Alter falsely asserted Clinton's "chief strategist" "raised" Obama's drug use

SUMMARY: On Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Jonathan Alter falsely asserted that Sen. Hillary Clinton's "chief strategist" was among the "Clinton surrogates" who have "raised these drug issues" about Sen. Barack Obama. In fact, during a December 13 appearance on Hardball, Clinton chief strategist Mark Penn did not bring up Obama's drug use -- the entire segment was devoted to controversial comments about Obama's past drug use by then-Clinton campaign co-chair Billy Shaheen.

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