Keith Olberman needs to get over his Bill O'Reilly obsession. It's reaching the point of ridiculousness now. On yesterday's show, he called O'Reilly a liar but Bill said that he never mentioned Olberman's name on his show. Keith called him out and his damning evidence was a shot from the O'Reilly Factor in which O'Reilly was reading a quote from somebody else who mentioned Olberman's name. That hardly seems like a legit complaint and Olberman made himself look sillier by adding something to the effect of, "I could show the clip of you saying my name from 1997 but that would just be mean." Really? I think most people were expecting a montage of O'Reilly saying Olberman's name. Showing one clip that was someone else's quote and then citing another example that happened over a decade ago?

Of course, the state of both MSNBC and Fox News is depressing. Their take on the Spanish courts possibly prosecuting Bush administration officials for their roles in torture was shockingly different. While Rachel Maddow was expressing shock, Bill O'Reilly was floating the idea of boycotting Spain. Maddow failed to mention that the man bringing the charges, Gonzalo Boye, was himself jailed for terrorism (for taking part in a kidnapping) and that the people being brought up were being charged for giving advice, something that would seem to be a thin charge even if it was for aiding and abetting. On the other hand, O'Reilly completely ignored the whole topic of torture, the fact that the American goverment sanctioned it, and that the Republicans are blocking an Obama nominee who is apparently set on bringing light to one of the country's darkest moments.

There has to be some sort of middle ground between the snark of MSNBC, the bluster of Fox News, and the stodginess of CNN.