Matthews fawning over Obama is worse than Pete Sheppard on WEEI with Tom Brady.

So my question to Mr. Matthews is, When are you going to turn in your "Journalist" credentials? these people disgust me. They are part of a main stream media that is supposed to be impartial. Evidently propaganda is more important to these people. It was also important to people like Hitler. When people don't get informed information from a unbiased source, how are they supposed to make a choice for president or any other office when the news gives them opinions instead of fact?

Obama's support will dry up if he proves to be self serving. Had that happened with Bush he would have been a one term president. I believe that to be true of Mathews.

Please stop spitting on my screen Chris Matt.

Partial? I'd say he's wholly in the tank - he's already admitted on the air that he wants to do whatever it takes to make Obama's presidency work. Frightening!

It will take far more than Matthews is capable of to stave off the coming disaster know as the Obama presidency.

Every administration has its scandal, controversies, and conflicts. What's going to happen when Obama has his. It will certainly happen once America's delusional euphoria wears off. Will Chris Matthews just look the other way? It's not his job to tell me who to support or who should "inspire" me. It's his job to scrutinize each and every political candidate from either party. Soon, Obama will be president. I expect him to be under the same level of scrutiny Clinton and Bush were under during their terms. Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are just some of the figureheads of what's terrible with the sad state of American journalism. Edward R. Murrow and Peter Jennings must be rolling over in their graves.

Chris Matthews is a commentator not a journalist, theres a difference...

Dave, a commentator is supposed to be partial. That's what they get paid to do; give their opinion. The word you're thinking of is analyst. Do you really think that Bill O'Reilly (another commentator) is unbiased?

These type of anti-media rants are patently stupid. If you don't like the station, change the channel. We have four major TV news stations in the Boston area; two lean one way, two the other. We have two major newspapers, again, half and half. Even here on the South Shore, we have The Enterprise, with a decidedly rightward lean, and the Ledger, which seems to lean more center.

Two of the largest national print newspapers lean right, the WSJ and USA Today. Tom Brokaw practically screams, "I'm a Republican!" each night. Comcast just added Fox News to the HD lineup, so if you don't like Matthews, you can watch Fox in HD.

The simple fact is that no one or news source is ever unbiased and it's up to the viewer to be smart, listen to all sides, and make an informed choice. You want unbiased, watch CSPAN!

I love how guys like Dave Kosh (who posted here) always has to bring up Hitler or some other dictator when they have no reasonable argument to give. If Dave Kosh is concerned about propoganda, then why haven't I seen him rail against Jay Severin or Michael Graham or Bill O'Rielly or Rush Limbaugh... why???? Those guys foist more right wing screw ball propoganda than anyone I can think of. But apparently wing nut right wing conservative horse hockey is o.k. Chris Matthews isn't allowed to have an opinion.... so says the radical right wing (but their own insane opinions are o.k. to voice on the radio and the TV.). Hypocrical??? I',d say so.....

"coming disaster". Assumes the Republican created disaster we are in right now doesn't exist. Get a clue.

Chris Matthews is paid to give commentary and opinion. He is not a newsreporter. Watch Hardball, and in short order you will see that he attempts to ellicit opinions of his guests, and is not shy about giving his own. And of course you also know that he once worked for Tip O'neill, which he refers to often. Old Tip being a Democrat, you see. You come off as somewhat ignorant (yes I'm being facetious when I use that word, "somewhat") when you mistakenly conclude that he must remain impartial. Like, take Bill O'Reilly for example. I'll bet you he voted Republican this time around. Don't you worry about how I knew that, just call me clairvoyant. Sorry...

Geez... Matthews was partial to the liberal candidate? There's a shock. That's a newsworthy article. What will the next revelation be, that the Globe is impartial? That would be another shocker!

when they are reporting, why don't they let you know this stuff. That way you'd know if there is bias in the report, which I always suspected...Now he comes forth after the election.

Obama will be one of our great presidents. As for the media, they were all in the tank on the Iraq invasion - or 'embedded' I should say. Nice to see us liberals getting a little fair play for a change.

While I agree Chris didn't do serious journalism any favors, I freely admit Obama is one of the most intelligent, observant, and inspirational leaders to come along since Kennedy in 1960. And I say this as a long-time Republican (until that pea-brain Bush W made it impossible to remain in the party). Regardless of the constant attacks eminating from the vitriolic Right, I have great hope for the man. If a soul with this much talent can't lift our country out of the pit...no one can.

Oh please, Dave Kosh, a Hitler comparison? The news has always been flooded by partisanship. An entire network was in the tank for McCain all along that one reporter for Obama is hardly a scandal.

Matthews view is representative of the "mainstream" media who pursued every aspect of Sarah Palin's life in excruciating detail and essentially ignored some disturbing questions about Obama (e.g., where was he born). The press loves the liberals no matter what.

How many of the complainers here are upset at the propoganda and one-sidedness of other journalists on the airwaves? I don't hear any complaints about other radio personalities and TV "No spin" type shows that are obvioulsly taking political sides in every debate. Suddenly it's a big deal that someone has an opinion? The complainers are hypocrites. Period.

So many people were misinformed throughout this past election. This propaganda destroys our freedom of speech and way of life. The media needs to be segregated so consumers can see the difference between popular entertainment and consequential information. Hence the celebrity that was chosen to save the world.

It never ceases to amaze me how in 2008 people do not understand the difference between a journalist and a "host" or commentator. Matthews is the latter. He does not have to remain impartial any more than Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly do. So don't hold your breath waiting for him to "turn in his journalist credential".

If people are tuning into nightly talk shows to get unbiased information about the election, they've got much bigger problems than worrying about who Chris Matthews favors. It's a miracle they make it out of their houses successfully most days.

And stop comparing people to Hitler. It makes you sound even more ignorant. If that's possible.

Half of the people in America - no excuse me - I meant 'The World' - feel the same as Chris Matthews! OBAMA is a phenomenal person, so I suggest to you people that are hating on him (for whatever reason!!) to just get over it!! No matter how well he does in his presidency term - he sincerely has the best intentions to help everyone in this country - and that's more than you can say about a lot of politicians. How sincere are they really? OBAMA has been truly sincere (and you know it!) since the first day of his 'public appearance' (dem convention speech). He moved us that night - and he hasn't stopped since! GO OBAMA!!

I think it's refreshing to have a television personality say up front that they support our new president and want to see him succeed. You won't hear any of the right-wing radio/tv guys saying that - Rush Limbaugh has been appalling these last few weeks.

Is Chris Matthews a "journalist"? As a graduate of J-school, I learned that my job was to report news in an unbiased way. But I don't think that today's news channel jockies are truly journalists. On television, you no longer have the benefit of reviewing your thoughts before putting them out for consumption. Thus reporters look their audience "in the eye" when "reporting"... I can't imagine that keeping ones personal feelings secret. Few can or choose to do so.

I don't care for Chris Matthews, but I do respect him for stating honestly that he is proud of Obama, and that he sincerely hopes for his success.

Don't we all hope for that?

I thought this was a NEWs paper. Where's the NEWs in this story???

Matthews has a boy crush on Obama. It's pathetic.
Matthews is kind of a girlie-man, anyways, doncha think?

Just like securities analysts are required to disclose if they are hyping a stock they own, now too should all newsmen and newswomen (and I use the word 'news lightly' as news should be unbiased) be forced to publickly admit after every propaganistic remark they thay are hocking their own personal agenda...not the public's. Good Grief.- Mr. Charlie Brown.

The Boston Globe is as bad as Chris Matthews. For a guy who built a whole campaign on change, isn't odd that Obama is filling his cabinet with has beens and holdeovers from the Lewinsky/Clinton era?

I work about 60 hours a week and make $100,000, and so does my wife. I am looking forward to sharing my wealth with those who can't or will not help themselves. It just makes sense.

Well at least we have Fox News, where all the commentators are fair and balanced.
Excuse me while I laugh.

How humiliating for Matthews. .. and more humilating that he doesn't realize it.

What is wrong with an American citizen genuinely wanting to support a great President-elect? Obama IS inspiring. There is something wrong with all of you critics. We finally have a great president and you all don't know what to do with yourselves.

I don't see the problem. You don't go to a pundit like Matthews or Oberman for an unbiased opinion any more than you would to Hannity or O'Rielly for one. I think Matthews is 'in the tank' for Obama for sincere reasons and it would detract from his type of show if he hid those feelings.

Oh, like he's any less partial than say Howie Carr?!!

Matthews is the new Obama girl

its fine to criticize matthews, but people need to give obama at least a year before we make a call on his presidency being a "disaster." I'd like to hear what these people think about the current president... whose biggest success is making sure we haven't had a terrorist attack in 7 years. Truly the highlight of any successful presidency.

I am not sure when in this country we ever expected impartiality with the media: its up to consumers to get the different views from different places and understand the baggage behind different journalists. Matthews made it on TV given his experience in largely Democratic congressional staffs. Any idea that CNN or MSNBC or FOXnews or NPR "owes" us an impartial media is ludicrous: the "freedom of the press" that was central to the First Amendment was based around incredibly biased media in the 18th century. Let's stop the whining and read two articles instead of watching 30 minutes of tv.

Uhmmm, newsflash... there is nothing wrong with a journalist being biased. Matthews is not a "news reporter" and has never claimed to be just as Bill-O or Rush have never claimed to be news reporters. They are pundits. It's only wrong to be openly biased if they are in the role of a News Reporter and it's unethical only if they are knowingly being dishonest.

Oh, and Dave Kosh, nice Hitler reference. And correct me if I am wrong but wasn't it Bush that ordered the unprovoke invasion of a sovereign country?

There's a big difference between opinion/commentary people working in the news industry and anchor people. Matthews is and has always clearly been an commentator with opinions. There's nothing wrong here - he has, in fact, clearly stated his admiration of Obama.

We don't call for Fox to fire Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity for their daily [generally nasty] strong opinions about Obama and others. At the same time, Fox chose to discipline the anchorwoman who called Barack and Michelle Obama's celebratory fist-bump a 'terrorist fist jab.' This was vile commentary but would be excusable had it been spoken by O'Reilly, Hannity or Matthews. What made it unacceptable was that it was said by someone acting as an anchor.

Matthews should be fired because his credibility as a journalist is long gone. Calling him a journalist demeans the term -- but in 2008 America this seems to be acceptable.

Dave Kosh, have you watched FOX News lately? Republicans have their station, Dems have theirs as well... Go whine somewhere else.

Partialitly in reporting? What is this, Fox News?

He made me sick watching him on TV, it seemed to be more than liking Obama, it was more or less a love longing. It was like watching a teen swooning over a hard rock singer. MSNBC loss of viewers was great because of his crush on Obama.

Yes, chris mathews ADMITTEDLY fawns over Obama in exactly the same way that he excoriated and accused fox news of giving Bush a free pass...

Getting the picture yet? - Kill a journalist.

Once they're all gone, the politicians will stop huffing their own turds and fall into line... OR ELSE.

I used to watch Hardball and Mathhews. I don't anymore. That's the best way to deal with overt media bias. Tune it out. I did the same with this paper .... the Globe. Cancelled my subscription. Print is where they make their profit and the best way to communicate my disgust was to say bye bye. Let all those adverisers pay the Globe the big money for those full page ads when no one is reading.

WELL IF YOU LISTENED TO WEEI SPORTS IN THE MORNING YOU WOULD HAVE GOT YOURSELF SICK,JUST TO LISTEN TO THOES TWO JERKS DOWNCASTING EVERYONE THAT IS A "D"--OBAMA BEING AT THE TOP OF THE LIST---I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAD TO TURN THEM OFF---WHY DO I AND MANY OF MY FRIENDS HAVE TO LISTEN TO POLITICS,WHEN ALL WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IS SPORTS?---IT ALSO GOES ON DURING THE DAY TOO,WITH OTHER COMMENTATORS-----COME ON WEEI---YOUR LOOSING A LOT OF FANS,I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT?--I'M SURE YOU DO!!

two posts in and we already get a Hitler comment, you've got to love the right!

Was there ever a question about Chris Matthews' positions? And I must echo the previous comments as well: One expects commentary and opinion from someone in Mr. Matthews' position. It's the reason I watch. I know I'm not getting unbiased news reporting. For that, I turn to PBS stations.

The difference between Matthews and Hannity is that Mathews fauns over someone who is exceptional and Hannity fauned over someone who was exceptional for his mediocrity in post as President of the United States.

Now that the radical right has been discredited their outrageous remarks are easy to ignore. They are still harmful to the intelligent conservatives because their vituperations drown out intelligent conservative discourse. True conservatives may have to break away from the Republican Party but it will take years to know whether that is necessary. Legislative leaders are going to have to go a way different than The "Entertainers" if they want to have ant relevance to the governing process.

So basically if you are in the tank for the GOP/Conservatives you are ok. If you are in the tank for the Dem/Liberals you are wrong and should be shot? Give me a break, with this divided America crap. Yall need to calm down and face facts. Fox is for the GOP/Neo-Cons and MSNBC is for the Dems/Moderates/Liberals. There is no fair and balanced news any more. It went away and long gone.

Oh and if you keep yelling how the globe is not impartial, go read the Herald and get your neo-con/GOP fix there.

Chris Matthews had a man-crush on Duhbya for years. It ran its course eventually, but Matthews thought Bush was sooooo manly on the USS Lincoln it was gross.

The media loves to be part of the Washington power elite. Matthews is one of them, and the liberal blogosphere ridicules him all the time.

Those embittered by voting for and backing 8 years of a failed presidency shouldn't be so quick at the draw to criticize. There is more to life than puffing up your chest for tax cuts for the rich, embracing a culture of corporate greed, and burning up fossil fuel just because you feel like it. Matthews gets to have an opinon too. Having made an assessment of our president lacking some depth, I am looking forward to a president that can think, speak well, and represent the United States in a positive way. Wouldn't that be a disaster!

I find it amusing that so many people are upset over this. Matthews is an opinionist, not a journalist. O'Reilly, Olbermann, Hannity, Limbaugh: nothing more than people with opinions who are given a network platform so that they may express them.

I think the first thing the public needs to learn how to do is separate editorializing from the actual news.

Well, duh! He still gives me a tingle up my leg.