O'Reilly was Olbermann's "Worst Person" runner-up for "talk show
 
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 13:23:04 -0400


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<p><b>O'Reilly was Olbermann's "Worst Person" runner-up for "talk show nuts"
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<p>On the May 22 edition of MSNBC&#39;s <i>Countdown</i>, host Keith Olbermann named Fox
News host <a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/billoreilly?src=item200705230003">Bill O&#39;Reilly</a>
the "runner-up" in his nightly "Worst Person in the
World" segment for, as <i>Media Matters
for America</i> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200705220004?src=item200705230003">documented</a>,
"comparing extremists on the immigration debate to the, quote,
&#39;talk show nuts who are telling you that they&#39;re gonna nuke
Tehran,&#39; " despite having made similar assertions. Olbermann noted:
"Last December 5th, Bill-O said, &#39;[W]e may have to&#39;
&#39;level cities like Tehran,
kill hundreds of thousands of people. A year ago, January, Bill-O said,
&#39;[I]t&#39;s a matter of time before the United States of America and
Great Britain will have to bomb the country of Iran.&#39; "</p>

<p>As <i>Media Matters</i>
has documented (<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200704260003?src=item200705230003">here</a>, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200703260002?src=item200705230003">here</a>, and <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200703130008?src=item200705230003">here</a>), O&#39;Reilly is
a frequent "Worst Person" honoree. He was recently <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200705080005?src=item200705230003">crowned</a> "Worst
Person" for suggesting that philanthropist George Soros funded an Indiana University study, which found that
O&#39;Reilly engaged in name-calling once every 6.8 seconds during the "Talking Points Memo" segment of his show. </p>

<p>From the May 22 edition of MSNBC&#39;s <i>Countdown with Keith Olbermann</i>:</p><blockquote>

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OLBERMANN: Runner-up: Bill-O,
comparing extremists on the immigration debate to the, quote, "talk show
nuts who are telling you that they&#39;re gonna nuke Tehran." Last December 5th, Bill-O
said, "[W]e may have to" "level cities like Tehran, kill hundreds of thousands of people."
A year ago, January, Bill-O said, "[I]t&#39;s a matter of time before
the United States of America and Great Britain will have to bomb the country of
Iran." Hmm, "talk show
nuts who are telling you that they&#39;re gonna nuke Tehran" -- first time I&#39;ve ever agreed
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