Should Keith Olbermann Be Appearing In Political Ads?
Even his biggest fans probably wouldn’t argue that Keith Olbermann is a transcendently non-partisan journalist. Like his right-wing counterparts on Fox News, Olbermann has carved out a niche for himself as a righteously indignant voice from the left, and he’s upfront about that. Earlier we asked if Olbermann was crossing the line by appearing in a political ad, and it turns out that he did not give permission and MSNBC is asking Change Congress to stop using it in their ad. UPDATE An MSNBC spokesperson tells us that no permission was granted given for the use of Countdown in this clip and they are asking to take it out of their clip. The ad in question comes from Change Congress, an anti-special interest advocacy group headed up by cyberlaw expert and distinguished legal scholar Lawrence Lessig. It takes Representative Mike Ross (D-AR) to task for accepting OVER 9000 over $921,000 in campaign funds from the healthcare lobby and for opposing the public option, despite the fact that the
