The Loudmouthed and Obnoxious Chris Matthews

Online WSJ ^ | JUNE 24, 2009 | JAMES TARANTO

[tlb]

Associated Press editors last week updated employee guidelines to include new rules for social media sites such as Twitter:

"When tweeting, remember that's there [sic] a big difference between providing an observation ("I nearly bumped into Chris Matthews outside Penn Station") and an opinion ("I nearly bumped into the loudmouthed and obnoxious Chris Matthews")."

So remember, if you work for the AP and want to call Chris Matthews loudmouthed and obnoxious, don't do it on Twitter. Write a set of "guidelines" instead.

[tlb]

The AP has some fun.

[Exit148]

Is it just an opinion that Matthews is loudmouthed and obnoxious’?

[jws3sticks]

Two views of Chrissie:

[Viking2002]

How about, "I nearly bumped into the loudmouthed and obnoxious Chris Matthews, but the turning radius of my truck wasn't tight enough to clip him with the running board.".

Is that considered proper online etiquette?

[TexasFreeper2009]

Seriously, does anyone watch his show or that network? if any channel of my 1000+ deserves to be cancelled completely it is MSNBC, their ratings are horrible how do they pay the bills?

[LeonardFMason]

The “Ratings Challenged” Matthews is the deepest cut of all.

[RipSawyer]

Is it just an opinion that Matthews is loudmouthed and obnoxious’?
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I consider it an easily observed fact, like the sun rising, as a friend of mine used to say, “It is CASUAL to the most OBVIOUS observor”.

[Theodore R.]

Yes, the loud mouth that only a fellow PA Democrat could love.