and when is MSNBC going to get rid of Chris Matthews???

[a kennedy]

he’s old, he’s old, and he’s old. GET HIM OFF THE SET, PLEASE.

[agingdem]

1. agree...

and I'm 70..he adds nothing...never thought he did

[QC]

2. He was worthless long before he was old. n/t

[brooklynite]

3. Do you have an actual objection?

[a kennedy]

6. Yes, he just didn't know how to question the two awesome women

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her guest...... he just sounded rather blah and non excited about the women he was questioning. JMHO.

[brooklynite]

8. ...which has what to do with his age?

[a kennedy]

11. It has to do with NOT GETTING THAT THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE has moved on

and he hasn’t moved with it. I realize he was a big time talking head back in the day, but his time has passed. AND AGAIN JMHO.

[still_one]

40. That has nothing to do with age, and if that is your defense, then you should remove the "he's old,

he's old" comment, because that is exactly what your OP implies it is based on, his age.

[Raine]

22. He's always unprepared, he can't seem to bother with

knowing anything about the people he's interviewing, he's really lazy and it shows.

[agingdem]

9. yes...and Andrea Mitchell too

Matthews blathers on...he's not relevant..he pontificates...he's a "which way the wind is blowing" guy...he and Andrea Mitchell yearn for the old days of gee whiz can't we all get along beltway crap...and of course both hate the Clintons...

[Raine]

4. Sometimes I wonder if he has "dirt" on some higher up

at the network, how else could he keep his job.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

5. Be careful what you wish for,

you could end up with a full blown trumpster in his place?

[Glamrock]

7. Not soon enough.... n/t

[UTUSN]

10. Well,I'm 72 this month but won't leave DU just because of that, neither on grounds of unpopularity!1

[a kennedy]

15. My husband is 73 and he thinks Chris has stayed to long as well.

[UTUSN]

17. Staying too long can be unrelated to age.

[still_one]

41. Exactly. The OP specifically says "he's old, he's old", and then tries to say it isn't about age

it is just he has been around too long.

Then why didn't the OP just say that in the OP instead of bringing in "he's old", assuming that people would assume that meant they meant he has been around too long.

[UTUSN]

43. Thanks. It's you and me, kid!1

[still_one]

44. I think there is a lot of us

[TeamPooka]

12. Thanks for the ageism. Any other prejudices you have that you would like to share

[a kennedy]

16. Please........I really try to curtail my objections to the talking heads, but Chris to me has really

lost his edge to add to the topics of today.

[TeamPooka]

27. Please...You need to find better ways to critique a pundit than that

[stopbush]

59. Fuck your ageism.

Maybe it’s time for you to go. It’s your bigotry, bigotry, bigotry.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. What's wrong with him isn't that he's old. There's nothing wrong with being old

and to suggest that a tv host needs to go because he's old is offensive (and I don't care how old you are). What's wrong with Matthews is not even suggestive of age; if anything he has too much energy and doesn't know when to shut up; he talks over and interrupts his guests and says stupid shit without any filters. He has been doing this forever. It has nothing to do with his age.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

19. This.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. The First Rule of Holes is that when you're in one you should stop digging.

"That's what old people do"? No, they don't. Old people are individuals, not a bunch of useless babbling dotards. Please stop digging yourself farther into your hole of ageism. You're promoting a very offensive ageist stereotype that doesn't even apply to Matthews, who has been behaving this way for decades. You really need to stop it.

[a kennedy]

26. Well ok then.......

I bow to your authority on Chris AND ageism. Thank you.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. Ageism is the last "acceptable" prejudice and I hate to see it on DU.

It's hurtful, just like all other forms of bigotry. Please think about that before you go spouting off about useless old people who talk too much.

[a kennedy]

29. Curious.......how young are you?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. I'm old, retired, but not useless.

[a kennedy]

34. Ha ha ha.......ditto.

[TeamPooka]

31. Everything you hate about Matthews that you just listed, he has been doing for decades

and your constant re-iteration of your prejudice is making me disinterested in any other opinions you may have in the future.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. Thank you. This expression of ageism is really hurtful.

[TeamPooka]

35. Seriously and they just keep repeating it over and over. So f'n offensive.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. I wonder what they'd say about Matthews if he was female or a PoC?

And I wonder why it's OK on DU to speak degradingly of senior citizens while it wouldn't be acceptable to say the same kinds of things about any other group of people?

[Glimmer of Hope]

14. Age has nothing to do with his likability or skill.

[Judi Lynn]

18. It's his loathsome personality that is so wrong for a news talk show.

He's dense, he's self-centered, he's indifferent to others, other than occassional hero-worship of odd people like George W., and has never treated his guests with proper respect. He's childish. He spits a lot when he speaks. He has a grotesque frog in his throat which never leaves. It almost triggers a gag response at times.

He looks like a pig, he acts like a pig.

However, to be completely honest, he has a few flaws, for sure, too.

[a kennedy]

21. and OMGWD, thanks for this.

[GaYellowDawg]

23. He's the Lou Holtz of politics.

ESPN let Lou Holtz hang around far too long. MSNBC needs to ditch Matthews. Not because of his age, but because he’s not good at his job.

[Elwood P Dowd]

25. Joy needs to replace Tweety in that time slot.

Demote him to earlier. Maybe put him in Chuck Todd's hour. That's a wasted hour anyway.

[MontanaMama]

30. I don't have an issue with Tweety's age at all.

I do have an issue with his grasp of current issues. That and he seems to laugh at inappropriate times during serious conversations.

[Awsi Dooger]

36. Chris Matthews is still very good once in a while

He can think like a swing voter, which isn't popular around here but it definitely is relevant.

He can also ask questions his guests are not prepared for.

These days he definitely is not as prepared day to day. I don't mind that because I prefer big picture generalities but I realize most viewers want to fixate on whatever took place that day.

[lillypaddle]

38. Love Chris

but then again, I'm old, and I'm old.

[still_one]

42. LOL I don't care for him, and I am no spring chicken, but I don't like posts that imply anti-age

bias either

[virgogal]

39. That's how I feel about Joe Biden---we need young blood.

[fescuerescue]

45. When he doesn't draw advertisers money

It's really that simple.

[DFW]

46. They should at least change the name of his show

Make it more reflective of what goes on there.

I've only seen parts of it a few times, as I don't get US TV, but from what I've seen, it should be called "Blowhard Ball."

[Judi Lynn]

47. Perfecto! n/t

[JHan]

50. +++++++++

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

60. I call it "Hairball" because Matthews just pukes stuff up randomly

like a cat barfing on your best rug.

[lamp_shade]

48. I'm a huge Matthews fan and loooong time admirer and I find it pretty easy to...

forgive and forget those rare occasions when he says something that pisses me off.

[JHan]

49. His age is not the problem

He's been annoying a long time now

[Mike Nelson]

51. When I'm able to...

...watch these early shows, I like Nicolle and Ari... Chuck Todd and Chris Matthews are not as interesting... Eventually, I would like to see Ron Reagan replace Matthews and Joy Reid replace Todd. I know that Reid lost her daily show earlier, but I think she's become a better journalist and can carry a MTP show, now.

[njhoneybadger]

52. He is way past the fresh date

It's not that he's old he's stale

[wasupaloopa]

53. Don't you have a channel selector or off switch

In your remote?

[Cousin Dupree]

54. Ageism on DU??? I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

[duforsure]

55. I stopped watching him long ago,

He can't do anything but ramble on while interrupting his panel guests over and over again with his nonsense. Couldn't watch him anymore. He's out of touch with it all . They need to let him go, and replace him with another progressive.

[leftyladyfrommo]

56. I hope you have a better reason than just that he is older

Nancy Pelosi is older. Should we throw her out?

[yortsed snacilbuper]

57. Chris Matthews is brilliant,

hope he stays on.

[Dem_4_Life]

58. Chris has his moments but I still like him at times. Rachel once stated that she looked up to him.

I found that so odd but she said out of all the MSNBC hosts she always admired and looked up to Chris Matthews. I found it cute at the time and it really stood out since I wouldn't initially think that she would.