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I have been watching Keith Olberman for the past couple of years and he is my favourite TV News commentator. I wish a few more news guys had his wit, clarity of diction, strong presentation and plain goddamn balls. He is the only person I have seen go head to head with Stephen Colbert and turn the tables on Colbert.
He's a liberal, but he's no less a blowhard than those on the other side. Lots of cheap, easy jokes; overly precious irony; the warmed-over SportsCenter attitude and the righteous indignation of someone lecturing to an empty room. Let him face off against some of these people in person and we'll give him some points.
Two things, Keith:
"Worse, worser and worst" is the worst.
And please, please stop this "I don't want to talk about celebrities but my producers are making me" nonsense. For a guy who claims to hate covering Hollywood you sure do spend a lot of time doing it.
I've not been a big fan of Countdown, or Olbermann's flair for trashing Bill O'Reilly simply to win the pissing match that cable news ratings have become. But I deeply respect the man's ability, as Olbermann's "City of Louisiana" editorial is among the best I have ever read. I doubt even he appreciates his own raw talent in writing that which much of the media simply doesn't have the guts to publish.
Please do yourself a favor, and read (or re-read) it:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8514671/#050905a
