Reply #24: I only discovered Olbermann

[SheilaT]

because people here kept on talking about him, and even then it took me a while to figure out which network and what time to find him. He's funny, doesn't hesitate to make fun of folks in high places, reports weird stuff I don't see anywhere else. But most importantly, he asks follow up questions. Real follow up questions. He listens to what people tell him, or he knows the core of a story, and doesn't get lost in trivial hype.

And I love it when he claims his producers make him do stories like the one tonight about Katie and Tom.

And during the worst of the Katrina crisis he had the good taste not to do the fluffier bits, such as Worst Person in the World.

He seems like a decent, honorable person with a great sense of humor.