Zany Michael Musto finally meets Keith Olbermann: Did a Rudy Giuliani hex break KO's foot?

[DeepModem Mom]

Village Voice: La Dolce Musto
Bugs in Your Ear
Michael Musto

Taking the bug out of my ear, I finally got to meet KEITH OLBERMANN after four years of zanying up his MSNBC hit, Countdown. (They beam me in, Scotty.) Fortunately, the patron saint of skeptical liberals turned out to be as appealing as he is on the tube, where he provides a regular Bush-demystifying alternative to the Fox Noise Channel. At the Marriott Marquis last week, Keith received the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies first Molly Ivins Award, named after the late muckraker, and though we were told Molly used her honors for "doorstops, trivets, and salad bowls," Keith said he'll not only keep his intact, he'll actually treasure it. "I hope I someday will grow up to be Molly Ivins," he said, "perhaps with different hair. Molly Ivins is a crossover icon. I don't recall her facts ever being attacked. I recall her being attacked." He said the same thing's happened to him lately, but when he rebuts the attacks with actual facts, he never hears another word — except for more dumb attacks.

His message? "The necessity of everybody at every level of the media to think" — i.e., to do the math when something like the Fort Dix menace doesn't quite add up. But what was the math behind Keith having hobbled into this ceremony on a cane? "It's either a broken foot or a hex put on me by RUDY GIULIANI," he said, laughing.

http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0720,musto,76640,15.html

LINK TO VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT, KEITH OLBERMANN "COUNTDOWN," SPECIAL COMMENT ON RUDY GIULIANI: "REPUBLICANS EQUAL LIFE; DEMOCRATS EQUAL DEATH?"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18316770/

[renate]

1. I didn't know he'd broken his foot!

:(

[DeepModem Mom]

2. On the YouTube video from this ceremony, he said he was on his way to a doctor...

to find out if the foot was broken. I haven't seen any report since then.

[azmouse]

3. I'll volunteer to nurse KO back to health.