Chris Matthews Avoids Noting Obama ‘Lied’ About Views on Same-Sex Marriage

The MSNBC host kept the focus on David Axelrod and his so-called “knock” against the president

MSNBC's Chris Matthews Avoids Noting Obama 'Lied' About Views on Same-Sex Marriage (NewsBusters)

Neither MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews nor any of his panelists for the February 10 program could bring themselves to using the L-word to describe President Obama's deceiving the public regarding his true feelings on same-sex marriage. By contrast, MSNBC host Chris Hayes repeatedly referred to Obama's lying in the opening segment of his February 10 program.

Indeed, for his part, Matthews kicked off the discussion by seeking to put Obama acolyte David Axelrod in the crosshairs for revealing Obama's mendacity in his new memoir.

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