Olbermann named Hannity "Worst Person" for saying Dem debaters were
 
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:38:03 -0400


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<p><b>Olbermann named Hannity "Worst Person" for saying Dem debaters were not
questioned on "partial-birth" abortion, NIE </b></p>
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<p>On the June 18 edition of MSNBC&#39;s <i>Countdown</i>, host Keith Olbermann named <a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/seanhannity?src=clip200706190003">Sean Hannity</a> the "winner" in his nightly "Worst Person in the
World" segment
for claiming to be "frustrated" by purported differences between
the Democratic and Republican presidential debates: "The Democrats don&#39;t
get the questions on partial-birth abortion or asked if they&#39;ve read the
National Intelligence Estimate [NIE]. It seems like the Republicans are getting
more scrutiny." However, as <i>Media
Matters for America</i> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200706150005?src=clip200706190003">noted</a>, two Democratic candidates
were asked during an April 26 debate about the abortion procedure that critics
call partial-birth abortion, and at a June 3 debate, two Democratic candidates
were asked whether they regretted not reading the September 2002 NIE on the
threat posed by Iraq.</p>

<p>Hannity made his remarks about the debates during the June
14 edition of Fox News&#39; <i>Hannity &amp;
Colmes.</i> Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton&#39;s (D-NY) response to the NIE
question was specifically noted by Republican pollster Frank Luntz -- the guest on the June 14
broadcast -- during an
appearance on <i>Hannity &amp; Colmes</i>
10 days earlier.</p>

<p>On <i>Countdown</i>,
Olbermann noted the abortion and NIE questions posed at the debates and added:
"Thanks for paying attention out there, Slappy. Sean Hannity, today&#39;s Worst
Person in the World." </p>

<p>As <i>Media Matters</i>
has noted (<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200705300008?src=clip200706190003">here</a>, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200703190003?src=clip200706190003">here</a>, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200610140001?src=clip200706190003">here</a>, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200609010003?src=clip200706190003">here</a>, and <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200607100001?src=clip200706190003">here</a>), Olbermann frequently names Hannity in his "Worst
Person" segment.</p>

<p>From the June 18 edition of MSNBC&#39;s <i>Countdown with Keith Olbermann</i>:
</p><blockquote>

<p>OLBERMANN: But our winner, Sean
Hannity, who told his audience that he was, quote, "frustrated" that at the Republican debates, the
candidates got asked questions about partial-birth abortion or not reading the National
Intelligence Estimate, but in the Democratic debates, the candidates did not.</p>

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Even though in the April debate in South Carolina, [former]
Senator [John] Edwards
[D-NC] and [Sen. Barack] Obama [D-IL] were asked about
partial-birth abortion, and in the New Hampshire debate two weeks ago, Senators
Clinton and Edwards were asked about not reading the National Intelligence
Estimate. Thanks for paying attention out there, Slappy. Sean Hannity, today&#39;s "Worst Person in the
World."
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