In an angry commentary on April 25, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann accused Rudolph Giuliani of using the language of Osama bin Laden with "the same chilling nonchalance of the madman" to argue that Republicans would keep Americans safer than Democrats from terror.
Eight days later, Olbermann hosted MSNBC's coverage of the first debate among Republican candidates for president.
Olbermann's popularity and evolving image as an idealogue has led NBC ...
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In telling the story Republicans want it to tell, the article misses the big picture. It seems as though Olbermann's critics would prefer that Giuliani not be challenged on his inconsistent position on abortion and his repeated attacks on the large number of Americans who are Democrats. I'm no fan of partisan "news," but while the watchdogs take down the lone voice doing this on the left, I dare them to go after O'Reilly, Hannity, Coulter, Limbaugh, Beck, Dobbs, Savage, and all the others on the right who've said much, much more hateful things about "liberals" than Olbermann will ever say about Giuliani.
