Here is one reason why I can't stand Tweety...

[butterfly77]

One of the defining characteristics of MSNBC's political coverage is mockery and ridicule of progressives. Hillary Clinton was the target of a great deal of this, but so were Al Gore (as Bob Somerby has extensively documented) and John Kerry and Bill Clinton and others. And Barack Obama has received such treatment from MSNBC personalities in the past and will only face more now that he is the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Don't believe me? Almost immediately after Obama went over the top in the delegate count Tuesday night, Matthews began attacking him. Matthews went on an extended rant about Obama's purported inability to connect with "most Americans," because, according to Matthews, Obama has been poor, and he has been rich, but he has not been in the middle.

So, according to Matthews, Obama's problem is that, having been poor and wealthy, he cannot relate to the middle class. And according to Olbermann, Obama's familiarity with middle-class concerns alienates him from the poor. According to MSNBC's election-night anchor duo, Obama has been too rich, too poor, and too middle class to relate to voters.

Given how frequently he invokes what he describes as Obama's inability to connect with "regular people," one can only assume Matthews must give the topic great consideration while lounging at the pool of his multimillion dollar Nantucket vacation home.

Matthews' election-night portrayal of Obama as out of touch withMatthews' election-night portrayal of Obama as out of touch with "most Americans" was striking in its intensity, but it was not a new theme. MSNBC personnel, particularly Matthews, have been trying out this anti-Obama theme for months. Matthews has attacked Obama for shooting pool ("t's not what most people play. People with money play pool these days.") and obsessed over what he claims is Obama's inability to connect with "regular people" in "a dinette." And Matthews and David Shuster mocked Obama for the grievous sin of ordering orange juice in a diner.

Matthews has said of Obama, "his gets very ethnic, but the fact that he's good at basketball doesn't surprise anybody, but the fact that he's that terrible at bowling does make you wonder." On another occasion, Matthews suggested that Obama's lack of bowling prowess "tells you something about the Democratic Party." Matthews has contrasted "regular people" with "people who come from the African-American community." He has suggested Obama should pick a Jewish running mate because he "need some ethnic balance." Matthews has said Obama "seems a little foreign" and that he and Jeremiah Wright are "different faces of the same guy." And he has criticized other people, including comedian Jon Stewart, for using Barack Obama's middle name -- despite the fact that Chris Matthews was the first person to invoke Obama's middle name in a political context in any news report available on Nexis.


But Matthews isn't Calone among MSNBC employees when it comes to insulting Obama.

Joe Scarborough has described Obama's bowling as "dainty" and suggested Obama is "prissy" and not a "real man." He criticized Obama for saying that he doesn't share all of his grandmother's beliefs -- less than a week after Scarborough himself had said the same thing about his own parents. Tucker Carlson accuses Michelle Obama of having "a chip on her shoulder."

MSNBC personnel like Scarborough and Pat Buchanan routinely refer to Obama as the most liberal member of the Senate, apparently relying on a deeply flawed National Journal ranking based on only a portion of votes cast during only one year. (A less subjective survey placed Obama in a tie for the ranking of 10th most liberal member of the Senate -- and McCain as the eighth most conservative. For some reason, MSNBC doesn't ever get around to telling viewers that McCain is closer to being the most conservative senator than Obama is to being the most liberal.)

MSNBC military analyst Jack Jacobs asserted that "Obama doesn't know what he's talking about" -- and, to support his assertion, misquoted Obama. That was just one of many times MSNBC reporters have distorted Barack Obama's record.

and the others are irritating as well...

The article can be found at Media matters..

[john128]

1. he likes obama

He said obama's speech sends a tingle up his leg.

[ShortnFiery]

4. Tweety gets his orders from the ruling political elites on both sides of the aisle.

His function is to keep us "peasant classes" either confused or at each other's throat.

It's a mystery what EXACTLY will come out of Tweety's pie hole each and every day.

About a year back, Tweety characterized those of us comprising the progressive net-roots as "The Pajama Hudeen." :eyes:




Don't EVER trust Tweety for he'll do a 360 turn-around in position the very next day ... or sometimes within the same news segment. :crazy:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. His function is to keep us "peasant classes" either confused or at each other's throat.

My feelings exactly, Tweety is a tool.

[Berry Cool]

2. How do I say this politely? Bob Somerby is full of shit.

He tars all of MSNBC with the same brush.

Yes, Tweety is VERY ANNOYING when he goes off on one of his "Obama can't connect with 'real' Americans" crappy tirades. But it is NOT true that "according to Olbermann, Obama's familiarity with middle-class concerns alienates him from the poor." He hasn't said that. Pure bullshit. If anything else, he's tried to rein Tweety in when he got too stupid.

I mean, Tweety doesn't even know what a "dinette" is. It's NOT a small diner. Keith probably knows.

I will never take people like Bob Somerby seriously until they stop throwing Keith Olbermann in the same barrel with Tweety, Joe, Tucker, etc. And if Media Matters is parroting him on this crap, I'm losing respect for them, too.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. I was really enjoying this, I hope you can clear out the overstrikes.

Matthews is always just a bottomless mine of fatuousness, lunacy, and false bonhomie. "Sunny nobility" is just the beginning.

And this is what I despise about our so called news media - this constant impression that their impressions are important or noteworthy. They are completely personality driven in their commentary. Anyone who flunked a Dale Carnegie course or acts like some issues may be multi-dimensional and evolving over time (thus causing the absolutely unthinkable act of changing their opinion) is just too deep for them to comprehend.

If you watch Hardball over time, you will discover the ONLY topics they discuss are personalities, polls, scandal, political strategery, and wedge issues. That show is 100% incapable of discussing anything more substantive.

[hokies4ever]

5. It's time for Tweety to retire

I'm sure that Olbermann must be pondering why he has to share the stage with someone like Matthews.

[bunnies]

7. I like tweety.

Sure, he gets a little out of line every now and then but thats one of the things I like about him. He likes to play Devils Advocate. Plus, he's a long time Democrat and very passionate about his job. I enjoy him.