I thought he was Right Wing when I first saw him. Just his delivery. He was far and away the worst interviewer in history, second behind David Letterman perhaps. The latter used his guests as props in order to crack jokes. Connie Chung once did a piece about her time on Letterman.
She talked about not being able to get a word in, and during commercial they would discuss the next segment. According to her, 'we discussed the topics I would never get a chance to discuss'.
Matthews was the worst when it came to serious interviews. I often wondered why he even had guests?
Chris has issues, that's for sure. He was let go because he was a bit of a misogynist.