Our media hero, Keith Olbermann, host of “Countdown” on MSNBC, took his anti-Bill O’Reilly antics on the road this weekend. He entertained the summer meeting of the Television Critics Association in Pasadena by holding up a mask of O’Reilly’s face:
During his “Countdown” show on MSNBC, Olbermann regularly tweaks O’Reilly, whose “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox is No. 1 in the cable TV news ratings. Olbermann generally runs third in the same time slot.
Olbermann opened his session by whipping out a mask of O’Reilly — a poke at Fox asking journalists to accept handout photos of TCA news conferences from photographers the network had hired.
“We thought we’d help you out, those of you who needed a good photograph of,” Olbermann said, pausing to hold up O’Reilly’s photo glued to a stick as reporters laughed.
Olbermann has named O’Reilly his “Worst Person in the World” at least 15 times. The nightly “award” is Olbermann’s way of criticizing bad behavior.
“It’s just so much fun,” Olbermann said. “I’ve always liked playing in traffic.
