Suspension of Habeas Corpus, An Olbermann First?

Olbermann's retelling of history is a bit sketchy...
The following article debunks KO's artful description of his own revision of history.

Olbermann River
By Jeffrey Lord
"Olbermann charges George W. Bush has done something no one has managed to do before -- "killed the writ of habeas corpus." To illustrate the death of this ancient principle -- which he goes on to say "kills our Bill of Rights" Olbermann then goes back through a highly selective version of American history while making a very curious omission. An omission that makes one wonder just what really goes on in this guy's head.
One of the reasons black Americans are not slaves today, or even slaves living in another country called the Confederate States of America, is that President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus..."

"...To realize that simply because he is a black man Barack Obama would be in shackles rather than the U.S. Senate today if Lincoln had listened to the Keith Olbermanns of the era is something Olbermann either doesn't understand -- or understands exactly and hopes the rest of us will ignore. Protect habeas corpus at the price of accepting the slavery of African-Americans? Please.
Whether all of this amounts to lies of omission or commission to his viewers Olbermann is clearly guilty of, as he likes to say, "lies, Sir!..." (Read the complete article)

Olberman's Howard Beale moment

Iowahawk has found the first draft of the Olberman meltdown show. :)

A Clockwork Strawberry
[ed. - Found under a pile of discarded MSNBC Nielsen Ratings: first draft of fringe cable TV superstar Keith Olberman's Howard Beale moment]
By Keith Olbermann
Editor and Chief, MSNBC "Meltdown with Keith Olbermann"

Olberman

Hegemonic Discourse has more on "Liberal journalism (at it's worst)"

As much as Olberman seems to hate anything conservative, I think he is more obsessed with O'Reilly beating him with a big stick in the ratings race than with GWB. He hates GWB plenty, but ask him about O'Reilly and he'll quickly show you what real envy and animosity looks like. The veins will start popping out of his forehead, and the sour grapes will pop out of his mouth.

Olberman and O'Reilly are more alike than either of them would care to admit. Topical pundits, neither is a truly competent journalist, and both are so enamoured with themselves that the accurate presentation of news always comes in a distant second to their own self promotion. O'Reilly is just a lot more experienced and adept at self promotion than Olberman.