We Read Howie Kurtz's 3100-word Valentine to Chris Matthews So You Don't Have To
The highlights:
-Re: his “criminality” comment:
“I did it on purpose,” Matthews says now. “I wanted to make a statement that we had a purpose on the show — to tell the truth.”
-“You know he’s saying exactly what he thinks — that’s the whole trick,” says Tammy Haddad, the show’s former executive producer. “You know it’s coming straight from his gut. That’s what his appeal has always been.”
-Matthews says his job “is to be provocative and say things — you know, ‘That’s crazy!’ — the way you might at a party.”
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