Keith Olbermann’s Low Blow At Glenn Beck’s Prior Alcoholism Spoils Worst Persons

Immediately after thoroughly dressing down CNN’s Campbell Brown on last night’s Countdown, Keith Olbermann set his sights on popular Worst Persons fixture Glenn Beck, and he couldn’t have asked for an easier layup. Beck committed his umteen-zillionth violation of Godwin’s Law, this time aiming his Nazi comparison at a particularly poorly-chosen target. Olbermann executes the takedown perfectly, but blows it on the dismount with a petty, snarky reference to Beck’s struggles with alcoholism.

Said Olbermann: “Apparently an intervention helped you at some point in the past, maybe it’s time to ask your friends for that help again.”

Now, you don’t have to take Glenn Beck seriously, and you don’t even have to have any compassion for him if you don’t want, but to joke about his recovery is to belittle the struggles of all alcoholics. I’m pretty sure that was not Keith’s intention, but that’s what happens when partisan rancor crowds out the rest of your field of vision.

This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.

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