Last week, Neil Cavuto gave a devastating rant against Chris Matthews for his attack on Gov. Chris Christie’s weight. Within days, Matthews’ colleague Kieth Olbermann showed a video of Cavuto appearing to criticize the Surgeon General for being too fat.
Left-wing blogs grabbed hold of the Olbermann hypocrisy charge and plastered it everywhere. Even the usually-right-on-target Frances Martel at Mediaite took the bait:
The victim of said “racism” was a presidential nominee for surgeon general Regina Benjamin, who Cavuto then described as “not a lot fat, but fat enough fat for my next guest to say ‘fat chance,'” in an old segment Olbermann dug up. For this Cavuto won his runner-up spot on Olbermann’s “Worsts” segment today, where he railed against Cavuto’s “hypocrisy.”
Of course, the problem with Olbermann’s hysteria is that he is completely, 100% wrong. Cavuto’s comments that were grabbed to make Olby’s point were a lead-in to an interview. During the interview, it is clear that Cavuto is defending the Surgeon General and attacking his guest for calling her obese.
Here is the FULL segment Olbermann is referring to. As anyone can see, Mr. Cavuto spends the entire interview DEFENDING the Surgeon General and criticizing his guest’s attacks on her weight:
So far, there is no comment from Olbermann. Presumably he is still busy defending his smarmy and sycophantic interview with Michael Moore who seemed all to willing to excuse rape charges as “hooey” just so he can bond with Julian Assange. After all, the three seem to have a common enemy: the truth.
Mr. Olbermann, at long last, have you no shame sir?
*UPDATE: [from ed.] O’Connor got Olbermann’s attention on Twitter, and a delightful conversation ensued:
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