Keith's FRC report featured on Media Matters for America's site, w/ video

[WhirlyGirl]

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OLBERMANN UNCOVERS FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
FILIBUSTER FLIP-FLOP
4-25-05

MSNBC host Keith Olbermann noted that the Family Research Council (FRC), which is currently campaigning to stop filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominees by Senate Democrats, was quite vocal in the late 1990s in defending the right to filibuster another presidential nominee, James C. Hormel, who was nominated by President Clinton as ambassador to Luxembourg.

On the April 25 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, host Olbermann recounted a statement made July 2, 1998, on National Public Radio by FRC senior writer Steven Schwalm: (more: http://mediamatters.org/items/200504260005 )

Here's the clip in Quicktime format (they also have it in Windows Media, but not as nice) -- http://clips.mediamatters.org/video/countdown-200504260005.mov
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[Berry Cool]

1. I had a feeling he might have been the first one

to uncover the inconsistencies here.

Bless his sense of history!

[RevCheesehead]

2. This story is on DU's front page (with Keith's name!!) n/t

[WhirlyGirl]

3. Oh yeah, I see it. Had to scroll way down, tho ...

. . . the more opportunities for people to see his wondrous name, the better!

:loveya: