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Inside the Chris Matthews Exit: MSNBC Boss Went to D.C. to Plead With Him to Quit

HOW IT HAPPENED

The “Hardball” host’s wife had long expressed concerns to MSNBC brass that Matthews’ increasingly controversial on-air antics would ruin him, sources told The Daily Beast.

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