Tea Party Calls Chris Matthews Documentary Boycott

[nmbluesky]

A coalition of Tea Party groups is taking aim at Chris Matthews and MSNBC in the aftermath of the network airing a new documentary, "The Rise of the New Right," this week, which the conservative activists charge is a "left-wing propaganda hit piece."

The MSNBC special premiered on the cable news channel Wednesday night, but even before its debut, host Chris Matthews signaled the program's provocative content by saying, "I think that the left will say this scares the heck out of me."

According to the National Tea Party Federation, "The Rise of the New Right" was a reflection of "journalism at its worse" and was produced with the intention to "demonize and misrepresent."

FreedomWorks Grassroots Director Brendan Steinhauser said, "The Tea Party movement I know looks nothing like the one portrayed on MSNBC. It is made up of good, hardworking, honest, smart people who love their country. It is a movement that reflects the best in America."

In a statement released Thursday, the National Tea Party Federation called on Hardball with Chris Matthews advertisers to pull their commercials from the program:

The National Tea Party Federation calls for all tea party supporters to contact the sponsors of Hardball and ask them to pull their commercials from this show. (Advertiser listing and contacts at NTPF website.) These commercial sponsors cannot continue their support of a program that seeks to demonize millions of Americans who identify with the Tea Party movement.

On Wednesday, prior to the airing of "The Rise Of The New Right," Matthews said of the of the recent and rapid conservative uprising, "They treat the American government like a foreign occupying force." "I don't know what motivates them," he said. "Whether it's a piece of showbiz or true ideology."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/tea-party-calls-chris-mat_n_615943.html

[Magleetis]

1. The truth hurts

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[global1]

2. The Tea Party Is Really Something - Their Backer Dick Armey Is ........

saying that their candidates should remain incognito and not say they're from the Tea Party.

That's really a great way to become known as a party. Don't tell anyone.

They just don't make any semblance of sense. Not what they stand for. Nor what they really want to achieve.

[mrcheerful]

4. Well what they want is really simple, which is why liberals tend to not understand their

motives. What they want is government hand outs but at the same time they want to prevent others from getting those same hand outs because it might effect their hand out. It is what the right wing voters have wanted every since Reagan, they are entitled no one else is. I've dealt with these types in the 80's, when they lost their jobs ran out of unemployment benefits and got stuck on welfare all they did was complain that because of black welfare queens they weren't getting enough welfare. Then they went out and voted for Reagan a second time, go figure.

[Turbineguy]

3. "It is a movement that reflects the best in America."

What brand of laxatives does Steinhauser use?

[Webster Green]

5. They can't deny who they are. We've seen enough video.

Idiots! :silly:

[Wickerman]

6. "journalism at its worse"

?

[dgibby]

7. It is made up of good, hardworking, honest, smart people who love their country.

In white hoods. He forgot the hoods.

[Clio the Leo]

8. And they were PSYCHED to watch it...

.... I get Tea Party Nation emails (reconnaissance! lol) .... and they sent out an email telling everyone to be sure to watch. I think they thought it was going to be complimentary.

[Dawson Leery]

9. No? Really? The tea klan doesn't like their own words being

used against them? :nopity:

[HughMoran]

10. WTF? It was like a free 1 hour ad showing all the great stuff they have in store for America

Aren't they proud of their movement? Don't they stand by their rhetoric?

[donco]

11. well now

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<In a statement released Thursday, the National Tea Party Federation called on Hardball with Chris Matthews advertisers to pull their commercials from the program:>

if that's the case,have at it.I for one will take a look at some of Chris Matthews advertisers instead of fast forwarding thru them and if i see something that i like/need i will buy it.

[jillan]

12. Matthews gave them FREE advertising for an hour. They should be happy.

[Politicalboi]

13. Maybe Chris should have called them

Teabaggers. Ya know, what they wanted us to call them until they found out what it meant. LOL!