On the September 27 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann named nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage the second “Worst Person in the World” for declaring on the September 21 edition of his nationally syndicated talk show, as documented by Media Matters for America, that “an average prostitute” is “more reliable and more honest than most U.S. senators wearing a dress.”

Olbermann has given Savage one of his nightly “Worst Person in the World” awards before, most recently on September 14, for claiming, as Media Matters noted, that the U.S. Senate is “more vicious and more histrionic than ever, specifically because women have been injected into it.”

From the September 27 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann:

OLBERMANN: The silver tonight to Michael Savage. Says “an average prostitute, let's say in a city. Probably they're more reliable and more honest than most U.S. senators wearing a dress.” Prostitutes, crossdressers. Well, Mike, we'll defer to you. You're the expert here.

From the September 21 edition of Talk Radio Network's The Savage Nation:

SAVAGE: I have more respect for a crack dealer than I do for some of these politicians. They're up front about it. I have more respect for a prostitute than I do for most senators. You take an average prostitute, let's say, in a city. Probably they're more reliable and more honest than most U.S. senators wearing a dress. The United States has overtaken France as the country with the highest number of asylum applicants, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. My hair is standing up. Asylum. Asylum. I give them asylum. I give them a one-way ticket back to the hellhole they came from.