Pat Sajak Sorry For Unleashing Keith Olbermann on America

By Sarah Crow Posted Nov 11th 2010 01:29PM

'Wheel of Fortune' host Pat Sajak may not seem like much of a troublemaker, but the TV personality certainly has some choice words for Keith Olbermann. Sajak, a steadfast conservative, took to his Ricochet blog this week to apologize to the entire country for featuring the cable host on his short-lived talk show in 1989.

In a post titled 'Mea Culpa,' Sajak writes of the recently reinstated MSNBC star, "I was the person who introduced Keith Olbermann to America ... I'm not sure how he morphed into the bitter-sounding, hate-mongering name-caller he's become, but I'm sorry he did."

Sajak, who hosted Olbermann, then a sportscaster, on 'The Pat Sajak Show,' continued his tirade, saying, "I do know that to whatever extent the political well has been poisoned, Keith has dumped more than his share of venom into the water. I'd like to think he knows that and maybe even regrets it. I liked the Keith Olbermann of 1989."

Olbermann responded to Sajak's criticism via Twitter, calling Sajak's statements "bulls**t."

"Pat Sajak did not introduce me to America. I started on CNN the same year he started on 'Wheel,'" he writes. "I think if he needs to apologize for anything it needs to be that talk show. When he was canceled, he was replaced by a crime-and-skin series called 'Silk Stalkings,' for God's sake."

Tags: keith olbermann, pat sajak, wheel of fortune

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Thursday 11 November

By JULIE

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DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHEN KEITH OLBERMAN RAISED ALOT OF MONEY FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN PINE RIDGE SD THAT WAS HIT BY A DEVASTING BLIZZARD? NOBODY ON FOX OR CNN MENTIONED A WORD ABOUT IT. ENOUGH SAID!!!!

By james

Excellent point! No one can accuse Rush Limbaugh of "dumping venom" or "hate-mongering" or "bitter." Unlike Olbermann, Rush is an entertainer.

By cohara1950

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you're an idiot!

Friday 12 November

By rightwingheroes

Congrats you're the first ever person in human history to stick up for that piece of garbage Olbermann

By gov111w

What the heck does raising money for people in need have to do with the political money slush fund donations that he made....NOTHING one is an act of amiable charity the other is the political power side of the elite.....I am above the rules///I guess not huh !!!!

By jomayt

Sajak is a chump - makes his money turning wheels - at least Vanna is good looking. Sajak does nothing - at least Keith Obermann thinks before he talks screw Sajak - all that money has gone to his pointed little head. what a punk

By fred

Heck nobody remember that Glenn Beck raised money for the fallen special forces family two months

By Frank

Thanks for words of truths JULIE, these neo cons are like garlic and crosses against lions, tigers and bears OH MY! Fox should be forced to rename their act because fox and friends news? Even their name is propaganda.

By REINVENTEX101

Nobody today mentions anything about Hitler helping out thousands of poor people with his "Winter Relief." A sorry piece of human debris is just that regardless of his or her 'good' works. His ilk survives because of people exactgly like you.

By Ellie

back then he was thinking with a clear head, now he appears to have taken a turn down a dangerous path, what happened to him, I stopped watching him, matter a fact, when he appears on the screen I change the channel. I wonder is his taking his meds?

By Kate

Why do you care about FOX and CNN so much??

Sunday 21 November

By don

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Please don't be totally misinformed regarding the facts. The good work some people do often goes unnoticed. I applaud those bloggers who do their homework.

By MsMHS

So what. He could well afford to do that and how often do you hear of him doing anything for the minorities in this country including those on Welfare. The man is a fraud. He should be taken off the air for good.

By lolabull

Olbermann's a skeevy menace to America and that's the bottom.

By Eddie B

You are an moron. People at Fox raise money for people all the time. NOT JUST ONCE.

He's a rude and obnoxious person and if you had any sense you'd see it.

Enough said!!

By Eric

Why should they mention it after all the nasty bullcrap this cretin has said about FOX?

By Greg

Rightwinghero,your is your screenname an oxymoron or just ironic?

By jim

But Rush is first entertainer that uses FACTS!!!

By Randy

BIG DEAL so that means he can say whatever he wants now?

By franko

No, But, everyone will always remember that he's an unamerican socialist, eleitist,blow hard who can't hear his own idiotic, self important, ignorant voice enough, (as far as he is concerned). Also, he should be fired by MSNBC and never rehired or unleashed on us POOR AMERICAN MEDIA LOVERS, again, EVER!!!!! KEITH BLOWBBERMAN IS THE WORSTED PERSON EVER.

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