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Critics rip MSNBC, Matthews
The network, pundit, under fire for Senate bid conflicts. See also:  Matthews in contract talks , advised to quit
Matthews inches closer to Senate run
Matthews inches closer to Senate run
politico.com — NBC colleagues, political operatives tell Politico he is seriously considering running in 2010; he's making moves to... prove it. See also: Obama's open seat (more) Matthews inches closer to Senate run
Election 2010: Pennsylvania Senate Election
rasmussenreports.com — Republican Senator Arlen Specter is potentially vulnerable in his 2010 bid for re-election. A Rasmussen Reports telephone... survey of Pennsylvania voters finds Specter leading MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews by just three percentage points, 46% to 43%, in ... (more) Election 2010: Pennsylvania Senate Election
If Matthews Is Mulling A Senate Run, He Shouldn’t Be On The Air
If Matthews Is Mulling A Senate Run, He Shouldn’t Be On The Air
themarathonblog.com — If Chris Matthews is seriously considering a run for Arlen Specter’s Senate seat, he shouldn’t be on... the air right now. One of the reasons millions of people rely on NBC as a news source is that it’s objective and driven by a fidelity to ... (more) If Matthews Is Mulling A Senate Run, He Shouldn’t Be On ...
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They Don’t Come Much Stupider Than Chris Matthews Or MSNBC: Even The Left Is Piling On Over Ethics - Expect Idiot’s Departure
Pat Dollard | Young AmericansPolitico: MSNBC and its talk show host Chris Matthews are coming under increasing criticism as more and more details have emerged to reveal the extent of the pundit’s preparations to challenge Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. After Politico reported Thursday that Matthews has taken steps to establish residency in Pennsylvania and been advised by partisan operatives to quit MSNBC and begin his campaign, the network took incoming flak from all sides. “Should Chris Matthews use his air time to fawn over the voters and ...

Possible Senate Candidate Chris Matthews Pressured To Quit MSNBC
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — If "Hardball" host Chris Matthews is indeed going to challenge Arlen Specter for his senate seat in 2010, he must resign his position with MSNBC. So say a growing chorus of observers from both sides of the aisle. As reported by Politico's Michael Calderone Thursday: After Politico reported Thursday that Matthews had taken steps to establish residency in Pennsylvania and been advised by partisan operatives to quit MSNBC and begin his campaign, the network took incoming flak from all sides.  “Should Chris Matthews use his ...

Conflict of Interest? Hardball's Suspicious Silence on Rendell Gaffe
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — With more and more reports coming out that MSNBC's Chris Matthews is actively looking to run for Senate in his home state of Pennsylvania, questions about a conflict of interest have been raised. Can the host fairly cover the Democratic Party when he's actively trying to join its Senate ranks, and even more specifically, how objective can he be when he's interviewing Pennsylvania Democrats like frequent "Hardball" guest Governor Ed Rendell? Well, if this week is any indication, Matthews is failing that objectivity test as he has yet to mention on ...

Pressure Mounts for Chris Matthews' Job: MSNBC Attacked by Critics on the Left & the Right
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... It's "a strange bedfellows moment," when your rightwing and leftwing critics agree that you have crossed the line. Eric Burns, president of the lefty Media Matters and Brent Bozell, founder of the conservative Media Research Center and Tom Johnson, former president of CNN, all agree that Chris Matthews' use of MSNBC as an effective campaign headquarters for his senate run crosses the line! ...

Mark Nickolas: Imagine The Reaction If It Were Olbermann
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... And let's not forget how numerous people began demanding that Chris Matthews should not be on the air while he was mulling his own Senate bid. Apparently, that standard doesn't apply to journalists on the right -- like Kudlow -- who is seriously ...

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