'Fox and Friends' Picks Up on Matthews's Obama Speech |
| Published: October 30, 2007, 3:27 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, debates, foreign policy, iran, iraq, media bias debate, barack obama, brian kilmeade, chris matthews, gretchen carlson, hillary clinton, steve doocy, fox amp amp friends, hardball, msnbc |
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NewsBusters reported on October 29 that Chris Matthews wrote a speech for Barack Obama attacking his primary rival Hillary Clinton from the left. The following morning, "Fox and Friends" picked it up. Co-host Steve Doocy noted, just as Geoffrey Dickens did in his post, that Matthews is a former Jimmy Carter speech writer. Doocy read an e-mail from Jonathan in Sag Harbor, New York calling Matthews a "Democratic stalwart" and "will do anything to get a little face time" for his "low rated program." Co-host Gretchen Carlson observed that it "sounds a lot maybe like a speech that MoveOn.org would also write." The transcript of the discussion is below. BRIAN KILMEADE: Chris Matthews did his show last night. He does it live every night. And instead of interviewing people on his show, he gives some advice. It's extraordinary considering Barack Obama is a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination. Outside of Hillary Clinton, he's got [ Full article ] |
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