Keith Olbermann speaks to Television Critics Association, tweaks O'Reilly

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NYT/AP: Olbermann Recounts O'Reilly Non - Showdown
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 22, 2006

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Keith Olbermann was eagerly anticipating his first meeting with Bill O'Reilly....The feuding cable TV personalities both attended a charity fundraiser thrown by New York Yankees manager Joe Torre last November....''He never got within 20 feet of me,'' Olbermann told the Television Critics Association's summer meeting Saturday....During his ''Countdown'' show on MSNBC, Olbermann regularly tweaks O'Reilly, whose ''The O'Reilly Factor'' on Fox is No. 1 in the cable TV news ratings. Olbermann generally runs third in the same time slot....Olbermann said his phone number has been distributed at Fox and his e-mail hacked into....

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Olbermann opened his session by whipping out a mask of O'Reilly -- a poke at Fox asking journalists to accept handout photos of TCA news conferences from photographers the network had hired.

''We thought we'd help you out, those of you who needed a good photograph of,'' Olbermann said, pausing to hold up O'Reilly's photo glued to a stick as reporters laughed.

Olbermann has named O'Reilly his ''Worst Person in the World'' at least 15 times. The nightly ''award'' is Olbermann's way of criticizing bad behavior.

''It's just so much fun,'' Olbermann said. ''I've always liked playing in traffic. I was told in 1977 that I had no future in the business and wouldn't last if I didn't change my style, so I don't really worry about it.''

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-TV-Olbermanns-Feud.html

[Monkeyman]

1. O'Reilly is the worst person in the World on TV but there is a few

in Washington shhhh White House might hear

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2. This warms the

cockles of my heart! A real person in the news business..how does he ever survive?

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3. I am always disappointed when Keith is not on

cause they don't do the Worst Person in the World segment without him.