Olbermann: What Do ‘We’ Do About Obama Special Olympics Gaffe?

Does Keith Olbermann see himself as some sort of Junior Assistant to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs?  Over at Contentions,
Jennifer Rubin has noted that in discussing the Obama “Special Olympics” comment, the Countdown host asked a guest “what do we do–what does he do, about that?”  Translation: how do “we” repair the damage?

By the way, Olbermann scooped his own network on the gaffe.  “Tonight” had already been taped by the time Olbermann went on the air at 8 PM EDT last night, and as you’ll see from the YouTube, he had somehow gotten an advance look and rough transcript of the show.

As Rubin observes: “nothing like that ferocious independent media.”

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This was written by Mark Finkelstein. Posted on Friday, March 20, 2009, at 7:32 AM. Filed under Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.   []

4 Comments

  1. bigtimer wrote:

    msnbc…the network that keeps on giving…after-all they are the ‘Protecter-in-Chief’….with Matthews leading the way most times.

    Friday, March 20, 2009 at 1:09 PM | Permalink
  2. bigtimer wrote:

    By the way Mark, speaking of this subject here, I just heard Steve Malzberg talking about this very blog post, he was going to go to it, said it was from NBs…and then he said they took it off there…and he moved on, I haven’t been there today other than to see what was on early when I open up some sites first thing in the morning so I was curious if it was yours?

    Anyway,my point is I wished I knew a way to get in touch with Malzberg and let him know about this post and site…know what I mean?

    Just wanted you to know…as I think this is a great catch myself!

    Friday, March 20, 2009 at 4:25 PM | Permalink
  3. Mark Finkelstein wrote:

    Hi BT:

    Wow, that is frustrating! No, I didn’t cross-posted this item at NB. I couldn’t find a direct email address for Steve Malzberg, but they say the webmaster will forward messages to the appropriate person. you can reach him here: webmaster@wor710.com

    Friday, March 20, 2009 at 4:36 PM | Permalink
  4. bigtimer wrote:

    Hey thanks Mark…

    Sorry I’m late to the party now though.

    I hope you let them know too. ;-)

    Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 3:39 PM | Permalink

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