RS: Matthews has accepted hefty speaking fees from conservative groups ->

Stephanie

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Thu Mar-09-06 01:16 PM
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RS: Matthews has accepted hefty speaking fees from conservative groups ->

Edited on Thu Mar-09-06 01:23 PM by Stephanie

Its up.

http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Report_posits_that_Chris_Matthews_star_0309.html

Report posits that Hardball's Matthews has accepted hefty speaking fees from conservative groups

A new report advanced to RAW STORY Thursday suggests that Chris Matthews, the star of the Sunday talk show circuit's Hardball, has accepted hefty speaking fees from an array of conservative trade associations.

Matthews has given speeches to at least ten major conservative trade associations since 2001. The report's author, Dave Johnson, who blogs at Seeing The Forest and is also a fellow at the progressive Commonweal Institute, could find no records indicating that Matthews has spoken before any Democratic-leaning organizations. The report is not a product of the Commonweal Institute.

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Here's the referenced blog:

http://seeingtheforest.com/

Nothing ont this there so far.

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TallahasseeGrannie

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Thu Mar-09-06 01:17 PM
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1. Matthews is on on Sundays?

I get him every weeknight.

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Stephanie

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Thu Mar-09-06 01:18 PM
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2. weeknights on cable, Sunday mornings on network NBC

here he's on right after Meet the Press.

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mattclearing

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Thu Mar-09-06 01:22 PM
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3. Don't lots of pundits do this?

Edited on Thu Mar-09-06 01:31 PM by tasteblind

I know Carville has spoken to conservative groups before.

Interesting that Matthews hasn't spoken to any Dem orgs, though. Maybe they haven't been calling?

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Stephanie

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Thu Mar-09-06 01:25 PM
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5. I guess we need to find out what "hefty" means

If he's accepting outrageous fees then that's a problem.

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mattclearing

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Thu Mar-09-06 01:31 PM
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6. Well, it's clear to me that he and Russert are both pretty biased

against Dems. This would certainly seem to be relevant.

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H2O Man

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Thu Mar-09-06 01:23 PM
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4. McDonalds sell burgers

and fries.

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Catherine Vincent

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Thu Mar-09-06 01:40 PM
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7. LOL!

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Sensitivity

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Thu Mar-09-06 01:42 PM
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8. Shocking!

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