What a schmuck....

[kofijoe]

what do you folks call him - tweetie?

http://mediamatters.org/items/200406100002

Chris Matthews "instinctively believe[s]"
conservative pundits

In an interview in the June 14 issue of Newsweek, Chris
Matthews, host of NBC's Sunday-morning program The Chris
Matthews Show, said that he books a panel of "four
journalists" each week that he trusts as disseminators of
fact. Matthews distinguished the "journalists" on
his broadcast network Sunday show panels from the panels on
his cable show, MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, which,
Matthews said, are filled with "advocates."

Matthews told Newsweek:

What I like about Sunday is, I interview people I
instinctively believe. I sit down with four journalists. I'm
like Perry White in "Superman": "Whaddya
got?" What they have to say is going to be fact-based.
During the week, I have to contend with advocates and I have
to challenge them.

Among the non-advocate "journalists" whom Matthews
said he "instinctively believe[s]" and thus does not
have to "challenge" are the following conservative
pundits:

David Brooks, New York Times op-ed columnist; Weekly Standard
senior editor; and Atlantic Monthly correspondent.
Tucker Carlson, CNN Crossfire co-host and Weekly Standard
contributing editor.
William J. Bennett, conservative movement leader; Heritage
Foundation Distinguished Fellow; and radio show host.
Paul Gigot, Wall Street Journal editorial page editor.
Byron York, National Review White House correspondent.

[CatWoman]

1. ......

[Zookeeper]

2. Tweety is so in love with being a Washington "insider".

I think his basic urge is to be moderate or even liberal, but he won't stick his neck out. Sometimes I suspect he does his own personal poll to find out exactly how "liberal" he can safely be, without alienating his Repub buddies. Shouting and interrupting is not the same thing as truly questioning a guest's ideas and statements. The few times I have seen him "play hardball" he doesn't give the guest a chance to answer, so it's pretty pointless.