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Brokaw vs. Olbermann

Newsbusters caught Tom Brokaw scolding Keith Olbermann for one of his anti-Hillary comments:

During MSNBC’s live coverage of Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in Montana and South Dakota, former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw appeared visibly annoyed at a crack made by MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann at Hillary Clinton’s expense — ironic given the timing of reports that Chris Matthews and Tim Russert are not happy with the ultra-left face Olbermann is giving MSNBC. Shortly before 8:00 p.m., after Brokaw finished describing what he called the “very strong credentials” and “remarkable stories” of Barack Obama and John McCain, Olbermann chimed in: “And a third one trying to shoe-horn her way into those, the coverage of the first two.”
After flashing for a moment a disapproving frown, Brokaw chided Olbermann for disrepecting Clinton: “Well, I think that’s unfair, Keith. I don’t think she shoe-horned her way in.” Brokaw then went on to recount her electoral accomplishments, contending that she “will have some real bargaining power” on behalf of blue-collar workers and women. (Transcript follows)

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