Countdown's "Worst Persons In The World" Are Bachmann, Beck And Joe Wilson (VIDEO)

Tonight on Countdown's 'Worst Persons in the World' segment the winner was none other than Republican Congressman Joe Wilson. Wilson's outburst of "you lie!" during President Obama's speech came when Obama stated that health care reform would not mandate coverage for illegal immigrants. Wilson later said he knew this was a lie because he was an immigration attorney. Extensive investigation has, so far, turned up no records whatsoever that Wilson ever practiced any kind of immigration law.

As Olbermann put it, "You lie!"

Michele Bachmann took the bronze for seeing yet another conspiracy, this time that President Obama is possibly trying to control the nation's food supply, where there is none. Fox News' star host Glenn Beck came in second for an impassioned speech he gave in which he associated himself with Edward R. Murrow for his part in ousting Van Jones from the Obama administration. He then attributed a quote to Murrow that he never said, as well as misquoting the wrongly-attributed quote.

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Comments

[namwendivad]

The vitriol, the de rigeur (and thus static, unchanging) ways in which we place those with whom we disagree -- all shows much more of a consensus than most people would like to acknowledge. But people always posing as their fans' heroes, poised in triumph over some craven enemy, people so sketched into caricature bespeak not utter difference but toxic similitude: we can reduce as well as they; they can turn policy into personality so well they are as we masters of the art of effecting transformation of one sublime reduction of complexity into reductions: bowls of nurture into bowels of toxin we can plausibly deny unique complicity with. Our nation is very close to a point of irremediable crisis, and almost all of us will claim we're fighting back the forces we have in fact become. Please let me send a more substantive analysis...while there is still time. Our promise rots on yards of strangler vine. david newman

[dngrwill]

You sure write purdy, but I think you missed the point. We are swift-boating ourselves, we have moved into new territory where it is OK to pretty-much make up anything about anyone. It is also unfair to say 'the left does it too'. Show me the left proxies for Wilson, Beck, O'Riely (and most of fox news). These are people who are telling flat-out-lies and guess what, the 'liberal media' is so cowed by them that they seem unable to state that the "king has no clothes".

What I want to know is when does telling lies about a sitting president and using your 'media power' to spread miss-truths to a significant part of the American public become treason?

[rejoyce5]

Joe Wilson worst person?? He just let his emotions get to him. Get over it. We are all not robots following the leader.

[charitabledonation]

KO, love you!!!

[ywcachieve]

Wilson got caught in another lie.... bwahahahahahahahaha

[SARGE1]

For all you Fox News ( Wrestling Is Entertainment And Popular Too) Fox admits it's on Bias :

Fox News Admits its own Bias, Must See
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7bMUalkOvw

I know you all want too say it's #1 in rating but in nearly 20 Years of doing so called Journalism they have never won an award for it. Ok a Creditable one I'm sure they have won some bogus one somewhere. Like Bill's Peabody oh was it a Peabody.........?

-Sarge

[SARGE1]

I have proof why Fox News Viewers are Ignorant:

FOX News: Lincoln debated Frederick Douglass in 1858?!?
http://crooksandliars.com/2008/04/30/fox-news-lincoln-debated-frederick-douglass-in-1858?highlight=Lonesome+Rhodes

Watching Fox News Will Make You Dumb !

-Sarge

[SARGE1]

Glenn Beck's sanity is always in question plus he has not creditability and he truly is Lonesome Rhodes.

Glenn Beck's long history of extremist rhetoric: When will he finally face the music?
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/glenn-becks-long-history-extremist-r?highlight=Glenn+Beck

He is the one who has issues with Race.

-Sarge

[schicklett3]

Keith is the ONLY person with enough guts to speak out against the crazed lying lunatics (republicans).
KUDOS to Keith!

[AllShookUp]

Then you haven't watched Jon Stewart and a host of others rip them to shreds.

[ywcachieve]

...Also Former President Carter, has the guts to speak out.

[jmsent]

Glenn Beck certainly resembles a certain kind of bird that pops out of a certain clock made in the Black Forest. This guy's appeal must be to the people who think the 1950's were some kind of utopia. Given that a huge chunk of our present manufacturing base and money supply relies heavily on our cooperation with the only remaining true totalitarian Marxist dictatorship, I'm having a hard time figuring out just what this guy is going on about. Oh, and the phony references to Murrow, that's just plain old fabrication. Sheesh, what a waste of time.

[AllShookUp]

He's just a circus act that tries to pass itself off as real news. And the media wonders why americans don't trust them. It's a no-brainer.

[princeza]

KO gets another hat-trick!

[jab502]

Keith Olbermann is the Glenn Beck of the left. Can we please exercise some common sense? Neither of these men are newsmen. If you are getting your news from either of these sources you should not be taken seriously.

[JumpDownTurnAround]

What's a matter "Newbie Tro//" did you have your other identities scrapped so you just signed up today under this name?

Glenn? Glenn Beck, is that you?

[ywcachieve]

jab502.....whinnne!

[PresidentRobertBooth]

Olbermann, Maddow, Maher, Stewart, and the Young Turks are voices of reason in a media world which is barely hanging on to sanity.

[whodoyouvoodoo]

Anti Matter....

[JakeMontero]

Maddow and Stewart are great. Maher drinks his bathwater and KO's act is old.

[pollyannish]

I agree

[Stable]

Really? I was thinking that these talking heads (on all networks, both sides of the political spectrum) have superseded real journalism and have brainwashed people into thinking their OPINIONS are somehow the news.

[SO12]

Keith Olberman Wouldn't have a show if there was No FoX with all the ill in this World Murders Rapist

he fine a New Network to BlanEon the worst events of the day t he won't do real life issues when he is a tool ,,and nothing more important in his world then him self

[texmike]

You're right in the sense that if Faux News delievered something other than its usual daily pile of lying, biased, biggoted dog c.r.a.p., we wouldn't need a Keith Olbermann.

[AllShookUp]

OMG, what the he!! kind of english is this?

[Typo-Knig]

it's funny how the trolls operate. if you can't find anything wrong with the message lets attack the messenger i don't see people defending the worst people. ( well mostly because they cant really, not without sounding every bit as batsh$t crazy as beck, joe and bachmen) so instead lets attack the doody head that points out that not only is the emperor naked but hes playing with his own drool so what if hes got the facts to back up what he says. we dont need no stinking facts the guy telling us those facts must be a leftwing wackjob so no matter how true they might be we can ignore them. besides facts aparently can't make it through our tin foil hats.

[JakeMontero]

that is exactly what Olbermann does - attack the messenger. it's personal and mean - just like Hannity. gawd, you are a du fuss

[JumpDownTurnAround]

How ironic that you mention Olbermann as "attacking the messenger" and then turn around and attack a poster by calling them a "du fuss"!

Wow. Hypocrite thy name is Jake Montero.

[jerbear22]

Thank God for Keith Olberman. Our watchdog on the insanity of the wingnuts like Joe Wilson. Check out something funny about him and Serena.
http://www.dailyidiocy.com/?p=980

[jordan327]

Is that you keith??

[georgewetherill]

Watch dogs report on all news and Olberdumm Does not in any way do that.

He's terrible!

[bmumfie1]

The truth really hurts you right wingers, huh?

[JumpDownTurnAround]

How appropriate to have "ill" in your name. It's quite fitting for you!