The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders

I have never seen Keith Olberman's TV show on MSNBC. My only knowledge comes from bits on YouTube that political bloggers post. Olberman is that rarest of birds: the liberal talker in the So-Called Liberal Media (SCLM). He is getting famous for "telling it like it is" to people like the president by pointing out painfully obvious failures in a pithy and often amusing fashion. Evidently, he has a piece on his program entitled "The Worst Person in the World" where his writers take on several people who have done stupid, crass, thoughtless or

Parts of this book are very funny, and parts are interesting and serious. Putting the two parts next to each other doesn't work very well. Funny bits: 4 stars; serious bits: 3.5 stars; combination: 3 stars.

One year's worth of commentary from Olbermann's MSNBC TV show.