"Worst Person in the World" no more?

[Eric J in MN]

Keith Olbermann used to do a feature on MSNBC's "Countdown" in which he nominated three people for "Worst Person in the World" before the last commercial break.

Bill O'Reilly was a frequent nominee.

Has the feature been cancelled?

[Oceansaway]

1. dunno...but it wasnt

featured today

[dflprincess]

2. I was wondering about that myself

it's my favorite part of the show.

[Eric J in MN]

5. me too NT

NT

[thepurpose]

3. I want to know if they are going to show Mel doing community

service.

[babylonsister]

4. I wouldn't think so/hope not. Perhaps he just had too much on his

plate tonight, what with listing all the fabricated terra threats. There were so many - that took time!

[silverweb]

6. I miss it, too.

It's a highlight of the show for me.

Maybe the "Nexus of Terror" segment indicted so many in this administration that he figured no one else could look worse.

[Cooley Hurd]

8. The Nexus of Terror segment was quite long - probably left little time...

...for the WPITW segment.

[silverweb]

11. I suspect that's the truth of it.

There simply wasn't time.

[GeorgeGist]

7. I heard through the grapevine...

that Keith was overwhelmed with too many choices and didn't want to offend anyone by leaving them off.

[C_U_L8R]

9. it got boring

Bill Oreilly was winning every day

[longship]

10. Big News Day.

Keith has often ditched OddBall, Sound-Bytes of the Day, etc. when there's big news. He then covers the big news and ditches the fluff.

Today, it was his coincidence of 10 political-motivated Terror Alerts throughout ChimpCo's presidency. He was all but accusing ChimpCo of inflating terror threats in response to political threats to his presidency. It was a devestating segment.

[Sydnie]

12. Speaking of missing things, who here has gotten a newsletter

from KO lately? :shrug:

[Staph]

13. I got one this afternoon.

There isn't one every single day, but there was definitely one today.

[Sydnie]

19. I haven't gotten one since 6/29

That's really odd?!

[Staph]

21. I got another letter today.

Maybe you should just sign up again at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ . Look for the MSNBC Newsletters box near the bottom of the right-hand column.

[SheilaT]

14. During the height

of Hurricane Katrina, and for several days after, Keith did NOTHING but straight news.

[Berry Cool]

15. I think today he decided to go with mostly straight news.

No Oddball and no WPITW.

[jonstewartgirl]

16. I'm disappointed

even though I was glad to see Keith back but I hate watching Countdown when it's a flat out news show, it is so fucking boring like that. I wish he would go back and do funny shit again.

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. I thought it was excellent tonight!

The 10 instances of raised terror threats and the stories behind them. I just wish it would hit daytime NBC now.

:hi:

[grannylib]

18. I liked it too, but glad to see him going with more serious news, and

not so much "Oddball" and "top three newsmakers" and "top three soundbites"...
Tonight's episode of the terra 'lerts as distraction was excellent...

[JoMama49]

20. Don't worry, I don't think Keith will give up his WPin theW segment

I think he just didn't have room for it last night with the terror timeline piece he did lasting 12 minutes. The fight is on between Bill O, Heraldo, Savage, Coultergeist and the rest of the rightwing hatemongers -- and don't think Keith, Jon Daly and even Colbert ain't lovin it, cause they are -- and so am I!