Olbermann and Obama on the Lies of the McCain Campaign

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2008 Part one of Keith Olbermann's interview with Barack Obama focused on the falsehoods of the McCain campaign. As Obama put it: "They're not telling the truth." The "Countdown" host followed with a question that's been uttered once or twice around our own offices: "Why do people hesitate to use the word lie about these things?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scott McClellan: White House Fed ‘Talking Points’ to Fox News

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2008 Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan has dropped yet another bombshell, telling "Hardball" host Chris Matthews on Friday that the Bush administration helped "shape the narrative" of Fox News by passing "taking points" to certain members of Fox's nighttime lineup. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Olbermann to Obama: ‘Give Them Something to Cry About’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2008 The "Countdown" host is as frustrated as can be with Barack Obama's newfound enthusiasm for the dreaded FISA bill, but luck has provided the senator with a second chance to walk the "tight rope," and Keith Olbermann hopes he takes it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton Talks Bin Laden, Scaife on Olbermann

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2008 Sen. Hillary Clinton paid a (virtual) visit Monday to Keith Olbermann's "Countdown," where she offered explanations for why she used an image of Osama bin Laden in her new campaign ad and why she accepted the support of Richard Mellon Scaife, the Pittsburgh-based media mogul who was once considered a key figure in the "vast right-wing conspiracy" against the Clintons during Bill's tenure in office. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Olbermann: Ferraro Sounds Like David Duke

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2008 Keith Olbermann usually reserves his scorn for the likes of George W. Bush, but, he says, "events insist" that he offer one of his "special comments" to Hillary Clinton over what he says appears to be a pattern of prejudice among her surrogates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Olbermann Slams New York Times

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2008 The New York Times made it onto Keith Olbermann's "worst person" list with the news that the paper had hired William Kristol: "You guys at the Times can hire any conservative columnist you want, but why did you pick the really dumb one?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Keith Olbermann Visits the Simpsons

Staff / Truthdig Nov 27, 2007 The "Countdown" host stopped by the Simpson household this week to convince Marge to stop skipping commercials with her TiVo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Keith Olbermann on Torture and Conspiracy

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2007 In another of his stirring commentaries, the "Countdown" host suggests that the story of Daniel Levin, who was fired from the Justice Department after he experienced waterboarding and called it torture, reveals that "the presidency of George W. Bush has now devolved into a criminal conspiracy to cover the ass of George W. Bush." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Olbermann Takes On ‘A War We Just Might Win’ Author

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2007 Keith Olbermann doesn't object to Michael O'Hanlon's right to believe that the Iraq war is winnable, but the "Countdown" host isn't about to let the war cheerleader off the hook as a "constant and consistent critic" of the Iraq debacle, as he's been billed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Olbermann on the Democratic Dust-Up

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2007 Why should the media worry about issues when there's a new Clinton-Obama showdown to cover? Keith Olbermann plumbs the shallows of the latest non-controversy to emerge from the Democratic campaign. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chertoff’s Colon Our Last Defense?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2007 Keith Olbermann rips homeland security czar Michael Chertoff a new, er, orifice, humorously parsing out what Bush's master of disaster could have been thinking when he announced he had a "gut feeling" a terror attack might be imminent despite having "no credible intelligence," in the words of a back-pedaling White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Olbermann Calls on Bush to Resign

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2007 In another of his not-to-be-missed special comments, Keith Olbermann takes the president to task over his commutation of "Scooter" Libby's sentence. The "Countdown" host compares Bush to Richard Nixon, who, he says, at least had the decency to resign once his abuse of power was exposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )