Keith Olbermann has taken heat recently for his January 18 broadcast, in which he opened up a can of whoop ass all over Massachusetts Senator-Elect Scott Brown.
In particular, Olbermann is being criticized for his summation:
In Scott Brown we have a irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and politicians with whom he disagrees.
All I have to say is, keep it up, Keith. When someone supports a constitutional ammendment denying marriage rights to LBGT people, they deserve to be called homophobic.
Still, Olbermann apologized. The next day, Olbermann said, “I’m sorry. I left out the word ’sexist’.”
Right on.
He later apologized for real, which is a bummer. News casters shouldn’t have to apologize for speaking the truth, regardless of whose conservative sensibilities are offended.
