Hardball host Chris Matthews out at MSNBC

Chris Matthews.
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Longtime MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews on Monday night said he is retiring from the network, announcing his departure at the beginning of his show Hardball.

Last month, Matthews, 74, was criticized for comparing Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) campaign victories to the Nazi invasion of France, and over the weekend, a journalist accused Matthews of making inappropriate comments to her while she was in the makeup room preparing to go on his show.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.