Misinformer Of the Year award

The misinformer of the year award went to Chris Matthews.

I am not sure I agree with this. He has certainly said some real stupid things that led to this award. Like:

1. "Everybody sort of likes the president, except for the real whack-jobs ..." Insulting the majority of Americans who hold an unfavorable opinion of President Bush, Matthews exclaimed on Hardball: "Everybody sort of likes the president, except for the real whack-jobs, maybe on the left," adding, "I mean, like him personally." [Hardball, 11/28/05]

2. Matthews praised Bush speech as "brilliant" even before it was delivered. Before Bush had even delivered his November 30 speech at the U.S. Naval Academy, Matthews used variations of the word "brilliant" twice to describe it, while deriding Democratic critics of the Iraq war as "carpers and complainers." [MSNBC live coverage, 11/30/05]

On the other hand, he has certainly taken a very anti-Iraq war position and his political analysis is generally very good. I think the stupid things he said are an attempt to sound objective. He thinks he comes across as a liberal and he wants to avoid that. He apparently wants conservatives watching his show too. I hope he learned from getting awarded this and he will stop praising Bush. He is a good guy otherwise.