Tweety: I'm a free man starting next June

[DainBramaged]

The middle of the article delves into the "whip-tongued, name-dropping, self-promoting wise guy"'s past: hitchhiking in Africa while in the Peace Corp, running for congress in 1974, penning a column for the San Francisco Examiner in the '80s.

It also notes who gave Matthews his first show, "In-Depth," on an "obscure network" called America's Talking — Roger Ailes.

Still some passages show the growing divide at MSNBC with Keith Olbermann as the face of the network: "NBC executives have been promoting him heavily, and three network officials asked me why I was writing about Matthews and not Olbermann," writes Leibovich.

But the conclusion of the article questions what Matthews will do next. "I have a lot of options," he says. "I'm a free man starting next June."

Leibovich raises two possibilities: taking over for Bob Schieffer when he leaves CBS' Face the Nation, or running for the Senate in 2010.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/


http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/television/nyt_mag_on_matthews_the_excerpts_81956.asp#more


Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out Tweety. Oh, and clean your spittle off the camera lens.

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[Drunken Irishman]

1. If he runs for Senate in 2010, I bet ya' he does it as a Democrat.

[PM7nj]

3. From PA? Would he run against Spector?

[Drunken Irishman]

7. That's the only 2010 race in PA for senate.

[nels25]

13. If he does I bet he beats him

of course I think it may be even money that Spector calls it a day after this term.

[MADem]

8. Tip O'Neill is already whirring in his grave.

I wonder what Carter thinks?

[CoffeeCat]

2. I like Chris Matthews...

...he's such a regular schlep.

I liked the article as well. Nine pages, sheesh!

[Supersedeas]

12. inside the beltway cocktail party hopping kind of schlep, maybe

everyday regular guy...not so much

[CoffeeCat]

42. I don't care...

...I have a crush on him.

[leftynyc]

30. 9 pages? I just printed 15

I'm gonna read it on the train on the way home.

[MADem]

4. Olbermann's jumping the shark, too. Just a bit 'too earnest' and partisan.

There's a line, and he doesn't see it.

I think their savior is Dave Gregory.

[tridim]

10. Amazing

:rofl:

You couldn't be more wrong.

David Gregory as their savior?

[MADem]

11. You watch. Keep laughing, but give it time. NT

[nels25]

16. We like it now when Keith

puts it to Bush and company.

But,, how will he be perceived with a Democratic administration in power??

If he is uncritical then he will in a very short order get a reputation as being nothing but a toady and lap dog for the current Democratic administration.

If he continues to be independent and critical about that which he sees as BS than he risks annoying the base that up to know thinks he for the most part can do no wrong.

Either way he can not win.

Should be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

[tridim]

18. He's critical of people deserving of criticism

For instance yesterday's worst person in the world was a Democrat, and he destroyed her.

He has always operated like that. I'm not worried that he'll go easy on a Democratic executive, quite the contrary.

[nels25]

22. Okay point taken

I missed that one last night (my family likes Dancing with the stars don't you know).

[LanternWaste]

23. You have made many.

"Either way he can not win."

Molly Ivins did it pretty well... she simply told the truth couched in humor, regardless of any R's or D's qualifying the victim.

[nels25]

24. If he uses that approach

then he should have no problem at all.

[MADem]

26. He's already shown his partisanship within the Democratic Party.

That's what caused him to doublejump that shark, IMO.

[napi21]

36. He seems to be a pretty down the middle criticizer to me.

When Clinton was in office he didn't halt criticizing HIM when he thought he was wrong, and that Dem in the Ill. (State House or Senate) was slammed pretty hard. I've also hear Keith severely reprimanding the New Dem Congress for their lack of a spine.

[devilgrrl]

17. Olbermann: a bit 'too earnest' and partisan

:eyes:

Yeah, whatever....

:eyes:

[MADem]

27. What, you think he's mellow and nonpartisan? What fucking planet do you live on?

He's definitely a leftwing pundit, and he is not a journalist.

So roll those eyes all day if you think he is!

[devilgrrl]

32. Yeah, well TRUTH is known for having a left wing bias

If you don't like it - watch Scarborough.

:cry: Keith Olbermann is biased :cry:
:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:
:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

[MADem]

34. I think Scarborough is a fucking tool....TOO.

I like my news unbiased, thanks. It's a more adult perspective. I don't need a cheerleader. Or an exhorter. OR a party-dividing over-eager scold.

I don't like to be "told" what to think by "personalities."

If I want "personality" there are plenty of those in my family and neighborhood.

I miss Walter Cronkite.

[devilgrrl]

35. Then start your own network

eom

[MADem]

37. Why? It's so much easier to pick up the remote. NT

[devilgrrl]

38. Then quit whining.

:argh:

[MADem]

39. Oh, I see. Saying "Yeah, gee, ME TOO!!" is discussion. Taking a contrary view is WHINING.

Do you see how you sound?

No, I don't suppose you do....

No dissent from ze party line, now! Lockstep!

[devilgrrl]

40. Do you see how you sound?

You sound like you need to get the last word in.

:hi:

[MADem]

41. No, I'll let you. Do go ahead.

You must really NEED it, since you look at life on the internets that way....

[DainBramaged]

43. And so he should be, we NEED a TRUE PUNDIT

not a milk toast butt wipe.

[KharmaTrain]

19. Gregory Is Eyeing Timmeh's Job

That's the "golden ring" in the beltway drinkie-drinkie circles. Gregory's show already is drawing flies...yet another talking head show with the usual suspects...but sure good practice when you want to suck up to the mucky-mucks.

[MADem]

25. He's gonna get it, too, I think. Of course, then the crazies will get pissed at him,

because you can't let a giant Jew who speaks fluent French be the NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE czar of the NBC DC bureau!

[KoKo]

44. Gregory is so bad...I can understand him "eying Timmeh's Job" but Big Tim isn't Leaving!

He's got one kid on ESPN and probably another couple ...and he has that HUGE MANSION on Nantucket near NBC/GE's Jack Welch's Compound...and he ain't gonna give that up...UNLESS! :eyes: ...Tweety is thinking of DOWNSIZING to *GASP*....FLORIDA!

HAS "BIG RUSH and BIG MOMMA" decided to GET OUT A BUFFALO and NATUCKET'S just "too cold" for their old bones? BIG RUSS is gonna have to buy them a MANSION ...in PUNTA GORDA? OH MY!

[MADem]

5. Pesky doubleclick....

[Cleita]

6. Maybe it's as simple as the fact that they are not renewing his

contract. I see a more liberal media rising after most of the companies are coming to the conclusion that trying to be FOX News clones is backfiring on them. Anybody who didn't watch "Boston Legal" last night missed a courtroom speech from the Alan character (James Spader) who lamented that we today have RW and LW news. He bemoaned the days of Cronkite, Huntley and Brinkley, et al, who brought us "The News". It was so right on. I hope that maybe the trend is to get back to those days when news reporting was unbiased based on the principle of bringing current events to the public to keep them informed with a zealous attempt not to bring opinion and bias into it.

[laststeamtrain]

9. "I'm a free man starting next June." --No one will pay me, so I'll just keep doing it for free. n/t

[devilgrrl]

14. Gee! I wonder if he'll end up at FAUX?

:grr:

That guy makes me :puke:

[MADem]

28. Naaah, he'll go home and "show" his brother how to WIN a PA election.

Hope Kathleen doesn't divorce him--that'll screw up the Catholic vote...

[jeff30997]

15. Bah!

Toilet bowl idiot.

[KharmaTrain]

20. When You See Your Salary In Print...

I was once told by a boss that if you see your salary in print, good chance its your boss whose putting it out there...either because they feel they're not getting their money's worth or to embarass the target (or both). Tweety's star has been falling at the network for a while as he's made a couple of messes the network has had to clean up. There's surely little love lost between Timmeh and Tweety thanks to Plamegate and it takes all of Olbermann's srength not to verbally smack Tweety around when he says yet another stupid thing.

The political winds have changed...and its taking the beltway longer to notice it than the beancounter in New York. MSNBC's ratings and revenues are on the rise in a time when most others are seeing the opposite. It's not Tweety whose making this happen...and it's not the "usual suspects" either...it's going after the "other side"...divorcing itself from a lot of right wing baggage and coming off as the alternative to Faux.

The irony is that Tweety will not go unemployed long. The beltway takes care of their own...kinda like how sports recycle the same managers over and over...its assumed that since you've been part of the game, you must remain part of the game.

[Rincewind]

21. Since When,

is Tweety considered a man?

[DainBramaged]

33. ...................

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Political Heretic]

29. meh, I like hardball.

I just can't get all worked up about Chris because I can't take him seriously... to me his like that crazy uncle in the family. :)

[SoCalDem]

31. THIS JUNE?? Like in TWO MONTHS?? I hope-a-hope-a-hope

Here's hoping they give his time slot to Rachael :)