Olbermann’s ‘Federal Budget Debt’ Blunder
2010 February 27
by NewsReal Blog
.by Larry Elder
MSNBC’s “Countdown” show host, Keith Olbermann, recently claimed that today’s “federal budget debt” is “far less than it was throughout the Reagan administration.” He also said it is “about the same as it was in 1970.” Is he right? Tonight’s countdown:
10) What is a “federal budget debt”? No researcher, intern or night security guard told him that there is no such thing? No one fact checked him before he went on-air? Add this to the ever-growing catalog of Olbermann’s greatest hits kept by the indispensable NewsBusters.org.
Olbermann will be a superstar in the Decline of Western Civilization Hall of Fame.