MSNBC's Keith Olbermann presents himself as a public paragon of conscience and virtue--no doubt he communes nightly with the ghost of Edward R. Murrow, or tries to--but he proves, nightly, that he is just another nasty liberal. A case in point is his continuing stream of ad hominem attacks on Roger Ailes, specifically, Ailes' weight.
If Ailes were a liberal, of course, any number of "high minded" groups would rush to defend him against Olbermann's personal attacks. And of course, if Ailes were a liberal, Olbermann wouldn't dare in the first place. But since Ailes is a conservative--actually, I'm not sure where Ailes is, ideologically, since he did that global warming special last year, but he's no liberal, that's for sure--it's open season on him, and every aspect of him, including his appearance.
And so Olbermann feels free to flail away at Ailes, knowing that the p.c. police will be looking in the other direction. That's the double standard in action, and while Olbermann is obviously happy to be the beneficiary, he should know something: A one-sided system--conservatves get clobbered, liberals get rewarded--only serves to fire up the Fox audience, and that audience is ultimately much larger than Olbermann's liberal fan club.
Thanks to Brent Baker of NewsBusters for this cable game catch.
