Lorrie Lynch, Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person" Columnist, Hits Back Calling Him A Hypocrite

The New York Post's Page Six reports that USA Today columnist Lorrie Lynch, who Keith Olbermann recently named one of his "Worst Persons in the World" for knocking CNBC's Erin Burnett in her column, has struck back, calling Olbermann a hypocrite. Olbermann blasted Lynch (seen below) for saying that Burnett wouldn't consent to an interview without a CNBC press handler, claiming that every major public figure is accompanied by a handler during an interview. But, as Page Six writes, Lynch claims that Olbermann is a hypocrite:

Responding this week on her daily "Who's News" blog, Lynch points out that in 2005, Olbermann himself gave her "a lovely interview that was completely handler-free." Lynch told Page Six, "I sent Keith an e-mail to thank him for the mention; I haven't heard back."

Watch the video of Olbermann blasting Lynch below:

Comments

[killlthekingg]

Olbermann's show is just an hour long echo. He only brings on guests who agree with him on every issue along with only bringing on people who support obama. Only obama supporters bare to sit through that mans self-righteous, the clintons are evil, obama is the messiah rants. He is just one of the sheep flocking towards obama. Its sad really, seeing all of these young kids just repeating the dirty untrue things they hear being said about Sen. Clinton on that news commentators show. Yes commentator, he is not a journalist he makes that clear on a nightly bases by inserting his opinion & hillary-is-out-to-get-you spin in every other word that comes spewing out of his mouth.Oh well, hey people are free to use their 1st amendment right as others are able to believe & swallow whole everything they hear from the television.

[dora rice]

i USED TO WATCH THIS GUYS SHOW AND LOOKED FOREWARD TO WATCHING IT. NOT ANYMORE. HE IS ANOTHER MORON WHO BLABBERS WHATEVER IS POLITICAL CORRECT FOR THAT DAY. HE HAD NO PERSONALITY ON LETTERMAN EXCEPT HIS USUAL ZYNICAL SELF. HE COULDN' T LIGHTEN UP IF HE WANTED TO.

[minneapolismn]

Is that why he designated a good 10 minutes to the segment last Monday when Hillary Clinton was on his show prior to the Pennsylvania primary?

If you hate Olbermann, my guess is only because he knows Hillary cannot win the nomination without the help of all of the superdelegates and he's trying to get her to step out for the good of the party. She's become far worse than Huckabee, the dance is over for Hillary but she and her supporters simply refuse to give up and it WILL cost any Democrat the White House in November.

[minneapolismn]

There appears to be lots of hatred toward Keith Olbermann on here. Hillary fans hate Olbermann, that's what the title of any article that puts him down when generated from the left media. Don't hate the man for using real math and living in a real state of mind where the only chance of a Clinton victory would mean an overturning by superdelegates. Clinton supporters that seem to love attacking him lately when it's themselves who need to realize that Clinton is doing far more damage than any one person should ever do to their country or political party in a crucial election year. Her sense of self-entitlement has impaired her ability to be humble and step down and because Olbermann is vocal on this subject, he takes the heat from blind die-hard Clinton cheerleaders.

[SteveS]

We used to love Keith Olbermann, but he's become exactly that which he condemns. A fringe screamer who attacks anything in the middle.

[monique]

Keith Olbermann is an embarrassment. He needs to get a grip.

His anger is so out of control. And his obsession with Bill O'Reilly is weird and so over the top.

Why won't someone rein him in? Hate Bill O'Reilly on your own time, Keith. Try to compartmentalize your weird obsession, and focus on doing a real job.

I mean, the man is pathetic. Have you never noticed that he has NO ONE on his show that doesn't completely agree with everything he says and thinks? Everyone on his show is a suck-up to Keith. How about offering an opposing viewpoint on an issue once in a while? Huh Keith -- do you think you might be able to grow up and handle that?

[onedivasinger]

Yes. And truth must be embarrassing to hear for those who have been listening to Bush and The Clintons for a long time. Also, many of us get the O'Reilly joke. Be an adult and stop watching Keith if he gets on your nerves so much....that way, you will get a grip.

[killlthekingg]

Keith is right all the time. The clintons are evil. Obama is amazing, flawless, eloquent. Feed me more evil clinton propaganda. Obamatron 3000. Downloading Keiths & Obamas thoughts .. I am sure your hard drive is at its max, aye?

[ceasenake]

Oblermann is cool as a stone throwing outsider, but if Obama becomes the C in C, his vicious rants will make him sound like more of a sicophant than Shawn Hannity sounds now.

That's a problem that the far left media will have to face. They will be turned from revolutionaries to defenders of the status quo in just a few short months - ala Fidel Castro.

[Myshkin57]

I'm confused. Why does that make Olbermann a hypocrite? He didn't say people SHOULD have handlers at interviews. He was pointing out that they usually do and so it is more than a bit silly to pick one person and complain as if there was something abnormal about it.

I don't think there's anything wrong with people eating cilantro, but I don't do it myself! I am a big hypocrite!!!

The fact that Olbermann did not have a handler does not make him a hypocrite. It just shows that he did something over and above what he had to.

[OB08]

Lorrie - you are the hypocrite - if you can't handle it, get out of the kitchen sink....did lier Hillary said that?

[meanguy]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..................slow news day?

[TommyHollis]

The best part of Keith's show is when Rachel is on.
It is sort of like Hannity and Colmes without Hannity.

[pennyfortheguy]

Together they take smarmy and disingenuous to another plane. It's self-parody.

[onedivasinger]

Sorry, that commentary was worth...well, not even a penny. I just don't understand why so many people keep watching the man if they think he is smarmy and disingenuous. But, after 8 years of Bush and Cheney, I guess your 'smarmy' meter is broken....

[Sloopydrew]

Rachel Maddow is the best talking head in the mainstream media. I'm waiting for her, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore" moment. You know it's coming ... and that blowhard Joe Scarborough will ignite it. When is Keith going to make Scarborough one of the "worst people in the world"? Or is MSNBC off limits for him?

[Tyrione]

Maybe she'll lash out and label Joe a bigot and he can call her an elitist dyke. That should get the ratings going.

[windyindie41]

Seriously, why are there so many IDIOTS on this site. I'm not saying you have to love, or even like Olbermann. But really, who else talks about the important things that he talks about. I watch at least five hours a day of cable news, and not until Keith comes on do I feel that I've actually learned something that day.

What I want to know is, if you don't like Keith, then who do you like? Fox Noise? Wolf Blitzer? Chris Matthews? If your a Republican, then of course you don't like Keith. For one, he schools you guys on literally every topic. LITERALLY: EVERY TOPIC!! And he does this by objectively presenting facts to the viewer, since his only objective is getting the truth out, like any really journalist is supposed to. TELL ME, KEITH HATERS, WHO DO YOU WATCH?

[heretical eggs]

Five hours a day? Are you still sane? I can barely manage thirty minutes without feeling angry and wanting to hurt small, fluffy animals. ++smirk++

[AMJordan]

Step away from the hamster...

[scrawf]

I used to like Keith, until he practically became a member of the Obama campaign. His increasing shrillness about Hillary is rivaling Andrew Sullivan's. I don't watch him any more.

[gwhizz]

Ditto.
I'm hoping I can go back after November.

[AMJordan]

How is that any worse than Chris Matthews being all over Hillary?

[onedivasinger]

Bet you would be praising and watching if he were supporting Hillary and only criticizing Obama. He lost patience with Hillary and her campaign at about the same time most people listening did. When she began to change the rules, sick Bill on people, and then turn herself into a gun toting, beer guzzling, blue collar worker. The sniper story didn't help. By the way, Keith quit MSNBC over the whole Lewinsky matter and how they dogged Bill and Hill. But I guess it's hard for you to have that perspective since you don't watch anymore.

[ohbomba]

Heir Olbermann, the self appointed fuher of truth,justice and his way! That is one hell of a burden he carries of being the only person who can ferret out the Worst Persons in the World, albeit 3 at a time. Unfortunately they are the same people over and over again, which exposes his severe case of myopia.

[LeftLeanWing]

Well,

Experts Agree:
Those same people suck and Keith informs us of what suckishness and suckicities that they've been up too.

[protagonia]

Not idiots. Employees.

[libertarian101]

So you site around in your underware in your parents house watching cable news all day.

[snarkopolitan]

It's fascinating and sad to see both sides doing mental backflips and parroting Fox talking points:
Bill/Monica/Cigar/Keith/Bridgeburning/young girlfriend/Obama/Bitter/Wright/Hillary/RoseLawFirm/Bosnia/Bill/nastytemper/Keith/hystericalhack/Obama/elitistmask/Hillary/castratingbitch/Bill/fingerwagger/Keith/hypocrite/Obama/snob/Hillary/liar........

What's missing here? Besides focus and perspective? Ah yes! JOHN MCCAIN!
TORTURED/OKs TORTURE/BOMBBOMBIRAN/SUPREME COURT: JUSTICES SCALIA, SCALIA, SCALIA, SCALIA, THOMAS, SCALIA,SCALIA ANDSCALIA/DOLLARWEAKERTHANAKITTEN/MORETAXCUTSFORTHERICH!/KEATING5/CHOICE?FUHGEDDABOUDIT!/SUPPORTTHETROOPSUNLESSTHEYNEEDMEDICALCARE/HEALTHCARE?DIDSOMEBODYMENTIONHEALTHCARE?MUSTHAVEBEENMY C****OFAWIFE/BOINGGOINGHELLOAIRBUSLOBBYISTS/SUNNI,SHIA,WHATEVER,THEY'REALLALQUEADAAREN'TTHEY/HOWWILLIBALANCETHEBUDGET?OH,LOTSOFWAYS,I'LLGETBACKTOYOU/IT'SPERFECTLYSAFETOSHOPINBAGDHADIFYOUHAVEENOUGHHELICOPTERGUNSHIPS/MYFRIENDS,SHOWMEAJOURNALISTANDI'LLSHOWYOUSOMEONEWHOCANBEBOUGHTFORADOUGHNUTWITHSPRINKLES

So if God forbid you don't get the candidate you want, go ahead and vote for him. Just write a letter of apology to your children first.

[tandrmcdonald]

Note to snarkopolitan;
I guess you thought that mess was real powerful with all the run together words and uppercase letters.Do you think anyone actually read it? I tried, but it smacks too much of junior high I'm so clever crap I just scrolled down to the "Reply" line.
I don't like McCain either, but if you want to make a point write something people will read.

[AceInTheHole]

THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WHO HAS THE STREET CRED, OBERMAN OR SOME APPARENTLY, PAID PROPAGANDIST? BY CONSENSUS , I THINK THAT I WOULD BE JUSTIFIED TO SAY, THAT OBERMAN HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE A LITTLE IMPERFECT AT TIMES, AND WHEN YOU WEIGH THE PAPONDERENCE OF HIS WORK AGAINTS A FEW GAFS THAT HE MAY MAKE FROM TIME TO TIME. HE STILL COMES OUT AS CREDIBLE. MOST PEOPLE DON'T JUDGE A MAN BY THE FEW ERRORS OF HIS WAYS BUT BY THE INTENT AND PONPODERANCE OF HIS WORKS. EVEN GOOD MEN MAKE MISTAKES ON OCCASION BUT BAD MEN, MAKE BAD MISTAKES CONSISTANTLY, AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES OF MEN. OBERMAN AND RUSH LIMBAUGH ARE PERFECT EXAMPLES OF THAT PREMISE AT WORK.

[AMJordan]

I would like to point out that KO is one of the few people in the media who has been telling the candidates to go after McCain. Rachel seems to be the only other one.

[coolrepublica]

If Olbermann has any sense of objectivity, he would declare himself the WORST person of the week each week. He really doesn't give himself enough credit.

[nyboomer]

There are two kinds of people in this world, the good and the bad. The good decide which is which.

[AMJordan]

Well, unlike the others, KO actually HAS placed himself on his Worst list for errors made during his show. At least he admits he makes mistakes.

[mjjcpa]

I stopped watching football on NBC because of this traitor. Canceled HBO because of shrill Maher too.

[Snowspot]

Why are you on this website?

[WIpatriot]

He's like a terrrst bomber...he hits an article only once with his schrapnel.

[whack-a-troll]

So I suppose by extension this idiot is on the phone right now, cancelling his internet provider because of Arianna Huffington.

[nexus1961]

You, sir and/or madam....
are a moron.
By any REASONABLE reading of our Constitution(Y'Know, that thing Bush swore to Defend &
uphold?) Bush and Cheney, Rumsfeld & Rove, are the traitors.
Would Patrick Henry be a "traitor" in your view, too?
If so, then you are thrice a moron.

[windyindie41]

Idiot. You don't know the meaning of the word "traitor". Olbermann is literally one of the half-dozen media people out there that are actually sticking to there journalistic integrity. And really, you canceled HBO just because tehy show Bill Maher? Wow, you sure are bitter, petty, and sad. Oh, I know, why don't I cancel the History Channel, you know, cuz they always show shows about Hitler. Or, I'll block ABC, cuz they show Oprah. Again, bitter, petty, and sad.

[Bluedog12]

Don't worry the Patriots have taped all of the games. I'm sure they'll share the video with you.

[brend]

Way to go keith, you've shown again, how Ignorant you really are, you weren't very good at ESPNeither maybe thats why they fired you.

[Snowspot]

Huh, we like keith olbermann here!

[kevinmcd]

I like some of what he says, especially about Bush; but I must admit he is a self important pompous ass.

[onedivasinger]

Just how much did you make last year and how long is your contract? Is anyone beating down your door begging for more of your witty 'snark?' ESPN? MSNBC? Huffington Post? Anyone? Oh, I see...you can't even get a gig as a critic, huh? You wouldn't know if he were ignorant or not if you weren't watching...you've been watching, haven't you Brend? Even when he was on ESPN? Do you have a thing for Keith? I'm just sayin'....you seem to be following his career...

[UnbiasView]

Worst Person in the World Every Day:

1. Tie Between Maddow/Olbermann
2. Tie Between Ann Coulter/Rush
3. Jimmy Carter

[Kally]

She got that right. He has his head so far up obama's butt he is brain damaged.

[pennyfortheguy]

Re; Olber-Fuhrer Keith?

[brend]

1.Dislike both, maybe Maddow has a slight edge in dislike department
2.Love them both, like the way they get you lefties crazy.
3.Worst President except for Nixon, in my lifetime, and I'm 65

[strifeknot]

"Lefties like you"?

UnbiasView is one of your fellow wingnuts.

[spiffarino]

Limbaugh and Coulter don't drive lefties crazy. They get their information from the same source - their asses. What drives most lefties nuts is the appallingly large group of Americans who treat their excrement as if it were the very ink on the pages of the Holy Bible.

Limbaugh is a radio personality who either purposely disinforms or is too dumb to realize how full of shit he is. Coulter is an unfunny, untalented, and marginally-attractive bomb thrower. They don't drive us crazy. They are too pathetic.

[renoir]

crazy much? ann coulter on the same list as jimmy carter? you mean habitat for humanity jimmy carter? what happened to osama bin laden et al? jimmy carter is worse?

[fignozzle]

oh but consider the contributions from ann c.

do they not outweigh any habitat for HUMANITY sort of thing???


i apologize to all HP poster readers...
i am a cynical bitch today and i shall slumber and wake up all sweet tomorrow, k?

[pennyfortheguy]

No, President Carter does not belong on that list. I'm fine with your #1.

[AMJordan]

And yet you have an idea of what we're talking about...

[SharonB]

When he read his name in the paper it proably thrilled him down to his little fuzzy socks.