Chris Matthews Confuses Barack Obama And Osama Bin Laden Once Again

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Its interesting that when some make the mistake its a freudian slip but when others do it its an honest mistake a tongue twister. I've never gotten the names mixed up but then again I just think about what each represents and I cant see a situation where I would ever confuse them even their names. This is why the New Yorker cover is a dangerous thing. The idea that people could even confuse ... [link]

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Chris Matthews Confused By New Yorker [Lolbama]
Published 7/14/2008 by Ryan Tate at Gawker
... than MSNBC's Chris Matthews into a pit of stuttering confusion. Talking about the cover on Hardball tonight, Matthews suffered a severe relapse of his notorious Obama/Osama condition. Symptoms include calling Obama by the name of terrorist Osama bin Laden; referring to bin Laden as "Obama" and flashing on-screen pictures of one dude when talking about the other. Click the thumb to see which one happened tonight. HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NEW YORKER FASCISTS. [Huffington Post] ...

This Week in Obama/Osama Confusion
Published 7/18/2008 at mediabistro.com: TVNewser
Is it really that difficult? We understand that as a print medium, we can go and correct errors before they reach the public, whereas on TV, if you make a mistake it's out there. But really? This week there were three cases of Barack Obama/Osama bin Laden confusion. On Monday it was MSNBC's Chris Matthews, although he immediately corrected himself. Fox News' commentator Charles Krauthammer confused the two on Wednesday, ...

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