Blue Spot

A media critic by the name of Gene Weingarten was recently on an NPR episode of On The Media and didn't have anything nice to say about Mr. Olbermann.

BOB GARFIELD: Mm. Now, you identify yourself as a card-carrying liberal in the piece, but the extremity is not confined to the political right.

GENE WEINGARTEN: No. It was mostly confined to the political right, until I had the honor of listening to Keith Olbermann. I only barely knew what Olbermann was up to, but he was as over the top as anyone else in the opposite direction. He was busy calling George Bush a fascist and comparing his stance on this relatively minor issue to the Alien and Sedition Act. He was simply a sputtering lunatic, and I hadn't been ready to expect that.

Labels: Media, Olbermann