[[Image:Keith-ratingslie.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Keith Olbermann, liberal commentator]]
[[Image:Keith-ratingslie.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Keith Olbermann, liberal commentator]]
'''Keith Olbermann''' is a [[liberal]] commentator, activist,
'''Keith Olbermann''' is a [[liberal]] commentator, activist,
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<ref>Keith Olbermann ... is notorious for anti-Bush, anti-conservative rants. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth] </ref> high-profile [[Democrat]]ic donor<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/WN/keith-olbermann-suspended-msnbc-political-contributions/story?id=12074305</ref> and host of ''Countdown,'' a nightly program of misinformation presented as news on [[MSNBC]]. Olbermann's show is known for an extreme liberal distortion of the issues, with [[conservatives]] rarely being invited to discuss news events. It is a classic example of the role of [[propaganda]] in modern American discourse and has contributed to the coarsening of political debate in [[America]]. Olbermann was also a co-host of NBC's ''Football Night in America''.
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<ref>Keith Olbermann ... is notorious for anti-Bush, anti-conservative rants. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth] </ref> high-profile [[Democrat]]ic donor<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/WN/keith-olbermann-suspended-msnbc-political-contributions/story?id=12074305</ref> and host of ''Countdown'' on [[MSNBC]]. ''[[New York Times]]'' media critic David Carr has refered to Olbermann as "one of the most rabidly partisan figures in national news."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/business/media/08carr.html?_r=1</ref>Olbermann's show is known for an extreme liberal distortion of the issues, with [[conservatives]] rarely being invited to discuss news events. It is a classic example of the role of [[propaganda]] in modern American discourse and has contributed to the coarsening of political debate in [[America]]. Olbermann was also a co-host of NBC's ''Football Night in America''.