Worse, Worser, & Worst

The Cox News Service analyzes Keith Olbermann‘s nightly Countdown feature, “Worst Person in the World.”

Along with Bill O’Reilly, winners of the “coveted title” include “a hapless burglar who carved a gun out of ham, and a Kokomo, Ind., woman who left her 3-month-old son in her unheated car to drink in a strip club at 3 a.m.” And: “Even ‘Countdown’ made the list last Thursday for showing a photo of former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland instead of intended mark Neal Boortz.”

“It’s an open competition; that’s the beauty of it,” Olbermann jokes. “We let all people in, no matter their lack of merit. Or because of it.” He is turning the feature into a book for John Wiley & Sons…

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