Olbermann On Hannity Being Busted By The Daily Show For Lying & How Bachmann Broke House Rules

Lots to talk about, thus, with Clarence Page, "Chicago Tribune" editorial board member and Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist.

Clarence, good evening.

CLARENCE PAGE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Hi there, Keith. Are you picking on Sean Hannity again, now?

OLBERMANN: Yes. It's a day that ends with "Y" in its name.

(LAUGHTER)

OLBERMANN: And it appears that in using her government-funded House Web site to organize that protest, the congresswoman from Minnesota may have broken federal House rules. Could-could she be forced to apologize just for that?

PAGE: Well, no, there's a reason why the House has these rules about Franken. You know, I know it seems really passe now in this era of email to talk about snail mail. But, you know, Americans care about things like how members of Congress use things like their stamps. Dan Rostenkowski, former chairman of House Ways and Means went to jail because of abuse of privileges like stamps up on Capitol Hill.

Nowadays, in the day of the e-mail and the Web site, these rules still matter, and that's why she now has been accused of having violated that rule by using her Web site to promote a rally, which she calls a media event.

OLBERMANN: And speaking of that definition, does this-this news here explain that charade of why the leadership was calling it a press conference, not a rally, because they knew using tax funds to sponsor a rally was illegal and they were doing everything they could not to get caught doing that?

PAGE: According to reports, yes, because, as you notice, this was a news conference where there was-there were no journalists allowed to ask any questions. This was not called in order to face the press. It was called in order to have a rally.

OLBERMANN: That's a Republican dream press conference, as it's also known. There was a lot of.

PAGE: Right.

OLBERMANN: There was a lot of faint outrage when the White House declared FOX News was not a news organization. In the wake of that videotape research that proved it swapped out one event for another, courtesy of the "Daily Show" folks, should the-should the White House be feeling vindicated tonight? Did they actually prove their point? Or did the-you know, Comedy Central proved it for them?

PAGE: Well, I got to say, that was a good got you. I mean, just look at that tape there, Keith, and you see, it starts out at Michele Bachmann's rally and the leaves on the trees are changing colors, because it's autumn, and then, suddenly, you go to these scenes where the trees are bright green like they were back in early November in the time-and September, the time of the Beck rally and-well, I call it the Beck rally. Beck insists it's not his rally, but everybody know it was, that 9/12 affair. And it's just so blatantly obvious. I mean, this is a real embarrassment to FOX, simply on-simply based on good journalism.

OLBERMANN: But then again, they don't-that's not journalism and they don't embarrass.

Full transcript: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33886756/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/

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[Naskeleng]

Anyone who watched Faux news and believes their disinformation is an ignorant, gullible, brainwashed waste of oxygen.

Now, thanks for upping the views but just FUCK OFF TROLL send some of your freeper friends so I can block them for life as well.

[ohmybentley]

Funny, we need to carry ID or drivers lic, and its a law, but god forbid if an illegal had to carry PAPERS.

[Naskeleng]

@ohmybentley

What's that got to do with this video?

[ciocod]

It's funny in a morbid and deranged way that ample amount of evidence proves that absolutely no mainstream media reports on truth of any kind and that the left right paradigm is a total joke. The new world order owns everything except very few alternative media outlets and our leaders worldwide are stampeding furiously to abolish freedom and rights at every turn. A lot of people are too cowardly to except these truths and blindly believe the liars on tv. WAKE UP! Ron Paul 2012!

[sf10231016]

This republican/democrat bullshit is so tired,it wants to lie down and die now.If someone is knowingly trying to deceive another by showing footage of one event,and saying that it's actually their event, they should not be entitled to keep their broadcasting license.Period! If any employee of any respectable business did that-a pink slip would be forthcoming,and everyone knows that!

[crd721]

he talks about journalistic integrity, then asks if republicans are ahead because their lies are working better. That is a clearly biased statement, saying that republcians can win only if they lie. Even if you believe it to be true, a JOURNALIST should not be baised like that. A real journalist would ask if the republicans are improving with giving out their MESSAGE and let the viewers decide whether that message was the truth or a lie.

[Kaalec]

@ohmybentley Um, if you're illegal, do you get papers? "Mr. Officer, I have this legal paper that says I have no legal papers."

[thangQanime]

Sean Hannity is the biggest idiot/pawn/clown in broadcasting. His words "America was in better condition after Bush's presidency than before." "Sarah Palin is more than qualified to be President of the United States." Nuff said.

[bagpiper12345678]

To anyone who can answer, how can anyone tell that these are images/footage of the same event?

[bagpiper12345678]

Just a question:

[steelersguy74]

Cantor, a Jew, said nothing about holocaust imagery?

[nellanave]

Ha ha ha! How do you ignorant SOB's feel now that he's been fired? Enjoy collecting your unemployment while me and the rest of the working class support your lazy asses!