Chris Matthews Confuses Barack Obama And Osama Bin Laden Once Again
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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]
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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, ...
