Another newspaper interview with Olbermann on voting issues [View All]

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and how his show is put together from day-to-day. http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/29/41ab4c97a2735

Some excerpts:

The first story of the Countdown: 2004 election irregularities, and why Olbermann is the only major television news personality covering the story.

"On the "Thursday or Friday after the election," someone sent Olbermann a link to an article about a "lockdown" in effect on election night at the Warren County, Ohio courthouse because of a "terrorist threat." "It struck me on the face of it as the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard," Olbermann said.
After seeing countless other reports of minor voting inaccuracies, Olbermann was stunned. "Suddenly it was clear to me that there were a large number of stories suggesting widespread voting irregularities," he said. "At a minimum we know the election hardware is not working," he added. When asked why other reporters haven't picked up the story, Olbermann said that he "assumed everyone else would." But, he had some ideas as to why they did not.

"After Kerry conceded, the reaction of all the political reporters was probably to take time off," he said. "Also, 2000 was a disaster for the networks. They were beaten up by the newspapers. This time, nobody got beaten up." He said that the networks are "loathe to bring up" the fact that the exit polls had problems. In addition, Olbermann said that political reporters usually take their cues from what the Democrats and Republicans say."If there was a prominent Democrat saying this, it would be front page news," he said.

Lots more on the election story and the lack of coverage.