Olbermann Plays Political Football

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Ironically, Olbermann has not admitted that he has been doing "the primary job of a terrorist," although he spent 2008 criticizing President George W. Bush for allegedly "allowing the 9/11 attacks to occur" and accused Bush of using "murderous deceit" to justify sending "4,000 Americans to their death [in the Iraq War] for nothing!" Because such duplicitous, hysterical attacks are the norm for Olbermann, whose MSNBC show includes segments with classy titles such as "WTF?" and "Worst Person in the World," it's hard to grasp why NBC Sports is keeping him on board for a third season as host of "Football Night in America." To answer this question, I contacted the National Football League and within the hour received a call back from NFL Spokesman Greg Aiello, who is also -vice president of their public relations department When I told him that we, at Human Events, were somewhat surprised that a man who says the kind of things Olbermann does can be allowed to host an NFL game, Aiello cordially responded that he was not aware of a time when Olbermann had interjected his politics into his football commentary.

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Olbermann Plays Political Football

When it comes to unabashed political vitriol. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," is without peer.

In the past few months alone, he referred to Sarah Palin as "a clear and present danger to ...

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