For years, Matthews was a harsh and misogynistic critic of Hillary Clinton \u2014 once calling her a \u201cshe-devil,\u201d and attributing any of her success in the 2008 presidential primary to the fact that, as he put it, \u201cher husband messed around.\u201d More recently, his comparison of Bernie Sanders\u2019s winning the Nevada primary to the \u201cfall of France\u201d to the Nazis was a horribly offensive gaffe given Sanders\u2019s Jewish heritage and his having lost family members to the Holocaust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But for me, an occasional member of the \u201cHardball\u201d audience, there was something worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With his reported $5 million annual salary, he wielded enormous influence. For many years, he had the power to sway public opinion on the crucial topics of the day. Not infrequently, he failed the main test of someone in that role. He was ready to offer his own views, but not prepared to hear those of his guests or to bring deep knowledge to the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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