperson said.

Matthews, a former speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter, has hosted "Hardball" on MSNBC since 1999 and remained a centrist voice
...y’all forgot the scare quotes around centrist, O NBC journalist...
on the cable news channel’s prime-time programming, which often features commentary that is further to the left.

NBCUniversal is the parent company of MSNBC and NBC News.
We had three submissions for this story. Charger commented:
The party line is an ever-moving target, comrades.

Guess he'll be spending more time with his pool boy, I mean gerbil.
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Posted by:Beavis

#6  Back around 2000 I used to think Mathews was alright. I read his book and he was obviously liberal but not frothingly so. He hid it well. A lot of them did back then.

Then after election 2000 he didn't try to hide it anymore and he showed his colors as a vile petty little man. I'm glad the left eats their own.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-03-03 14:23  

#5  Well Romo's a class act (Manning too) and sports does pay the freight. Unlikely either of those guys will generate bad press for the network.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-03 09:06  

#4  RE: #1 - The MSM has money for football. Check out the fight over Tony Romo.

CBS retained high-profile NFL announcer Tony Romo this offseason, holding off advances from ESPN before reportedly signing him to a 10-year, $180 million contract. But the network reportedly was hedging its bets by pursuing another former quarterback, Peyton Manning, to pair with Jim Nantz. Link
Posted by: Bobby   2020-03-03 09:03  

#3  "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it"

Your turn at the chopping block citizen Robespierre.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-03-03 06:37  

#2  No more tingle?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-03 02:44  

#1  MSM can't pay huge salaries any more for these premadonnas like they used to be able to pay. I suspect they are looking for any excuse to cut costs these days.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2020-03-03 02:13  

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