Media Scream: Chris Matthews says Hillary email not worth the fuss
This week's Mainstream Media Scream features MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews dismissing the email affair that threatens to stall Hillary Rodham Clinton's march to the presidency.
Addressing the issue and uproar, mostly from the right, over her use of a private email system and not the .gov required address, Matthews seemed to shrug off the affair when interviewing former Obama aide David Axelrod.
MSNBC's Hardball, March 3:
"I don't know this formal custom, how often it's honored, how often it's not? It's almost like, 'Don't take your pens home and use them at home.' I wonder if it's one of those rules. David Axelrod, you've got experience with this. What did — do you think this is something worth the top of the fold of the New York Times? Hillary Clinton didn't use their email instead of her government [sic] email. Is this worthy of this kind of hootin' and hollerin'?"
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Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our pick: "Imagine how Matthews would have reacted if it was discovered Dick Cheney used a secret email account to conduct government business? He would have exploded with indignation and criticized the New York Times if it wasn't plastered atop the front page."
Rating: Four out of five screams.
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