...Do you blame him? NBC anchorman Brian Williams is a nice enough guy--albeit maybe a bit boring and a bit unreflective about his place in the mostly liberal broadcast-news cosmos.
But even his enemies--if Brian has any to speak of, which I doubt--don't accuse him of trafficking in distortion, innuendo, and outright lies. Which is to say, Williams is nothing like Keith Olbermann--Olbermann has the nasty side of the street all to himself. As documented by many bloggers, including "Olbermann Watch,", Olbermann is a nasty, vindictive guy.
So now that I have finally had time to watch my TiVo'd coverage of Election Night from MSNBC. The overwhelming impression I got was this: while MSNBC's coverage was allegedly co-anchored by Olbermann and Chris Matthews, it was Matthews who did all the work and asked all the questions.
Olbermann was often invisible during the on-air exchanges: Matthews would turn to Tom Brokaw, and Tim Russert for answers. (Maybe Olbermann was busy blogging for some left-wingers somewhere--or maybe he was e-mailing Karma Bites.)
Indeed, as the evening went on, I began to wonder if Olbermann was even on the set--maybe he was sneaking off for a tipple.
Come to think of it, after being shunned, on the air, by the "adults" at NBC, it's easy to see why KO would be drinking early and often.
