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Thursday, June 12, 2008 --- 84 days ago http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2008/06/12/olbermann-hits-worst-perso
 On Wednesday's Countdown show, during the show's regular "Worst Person in the World" segment, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who rarely hits liberals during the segment while he often targets conservatives, turned his ire toward CBS News anchor Katie Couric for her recent charges that some media figures were guilty of anti-Clinton, or pro-Obama bias. Olbermann accused Couric of taking out of "context" comments by NBC correspondent Lee Cowan, who, as he covers the Barack Obama campaign, has said he finds it "hard to be objective," as she, not naming him, suggested he "find another line of work." Olbermann, who has attacked Hillary Clinton on several occasions while being softer on Obama, declared Cowan's reporting to be "utterly objective and accurate," and castigated Couric for "her own promulgation of the nonsense that Senator Clinton was a victim of sexism." (Transcript follows) As he named the distinction of "Worst Person" to Couric, Olbermann started by quoting Couric's recent comments attacking what she viewed as "unfair, hostile coverage" of Clinton. Olbermann: "And our winner, Katie Couric. Speaking at a Washington luncheon in her honor, the CBS anchor saying, ‘However you feel about politics,' or her politics, rather, ‘I feel that Senator Clinton received some of the most unfair hostile coverage I`ve ever seen.' She added that sexism ‘contributed in part to the Senator's defeat.'" After calling those comments "a little Kool-A ... |
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