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Is Olbermann Planning to Hunt Down O’Reilly?

On <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/limbaughs_hell_never_make_it_spurs_ed_schultz_on_113132.asp“>TVNewser, Gail Shister’s profile of MSNBC’s newest evening left-wing talker, Ed Schultz, ended with a bang:

A self-described progressive independent, Schultz says he’ll fit right in with his new colleagues. Not just politically, either.

Like Rachel Maddow, he loves fishing. Like Keith Olbermann, he’s a hunter.

One small difference: Schultz targets deer; Olbermann’s quarry of choice is Bill O’Reilly.

This hunting-human-quarry metaphor is probably not the most timely literary device on a day of bloodshed in Binghamton.

Tim GrahamTim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center, where he began in 1989, and has served there with the exception of 2001 and 2002, when served ...
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