http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/keith_olbermann This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Keith Olbermann en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200804300004 On <em>Countdown</em>, Keith Olbermann awarded Sean Hannity the "runner-up" in his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for failing to challenge a guest's suggestion that Sen. Barack Obama has "not condemn[ed] the actions" of William Ayers. As Olbermann noted, "Hannity, of course, never pointed out to the victim that Obama did condemn them -- the words he used were 'deplore' and 'detestable.'" http://mediamatters.org/items/200804300004 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:28:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290003 On <em>Countdown</em>, Keith Olbermann named Ken Rudin the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for asserting: "[F]<strong><strong>irst of all, </strong></strong>let's be honest here, [Sen.] Hillary Clinton is Glenn Close in <em><em>Fatal Attraction</em></em>. She's going to keep coming back, and they're not going to stop her." Olbermann commented: "[A]fter comparing Senator Clinton to the insane, murderous, kidnapping, stalking, knife-wielding, suicidal, bunny-boiling character of Alex Forrest, who has to be drowned and shot to be finally stopped in <em>Fatal Attraction</em>, even the harshest critic of Senator Clinton is probably beginning to think, you know, that might be a little harsh. Maybe an apology is in order." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290003 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:46:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180004 MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named Dick Morris the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for asserting on Fox News' <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em> that Sen. Hillary Clinton "may well have been" a communist in the early 1970s, when she interned at the California-based law firm Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein, despite Morris' having previously written in his book, <em>Rewriting History</em>, that "Hillary was no Communist, nor should her work in the Treuhaft firm imply that she was." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180004 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:03:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803280013 After ABC's Jake Tapper quoted "an anonymous Democratic Party official" saying that Hillary Clinton's "securing the nomination is certainly possible -- but it will require exercising the 'Tonya Harding option,' " numerous media figures have repeated the "Tonya Harding option" analogy in reference to the Clinton campaign -- some going so far as to assert that it is a specific strategy adopted by the campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803280013 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:22:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210001 On MSNBC's <em>Countdown</em>, while discussing Bill O'Reilly's recent statement that "I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels," <em>The Washington Post</em>'s Eugene Robinson stated, "There's nothing funny about lynching. There's certainly nothing at all funny or remotely appropriate about the use of a lynching reference to talk about Michelle Obama. ... It's -- I'm almost speechless." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210001 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:44:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080001 On MSNBC's <em>Countdown</em>, Keith Olbermann named CNN host Lou Dobbs the "winner" of his "Worst Person in the World" segment for calling the Anti-Defamation League a "joke," as <em>Media Matters for America</em> documented. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080001 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:59:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802040001 MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named Fox News' Bill O'Reilly the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for baselessly suggesting that a homeless encampment under an overpass in New Orleans that former Sen. John Edwards mentioned in a speech did not exist. Olbermann noted that the New Orleans <em>Times-Picayune</em> and the <em>Seattle Post-Intelligencer </em>both published recent articles about the encampment. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802040001 Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:30:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801270003 Despite the fact that MSNBC had earlier aired Hillary Clinton saying, "I want to congratulate Senator [Barack] Obama tonight and I want to also thank the people of South Carolina for welcoming us into their homes, and their communities," MSNBC's Joe Scarborough claimed that when Clinton "congratulated Senator Obama, she did it by a paper statement." Further, before Clinton's speech, Bloomberg News columnist Margaret Carlson claimed that the "Clintons don't play by the normal rules," adding: "Where is the grace that we all expect out of losers in campaigns, which is you congratulate in words, not in just a statement, your opponent?" In fact, the statement issued by the Clinton campaign noted that Clinton had "called Senator Obama to congratulate him and wish him well." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801270003 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:07:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170015 MSNBC's Keith Olbermann criticized Fox News' Bill O'Reilly for ridiculing Sen. John Edwards' assertion that "200,000 men and women who wore uniforms and served this country patriotically as veterans will go to sleep under bridges and on grates." Referring to O'Reilly's pledge to radio host Ed Schultz that "<strong><strong>if you know where there's a veteran sleeping under a bridge, you call me immediately, and we will make sure that man does not do it</strong></strong>, is not there" after Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America executive director Paul Rieckhoff noted it would cost $15,000 to keep a homeless veteran off the streets for a year, Olbermann said: "OK, Billy, put your money where your mouth is. House every homeless vet tonight, just tonight. That'll be about $6,435,000." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170015 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:20:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801080005 On <em>Countdown</em>, Keith Olbermann named Bill O'Reilly the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for saying that John Edwards "has no clue" regarding Edwards' statement that "tonight, 200,000 men and women who wore our uniform proudly and served this country courageously as veterans will go to sleep under bridges and on grates." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801080005 Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:30:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711010011 MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named <em>Roll Call</em>'s Mort Kondracke the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for asserting on Fox News' <em>Special Report</em>: "I'm sure [waterboarding] feels like torture, you know, it doesn't result in any lasting damage, but it feels like torture." Olbermann also named Fox News' John Gibson the "runner-up" for criticizing an "NBC news anchor" for offering Sen. Barack Obama advice on what he "needs to say" about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- one day after Gibson himself had offered Obama advice. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711010011 Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:29:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710100001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710100001 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:12:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250003 While discussing what he suggested might be "hypocrisy when it comes to political attacks" with regard to a MoveOn.org ad headlined "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" and comments by Rush Limbaugh about "Senator Betrayus, new name for Senator Hagel," MSNBC's David Shuster asked Rep. Marsha Blackburn, "Where was the outrage when Rush Limbaugh said this about Republican Senator Chuck Hagel over one of the senator's stances on Iraq?" <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250003 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:51:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250002 On CNN's <em>Out in the Open</em>, Rick Sanchez and CNN contributor Roland Martin discussed Bill O'Reilly's statement that he was surprised there was "no difference" between Sylvia's restaurant in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan and other New York restaurants, even though Sylvia's is "run by blacks." Sanchez reported that during an "animated" phone conversation, O'Reilly denied any "racial intent" in his comments and described the story as "a hatchet job by <em>Media Matters</em>." http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250002 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:46:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709240007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709240007 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:23:05 EST