Excerpted from the Atlanta Pioneer:

The two men first crossed swords during an interview on MSNBC’s Hardball on September 1, 2004.  An acquaintance of Miller, who preferred to remain off the record, explained:

“Zell’s still really cross with that know-it-all Matthews.  Whenever Matthews or Hardball or even MSNBC is brought up, he unconsciously reaches to his hip.  Matthews is really lucky our social norms have changed or Miller would be blasting it out with him one dewy morning.”