Olbermann to AP Journo: ‘Find New Work’
Although the story was corrected later, the first version of AP writer Charles Babington's critique of Barack Obama's acceptance speech Thursday night contained at least one technical error and other potential discrepancies that some analysts, such as MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, considered to be off-base, to put it mildly.Although the story was corrected later, the first version of AP writer Charles Babington’s critique of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech Thursday night contained at least one technical error and other potential discrepancies that some analysts, such as MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, considered to be off-base, to put it mildly.
We’ll just let Olbermann speak for himself in this case:
MSNBC via YouTube:
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