Lew, What office is Chris Matthews running for?
On Nov 11, 7:18 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > newsbusters.com > By Mark Finkelstein (Bio | Archive) > November 10, 2008 - 18:43 ET > > What's gotten into the NBC/MSNBC water? Chris Matthews's verbal > miscue on this evening's Hardball makes a triple-header of gaffes on > the family of networks today. As we've noted, Joe Scarborough kicked > off the slip parade, unintentionally dropping an f-bomb on Morning > Joe. About an hour later on Today, Meredith Vieira stumbled into > asking Matt Lauer a question that invoked the uncomfortable subject of > his rocky marital history. And now, discussing Sarah Palin's > political future, Matthews committed the same stumble that an > unscrupulous staffer claims the vice-presidential candidate made: > calling Africa a country. [H/t anonymous reader.] > > Matthews made his mistake in the course of posing a question to Larry > Persily, a former member of Palin's gubernatorial staff. > > CHRIS MATTHEWS: I've got to go to Larry first. You've got to answer > this question, sir. Is this person unaware of basic grade-school > information, like, Africa is a country of 57-or-so countries, it is > not a country, it's a continent? South Africa is a country, not a > region. > > Clearly, this was no more than a slip of the Matthews tongue [we > wouldn't want to unfairly undermine Chris's incipient Senate run]. > After calling Africa a country, he went on to call it a continent. > But it ironically illustrates how the alleged Palin knowledge gap > might well have been nothing more than a similar slip. > > Before the camera cuts away, Persily can be seen smiling wryly at > Chris's miscue. For the record, Persily answered that he didn't think > it was plausible that Gov. Palin is unaware of the kind of information > Matthews described. > > Speaking of mistakes . . . note Matthews's reference to Africa's 57 > countries. Could that be what Barack Obama had in mind when he spoke > of having visited 57 states in the USA? > > —Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of > Right Angle. Contact him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
