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While most shows on MSNBC invite on a number of guests at once to give opinions, "Countdown" is more geared towards presenting straight-reporting, some of which previously aired on NBC broadcast US television news.
On each broadcast, the number one story of the night is preceded by a "Keeping Tabs" segment which discusses celebrity gossip and other light matters.
According to Dash Riprock of the liberal americanpolitics.com, Olbermann "tells the truth, and he does it in a sharp, subtlety stated, but unmistakable style. It's sad to realize that it is truly such an oddity these days to see someone with those qualities on TV." [1]
Before working for MSNBC, Olbermann was a sports journalist for both ESPN's SportsCenter and Fox Sports Net. He achieved a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1979.
Shoe size is 13 1/2 or 14.
Possesses six lumbar vertebrae instead of the usual five.
Damaged depth perception in 1980 by rushing to catch a subway car at New York's Shea Stadium and slamming his head into the top of the door frame. Ouch.
Has Celiac Disease (gluten intolerance).
MSNBC - Countdown with Keith Olbermann Front Page
Petition to Start a Keith Olbermann Fan Club
"'Playgirl' picks Olbermann as its newscaster pinup boy," USAToday.com, September 13, 2004
"Three, Two, One, Olbermann," Washington Post Media Notes, July 28, 2003
"Keith Olbermann: The PBJ Interview," Bob Sassone, Professor Barnhardt's Journal, April 22, 2003
"So what do you do, Keith Olbermann?" Jesse Oxfeld, mediabistro.com, April 15, 2003
"ESPN: Mea Culpa", Salon.com, November 17, 2002
Olbermann's Convocation Speech at Cornell University. May 23, 1998