Chris Matthews is on VACATION. He's not being fired!

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40. I've read that podcasts and maybe streaming don't factor in.

They do ratings like they always have, I think, and tv viewing has changed a lot the last couple of years. But if streaming would be counted, it would only make it worse for Hardball, since I think that would add to that younger demographic. I'm an exception...I'm older but I am a cord cutter, so stream, watch broadcast tv, listen to podcasts (I get FREE cable news podcasts legally), and they are rerun visually on some FREE apps on my Roku.

He has diabetes, posters are saying. I didn't know that. But millions of people have diabetes, so that shouldn't be a problem, as long as he takes his medicine & lives a healthy lifestyle.

I like him and his show, but I'm older so am not the demographic they're looking for. But even I think he's irritating at times, when he interrupts his guests.

He's 73. Cable news channels aren't keen on older people. If you look around, there are hardly any. That used to not be the case. Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite, Aaron Brown on CNN (they fired him to put young exciting Anderson Cooper in his spot), Mike Wallace, Brinkley....