Wake Up America (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The video below is of Hardball with Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell from NBC, speaking to Matthews from Iraq. although she is what many would call a liberal reporter, it looks like her ethics overrule her party preference and she doesn't seem all that happy with Barack Obama's message managing. Text is provided by NewBusters : MITCHELL : Let me just say something about the message management. He...
Iran Nuclear Watch (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
On Thursday, July, 10, 2008, former Republican House Minority Leader Tom Delay appeared on Hardball With Chris Matthews . During the interview, DeLay said it was possible the U.S. would go to war with Iran before the elections and called for a blockade against Iran. Below is the transcript of the exchange from the show. MATTHEWS: Do you think we are going to go to war before the election? DELAY: I...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Former Crist campaign manager and chief of staff George LeMieux appeared on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews to answer how John McCain can appeal to the non-country-club Republicans. His answer: "What I've learned working for Charlie Crist is that it's...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Gov. Charlie Crist's famed former chief of staff George LeMieux is making an appearance to talk about us working stiffs on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" tonight. The 5:30 p.m. segment will touch on "how presidential candidates can work to...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
What do you do when you just can't win your ratings time slot? Answer: Cook the books. That's what MSNBC tried to do regarding "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and the 5:00pm slot: CNN and Fox News Channel both pointed out Tuesday that MSNBC included special coverage of Tim Russert’s death and memorial in its June data ratings for Hardball With Chris Matthews – prompting MSNBC to say it made an error...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
It's no secret networks may take a little...creative license when it comes to ratings releases. But yesterday's MSNBC release about Hardball with Chris Matthews ' June win at 5pmET caused MSNBC to admit it was, "an error." Multichannel News' Linda Moss writes about the distinction between the program, Hardball, and the 5pmET time period. Although the release touts a Hardball win, the program actually...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews was the top rated cable news show in the A25-54 demo at 5pmET during the month of June. It was the first time the program won a month since February 2002. The program was also up 30% in the second quarter compared to last year. The 7pmET edition was up 65%. Countdown with Keith Olbermann saw its best delivery ever in the A25-54 demo in the second quarter, up 65%...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
From MSNBC's release: "Hardball with Chris Matthews" was the #1 cable news show at 5 p.m. this month, out-rating both CNN and Fox News among adults for the first time in more than six years. "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" also continued its dominance over CNN in June, out-rating "CNN Election Center" by a resounding 60% for the month and for the quarter. MSNBC continued to show more growth than...
The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Today's lead story on Hardball With Chris Matthews. /sarcasm...
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
How low can MSNBC go? Yesterday, a truly bizarre Hardball with Chris Matthews promo was yanked for "inappropriate" images. The spot was promoting a segment on Michelle Obama's makeover. It featured female silhouetted dancers! What's especially weird is that Matthews has been swooning over Barack and Michelle Obama for months. From Dan Shea : When contacted, an MSNBC representative said the ad was pulled...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
The Huffington Post's Danny Shea reports MSNBC pulled a promo for Hardball with Chris Matthews today featuring a tease relating to Michelle Obama 's "political image makeover." The ad featured female silhouettes with words like "Her New Outlook?" appearing on the screen. A statement from MSNBC said, "The artwork should not have been used, it was inappropriate. We pulled the spot this morning and it...
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Transcript: From the June 16 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews: MATTHEWS: Why do you think most women vote Democrat, Heidi? And have for years? HARRIS: Most women? I don't know. I think women -- sadly, a lot of women are very emotional, and they tend to think with their hearts and not with their minds about some of these issues. They tend to feel more of these kind of things than think...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
MSNBC grew 75% in the prime time A25-54 demo and 61% in Total Viewers during May 2008 versus May 2007. Much of that was helped by Countdown with Keith Olbermann , which finished in second place in both categories at 8pmET (FNC's O'Reilly Factor finished first). Also, Hardball with Chris Matthews finished in second place at 7pmET for the month for the first time since February 2006. Year-to-year, Race...
Extreme Mortman (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Anheuser-Busch launches the latest phase of its ‘Real Men of Genius’ TV commercials. This one’s dedicated to MSNBC's Chris Matthews, host of the Hardball with Chris Matthews Show. Mr. Really, Really, Really Bad Dancer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bAKp2amjS4
Kevin Burton's Feed Blog (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
How awesome is this. MSNBC has put the ENTIRE Countdown with Keith Olbermann show in podcast form (including video). Click here to subscribe in iTunes. That totally made my day. Now if they can get Hardball with Chris Matthews into podcast form I’ll be totally happy. BTW. I’d pay for this guys! [...]
