Chris Mathews Profile
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Gail Shister has a mini-profile of Hardball’s Chris Mathews, who happens to praise the competition…
The Big 3 evening newscasts could learn a lot from Fox News Channel’s daytime news shows, says Chris Matthews, of blood rival MSNBC.
Top-rated FNC’s lineup “has a nice zest to it. You can almost hear the old news ticker. There’s a sense of immediacy and significance when they present the news. I think they do it very well.”
Matthews, 59, a Philly guy and host of hard-luck MSNBC’s No. 1 program, Hardball (5 p.m. weekdays), is among seven honorees today at Temple’s Lew Klein Alumni in the Media awards.
“The Big 3 evening newscasts could learn a lot from Fox News Channel’s daytime news shows”
And this from Chris Matthews…you gotta love it.
Comment by ITK — October 25, 2005 @ 2:18 pm
The other channels could learn something from FNC too. So many anchors don’t show or have a personality to speak of. That’s the only thing thats going to bring in new viewers. Otherwise why bother watching? You can just get on the net and get info when you want.
Comment by Terance — October 25, 2005 @ 3:41 pm
Isn’t Chris Matthews the BOSS to David Shuster?
Comment by anonymous — October 25, 2005 @ 5:36 pm
Yeah when these cable nets start getting well over what the evening news casts get then maybe we could talk about them learning something. Until then, Chris should just keep his mouth shut.
Comment by bravesfan — October 25, 2005 @ 6:51 pm
I think those days are coming…whoever thought a 6 PM cable newscast like Brit Hume’s would have 1.5 million viewers a night? It may not happen tomorrow, but it’s coming.
Comment by anonymous — October 25, 2005 @ 10:32 pm
Umm, I don’t see it happenning any time soon.
Comment by bravesfan — October 25, 2005 @ 11:05 pm
Chris’ head will explode if everyone is found not guilty in the the CIA leak story. He continues to make bad arguments in multiple ways. But this one time, with a tip of the hat to FNC, he has done an about face. There must be witches about.
Comment by Cara — October 26, 2005 @ 10:12 am
er - what on earth has the guy said to warrant the abuse, exactly? Is he not allowed an opinion? What’s wrong with some of the bloggers on here - every opportunity for discussion turns into some kind of slanging match.
Comment by Mr Z — October 26, 2005 @ 2:29 pm