12 May 2008

Self-Important TelePrompter Readers

It seems Bill O'Reilly was a Grade-A asshole as far back as when he was reading the telemprompter for the crappy little "Inside Edition." Watch this "professional broadcast journalist" get his panties in a wad over the fact that he is unable to say "goodnight" without an assist from the teleprompter.

Update: YouTube pulled the original clip, but uber-O'Reilly fan Keith Olbermann aired it on "Countdown" last night and thus I've re-embedded it. Olbermann's introductory commentary is priceless.

Update 2: YouTube has pulled the Olbermann clip. Here is another one...



Reminds me of another self-important diva, this one of NBC News circa the early 80s...



...who quickly fell into on-the-set substance abuse and a tragic end...