Keith Olbermann gets his ass whooped

[to_biased]

Keith Olbermann's declaration of Katie Couric as "Worst Person in the World" on Wednesday night's "Countdown" has been met by many in the media blogosphere with sharp criticism.

Huffington Post's Rachel Sklar writes:

I find it a bit rich that Keith Olbermann would chastise anyone on the subject of "separating the hype from the news" or "the

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[7950]

that WAS pretty unnecessary on his part.

[dolcianiblows]

I hate Keith Olbermann.

[dolcianiblows]

Nope, certainly not alone there.

[jenxhawkins]

I thought I was the only one.

[catalytically]

scandings: i submitted a post to ontd_political like 10 hours ago
scandings: they should make me a mod asap

[wonderpup]

People complained about 20 posts at once so I am spacing them out (I just got home myself) ...

the mod thing will be addressed soon. trust me.

[anandrine]

I missed last night -- What happened? She said something about NBC?

I like Keith and MSNBC, but the network fighting that happens on a lot of the shows is unnecessary.

[randomneses]

I like Keith and MSNBC, but the network fighting that happens on a lot of the shows is unnecessary.

I agree.

[to_biased]

"One of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued and accepted role of sexism in american life, particularly in the media."

And then a comment about Tucker Carlson saying he crosses his legs when Hillary is on.

And this at an award show: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/06/couric-clinton.html

[anandrine]

Okay, yeah. Generally I agree with Keith, but wow. That does not warrant Worst Person.

[littlekitkin]

i like keith olbermann but i think this primary season just set him off his rocker or something.