Posted on 12/23/2005 12:45:16 PM PST by ncountylee
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Media Matters for America today announced the winner of its 2005 "Misinformer of the Year" award. After much deliberation and a thorough -- and somewhat painful --review of the many distortions, false statements, and instances of misinformation we have corrected during the year, MSNBC's Chris Matthews takes home the prize.
In 2005, Matthews called the majority of his fellow Americans "real whack-jobs"; praised a speech by President Bush as "brilliant" even before it was delivered; said that Bush sometimes "glimmers" with "sunny nobility"; and gushed at having his picture taken with the president, adding that Bush "belongs on Mount Rushmore." Matthews made false claims about Democrats, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, Iraqi elections, Catholics, and the Iraqi insurgency, and he derided people with sneering insults, calling them "witchy" and "thimble-wit(s)."
"Last year, we named Bill O'Reilly the 'Misinformer of the Year.' O'Reilly remained true to his roots and continued to spread conservative misinformation in 2005," said David Brock, President and CEO of Media Matters. "However, Chris Matthews is viewed by many as a trustworthy source of information, which makes his egregious statements and inaccuracies even more astonishing. We will continue to monitor Matthews's shows and point out every instance of conservative misinformation."
Matthews -- host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and NBC's syndicated program The Chris Matthews Show -- is a former presidential speechwriter and congressional staffer, a best- selling author, and recipient of The Washington Post's "Crystal Ball" award for his successful predictions of U.S. presidential elections. In addition, he can now claim the title of 2005 "Misinformer of the Year."
Media Matters for America has compiled a list of some of his most outrageous, false, and misleading claims of 2005. Without further ado, let's play hardball:
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Is this from Scrappleface?
Wow! The Liberals are eating their own!!!!!!!
I though we Conservatives only did that???????
Pointing out every instance of conservastive anything on Matthew's show is not going to give sweet Davy Brock much to do this year!
Speechless.
This is REAL! I can't believe it.
Those idiots at Media Matters are whackjobs. Hissy despises Bush!
MY thoughts exactly.
I think Zell wrote this.
Boggles the mind!
This IS satire, isn't it?
Matthews is SO bad that the libs are trying to disown him by calling him a Bush lover. Geez, these folks really are imploding.
Unless someone hacked newswire...It looks real
I think Chris Matthews sucks down a pint of Jack Daniels before he goes on the air.
The man is a babbling eedjit!
Nope, just terminal moonbats.
OMG those people are more delusional than even I thought. Good grief Charlie Brown.
This is great! Maybe the "party" is going to go even further out into space as a whole. WOW
This simpering group of pillow-biters couldn't make a difference if they all got together at one time in a put tent on Brokeback Mountain.
I guess impeachment isn't harsh enough for him.
No, they're trying to position the left as the middle and the middle as the right.
At DU, they always complain about the MSM, even though they know they own it. The MSM is the Left's most prize possesion and they do a lot of "pre-emptive strikes. Without the MSM, the Left is nothing.
That's why Fox News, which we consider to be middle of the road, is portrayed along with talk radio, FR, etc.
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