Posted on 08/27/2008 6:04:05 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Another chapter in the ongoing Matthews-Olbermann feud, or simply Chris's frustration with a technical glitch? Yesterday, a catfight broke out between the two when Olbermann suggested Matthews had stolen an idea from two female pundits, and later made a hand gesture mocking Matthews gabbing [YouTube here, h/t Undercover Black Man]. Were the warring duo at it again this evening?
You be the judge. Click on the image to the right to view the video.
Again co-anchoring the MSNBC desk with Olbermann tonight, Matthews was just about to throw it to Luke Russert out on the convention floor. The son of the late Meet the Press anchor was interviewing young convention delegates. In light of the reported desire of both Matthews and Olbermann to grab the Meet the Press anchor chair, the opportunity to interact with Luke might be seen as a valuable plum.
It seemed as if Matthews was reading a script from his laptop, when his lines suddenly disappeared and Olbermann picked up the thread and threw it to young Russert. A furious expression crossed Matthews' face and he began to shake his head and mutter, until his image was suddenly blotted out by a prominent NBC logo.
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The Matthews-Olbermann catfight continues! Ping to Today show list. Must-see video.
two sissies
That ought to generate some ratings (finally).
This whole Obama thing has kicked these ladies’ hormones into overdrive.
Chrissy looks very disheviled and anxious, most likely his career tipping point.
Hahahahaha. Lord I love these liberal cat fights. Just to funny.
is Uber-man gay? he sure acts like a diva.
time for dr. phil to take this troubled relationship on his show and try to work it out.
You’ld think someone at nbc would be smart enough to give these two jerks the word but I hope they don’t, this is a hoot.
maybe Uber-man is upset because he’s not getting the tingles
“Tighty-whitey cage match?”
Sounds like a pay-per-view show in San Francisco.
Much as I’d love to see these punks go at each other with broken Perrier bottles, it looks to me like Chrissie flubbed his lines and Olberboy jumped in to stop Chrissie from brain lock. Matthews said something stupid about Obama being “the first African-American nominated to be the President of America or any other major country.” So what other “major countries” would nominate an African-American to be their President?? I’m sure these ladies hate each other, but I think Chrissie was muttering because he blew his lines (instead of Obama, which is his real desire).
“Barak is the first African-American to be nominated by a major partry in a major country."
As if white Americans get presidential nominations in France all the time.
Matthews, Olbermann, Gregory, and the new girl(?) are all going to take MSNBC straight down the tubes. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Matthews leave after this election, and leave Olbermann to his own devices on MSNBC, and watch the channel go off the air. Bill Gates must be throwing up. That experiment surely must be considered a failure.
That would be something to see. Our cable service took them off our package and I was happy cuz I seldom watched them but now I can’t drop in to see just how far out they are.
“Barak is the first African-American to be nominated by a major partry in a major country." As if white Americans get presidential nominations in France all the time."
Let's give Matthews the benefit of the doubt here.
Let's say that Matthews really meant to say "Barak is the first Black person to be nominated by a major partry in a major country."
Even then, Matthews' comment would be breathtaking.
And it would be typically liberal.
Matthews is so absorbed by the "historic" nomination of St. Barak the Messiah that he has no doubt forgotten that there are plenty of other "major countries" in this world that have nominated Black people for President.
Starting with Nelson Mandela in South Africa.
Late 80s (I think), Sports Illustrated did a behind-the-scenes expose of ESPN when the network was taking off. A description of Olbermann was not flattering, and the article implied that his colleagues didn’t much care for him. He fussed over his hair, and methodically applied makeup before every appearance.
After he left ESPN and went to network news, he complained in an article how difficult it was to do actual journalism. The hours it took to research something, verify it, re-verify it. Much different than running down the scores. Obviously, he considered this to be too much work, and he’s now doing what he does best: BS’ing.
Chrissy has a hissy?
Maybe, this is from a bio. It doesn’t really tell you anything but it does make you wonder.
“Has never been married and has no children”
Underneath Matthew’s phony persona is one nasty guy. I saw him years ago on C-span talking to a group of young people. He was taking their questions, and he was belligerent and rude.
Why would they pay? San Francisco parades are free.
Another Freeper posting said that he posts and read the Daily Kos while on the air. Many of his comments come right off the computer screen.
Glenn Beck accused him of the same thing.
In a hat tip to political correctness, I remember when at one of the Olympic Games during the 90s, the network (NBC as I recall) told their reporters not to refer to any of the athletes as "black." They were to describe them as "African American." That Olympics, we had African American atheletes from Great Britian, Jamaica, Kenya... It was pretty funny.
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