[[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 and activist,
'''Keith Olbermann''' is a [[liberal]] commentator and activist,
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<ref>Keith Olbermann ... is notorious for anti-Bush, anti-conservative rants, which he calls special comments. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth] </ref>
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<ref>Keith Olbermann ... is notorious for anti-Bush, anti-conservative rants. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth] </ref>
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formerly a sportscaster on ESPN. He currently hosts ''Countdown,'' a nightly program of misinformation presented as news and liberally-oriented commentary 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 is also a co-host of NBC's ''Football Night in America''.
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formerly a sportscaster on ESPN. He currently hosts ''Countdown,'' a nightly program of misinformation presented as news and slanted commentary 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 is also a co-host of NBC's ''Football Night in America''.