Olbermann to Apologize for Giuliani Miscue
MSNBC Host Mistook ‘Assad’ for ‘Osama’ in Giuliani Campaign Speech
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/2/2007 11:10:00 AM MT
Keith Olbermann plans to apologize Friday night on his MSNBC show for criticisms he leveled at Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani based on a mishearing of a Giuliani quote from a campaign speech.
That's according to an MSNBC spokeswoman, who said Olbermann would air the correction and apologize on his Friday-night show.
Olbermann had taken aim at Giuliani on a segment of Tuesday night's Countdown program. He said Giuliani "accuse[d] the Democrats of coddling [Osama] bin-Laden and [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad a year before the election, and Giuliani is already publicly contending that the Democrats are willing to invite Osama bin-Laden to the White House to negotiate. Sure they are, buster."
Olbermann then played a clip of Giuliani mocking Democratic candidates Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for saying that they would invite Ahmadinejad and [Syrian president Bashar al-Assad] to the White House.
But Olbermann heard "Assad" as "Osama" and attacked Giuliani for either lying or engaging in hyperbole for suggesting that the Democrats would invite a terrorist to the White House, with guest Ariana Huffington adding her criticism of Giuliani as a "thug" and a "tyrant.”
Olbermann was not the only one to get it wrong. The AP also issued a correction for misreporting the comments.
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Each day we get more and more proof that, as Ariana Huffington said, Giuliani is a...
John L Henson - 2007-16-11 15:00:00 -
Keith Olberman has the most interesting show on evening TV. Ask Bill O'Reilly at Fox Noise....
John L Henson - 2007-16-11 14:57:00 -
He has enough integrity to apologize for his mistake. Good for him. I'm...
Catherine Skoor - 2007-8-11 08:14:00 -
He better stick to collecting baseball cards. That's about all he is good for. His journalism...
Rebelyell - 2007-5-11 15:51:00 -
Olbermann is a cretin. I suspect he deliberately misreported, just to create attention for his...
electron john - 2007-5-11 02:24:00
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