MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews announces retirement on air

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MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews announces retirement on air

 

FILE PHOTO: MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews interviews New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (not pictured) after the conclusion of the first U.S. 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

(Reuters) - Chris Matthews, a longtime anchor at cable channel MSNBC, said on Monday he was retiring and that Monday night's show would be his last.

 

His announcement followed a controversial remark about Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders, and an accusation that he made inappropriate comments to a female guest.

 

"Let me start with my headline tonight: I’m retiring. This is the last ‘Hardball’ on MSNBC,” Matthews said as he opened his evening show on the Comcast owned channel.

 

The hour-long week night talk show hosted by Matthews and focusing on politics, is one of the staples of left-leaning MSNBC's primetime lineup, where it has aired since 1999.

 

The decision by Matthews, 74, follows controversy in the past two weeks over comments in which he appeared to compare the success of Sanders in primary voting to the Nazi invasion of Europe during World War Two. Matthews last week issued an on-air apology.

 

In a separate incident, a journalist last week alleged that Matthews had made inappropriate remarks to her while she was getting ready to appear on his show in 2016.

 

"Obviously, this isn't for lack of interest in politics," Matthews said on Monday of his decision to retire. "The younger generations out there are ready to take the reins. We see them in politics and the media."

 

"Compliments on a woman's appearance that some men including me might have once incorrectly thought were OK, were never OK. Not then and certainly not today. And for making such comments in the past, I'm sorry. I'm very proud of the work I've done here," he added.

 

Matthews said he came to his decision after talks with MSNBC.

 

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-03-03

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[lannarebirth]

5 years too late.

[El Guapo]

Liberals eating their own -- gotta love it!

[bendejo]

9 minutes ago, El Guapo said:

Liberals eating their own -- gotta love it!

Matthews is a Republican.

 

 

[uesnyc]

The Bernie comment was the first time I agreed with him in years.

[rhodie]

6 minutes ago, bendejo said:

Matthews is a Republican.

 

 

Not sure where you got that. His brother is though. Below is more accurate.

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Matthews is a moderate Democrat who has supported Republicans before and said that he is "more conservative than people think I am." However, Matthews has been a long time supporter of Barack Obama.

[Saint Nick]

His ramblings and (failed) attempts to smear Bernie, reeked of some serious brain - failure!

So maybe it's the best for Grandpa Chris to retire and scream "Get off my lawn!" at some kids in the neighborhood!

[bendejo]

50 minutes ago, rhodie said:

Not sure where you got that. His brother is though. Below is more accurate.

On his show he said he was a registered Republican.  That's all I need.

 

 

[Chiphigh]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

Matthews is a Republican.

 

 

Wrong, his brother is. Not "thrill up his leg" loony left wing Chris. He failed as a democratic candidate for the house of representatives in 1974.

 

Do some basic fact finding. 

[Chiphigh]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

On his show he said he was a registered Republican.  That's all I need.

 

 

That should tell you how easily fooled you want to be to feed the failed narrative. 

[Jingthing]

This is pretty stupid. He wasn't suggesting that Bernie is a Nazi. Obviously, Bernie isn't a Nazi. It was simply a poorly considered analogy. I don't like the precedent of broadcasters feeling they need to resign over such trivial brain farts.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

He wasn't suggesting that Bernie is a Nazi. Obviously, Bernie isn't a Nazi. It was simply a poorly considered analogy. I don't like the precedent of broadcasters feeling they need to resign over such trivial brain farts.

 I agree about the Bernie aspect, Jing.

 

But more broadly, Matthews is 74 and had had his own show for more than 20 years. That's a pretty good and long run.

 

Time to give one of the younger bucks a shot, maybe Rachel Maddow or Lawrence O'Donnell.... or maybe Brian Williams has served enough of a penance for his past miscues by now.

 

[from the home of CC]

more media scum hit the wall, much be such a great fall when your ego is on steroids..

[Nyezhov]

His ratings were abysmal, reflecting the utter crappiness of his show.

[Rimmer]

Troll post removed

[rgraham]

Tough to get old in the public eye!

[lannarebirth]

9 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 I agree about the Bernie aspect, Jing.

 

But more broadly, Matthews is 74 and had had his own show for more than 20 years. That's a pretty good and long run.

 

Time to give one of the younger bucks a shot, maybe Rachel Maddow or Lawrence O'Donnell.... or maybe Brian Williams has served enough of a penance for his past miscues by now.

 

Anyone but Brian Williams. That glib idiot should be hosting game shows.

[Somtamnication]

Never liked the guy, but he is paid to give his opinion. So PC is crossing over to the US from the UK? Jeez!

[metisdead]

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[El Guapo]

On 3/2/2020 at 6:25 PM, bendejo said:

Matthews is a Republican.

 

 

Nice try. He was a demorat they and thru. He worked for demorats, he was a carter speechwriter and got tingles running up his leg whe obama was elected.