Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Olbermann Stopping ‘Worst Person’ Segment

MSNBC host Keith Olbermann announced Monday night that he is stopping his “Worst Person in the World” segment, according to The Daily Caller.

“As of right now, I am unilaterally suspending that segment with an eye towards discontinuing it,” he said. “We don’t know how that works long-term. We might bring it back. We might bring back something similar to it. We might kill it outright.”

The change comes after comedian Jon Stewart criticized cable news personalities like Olbermann at this weekend’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” Olbermann referenced Stewart’s comments Monday night, saying he agrees that “the tone needs to change.”

“Today given the serious stuff we have to start covering tomorrow, we think it’s the right time to do it short-term and then we’ll see what happens,” he said. His apparent agreement with Stewart differs from his attitude Saturday, when he Tweeted his disapproval of the comedian’s remarks about the media at the rally.

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