Reply #18: He actually SAID that he didn't think it was his job to "confront" [View All]

[annabanana]

a liar.. So when a politician gets on MTP and flat out LIES with a straight face, "Dances with Rove" will not confront him.

He has already told us he won't.

Link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3998940&mesg_id=3998940

from Newsday (subscription excerpt):

But Olbermann actually cares

Newsday - Long Island, N.Y.
Author: EMILY HERZLIN
Date: Sep 14, 2008
Start Page: A.45
Section: OPINION

Olbermann was demoted last week from his election anchor chair at MSNBC, supposedly because he displayed a liberal bias. But all he does is look at facts and call people out on their lies. He even has a sense of humor. Politics can be a depressing business, and sarcasm can shine a spotlight on moments of clarity.

After showing a clip of Sarah Palin supporting the Alaska Bridge, which she now says she opposed, this is what Olbermann said:

"By the way, as of tomorrow, every time Senator Palin repeats one of her standard lies about the Bridge to Nowhere or the plane she sold on eBay that she didn't sell on eBay, or the fired chef she didn't fire, I will donate $100 to charity. It will be $300 if she somehow says she sold the chef on eBay."

His replacement in the anchor chair, David Gregory, said recently on "Hardball," "There's a lot of critics ... who think that, if we did not debate the president ... if we did not stand up and say, this is bogus, and you're a liar, and why are you doing this, that we didn't do our job. And I respectfully disagree. It's not our role."

Where's the journalism there?