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Huffington Post Hits TV Overload

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

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Everywhere you looked Thursday, HuffPost was being mentioned on the tube. From "Entertainment Tonight" to "Countdown," "Ugly Betty" to "30 Rock," Ja...

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Keith Olbermann's Favorite People Of 2008: Obama, Palin, SNL, Affleck, Letterman

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media

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Keith Olbermann ran down a list of his favorite people of 2008 Monday night on "Countdown." "When looking back at this historic year, it became clear...

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Keith Olbermann Hits Conservative Trifecta: Names Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, George Will Worst Persons

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.10.2008 | Media

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Keith Olbermann hit a conservative trifecta on Tuesday night's "Countdown," naming Fox News hosts Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity and Washington Post c...

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Keith Olbermann's Prop 8 Special Comment: It's "About The Human Heart" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media

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Keith Olbermann delivered a rousing, emotional, 6-minute special comment on Prop 8 Monday night. Olbermann, who has never married, vehemently disagree...

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Keith Olbermann Signs New 4-Year Deal

Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media

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MSNBC sent out a press released heralding four more years of Keith Olbermann on MSNBC: It reads: NEW YORK - Nov. 10, 2008 - MSNBC has voted for four ...

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Keith Olbermann Attacks Campbell Brown, CNN Over Mistake

Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

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Keith Olbermann has long gone after his 8PM competition at Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, but Wednesday night he started a new line of attack — agains...

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Abuse of Power, Anger and Abortion Politics: Extremism Exposed

Scott Swenson | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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Maybe McCain's last act of patriotism for the country he loves is exposing extremist elements by picking Palin and making Americans more aware of how this Culture of Lies has taken root.

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Obama Makes Keith Olbermann's Worst Person List

The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 09.29.2008 | Media

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MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named -- gasp -- Sen. Barack Obama one of the "Worst Persons In The World" on Monday's show. Why? You'll have to watch the vi...

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O'Reilly's Obama Interview Crushes Olbermann's In The Ratings

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 09.10.2008 | Media

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So much for home field advantage. Cable news outlets shouting from opposite ends of the political spectrum both aired sit-downs with Barack Obama on M...

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The Snooze Factor

Bob Ostertag | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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In yesterday's MSNBC interview, Keith Olbermann kept throwing Obama easy soft balls that went straight at the blatant lies at the core of the Republican ticket, and Obama fumbled every single one.

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Barack Obama's Countdown vs. O'Reilly Head-To-Head: "Softballs vs. Shout-Downs"

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 09.09.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — Barack Obama competed against himself Monday with interviews airing simultaneously on two different networks. They might as well have...

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Obama, Olbermann Interview On Countdown (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

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Keith Olbermann interviewed Barack Obama on Countdown tonight, and Obama had some harsh words for John McCain and his campaign. He accused the McCain...

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John McCain's Universal Draft

Adrienne Williams | Posted 08.20.2008 | Home

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If McCain is in fact keen on enacting the draft, in the year of Hillary Clinton, will he propose to restrict it to men alone?

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CNN Anchor Slams Impeachment as "Kabuki Theatre"

Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

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It seemed that most of the clearly biased shows on cable news had been publicly outed as such, but viewers learned there was yet another conservative Republican show:Election Center with Campbell Brown.

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McCain Makes False Claims On Iraq Timeline (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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In an interview with CBS News' Katie Couric tonight, John McCain made the false assertion that the Surge brought about the so-called Anbar Awakening. ...

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Time to Bury the "Meet the Press" Format

Beverly Davis | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

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Watching Brokaw manage the Snoozeville format demonstrated how dated the program has become. We need a show that combines web speed with major interviews conducted by someone unafraid to offend.

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On Guns, Scalia is Right For Once, and Obama Agrees

Jackson Williams | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

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If we don't like the Second Amendment, then we should agitate to get rid of it in the methods the Founders prescribed. But we might want to think twice.

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Fox News Ad Congratulates O'Reilly, Suggests "Countdown" Is On Its Way Out At MSNBC

Huffington Post | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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TVNewser reports that Fox News has taken out an ad in this week's Ad Age congratulating "The O'Reilly Factor" for 90 consecutive months atop the 8pm c...

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"Countdown" Beats "O'Reilly Factor" In Ratings Demo For First Time Ever

Huffington Post | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

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MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" beat Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" in the key Adults 25-54 demographic for the first time ever last week. ...

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Obama Countdown; Clinton Spin: Press Release Tea Leaves

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home

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The delegate countdown is revealing on both sides. Clinton press releases portray a two-person race. Obama's portray the race as a solitary time trial. In any case, he'll reach the number Tuesday.

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Gotcha! Olbermann Rips Apart Bush Economy Speech

Huffington Post | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media

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Last night on "Countdown," Keith Olbermann ripped apart President Bush's speech on the economy, fact-checking each claim and dismantling Bush's case p...

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Muddying the Waters: Why No Olbermann for Tancredo? Or Maher for Keyes?

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.06.2008 | Home

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As Pennsylvania readies for its Democratic Primary closeup and the Republican Primaries are locked up, the right wing is gleefully dipping into progressive politics.

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Karl Rove's Shameless, Remorseless, Soulless Attempt to Rewrite History

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics

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Rove now claims that the White House had been "opposed" to holding the Iraq war vote just prior to the 2002 elections because "we thought it made it too political." Too political? For Karl Rove?

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Arianna on Countdown

Huff TV | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

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Arianna discussed the politics of fear and the Judith Regan suit on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

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