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“He's shameless, isn't he?” asked FNC's Steve Doocy, co-host of “Fox & Friends, about MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews, who recently compared the Muslim Brotherhood to the Tea Party. “Chris Matthews is not a journalist,” replied MRC President Brent Bozell. “He's a parody of himself.” On the February 4 “Fox & Friends,” the NewsBusters publisher acknowledged that while most of the coverage surrounding the crisis in Egypt has been relatively “fair and honest,” there have been a few notable “blips.” [Video embedded after the page break.] The most glaring exception was delivered by Matthews on Tuesday: “So the Muslim Brotherhood has a parallel role here with the Tea Party. They're the ones that keep you honest and decide whether you've stayed too long.” After playing the clip, Bozell retorted, “If a meteor came out of the heavens and hit New York City, [Matthews] would blame the Tea Party.” Bozell also criticized analysts at MSNBC and CNN for downplaying the fundamentalist views of the Muslim Brotherhood. “These are useful idiots,” he quipped. –Alex Fitzsimmons is a News Analysis intern at the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.