Here’s one thing to note about Chris Matthews’s MSNBC show “Hardball”: it airs at 5 pm ET, but then that show is recorded and rebroadcast at 7 pm ET. That’s important because it raises a question: If you make a mistake at 5, will it show up at 7? We seem to have our answer now –Â no.
The ever-vigilant team over at NewsBusters noticed that during the 5 pm show, Matthews made the “preposterous” claim that Barack Obama added only 13 people to the federal workforce between 2009 and 2010. He used the figures to defend the president against criticism that he’s expanding government jobs while the private sector is shrinking. But there’s only one problem: MSNBC and Matthews misread the numbers, and even aired the wrong figures. And they must have noticed it, because the 7pm broadcast had brand new audio for the relevant section.
NewsBusters has the comparison:
To be fair, it is good that MSNBC corrected its error. But it would seem that by doing so, it negates the entire point Matthews and the segment was trying to make. That is the ironic part.
By the way, the difference in the numbers is 12,897 12,987 jobs. (We’ll re-record later.)
And in case you’re wondering, the official video on MSNBC still has the error:
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Deda1
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:11amThe guy is a complete idiot and he was correct when he said 13.
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GeorgieJo
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:45amhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Chrissy reads teleprompter just like Obummer
IF the FACTS are there—–IT MUST BE TRUE
hahahahahahahahahahaha
Thank You once again MessNBC for reminding me NOT to watch your channel.
Is RevySharpo still on? Promoting blueberry pie? hahahahahaha
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landman1
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:56amObama just created a whole new government entity with the recess appointment of the consumer advocacy czar. That wing of government must have employees coming on board. Did Chris count those new employees? Are the new hires being offset by the military reductions. He is letting go thousands of military, they are federal employees you know. Will they be counted as unemployed? If anyone thinks the size of government is shrinking under Obama I’ll have what you’re smoking.
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db321
Jan. 13, 2012 at 11:31amIt’s Bush’s Fault!
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Miami
Jan. 13, 2012 at 12:15pmEnough with the Marxist Socialist Network Biased Communist.
They should be brought up on charges of treason, intentional and subversive manipulation of facts. Hell the Comedy Channel is more truthful…
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Ruler4You
Jan. 13, 2012 at 12:31pmWhat a toadie. What a buffoon. What a boot licker. What a intellectual tool. What a maroon. I’d be humiliated beyond measure to even move around in public after making statements like this on a national forum. obangos shoe shine boy has a better intellectual character than this clown. This kind of bologna is so insulting to the intellect of Americans as be the equivalent of calling every American an idiot.
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cuinsong
Jan. 13, 2012 at 12:48pmThese people are so intelligent they have gone completely stupid . They prove that liberalism is a disease the facts are self evident if you except atrocious behavior as OK in order to push your agenda onto others just because it fits your way of thinking then you are sick sick sick & you need help. Soooo I wrote you a prescription -er i mean a song called The Devils song. you need at least one listen in the morning and one listen just before bed time until you see the light
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789987
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landman1
Jan. 13, 2012 at 2:18pmcatpbj…msnbc is your barometer of truth? You got Ed Shultz as the “star” for God’s sake. You got O’Donnell an avowed socialist. You got Maddow who has no lable , don’t even know if she’s a he or a she. Chris Matthews who says the potus has only hired 13 “new” employees. And last but certainly not least, ya got Big Money Al Sharpton. The right Reverend. The pool of holy water. The master of “fact” creation. The clown of the airwaves. And this is who you turn to shine the light unto your path seeking truth? I don’t even know you but you can’t hold your face straight and say, “yeah, thems my guys”. It’s so bad over there that Sharpton replaces Olbermann and that’s called progress? Now that’s funny I don’t care who you are!!!
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texasken
Jan. 13, 2012 at 2:22pmCATPBJ –
Really? Name me one time — just one — that Fox News has lied about anything. Find me a single example, you putz. You’re so damned brain-dead that you believe that BS that your liberal friends tell you. You’re a joke. Name one lie, moron.
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TomFerrari
Jan. 13, 2012 at 3:57pmSo, if I go to a casino and lay down $2,000, and gamble, and win a few hands of poker for a total of $300, but I lose many hands, and lose $2,000… Do I get to claim that I gained$300? That I WON $300??
Or, did I actually LOSE $1,700?
btw, I’m not a gambler.
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INOGAWD
Jan. 13, 2012 at 6:29pmCrissie will say anything to keep the tingle up his leg….SICK !!!
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taxx
Jan. 13, 2012 at 6:41pmI thought it was a journalist’s responsibility to retract false or misleading reports?
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FreedomPurveyor
Jan. 13, 2012 at 7:30pmHow did they actually think there are only 4,400 federal employees?
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I.Gaspar
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:02amIf they really want to correct his audio, they should play an hour of fingernails scraping across a chalk board…which would be a 100% improvement over what comes out of his pie hole every day.
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INOGAWD
Jan. 13, 2012 at 6:32pm13 new Gubment jobs are still to many..
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gmoneytx
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:02amChris Matthews has shown time after time that he is one of the most stupid morons in the media…Can’t wait for this guy to retire, or die!
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MsMonsoon
Jan. 13, 2012 at 6:23pmLet’s see… if you add Chris’s 13 to Nancy’s 5 hundred million… that equals 2 colossal morons. Makes no sense to me.
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leaberry
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:51amwhen is the last time Matthews lived in Philly 30 years ago. Phoney DC insider. Born in DC moved away because I hate phoney;s and hypocrites. Along with Lawyers and money gripping so called business people.
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The_Jerk
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:08amHe was a ‘Peace Corp’ get out of ‘nam wimp.
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your sensei
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:38amTHE JERK . . . Rush Limbaugh, Ted Nugent, Newt Gingrich, Dick Cheney . . .and about 4,000 more conservative chickenhawks are clucking in their dens right now.
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scuba13
Jan. 13, 2012 at 11:18amSensi are you related to the prop comic Carrot Top? Because you sure look like him in your photo.
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plastixman
Jan. 13, 2012 at 11:29amSCUBA13 That’s a coon skin cap. The Davy Crockett look is obviously back in style.
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Huguenot Descendant
Jan. 13, 2012 at 12:58pm@Your sensei:
Do you even speak Japanese? Or are you just trying to act smarter than you are by saying “sensei” instead of “teacher” which in fact only states that you’re a tool.
Chris Matthews will do anything to praise Obama, even if that means lying about it. He can’t be so stupid as to mistake 13,000 for 13 can he? But then again Obama may have been Matthews professor at one point in one of the 57 states.
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Chappy123
Jan. 13, 2012 at 1:23pm@ sensei,
There are meds available for lazy eye.
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Dr. Joel Fleischman
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:41pmCHAPPY 123
A nice swift kick in the ass will fix that.
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ddg7
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:44amMatthews is a pariah on society. He’s done more to hurt the Catholic church than the pedophile priests.
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Chromo200
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:44amMathews is a shm$%k … He is allowed to make mistakes, and misspeak statements and statistics but heaven help others… Mathews was and will be a jerk and that is why he has a poorly viewed show.
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ares338
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:20amI’ll bet all 5 of the people who were watching caught the error.
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HTuttle
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:18amUmmm. it’s 2012.
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Detroit paperboy
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:01amChris Matthews is such a pathetic joke, the only time i ever see him is on the Blaze… But Obama’s election is at stake….. So like Chrissy said,” its our obligation to make sure this president suceeds ” so get out your knee pads Chrissy, and start do what you love to do to Democrats, you freakin little spittin weasel……
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JohnTwoFeathers
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:20amI bet he got that tingling feeling again when he “misspoke” about fearless leaders numbers.
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Detroit paperboy
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:55amCut the criminal federal government by 75% and watch us boom economically…..
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Eliasim
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:10amOh alright why don’t you just do what it takes? You won’t because like everyone else you are a simple cow. Americans have already proven in WW1 and WW2, that the average American would rather let their child be slaughtered on a foreign battlefield over excepting a truth in their heart.
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carbonyes
Jan. 13, 2012 at 11:54amEliasim. You sir or madam, make some of the most asinine comments on the Blaze. your comment here is quite pathetic, even if it was meant to be facetious.
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texasken
Jan. 13, 2012 at 2:25pm@eliasim
Once again, you use an incorrect word. The word you should have used was “accepting”, not “excepting”. You really aren’t very bright, are you?
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Detroit paperboy
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:50amHe felt a warm tingle on his leg… Then realized his adult diaper was leaking…
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your sensei
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:39amduh huh duh huh duh huh . . . duuuuh . . . dat wuz funny . . . duh huh . . . i never heard anything like dat joke before in my life . . . duh huh . . .duuuuuuuuuh
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SciPsyTech
Jan. 13, 2012 at 11:12amHey Sensi, why don’t you pound sand?
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Stone Cold Truth
Jan. 13, 2012 at 11:59amActually it was funny. What’s even funnier is Sensei defending Matthews. Debbie is that you? Loser.
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Chappy123
Jan. 13, 2012 at 1:18pmyour sensei,
WTF is wrong with your hair!
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Chappy123
Jan. 13, 2012 at 1:26pm@ sensei,
May want to tone the lipstick down dear. One side is higher tan the other.
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Dr. Joel Fleischman
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:43pmSenseless must have ran out of Cheetos, his brain seems to have quit functioning.
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tajloc
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:50amA beautiful example of what we have been saying all along. Our hope…Rom 8:28 uh… Tebow needs that one for Sat
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your sensei
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:40amSo, you gonna turn your back on Jesus when Tebow loses Saturday?
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Stone Cold Truth
Jan. 13, 2012 at 12:01pmDid you turn your back on communism when the Soviet Union fell? Of course not.
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Chappy123
Jan. 13, 2012 at 1:28pmsensei,
do you know who Jesus is?
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lubbinv
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:48amwhat sort of idiot, who has ever been around or covered Washington, would EVER think that there are only 4000 or so federal employees? And then discuss it with staff and have a graphic made? MSDNC has some really sharp cookies over there…
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NV Patriot
Jan. 13, 2012 at 2:12pmIt’s not about what they think, they fabricate lies and repeat them, so that the sheep will accept the lie and pass it on.
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amerbur
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:47amBecause Chris, the teaparty has been pushing the government to get rid of wasteful public jobs. Lets take a look at government jobs in Washington Chris. You must think the public is so stupid.
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smithclar3nc3
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:53amthe average pay for government employees of 68,000 that equates to 876,996,000 a year in new tax revenues needed. And using the average pay in the private sector that’s 515,880,00 a year in new tax revenues. Those numbers to take into account the insurances, and benefits packages cost to tax payers
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PA PATRIOT
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:40amCornel West must have been referring to Matthews when he said about being on the “Proverbial Crack Pipe”
I wonder where he keeps it, at home or at work?
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quicker
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:47amBetween Obama`s leggs.
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Dr. Joel Fleischman
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:45pmIn Moochelle’s ****.
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recoveringneocon
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:39amRon Paul is the ONLY candidate who doesn’t just talk about balancing the budget, but who has a full plan to get it done.
Cuts $1 trillion in spending during the first year of Ron Paul’s presidency, eliminating five cabinet departments (Energy, HUD, Commerce, Interior, and Education), abolishing the Transportation Security Administration and returning responsibility for security to private property owners, abolishing corporate subsidies, stopping foreign aid, ending foreign wars, and returning most other spending to 2006 levels.
CUTTING GOVERNMENT WASTE:
Makes a 10% reduction in the federal workforce, slashes Congressional pay and perks, and curbs excessive federal travel. To stand with the American People, President Paul will take a salary of $39,336, approximately equal to the median personal income of the American worker.
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PA PATRIOT
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:45amSounds great until “Achmydinnershot” closes off the Straight of Hormuz and we are 5 years from our next operating refinery, THANKS TO OBAMA
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Lucrative
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:01am@reecoveringneocon -get a life. First of all, your post has nothing to do with this article and second, the instant anyone sees the word “neocon” they know to immediately disregard anything said because it obviously came from a Paul bot.
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RejectFalseIcons
Jan. 13, 2012 at 9:53amTimeframe in terms of building something, especially a structure that has already been built is never “5 years out”.
If the scope is set (which it is with buildings, typically), the only balancing points are time and money. Spend more money, get it done in less time. Spend more time, get it done with less money.
Granted, this does NOT apply to federal construction projects, which spend more money to get it done later (look at the Big Dig in Boston for a prime example).
So don’t go worrying about that. We are the most adaptable nation ever to have been devised by men. Be bold. Reject the status quo.
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NoNannyState4me
Jan. 13, 2012 at 11:27am@recoveringneocon
Keep up the good work of spreading TRUTH.
Ron Paul 2012!
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Hobo Boondocks
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:38amHe so into pathological lying, that the first number made perfect sense to him. The rest of the crew probably let it go to see if any of the tens of dozens of people watching might call in to ask if they ALL had become pathological liars.
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loveoursoldiers
Jan. 13, 2012 at 11:01amwait.. the clarifiedre-run he said there was NO change
4, 440, 000- 4,430,000.. isn’t that 10,000 more? I must have missed something
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OHOH54
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:38amHe points out that the federal government is growing and local government is shrinking. Right there is the problem . Local government knows more what the people in that area needs more than some a–hole in Washington.
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Escapee1
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:35amGarbage in….garbage out….This ******* obviously DID NOT do his homework before he inserted his foot in his mouth or he would have realized what an IDIOT he was to say “13″….
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Baddoggy
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:34amToo bad there are millions of idiots like you Chris. That’s why you have an Obama as your leader. Thrilling for the legs isn’t it Chris?
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Eliasim
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:49amMost people are idiots and as the world financially unravels there will be great wars just to keep people’s minds off the true cause which is bad financial policy, and 99 percent of people will eat it up that the wars are the cause of their Greater than Great Depression, and they will whine and whine, but do nothing about it.
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Eliasim
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:54amBecause the truth of the matter is that 99 percent of people are just a dumb cow. A dumb arrogant that doesn’t want to hear that they are just a dumb cow.
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texasken
Jan. 13, 2012 at 2:32pmEliasim–
While I’m temporarily bedridden with a broken leg, I’ve discovered a new hobby: watching for your asinine comments on conservative blogs and then correcting your poor spelling, grammar, and sentence structure. Do you even read your crap before you post it? If not, you’re sloppy. If you do, then you have no business at all denigrating the intelligence of other people, because you write like a third-grade child. And you reason like a second-grader.
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marthasusan40
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:30amJust another example of the lies that are told and never corrected….Anyone who heard this would have to realize it was not correct, then again , why would you get your news from Chris Matthews, this would be your first mistake.
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ThePostman
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:28am“We must declare a moratorium on all television broadcasts until I can find out whose ass to kick.”
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smithclar3nc3
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:22amUsing the average pay for government employees of 68,000 that equates to 876,996,000 a year in new tax revenues needed. And using the average pay in the private sector that’s 515,880,00 a year in new tax revenues. Those numbers to take into account the insurances, and benefits packages cost to tax payers.
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Rickfromillinois
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:21amTalk about being a mindless drone of a follower. Anyone with a bit of common sense would have realized that a number of 13 couldn’t be right. Frankly I have trouble believing only 12,000. Is this offset by a reduction in the military?
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The_Jerk
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:18amMatthews’ gets the thrill up his leg with Obama, just like O’Reilly and Hannity get with Romney.
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NOBAMA201258
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:31amJERK Are you serious? Tingles wears knee pads for your boy obama,BTW your name is missing 3 letters isn’t it?
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smithclar3nc3
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:35amOreilly’s and Hannity have both been riding Romney on release actual numbers of the kobs he claimed he created under bain capital. Fact is after watching Oreilly over the last year I would almost bet he’ll vote Obama in 2012.
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LICENSEDTOCARRY
Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:37amI don’t think The Blaze would have allowed his full name
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The_Jerk
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:06amNOBAMA201258, just drop the ‘N’ and substitute a ‘BL’, then follow your ‘o’ with a ‘w’ and you’ve got your complete name… plus the number of times.
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