Olbermann Reacts to Clinton Interview

Keith Olbermann tore Bush and Fox News a new one yesterday over their fiasco of an interview where they sandbagged President Clinton and continued a campaign to blame all that ails the country on Clinton. Keith seems especially annoyed at the hypocrisy and lack of leadership that is displayed by Bush's continued refusal to take responsibility to for anything and using the "reporters" of Fox News to do his dirty work. Something they gladly do because its not like they have integrity to sacrifice. The video is worth a watch and highly recommended it.


In addition to this, Jon Stewart over on the Daily Show chose to point out the continued failure of the news media to report anything but the sensational. They focused on the angry Clinton rather then the informational Clinton, or even better both. Both where applicable to the story but all those facts just make things hard for the reporters and talking heads and unless someone tells them what to think and say, they get lost easily. The article is here with video.

Just as interesting is that Mike Wallace outright lied to Clinton by claiming he asks the same questions of his conservative guests. There is a story there the press should pay attention to but they protect their own (unless sexy enough not to, in this case it isn't). In reality neither current Fox News Sunday host Wallace nor former host Tony Snow (now Bush's press secretary)have come even close to asking such questions. Its not from lack of opportunity either as they have has dozens of high level Bush cronies as guests including Rice, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. Article here.

Here is something I don't get. Why bring this up? Anytime you mention a failure to capture Osama Bin Ladin, all its does is highlight Bush's failure to do so. Clinton failed after the Cole attack but Bush failed after 9/11. Five years later he is still failing. Why risk reminding people of this? I know part of its is to play a hindsight game. If Clinton got Osama, then no 9/11. But then all one has to do is point out that if Rumsfeld, Cheney, Reagan hadn't armed Osama back in the 80s, there would have been no Cole attack. If they want to play that game, all roads lead back to Republican decisions.

Seems like Fox News desperation to back their President they may have made a tactical error. Of course democrats are so clueless on taking advantage of these kinds of opportunities that if Fox buries the story in the next day or two, they can add a notch to the win column. Sigh, when did politics have nothing to do with facts and ability, and when did reporters stop becoming actual reporters of fact? I miss those days.