The world has been subjected treated to not one, but two tired Olbermann-vs.-FNC write-ups! First, David Bauder writing for the AP:
The two hosts share an antipathy and, frankly, obsession with each other. O’Reilly never mentions Olbermann’s name, but attacks NBC relentlessly. “It’s the usual for NBC News,” he said about Andrea Mitchell’s reporting on the clothing story, “trying to diminish the McCain-Palin ticket in any way they can.”
In other news, water is wet. Mr. Bauder, do you have any new or revelatory information for us?
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Right. Now over to Howard Kurtz at the WaPo:
Prime-time viewers of Fox News and MSNBC get vastly different perspectives on the campaign that sometimes approach mirror images. This goes well beyond the hosts’ political views to the booking of guests and the way stories are framed, pumped up and sometimes ignored. In that sense, the programs reflect the increasing polarization of the media world, where columnists, strategists, bloggers and radio talkers have built thriving careers catering to those who already agree with them.
MmmHmm. How do we know you’re not just cribbing from Mr. Bauder, sir?
As high-profile hosts adored by fans and derided by critics, Hannity and Olbermann provide a case study in the power of ideological punditry.
Oooh! Mr. Kurtz has given the story a twist by comparing KO with Sean Hannity! Brilliant!
We now return to your regularly scheduled election.
ETA: Oh, Page Six! Have you stopped trying as well?
IS Keith Olbermann so unstable he collects his own precious bodily fluids? On Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report,” Ste phen Colbert asked smug Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter, “Olbermann’s insane, right?” No, Alter insisted, calling him “a great resource . . . to get the truth out.” Shot back Colbert: “He rants like a guy who saves his own urine.” At the end of his life, recluse Howard Hughes famously saved his urine in jars.
Pathetic. You could perhaps cite a “30 Rock insider” - or at least make it plausible…

Chicating on
