This week’s Mainstream Media Scream features MSNBC’s Chris Matthews — who else? — sneering at top talk radio host Mark Levin over the conservative’s positive comments about Sen. Ted Cruz.
It came during an exchange on his Hardball show January 18 with NBC News correspondent Katy Tur. During the exchange he also mispronounced Rush Limbaugh’s name as “Lim-ba” and then “Lim-bo.”
Host Chris Matthews: “There’s something strange about Cruz. Has Trump got to him with this ‘nasty’ comment that now Rush Limbaugh is now defending him? Imagine having Rush Limbaugh saying, ‘Oh, no. He’s not nasty.’ This is Rush Limbaugh as your character witness.”
NBC News correspondent Katy Tur: “I think it’s Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin are defending Ted Cruz.”
Matthews: “Oh my God! Mark Levin is one of the most distasteful human beings out there.”
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains the picks: “A classy as always Matthews, disparaging a conservative opinion leader with a personal insult – though I’m sure Levin has the same opinion of Matthews.”
Rating: Four out of five screams.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
