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Olbermann: Is 'Authoritarian' 'Criminal' Bush 'Worst Ever' President
December 9th, 2006 2:00 AM
On Friday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann again discussed whether President Bush is the "worst ever" President, inspired by comments from Republican Senator Gordon Smith that leaving American troops in Iraq could be "criminal."
Olbermann Features Three Anti-Bush Guests, Praises Himself for Attacki
September 1st, 2006 6:37 AM
On Thursday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann continued his attacks on the Bush administration over its current series of speeches defending the Iraq War. Hosting interviews with three Bush critics from the left (Senator Barbara Boxer, the Mayor of Salt Lake City who led a protest against Bush's "lies" and John Dean, who labeled Donald Rumsfeld an "authoritarian"), the Countdown host…
Olbermann Plays the 'Fascist' Card Again
August 31st, 2006 9:35 PM
Do you remember the scene in The Naked Gun where Leslie Nielsen, as police detective Frank Drebin, pretends to be a major league baseball umpire in order to be able to search the players to see who might be the assassin?
HBO To Air Goldwater Granddaughter's Bio Film -- Attacking Religious R
August 3rd, 2006 7:42 PM
Variety reviewer Robert Koehler (formerly of the L.A. Times) recently reviewed a new documentary titled "Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater." The main driver behind the project is his granddaughter, C.C. Goldwater, and it's scheduled to air on HBO on September 18.
Bozell Column: Olbermann Seeks Oddballs
July 26th, 2006 12:09 PM
Who says The New York Times has lost touch with reality? A recent puff piece by TV reporter Bill Carter on MSNBC’s “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann honors him as the "centerpiece" and "great growth story" of MSNBC.
Leftist Reporter Forges Emails, Smears Blogger Who Dares to Question
July 25th, 2006 3:27 PM
If there ever were a contest for the most deranged left-wing journalist, the guy with the biggest head start would have to be Jason Leopold, the fabulist most recently embarrassed for his phony report that White House aide Karl Rove had been indicted May 12. Since his journalism was exposed as fraudulent, he's been on a tear lashing out at anyone daring to question him.
Val, Joe: Time to Fold 'Em When Even O'Donnell Says Your Case 'Very We
July 13th, 2006 10:45 PM
Valerie? Joe? Are you listening? Let me offer some well-intentioned advice. When liberal Larry O'Donnell - he of the infamous anti-Swifty meltdown - goes on Keith Olbermann's Countdown and calls your lawsuit 'very weak' and even the Olber-meister himself won't ride to your defense, it's time to fold your tent, toss in your hand, throw in the towel and quietly slink away. This has to go down as…
MSNBC Lurches (Further) Into Liberal Fantasy Land
July 12th, 2006 2:29 PM
So now even the Left’s most bizarre fantasies are regarded as "news" by the producers at MSNBC?
Jon Stewart to John Dean: 'Cheney, I'll Go With Him As Evil
July 12th, 2006 10:10 AM
The "Conservatives Without Conscience" tour continued last night on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart last night. Like Keith Olbermann, Stewart honored Bush-hating author John Dean and his thesis, with softball questions like this: "This book though is almost a scientific approach to where, in some respects, where conservatism is going. Talk about that aspect of it."
Olbermann Plugs 'Conservatives Without Conscience' Attack on 'Authorit
July 11th, 2006 3:39 AM
On Monday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann hosted former Nixon White House counsel and frequent Bush administration critic John Dean to talk about his latest book attacking conservatives, titled Conservatives Without Conscience, which the Countdown host labeled "an extraordinary document."
Olbermann Plugs "Bush Worst President" Rolling Stone Article
April 22nd, 2006 1:01 PM
On Friday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann plugged the Rolling Stone cover story by historian Sean Wilentz which argued that George W. Bush may be the worst President ever, citing the opinions of over 400 historians. As he introduced his interview with Wilentz, Olbermann sympathetically referred to the recently fired CIA employee who leaked classified information on the agency's use of…
Rumsfeld Bashing: Media Love 'Liberals in Uniform
April 18th, 2006 10:40 AM
David Limbaugh has a good column about the liberal technique of finding former military officers to bash Rumsfeld and the war in Iraq.
Olbermann Attacks Bush's Honesty, Compares to Nixon's Watergate
April 13th, 2006 4:19 AM
On Wednesday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann led with the current controversy about President Bush and other administration officials claiming they had found biological weapons labs in Iraq even after a report had concluded that this was not the case.
Despite Lack of Proof & Contrary Evidence, Nets Insist “Bush Knew
April 12th, 2006 10:10 PM
Forget the lack of evidence, we have our story of presidential duplicity and we're sticking with it. Picking up on a front page Washington Post story about how back in May of 2003 President Bush had cited trailers found in Iraq as proof of WMD, when a secret field report filed two days earlier had concluded the trailers had nothing to do with bio-weapons, on Wednesday morning ABC's Charles Gibson…