Huffpo: Chris Matthews Has A Clear Conflict of Interest When it Comes To Bernie Sanders

"...Matthews has been accused by Bernie Sanders supporters of being blatantly one-sided in favor of Hillary and against Bernie Sanders. So much so that thousands of progressives have signed a petition calling for MSNBC to suspend the host of "Hardball" "because of his constant shilling for Hillary Clinton."

Even Charles Pierce from Esquire, who is an MSNBC contributor, said "This Is Not the Way the Democratic Campaign Should Be Conducted." We'll see how long it is before he's back in front of the camera.

All that said, research by "The Daily Caller" has turned up some evidence that Hillary's biggest donors are backing Matthews' wife, Kathleen Matthews, in a congressional race in Maryland. Many of them don't even live in the same state, much less the same district, that Matthews is seeking to represent.

The article reads:

Many of Matthews' biggest donors have close ties to either the Clinton foundation or the Clintons themselves. As noted by Bloomberg two years ago, 12 families have donated to every single Clinton campaign and charity. Of the 12 families, the two families that have donated the most to the Clintons are both funding Matthews' campaign. Four families from Bloomberg's list of biggest Clinton donors have given to the Matthews' campaign. None of the four live in Maryland, where Matthews is actually running.

If that's the case, Matthews is clearly favoring Clinton and blatantly, as the petition says, shilling for Clinton; and it's a low point for Matthews and MSNBC.

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-zombeck/chris-matthews-has-a-clea_b_9198264.html?