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mediabistro.com - 6/25/2008
GQ's Swipe At Matthews Includes Russert
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Another quote from Tom Carson 's 10,000-word GQ feature on MSNBC's political programming. This one takes a swipe at Tim Russert , midway through a diatribe about Chris Matthews ' ego, or as Carson calls it "spontaneous narcissism." All the same, Matthews's thirst for fanhood is his most engaging quality. He's the only cable-news heavyweight who's defined by what he loves instead of what ...

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Jossip — ... All the same, Matthews’s thirst for fanhood is his most engaging quality. He’s the only cable-news heavyweight who’s defined by what he loves instead of what he hates. SNL, which should have bigger fish to fry — namely, Tim Russert, a far more egregious Beltway clown — never tires of spoofing his egomania, but that’s misleading. Ego is purposeful. What Chris has is the spontaneous narcissism of a child. [GQ via TVN] ...

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