Chris Matthews, keeping it fair and balanced

If you had any question about the fairness of the media in the past election, let it be put to rest right here:

(From MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program, 11/6/08)

Scarborough’s exchange with Matthews Thursday morning:

Matthews: “I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work.”

Scarborough: “Is that your job? You just talked about your being a journalist.”

Matthews: “Yeah, that’s my job. My job is to help this country.”

Scarborough: “So your job as a journalist is to make this presidency work?”

Matthews: “To make this work successfully, because this country needs a successful presidency, more than anything right now.”

This is the same Chris Matthews that has screamed at the Bush Administration for eight years and skewered the McCain campaign with slanderous accusations for that past five months. And, if you're interested, a journalist is supposed to "help their country" by requiring accountability through fair and accurate assessments of the individuals in power. Chris Matthews, however, has decided that helping America would be best done by blowing smoke up Barack Obama's ass.

Fair! Balanced!

(Note: Though I loathe my former profession and most of the people in it, Chris Matthews is NOT a journalist. He's a talking head/moron. He used to work for the late Tip O'Neill when O'Neill, a Massachussetts liberal, was speaker of the house.)