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• Glenn Beck Hearts John Birch Society And Wins Worst Person In The World

  Published: July 28, 2007, 9:34 am

  Tags: Msnbc, Countdown Keith Olbermann

  (Thanks to Scarce for the video) Telling a member of the John Birch Society you think they’re starting to make sense is a sure-fire way to land yourself atop Keith Olbermann’s fruit loop list. Of course, BillO runs in a close second with his jihad against Daily Kos, prompting Keith to fire a friendly shot across Markos’ bow:

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• Keith Olbermann Updates The Nexus Of Terror And Politics - Creating Terror Scares

  Published: July 27, 2007, 3:45 pm

  Tags: Msnbc, Terrorism, Countdown Keith Olbermann

  On “Countdown” Keith Olbermann talked with Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News about President Bush’s use of trumped up terror alerts to drown out the roar of scandals plaguing his administration. As the heat was turning up on Alberto Gonzales and contempt of Congress charges being brought against Harriet Miers and Josh

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• Tillman Story Reveals Shortfalls in NBC's Journalism

  Published: July 29, 2007, 8:57 pm

  Tags: Nbc, Journalism, Msnbc, Nbc Nightly News Brian Williams, Countdown Keith Olbermann, War Coverage

  report) on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann with Jon Soltz of VoteVets.org:  Download (0)   Play (0)  Download (0)   Play (1) Which reporting made you feel like you understood the situation better? UPDATE: Apparently, both MSNBC & NBC operated from AP’s report of Tillman

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• City Film Bureaucrat Is an Impressively Bad Person, Olbermann Says

  Published: August 1, 2007, 3:15 pm

  Tags: In Other News, City Hall, Film Students, Keith Olbermann, Msnbc

  And while we're feeling video-y, here's Keith Olbermann's "World's Worst Person" segment from last night's Countdown. He gave top honors to Julianne Cho, the official in the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, whom he labels the person behind the city's proposed new rule requiring that virtually anyone trying to take more than a

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• MSNBC.com Creates Own Vertical Networks

  Published: August 2, 2007, 12:10 pm

  Tags: News, Ad Serving, Msnbc Com, Vertical Ad Networks

  MSNBC.com has announced its launch of its very own online vertical ad networks for the politics divisions and TODAYshow.com that will allow small publishers to have access to the content and at the same time increasing the amount of inventory it can sell to the advertisers. The network will be powered by Publisher's Vertical Network and help the

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• Brzezinski: Democrat's Affair 'Not Pressing,' No Objection to Vitter Coverage

  Published: August 6, 2007, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Dc Madam, Double Standards, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Political Scandals, Religion, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, David Vitter, Joe Scarborough, John Ridley, Mika Brzezinski, Mirthala Salinas, Morning Joe, Msnbc

  newsworthiness and ethics, MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski can still be counted on to go to bat for the Democrats. The reporter and "Morning Joe" regular showed off her famous sense of journalistic integrity while filling in for host Joe Scarborough on Monday morning. In the first half hour, Brzezinski played a video of a journalist trying

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• Olbermann Readers Scoff at Oklahoma 'War on Terrorism' License Plates

  Published: August 6, 2007, 12:19 pm

  Tags: 9 11, Culture Society, Military, War On Terrorism, Keith Olbermann, Countdown, Msnbc, Oklahoma, Blogs, Government Amp Amp Press

  story. Except for MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, whose staff ran the item in his blog "The NewsHole" with no comment, letting his left-wing loyalists provide the yuks. The August 2 headline, however, was a snarky, dismissive phrase: "Ridin' In Style." While some commenters found the new plate non-controversial and

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• CLIPS: Olbermann named Denver radio host "Worst Person" for mischaracterizing Gen. Clark's comment about Tillman

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:09 pm

  Tags: Bill O Reilly, Countdown Keith Olbermann, Msnbc, Attacks On Progressives, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  the August 3 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann named Denver radio host "Gunny" Bob Newman the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for, as Colorado Media Matters documented, mischaracterizing retired Gen. Wesley Clark's comments on the July 26 edition of Countdown about the death of Army

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• MSNBC's Carlson claimed Obama "sounds so much like Bush" that "they appear identical"

  Published: August 3, 2007, 8:03 pm

  Tags: Tucker Carlson, Msnbc, Tucker, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism, War In Iraq

  won't act, we will" -- MSNBC host Tucker Carlson labeled Obama "the former peace candidate" and claimed that Obama "sounds so much like Bush ... on a philosophical level they appear identical." In fact, Obama's policy toward Pakistan differs significantly from that of President Bush, who has -- within a span of five days -- said

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• On Hardball, Cillizza asserted Democrats "need to prove" they can keep Americans "as safe as Republicans can"

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:27 pm

  Tags: Chris Cillizza, Hardball, Msnbc, National Security Foreign Policy

  the August 1 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, discussing an August 1 speech in which Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) proposed a comprehensive strategy to fight global terrorism, WashingtonPost.com staff writer Chris Cillizza said: "Democrats still know they need to prove to the American public that they can keep them just as

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• CLIPS: O'Reilly named "Worst Person" for claiming Americans don't want Mexicans "clustering in neighborhoods"

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:07 pm

  Tags: Bill O Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Rush Limbaugh, Countdown Keith Olbermann, Fox News Channel, Msnbc, Premiere Radio Networks, The O Reilly Factor, The Rush Limbaugh Show, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism

  the August 2 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann named Fox News host Bill O'Reilly the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for comments he made about Mexican immigrants during the July 30 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, which Media Matters for America documented. Olbermann quoted

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• Matthews Sez It's Not Fair For Public To Trust Democrats Over Republicans On Balancing Budget

  Published: August 6, 2007, 8:15 pm

  Tags: Msnbc, Hardball Chris Matthews

  On “Hardball” today, Chris Matthews spoke with CNBC’s Jim Cramer about a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll which showed a majority of Americans trust the Democrats over Republicans on economic issues such as balancing the budget, taxes and government spending. Tweety claims the only reason for this is because they’re mad

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• CLIPS: O'Reilly named "Worst Person" for attack on Dodd; Ingraham named "runner-up"

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:36 pm

  Tags: Bill O Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Laura Ingraham, Countdown Keith Olbermann, Fox News Channel, Msnbc, The Laura Ingraham Show, The O Reilly Factor, The Radio Factor, Westwood One, 2008 Elections, Attacks On Progressives, Government Elections, Media, Propaganda Noise Mach

  the August 6 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann named Fox News host Bill O'Reilly the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for attacking Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Chris Dodd (CT) after he brought up O'Reilly's comment regarding an Al Qaeda attack on San Francisco, as

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• On MSNBC, Crowley called Edwards a "metrosexual," "the prettiest one of the Democrats"

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:34 pm

  Tags: Monica Crowley, Msnbc, Morning Joe, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, John Edwards, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  the August 7 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, MSNBC political analyst and nationally syndicated radio host Monica Crowley referred to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as "the metrosexual in the race" and said he is "the prettiest one of the Democrats." In response, co-host Mika Brzezinski said: "I think he and [Republican

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• MSNBC's Reid aired "Strangelove" attack, but didn't note Romney's agreement with Obama on substance

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:16 pm

  Tags: Chip Reid, Msnbc, Msnbc Live, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, Mitt Romney, National Security Foreign Policy, Rudy Giuliani

  on the August 7 edition of MSNBC Live, congressional correspondent Chip Reid uncritically aired Romney's claim during an August 5 Republican presidential debate that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) "went from going to sit down to tea with our enemies, but then he's going to bomb our allies. I mean, he's gone from Jane Fonda to Dr.

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