On Countdown, Keith Olbermann gets an hour a night to shine a light on what is wrong with the world. He normally does an excellent job. It is the most-watched show on MSNBC.
The biggest story in the world today, June 1, 2010, is the illegal attack on a Turkish humanitarian ship by Israeli commandos...in international waters. So big that it was the lead story in the New York Times, and every other reputable newspaper on the planet.
But for some reason, it didn't seem that important to NBC...or its cable news outlet. The Today Show gave it a perfunctory two minutes and 35 seconds, buried within its first half hour.
Hardball with Chris Matthews went a full 4:49, which may have been commendable, had Matthews not found it necessary to close the segment saying, 'this is an unfair shot at Israel'.
The wonderful Rachel Maddow devoted a very quick, very closely worded 2:27...which sounded as if every syllable had been reluctantly vetted by a phalanx of NBC lawyers.
Maybe someone at NBC doesn't like criticism of Israel. Yes, Jeff Zucker, I'm talkin' to you.
But today's winner of Worst News Person in the World is you, Olbermann. Not a word. Not one god damned word. Which means you are either a) just as big an idiot as Sarah Palin (as you often correctly point out); or b) allowing yourself to be censored in a way so transparent that you should move on to a job where your cowardice is not nearly so damaging.
Shame on you.
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