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[[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,<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 referred 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. Collegues such as former NBC News anchor Tom Brokow have complained Olbermann has badly damaged MSNBC’s reputation for independence<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-14/keith-olbermanns-civil-war-with-nbc-executives-over-campaign-donations/?cid=hp:mainpromo3</ref> while the [[Media Research Center]] has characterized Olbermann's views as "beyond partisan....radically extreme and hateful."<ref>http://www.mrc.org/press/2006/press20061102.asp</ref> His nightly segment, ''The Worst Person in the World'' regularly [[demon]]izes any point of view at variance with Olbermann.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/05/05/2010-05-05_starting_in_left_field_keith_olbermann_hes_embraced_by_mlb_and_the_nfl_while_lim.html</ref> 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''.
'''Keith Olbermann''' is a [[liberal]] commentator, activist,<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 former host of ''Countdown'' on [[MSNBC]]. ''[[New York Times]]'' media critic David Carr has referred 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. Collegues such as former NBC News anchor Tom Brokow have complained Olbermann has badly damaged MSNBC’s reputation for independence<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-14/keith-olbermanns-civil-war-with-nbc-executives-over-campaign-donations/?cid=hp:mainpromo3</ref> while the [[Media Research Center]] has characterized Olbermann's views as "beyond partisan....radically extreme and hateful."<ref>http://www.mrc.org/press/2006/press20061102.asp</ref> His nightly segment, ''The Worst Person in the World'' regularly [[demon]]izes any point of view at variance with Olbermann.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/05/05/2010-05-05_starting_in_left_field_keith_olbermann_hes_embraced_by_mlb_and_the_nfl_while_lim.html</ref> 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''.
==Olbermann sees conspiracies==
==Olbermann sees conspiracies==
On 5 November 2010, Olbermann was temporarilly suspended from MSNBC for ethical violations of the company's policy on campaign contributions <ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/05/olbermann-donated-to-three-dems-in-apparent-violation-of-nbc-policy/</ref> and reinstated three days later.
On 5 November 2010, Olbermann was temporarilly suspended from MSNBC for ethical violations of the company's policy on campaign contributions <ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/05/olbermann-donated-to-three-dems-in-apparent-violation-of-nbc-policy/</ref> and reinstated three days later.
==Fired From MSNBC==
Less than a week after Comcast was approved to purchase MSNBC, Keith Olbermann was fired January 21, 2011. Official word states Comcast has nothing to do with the firing. He was their top-rated host so the statement is likely false. [[Glenn Beck]] predicted his firing months before it happened, which led Olbermann to mock Beck as not knowing anything about television and made him his worst person in the world. <ref>[http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-keith-olbermann-is-the-biggest-pain-in-the-ass-in-the-world/ Glenn Beck: “Keith Olbermann Is The Biggest Pain In The A** In The World”, Mediaite, January 24, 2011]</ref>
==See Also==
==See Also==