Reply #8: As angry as we get at this clumsy misreporting,

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it is well to remember that Matthews' show is nothing more and nothing less than a long, sometimes titillating, and often boring op-ed. It does not (contrary to what they'd have you believe) necessarily have to have any basis in truth, honesty, facts, or accuracy, what so ever. He calls it hardball (hairball?) but, when I first saw it (2001) I recognized immediately that the more accurate name would be "Rudeball." The only claim to fame that I can see is his willingness to interrupt others, who may actually have something of substance to say, to interject his own third class mental ramblings.
Once in a great while, apparently back on his meds, he shuts up and can actually have a fairly good show. The rest of the time, he is simply not worth wasting an hour of my limited number of hours on this earth.