The Edward R Murrow Courage Under Fire AwardA new year means a time to look back and honor those who have achieved greatness in the year preceding. For that reason, we take this opportunity to reveal the winners of the 2008 Olby Awards, as determined by the Olbermann Watch Awards and Recognition Committee. With no further ado, the 2008 Olbies...
Presented for conspicuous reportorial bravery under hazardous circumstances. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann! For his remarkable valour standing up to the corporate suits at MSNBC and refusing to go to Minnesota for the GOP convention, where his life would be endangered by terroristic assaults and assassination attempts.The Golden Shovel AwardOlbermann - upset to be anchoring at the Democratic National Convention from an outdoor set near Denver's train station - "announced that his bosses [had] better find a more secure location for him to broadcast from at the Republican National Convention [in St. Paul, Minn.] or he's not going," one insider said. "He thinks someone will assassinate him." MSNBC had no comment. Even before he left New York, the biggest mouth at MSNBC was worried about his safety. When a car was late to take him to the airport, Olbermann threatened via e-mail to stay home, another insider told Page Six. The blowhard whined to producers, "I could have been attacked on the street."
Presented in honor of those who just can't keep their mouths shut. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
The Ted Baxter Rip 'n' Read Award
Presented for the most memorably embarrassing bit of nonsense lifted from blue blogs and reported as fact. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
Biggest Flat-Out Lie About a Competing Channel
Presented to honor those for whom telling the truth is secondary to a good smear. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
The Karma Bites Award
Presented to remind the mighty that what goes around, comes around. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
The Hal Turner Minority Outreach Lifetime Achievement Award
Honoring the broadcaster who has done the most to perpetuate racial stereotypes. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
The Sleazy Partisan Hack Smear Job of the Year
In honor of the most corrupt, dishonest, sustained, irresponsible attack of the year. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
The He-Man Wimmen Haters Award
Presented for the outstanding example of fantasy violence against a woman. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
The Foolish Consistency Award
Presented for the quickest self-contradictory blunder of 2008. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
The Gepetto Award
Honoring the most blatant servility to and parroting of talking points fed from blue blogs. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
The Do As I Say Not As I Do Award
Recognizing the most egregious media hypocrisy of the year. And the Olby goes to...
Keith Olbermann!
The Best Smackdowns of the Infamous, Deplorable One
And the Olbies go to:
Mark Levin, John Gibson, Lionel, Howard Wolfson, the Red Eye gang, Old Grumpy Guy:
Best Parody of a Deranged Sports Guy Playing a Newsman on TV Award
And the Olby goes to:
Who else? Ben Affleck!
Details and videos of all these prestigious awards are available at Olbermann watch
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