Rolling Stone: The Most Honest Man in News

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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/13559914/the_most_honest_man_in_news

An unfamiliar viewer tuning in to Keith Olbermann's prime-time news program on MSNBC, Countdown, might, at first glance, assume he was watching a highly traditional broadcaster. Olbermann has a long, sober face and trim hair that's going gray. With his glasses, he looks like a Fifties newsman -- Clark Kent behind an anchor's desk -- while his stentorian delivery can sound almost self-consciously retro, the sort of voice (of God or your high school principal) mocked nightly by Stephen Colbert.

But there's a sharp contrast between the way Olbermann looks and sounds and what he's actually saying. After President Bush recently called for a troop escalation in Iraq, for example, Olbermann described the strategy as "absurd" and "childish," then added, "Mr. Bush, the question is no longer 'What are you thinking?' but rather 'Are you thinking at all?' " He has described Fox News anchor Chris Wallace as "a monkey posing as a newscaster" and begged Rush Limbaugh to "Please, go back on the drugs."

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[lisa58]

1. I love Keith n/t

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2. k&r for "THE MAN!!"..he is the best on the air!!..by a country mile! eom

[Bluebear]

3. Hell yeah! nt

[B Calm]

4. My whole family watch Keith every night!

[Cha]

5. I read that piece on Keith Olbermann

in Rolling Stone and it was Awesome~!

[FloridaJudy]

6. How can Olbermann make O'Reilly go nuts?

Billo's already been nuts for a long time.

[grasswire]

7. did he make the cover?

Gotta know.

[Berry Cool]

9. No. n/t

[lordsummerisle]

8. He's the Best Thing

that's happened to cable news since its inception...every Special Comment he gives seems better than the last. I'm grateful to be able to watch his show and to know that there's finally an effective counterbalance to Faux News...