Chris Matthews interviews students, neglects to ID one: his daughter
Last Friday Chris Matthews, the talkative political loudmouth of MSNBC who has a thing for college campuses, was at the University of Mississippi in Oxford for the first presidential debate between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama. (Bob Barr was not invited.)
Matthews, you may recall from past Ticket items, is under fire from a women's group, the New Agenda, which feels his style of punditry is "misogynsistic journalism."
Matthews is currently on a tear though against the financial institution bailout package that failed in Washington today and he says he's especially concerned about what it would do to the nation's deficit that would have way too many zeros in his opinion.
The TV host found an eager group of professed nonpartisan college students in prison suits called CYA (No, not that one) -- Concerned Youth of America.
So he interviewed several and they all seemed to agree with Matthews about this horrible looming federal deficit thing; see the deficit would "sentence" their generation to pay it off, just like being in prison except without all the murders, beatings and other institutional mayhem. Hence, the symbolic striped costumes.
Anyway, one of the students, an obviously bright young woman and apparent group leader, was very talkative and very assertive, just like her interviewer.
But she's not identified -- not until just before the end of this video clip, which comes to us from the amazing, all-seeing, all-knowing folks over at MediaBistro.com. (Watch the video, then keep reading below.)
Turns out, as Matthews tells us, that young woman's name is Caroline. He doesn't reveal her last name.
Also turns out, according to MediaBistro, that's because the young woman's name is the same as his. Matthews was interviewing his own daughter on national TV without identifying her.
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Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
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So what? He did mentionm her name "Caroline". Do tell us why this is such a news item? Will you report that Monday on "Hardball" he did mention that was his daughter? I think not and by the wy, hit "factcheck.org" and read how many times "MediaBistro" have been debunked.
Posted by: Duane | September 29, 2008 at 11:41 PM
What happened to you Chris? Your opinion used o matter. You were once highly respected. Now, it seems Olberman has dragged you down into Michael Moore territory.
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Posted by: Chris, Say it ain't so! | September 30, 2008 at 03:41 AM
Chris Matthews has been taking ques from McCains handlers....
Posted by: tw | September 30, 2008 at 06:47 AM
Caroline is adorable and informed. Nice to see the second generation Matthews keeping up the cause. My son is in law school in DC and we spend hours discussing politics. Love to see a family invested in America! Thanks Chris!
Posted by: collette | September 30, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Maybe..................................just maybe, CHRIS MATTHEWS DOESN'T KNOW/CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY DAUGHTERS HE HAS!!!!
Posted by: GoldTmmys | September 30, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Ahhh... It's so fun to be superior and above the fray. "Off With Their Heads" Just an observation
take care all !!!
Posted by: paul dana | September 30, 2008 at 03:59 PM