I watched much, but by no means all, of the GHWB coverage. The WORST commentator was . . . .

[Stinky The Clown]

. . . . Chris Matthews. Maybe we can take up a collection - a GoFundMe, maybe - to buy his mouth a FILTER.

He was corrected by co-commentators more than a few times, notably a sometimes dismissive, almost prickly, Nicolle Wallace.

There was contemporaneous video evidence of HRC and Jimmy Carter talking in what appeared to most to be a warm and friendly manner. Never mind that Carter is notoriously introverted and "apart" from the other members of "the club". Even in view of this, Matthews stated that Clinton and Carter disliked each other.

There are the repetitious Tip O'Neal references. The tales of "Philly" and his Republican family members.

Pretty sad.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. At least he didn't advertise his book about RFK.

I was kind of waiting for that.

[CentralMass]

2. There is actually some history there (from what I've read) .

[question everything]

3. Stopped watching him. PBS NewsHour is so much more civilized

and cover real stories. The only place that gave exposure to the misery in Yemen, before Lindsey Graham decided to take a stand.

[redstateblues]

4. In my biz, like his, you wish there was a guy that who would tip your shoulder and say

“Your done”. I’ve been a fan but this has been an awful year for Chris.

[ginnyinWI]

5. Just turn him off.

The big three broadcast networks had it. Same video feed. We turned down the sound on NBC, then listened to the commentary from PBS newshour, including some historians.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. no commentary on broadcast CBS

I didn't watch all of it, but what I did watch on CBS had no commentary. That was appropriate, IMO. More like actually being there. The commentary began after the vehicles started to leave.

[ginnyinWI]

13. same with the other networks I looked at: NBC and PBS once it was underway. nt

[dem4decades]

6. I'm surprised on the amount of information he seems oblivious to.

And he seems surprised when he hears things that a well informed viewer is aware of.

But I'd take him over Chuckie Todd any day.

At least Matthews will call a spade a spade when he sees one, Todd won't, worried he'll offend someone.

He's pitiful.

[BootinUp]

8. Tweety has to make stuff up to fill the airtime apparently. Nt

[EffieBlack]

9. I agree

I almost threw my shoe at the TV when he started talking about what a perfect candidate Biden what be. That's appropriate commentary for a funeral?

[Laffy Kat]

10. Years ago I always watched "Hardball."

But it has been time for Matthews to retire for quite a while now. I find him painful to watch nowadays.

[trueblue2007]

11. Chris Matthews LIED about Hillary today

he is a dam stupid man who obviously hates Ms. Clinton !!!

Shame on you Matthews.

[LeftInTX]

12. I watched CNN for awhile this morning

The commentary is plain old silly. I feel like the silence makes them nervous, so they come up with silly nervous type chatter. Every once in awhile, I would get some insight, but usually it was meaningless.

[ginnyinWI]

14. And PBS had

Doris Kearns Goodwin, among others, doing commentary before and after the funeral. It really makes a difference. And Judy Woodruff was very good, too.

[LeftInTX]

19. I wish I would have watched PBS!

Didn't even think about it.

[mulsh]

15. I was stunned by the look on Dick Cheney's face when donny took his seat. I filter much of Christ

Mathews verbiage. But Cheney's look. It said "let's go hunting some time soon." the "asshole " was invisible. It made me think "here's one more thing we agree on, old adversary." The other is LGBT rights.

[LeftInTX]

20. Doesn't Cheney always have that look?

[Paladin]

16. Chris Matthews needs to go. The sooner the better.

I know I seem to be beating this drum incessantly, but Matthews is an increasing embarrassment. His memory lapses, his coughing fits, his trashing of Democrats, his constant interruptions of guests, and oh dear God, his continuing and unending on-air efforts to boost sales of his books---MSNBC wouldn't have to look too far to find a much better replacement for that time slot---probably at half the salary.

[rsdsharp]

17. The best shut down of Tweety I ever saw was several years ago.

Tweety was on an election night panel where Olberman (see it was several years ago) was the anchor. He started blathering something, and Keith told him it was inappropriate. "That's why they call it Hardball," Tweety announced proudly. "This isn't Hardball. It's election coverage." Tweety shut up.

[oasis]

18. It's time for him to go!