MRC researchers tabulated every person or group
designated by MSNBC
Countdown host Keith Olbermann as either the "Worse," "Worser,"
or "Worst Person in the World!" from the time he began the segment
on June 30, 2005 through June 23, 2006, nearly one full year. To be
classified as one of Olbermann's "Liberal Targets" or "Conservative
Targets," the individual or group needed to be either a notable
liberal or conservative (like the liberal Cynthia McKinney or the
conservative Tom DeLay), or Olbermann had to frame his critique as
an attack on a liberal or conservative activity or idea (such as
criticizing global warming doubters). The tally for Olbermann's
first year of admonishing the "Worst in the World!" - 174
conservative targets vs. 23 liberal targets, a nearly 8-to-1
disparity.
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Olbermann's Liberal Targets |
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Olbermann's Conservative Targets |
- Paul Eibeler,
President of Take Two Interactive (July 20, 2005)
- Liz Beatty, English
school teacher (July 21)
- London Mayor Ken
Livingstone (July 25)
- MSNBC host Keith
Olbermann (July 25)
- Seattle mayoral
candidate James Garrett (August 10)
- "Save the Newchurch
Guinea Pigs" (August 23)
- Nation of Islam's
Louis Farrakhan (September 13)
- New Mexico residents
Paul F. Weinbaum and Jay Boyd (September 26)
- USA Today
editors (October 26)
- Toronto Mayor David
Miller (November 10)
- MSNBC host Keith
Olbermann (December 15)
- Vermont Judge Edward
Cashman (January 6, 2006)
- Big Outdoors and
Hustler (February 6)
- Environmental
protesters in Italy (February 17)
- Rep. Cynthia
McKinney (D-GA) (March 29)
- WWE's Vince McMahon
(April 17)
- New Orleans mayoral
candidate Kimberly Williamson Butler (April 18)
- Mayor Frank Melton
(D-Jackson, MS) (May 4)
- Mayor Troy Anderson
(D-Waldron, AR) (May 16)
- Mark Oaten, Liberal
Democrat British MP (June 1)
- Comptroller Alan
Hevesi (D-NY) (June 2)
- Mayor Mike Fahey
(D-Omaha) (June 5)
- Buffalo, NY school
district (June 9)
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- Columnist Robert
Novak (June 30, 2005)
- New York Assemblyman
Willis Stephens (July 1)
- Columnist Robert
Novak (July 1)
- Paula Jones, sued
Bill Clinton for sexual harassment (July 5)
- National Rifle
Association's Wayne LaPierre (July 18)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (July 25)
- Reverend Jim Grove,
anti-abortion activist (July 28)
- Unnamed little
league umpire in Massachusetts (July 29)
- Wall Street Journal
editorial
board (August 8)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (August 8)
- Conservative
activist David Horowitz (August 16)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (August 17)
- MRC President and
founder Brent Bozell (August 19)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (August 19)
- Author/columnist Ann
Coulter (August 23)
- FNC anchor Brit Hume
(August 24)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (September 6)
- Rep. Tom Tancredo
(R-CO) (September 8)
- Senator Rick
Santorum (R-PA) (September 8)
- Rep. Richard Baker
(R-LA) (September 12)
- Radio talk show host
Glenn Beck (September 12)
- ABC 20/20
co-anchor John Stossel (September 13)
- James Taranto of
Wall Street Journal (September 13)
- Secretary of Labor
Elaine Chao (September 14)
- Justice Department
(September 16)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (September 16)
- Rep. Richard Pombo
(R-CA) (September 26)
- State Rep. Stacey
Campfield (R-TN) (September 28)
- Former Secretary of
Education Bill Bennett (September 28)
- Senator Ted Stevens
(R-AK) (October 5)
- Progress for America
(October 5)
- Duval County Florida
school board (October 6)
- U.S. Secret Service
(October 11)
- Wal-Mart (October
11)
- Living Proof
Christian Broadcasters (October 19)
- Sinclair
Broadcasting (October 19)
- D. A. King,
anti-illegal immigrant activist (October 20)
- Former FEMA director
Mike Brown (October 21)
- Author/columnist Ann
Coulter (October 24)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (October 24)
- Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist (October 25)
- Mark Barondess,
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
consultant (October 27)
- Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld (November 2)
- Secretary of Labor
Elaine Chao (November 2)
- House Majority
Leader Tom DeLay (November 4)
- Federalist Society's
Gerald Walpen (November 11)
- Senator Rick
Santorum (R-PA) (November 11)
- Governor Frank
Murkowski (R-AK) (November 14)
- Parent's Television
Council President Brent Bozell (November 15)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (November 15)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (November 16)
- RNC Web site
operators (November 17)
- Colonel James Brown,
commander of 56th Brigade Combat Team (November 21)
- Rep. Jean Schmidt
(R-OH) (November 21)
- Intelligent design
supporters (November 23)
- Author/columnist Ann
Coulter (November 25)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (November 30, three times)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (December 1)
- Author/columnist Ann
Coulter (December 2)
- FNC host John Gibson
(December 2)
- Ford Motor Company
(December 5)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (December 8, twice)
- Diebold CEO Wally
O'Dell (December 13)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (December 13)
- Aides to Senate
Majority Leader Bill Frist (December 14)
- Radio talk show host
Neal Boortz (December 14)
- Senate candidate
Jeanine Pirro (R-NY) (December 15)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (December 16)
- Donovan Blackburn,
city manager of Pikeville KY (December 29)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (January 3, 2006)
- Pastor Lonnie
Lenthem of Southern Baptist Convention (January 5)
- 700 Club
host Pat Robertson (January 5)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (January 6)
- Gale Ruzicke,
President of Utah Eagle Forum (January 9)
- New York Post's
Andrea Peyser (January 10)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (January 11)
- 700 Club
host Pat Robertson (January 11)
- State Senate
President Robert Geddes (R-ID) (January 11)
- MRC President and
founder Brent Bozell (January 13)
- CNN Headline News
President Ken Jautz (January 17)
- Andrew Jones of
Brewen Alumni Association of UCLA (January 18)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (January 18)
- Radio talk show host
Glenn Beck (January 19)
- Frank Abramoff,
father of GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff (January 20)
- Accuracy in Media
(January 25)
- Bucks County
Federation of Young Republicans chairman John Patrille
(January 26)
- Author/columnist Ann
Coulter (January 27)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (January 27)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (February 2)
- George C. Deutsch,
Bush appointee at NASA (February 8)
- Fox News (February
9)
- Radio talk show host
Glenn Beck (February 9)
- Fox News/Roll
Call's Morton Kondracke (February 9)
- Renee Cipriano,
former Illinois EPA head (February 10)
- Author/columnist Ann
Coulter (February 13)
- Catholic League's
William Donohue (February 13)
- Department of
Veterans Affairs' Mel Hooker (February 13)
- Former Solicitor
General Kenneth Starr (February 14)
- Author/columnist Ann
Coulter (February 15)
- Homeland Security
officials (February 20)
- Senator Orrin Hatch
(R-UT) (February 21)
- Senator Orrin Hatch
(R-UT) (February 22)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (February 22)
- Wal-Mart chief exec
H. Lee Scott (February 23)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (February 23)
- FNC anchor Brit Hume
(February 28)
- Fox News (March 1)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (March 7)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (March 10)
- 700 Club
host Pat Robertson (March 14)
- Doubters of global
warming (March 15)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (March 15)
- John Dunleavy of St.
Patrick's Day Parade in NYC (March 17)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (March 17)
- Undercover federal
agents posing as FNC reporters (March 20)
- Author/columnist Ann
Coulter (March 21)
- Former First Lady
Barbara Bush (March 23)
- Sean Hanson, who
worked for NH Republican Party (March 27)
- Jerome Corsi,
co-author of Unfit for Command (March 27)
- Congressional
candidate Howard Kaloogian (R-CA) (March 29)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (March 29)
- Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia (March 30)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (March 30, twice)
- Radio talk show host
Neal Boortz (March 31)
- Rep. Jean Schmidt
(R-OH) (April 3)
- Rep. Curt Weldon
(R-PA) (April 6)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (April 6)
- Mrs. Richard Mellon
Scaife (April 11)
- FNC anchor Brit Hume
(April 11)
- Author/columnist Ann
Coulter (April 14)
- Radio talk show host
Rush Limbaugh (April 14)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (April 14)
- Columnist/author
Michelle Malkin (April 17)
- Former Republican
presidential candidate Steve Forbes (April 18)
- Department of
Homeland Security (April 19)
- Former Secretary of
Education Bill Bennett (April 19)
- Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
(R-MO) (April 20)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (April 21)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (April 24)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (April 26)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (May 1)
- Syndicated radio
talk show host Laura Ingraham (May 2)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (May 5)
- Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist (May 8)
- Columnist/author
Michelle Malkin (May 8)
- Secretary of HUD
Alfonso Jackson (May 9)
- HUD Spokesman Dusty
Tucker (May 10)
- Radio talk show host
Neal Boortz (May 11)
- FNC host John Gibson
(May 12)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (May 15)
- American
Spectator's David Yost (May 16)
- FNC anchor David
Asman (May 16)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (May 17)
- Roll
Call's Morton Kondracke (May 18)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (May 18)
- The Drudge Report's
Matt Drudge (May 22)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (May 22)
- Fox News (May 23)
- The Drudge Report's
Matt Drudge (May 23)
- 700 Club
host Pat Robertson (May 23)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (May 24)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (May 25)
- Congressional
candidate Vernon Robinson (R-NC) (May 31)
- FNC host John Gibson
(May 31)
- New York Post's
Richard Johnson (June 2)
- Syndicated columnist
Cal Thomas (June 19)
- FNC host Bill
O'Reilly (June 20)
- Rep. Steve
King (R-IA) (June 22)
- FNC host John Gibson
(June 23)
- Fox At Large
host Geraldo Rivera (June 23)
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