The painful end of Chris Matthews’ TV career occurred with just the sort of recrimination and negative PR that former Washington local news anchor and failed Democratic House candidate Kathleen Matthews, his wife of 40 years, and their adult children long hoped to avoid.According to sources at MSNBC,
The painful end of Chris Matthews’ TV career occurred with just the sort of recrimination and negative PR that former Washington local news anchor and failed Democratic House candidate Kathleen Matthews, his wife of 40 years, and their adult children long hoped to avoid.
And while acting as a fixture of MSNBC’s Democratic primary coverage, Matthews continually came under fire for on-air comments including likening Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Nevada caucus victory to Nazi Germany overtaking France during World War II, a comment for which Matthews later apologized; and asking Sen. Elizabeth Warren why she would believe a woman over Michael Bloomberg regarding accusations that the ex-mayor told a pregnant employee to “kill” her unborn child.
Story continuesAmid such conversations with Griffin, the Hardball host was expected to participate in Saturday’s coverage of the South Carolina primary. But hours before he would have gone on the air, he was replaced by weekend host Joy Reid. Despite framing his exit as a passing of the torch to a younger generation, Matthews’ ouster has been publicly decried by some of his now-ex-colleagues representing the old guard of cable news. The crew of MSNBC’s Morning Joe tearfully mourned his exit, with co-host Mika Brzezinski musing about “so-called cancel culture” and whether there could have been a “better way” to deal with Matthews’ recent controversies.
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