ABC News: Journalist Laura Bassett Claims Chris Matthews ‘Repeatedly Lusted Over Women in Politics on Air’

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FARIS (voice-over): "Matthews referring to this scathing editorial which was published Friday in 'GQ' magazine by journalist Laura Bassett. In it Bassett claims Matthews has repeatedly lusted over women in politics on air, and goes on to describe unsettling personal encounters she claims to have had with Matthews behind the camera, writing, 'In 2016, right before I had to go on his show and talk about sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump, Matthews looked over at me in the makeup chair next to him and said, 'Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?'' Adding that his repeated flirtations 'undermined my ability to do my job well.' She also points to what she calls a number of on-air incidents, describing them as long, exhausting and creepy, using Erin Burnett’s appearance on the show as an example."