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...spread or its implications. No one seemed to think it a problem that the Republican candidate to succeed the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-‘56 was a one-time playboy. The only person who came close to a criticism was Keith Olbermann, who, in his emphatic over-slur of Brown, declared him to be an "irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model." Everyone else who mentioned the episode would quickly qualify the phrase, "he posed nude," with the statement, "to pay for law school...

Author: By Maya E. Shwayder | Title: Cosmopolitan Politician | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Despite the discordant extravagancies of today’s events in Music City, there are significant and complex elements to the grassroots dimension of the movement, and Democrats need to take them more seriously. During our winter of malcontent, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann stooped to the level of Limbaugh, referring to Senator Scott Brown, who rode in on a tea party wave, as a “homophobic, racist, teabagging supporter of violence against women.” We need not give the movement undue credit—it’s wrought with internal contradictions...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: It’s a Party in the USA | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees." - Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's Countdown, in a virulent rant against the Massachusetts candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senator-Elect Scott Brown | 1/19/2010 | See Source »

...They are a joke." - On the Anti-Defamation League, an organization dedicated to combating anti-Semitism. The remark led MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann to dub Dobbs the "worst person in the world" in February 2008 (Media Matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Departing CNN Anchor Lou Dobbs | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...Grayson and Bachmann, the objective is both to rally their loyalists and to rile the other side. Cable news embraces this sort of stuff, having turned August into the summer of town-hall fury. The liberal MSNBC host Keith Olbermann joyfully turned Bachmann into a "worst person in the world," just as Grayson became a star of conservative broadcasting as a sort of public enemy No. 1. "They gave us enormous free media exposure," Grayson says of his political opponents after his "die quickly" performance. "They were running my speech unedited on Fox for an entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to the Fun House | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

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