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Monday, May 19, 2008

Something you don't see everyday at Morehouse University

This past weekend at Morehouse University in Atlanta, Georgia, something interesting happened.  They had there normal graduation ceremony, with a twist.  The valedictorian for the class of 2008 was a little different this year.  Morehouse which is an all black college, that is 96% African American, had a white valedictorian.  Joshua Packwood is the young mans name.  To learn more, the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams did a story about Mr. Packwood tonight.  The video is below.

A look at the Olbermann-O'Reilly feud

Olbermann_O'Reilly_5.19.jpgThis morning has brought out a few interesting stories about various cable news personalities.  First up is the continuing feud between Fox News star Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC star Keith Olbermann.  In this mornings Washington Post,  Howard Kurtz details how the feud that started a few years ago between Olbermann and O'Reilly has gone to the parent companies.  O'Reilly for the last few months has been attacking GE for doing business with Iran, all in response to Olbermann naming Fox News personalities the "Worst Person in the World" on his show.

The second story comes from the New York Post, which is owned by News Corp, who is the parent of Fox News.  In the famed "Page Six" section, Robert John writes about how Olbermann maybe melting down.  As you can read below.

From the NY Post:
IS Keith Olbermann, MSNBC's top-rated anchor, on the verge of yet another professional meltdown? His feuding with "Hardball" host Chris Matthews is nothing new. But now we're told notoriously odd Olbermann is lashing out at the rest of his network's talking heads. During West Virginia primary coverage the other night, Olbermann began pounding the table when lead White House reporter David Gregory didn't wrap his segment quickly enough to satisfy him. Olbermann recently encouraged management to oust the cable channel's lone conservative, Tucker Carlson, and it's also no secret among producers that Olbermann refuses to introduce Dan Abrams' show, which follows his own. Olbermann walked out of MSNBC years ago in a huff after also blowing up at ESPN, so TV insiders are curious if this recent behavior is a sign that history will repeat itself. MSNBC did not respond to our calls and e-mails seeking comment.