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To: LindyBill who wrote (86760)	11/17/2004 1:49:14 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793782

YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME Cori Dauber The problem with Hardball with Chris Matthews is very simple: as he's turned against the war, which is absolutely his right, he's became more openly and aggressively and obviously a talk show host representing a clear point of view. There's nothing per se wrong with that; O'Reilly's developed an entire persona based on that. The problem is that O'Reilly, whatever faults he may have, is very good about reminding the audience on a regular basis that he is not a journalist in the traditional sense. He calls himself a "news analyst," I suppose that term is as good as any, the point is that the audience is never mistakenly led to believe that he's presenting news without a point of view. Matthews, during the campaign, did a pretty good job of straightforward analysis when he had a panel to moderate during big events: a major speech at a convention, the primary votes, hell, election night itself. But during the plain old vanilla weeknights, it was pretty hard to miss the fact that Matthews was speaking, and asking questions, (often the same thing, since guests often don't get much chance to answer, but only get to listen to Matthews explain how he'd answer) from a very specific point of view. Was he representing himself as an objective journalist? or was he now openly an alternative to O'Reilly? He never actually said. And that was my problem with the show. If he wants to be an alternative to O'Reilly, that's actually probably a positive thing -- but he needs to share that with the audience so there's no confusion. But apparently that isn't how he sees what he's doing. And that is a problem. In 1974 Mr. Matthews ran unsuccessfully in a Democratic congressional primary in Philadelphia and went on to write speeches for President Jimmy Carter, but he has tried to remain politically neutral in his current job. Unlike other cable political shows such as FOX News’s “Hannity and Colmes” or CNN’s “Crossfire,” “Hardball” features a single host who does not advocate his positions on the air. (My emph.) You've just got to be kidding me. rantingprofs.com