Chris Matthews is now the Icon of Corporate Media distortion

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Seems like the conversation these days after the two primaries is on the discrepancy. What's going on?... Why were the results so skewed?...

So now the dialog is focusing on media pundits and their tactics of distortion. What I am noticing is that Chris Matthews has been anointed the poster child of this phenomenon of corporate media king making.

Of course crooks and Liars started it by catalogging Tweety's weirdest moments. Jon Stewart helped get the ball rolling recently. He showed a montage of Matthews' historical analogy pontification.

Now it's entered the discourse to such a level that when people talk about the media distortion and the myth of the "two horse race", Lawrence O'Donnell's op ed on huffpo, things like that... people are calling it "That Chris Matthews Stuff" (a caller on one of the Air America shows in fact, but you could tell he was a real average Joe.)

And this is good because it all eventually leads back to the question: Why are the corporate media all pulling this stunt against Edwards?

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1. AP today - Chris Matthews a target for Clinton fans

NEW YORK - He's become the target for critics who think a backlash against the media played a part in Hillary Clinton's surprise win in New Hampshire. Chris Matthews laughs off that idea, and insists he has a lot of respect for her.

The MSNBC "Hardball" host had more explaining to do after Clinton's victory when he said that the reason Clinton is a candidate for president "is that her husband messed around."

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Matthews was the focal point for the anger many women felt at how Clinton's candidacy seemed to be written off with lightning speed following a loss in Iowa and foreboding poll numbers in New Hampshire. He is a man and he is ever sure of himself.

He also had a history: The liberal watchdog Media Matters for America counted more than eight negative remarks Matthews made about Clinton for every positive one during September, October and November.

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Blogger Christy Hardin Smith in Firedoglake also seethed.

"Chris Matthews, it's high time for you to go," she wrote. "None of us dainty ladies out here who depend on our husbands to get anywhere in life will pull out our lace hankies, drop into our fainting couches and cry a single tear when you're gone."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080112/ap_po/matthews_vs_clinton;_ylt=Aii9sE9DXGwObeYVWSx.VzUEtbAF