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Olbermann the New O'Reilly

Here's an interesting commentary in the NY Post on Keith Olbermann's Countdown:

We're starting to grasp what qualifies one to be named Keith Olbermann's nightly "Worst Person In The World" on his MSNBC show: Anyone who takes a shot, big or small, at Keith Olbermann.

Increasingly, Olbermann's focus is on Olbermann, which, unless conspicuous self-absorption is your idea of good topical TV, makes his "Countdown" show increasingly difficult to endure.

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Olbermann, who I knew and very much liked long before megalomania invaded, has become so stuck on himself that he actually has begun to rival his arch TV enemy, Bill O'Reilly, for air time spent on himself. That's right (and left), Olbermann and O'Reilly now often sound so identically immodest that they make for the same kind of turn-off.

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Alas, Olbermann now seems like just another guy who throws lots of punches for a living but can't suffer a jab in return.

Without more specifics, I reserve judgment on the question of whether Olbermann can "take a jab." But on the broader point the commentary makes -- that Olbermann is pompous and insufferable -- I think there's no debate.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on July 08, 2008 (boomark / email).