“This isn’t for lack of interest in politics'
Photo: mpi04/mpi04/MediaPunch/IPx On the Monday airing of Hardball With Chris Matthews, the longtime MSNBC journalist announced in his opening monologue that he was leaving the network following recent criticism over his coverage of the 2020 election and a new allegation of improper behavior toward women. “This isn’t for lack of interest in politics,” he said.
“After a conversation with MSNBC, I decided tonight would be my last Hardball, so let me tell you why: The younger generations out there are ready to take the reins. We see them in politics, the media, and fighting for their causes. They are improving the workplace, we’re talking here about better standards than we grew up with, fair standards.
In recent weeks, Matthews, 74, has faced staunch criticism for comments made about Bernie Sanders’s win in Nevada and for challenging Elizabeth Warren in an interview following the debate in South Carolina. Matthews apologized for comparing, on-air, Sanders’s win to the “fall of France” to Nazi forces in 1940. Earlier in the race, Matthews claimed that Sanders supporters would have him “gunned down in Central Park.
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