Guess again, Tingles.
(CNSNews.com) — MSNBC’s Chris Matthews criticized what he called the “Ditto Head thinking” of Rush Limbaugh listeners while lauding establishment news venues, including the Washington Post, theNew York Times, ABC’s “This Week,” and NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I do think there is some Ditto Head thinking that goes on in this country, people who listen to Limbaugh and that’s all they listen to. I don’t think they’re growing,” Matthews said at the National Press Club on Monday.
Matthews’ remarks came in response to a question asked by an audience member and recited to him by Theresa Werner, president of the National Press Club. He was appearing there before a group of reporters and others at the Gerald Ford Journalism awards program.
“Do you feel that hardball political talk shows like yours is partly responsible for the growing lack of civility in our political discourse?” Werner asked.
“Not at all,” Matthews responded. “I think it gets it off your chest.”
Matthews said that people should watch a variety of shows, even if they do not like them.