Editing Countdown with Keith Olbermann (section)

==Criticism and response==
Olbermann has addressed the assertions of liberal bias by stating that he would be equally critical of a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] president who had invited criticism by his actions: <blockquote>I mean, no one in 1998, no one accused me of being a liberal in 1998 because I was covering the [[Lewinsky scandal]]. And whatever I had to do about it, I tried to be fair and honest and as accurate and as informed as possible, and allow my viewer to be the same way. And nowadays it's the same thing. And now all of a sudden I'm a screaming liberal.<ref>"Q & A". March 12, 2006. [[C-SPAN]]. [http://www.c-span.org/video/?191247-1/qa-keith-olbermann Uncorrected transcript provided by Morningside Partners.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109001603/http://www.c-span.org/video/?191247-1/qa-keith-olbermann |date=2014-11-09 }} Retrieved on January 24, 2009.</ref></blockquote>
However, [[Howard Kurtz]] has written that Olbermann departed MSNBC the first time as a result of the Clinton-Lewinsky coverage, which he did not personally agree with.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/04/03/BL2006040300434.html |title=The Anti-Bush Anchor |author=Howard Kurtz |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 3, 2006 |access-date=2008-11-08 |archive-date=2008-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411003843/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/04/03/BL2006040300434.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Elsewhere, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' TV critic [[Howard Rosenberg]] commented on the show's absence of guests who challenged Olbermann's views, writing: "'Countdown' is more or less an echo chamber in which Olbermann and like-minded bobbleheads nod at each other."<ref name="latimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-comment7-2008jun07,0,834902.story |title=Is Olbermann's snide act on MSNBC the future of TV news? - Los Angeles Times |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 7, 2008 |access-date=2008-11-08 |first=Howard |last=Rosenberg |archive-date=2008-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016141027/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-comment7-2008jun07,0,834902.story |url-status=live }}</ref>

On November 25, 2006, ''[[Fox News Watch]]'' panelist [[Cal Thomas]] named Olbermann as his choice for 2006's "Media Turkey Award" for what Thomas alleged were Olbermann's "inaccuracies" and "hot air".<ref>Fox News: ''Fox News Watch''.  November 25, 2006.</ref> Olbermann in turn gave the show the Bronze for "Worst Person in the World", not for naming him "Turkey of the Year" but for misspelling his last name as "Olberman" on the onscreen graphic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15952042|title=''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' for November 28, 2006|date=2006-11-28|publisher=[[NBC News]]|work=Countdown with Keith Olbermann|access-date=2020-04-16|archive-date=2017-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210013455/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15952042/|url-status=live}}</ref>