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TIL that on February 25, 2003, MSNBC cancelled their highest rated show at the time, ‘Donahue’, because Phil Donahue was a vocal opponent of the impending Iraq invasion. His show had higher ratings than Chris Matthews 'Hardball’, but Matthews was a big proponent of the Iraq invasion.

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