MSNBC host Keith
Olbermann conducted a postmortem on the Miss California
controversy in the premiere of a new regular segment called
the "WTF Moment" on Tuesday night. The pundit
issued less a countdown than a smackdown against Carrie
Prejean, whom he called "St. Carrie of La Jolla," for the
"amazing, holier than thou know-it-all-ism" that she
exhibited by defending her beauty pageant title on
freedom-of-speech grounds.
"You were not
exercising your freedom of speech during the Miss USA
pageant," said Olbermann, distinguishing between the kinds of
speech protected by an employer and the government.
"Your freedom of
speech, my freedom of speech, has nothing to do with something
as crassly commercial as a beauty pageant, nor as crassly
commercial as Donald Trump," he said.
The 21-year-old Prejean
invoked principles such as freedom of speech on Tuesday
following the announcement by Donald Trump that she may retain
her title despite advocating against marriage equality and
appearing in seminude photos.
Olbermann continued
with the dissection: "Your grandfather did not fight to
protect your right to answer a question during a network
television soft-porn special without consequence or
fallout."
"If your National
Organization for Marriage suddenly decides that people with
breast implants also shouldn't be allowed to get married, and
for some reason you disagree with them, they won't have to
honor your freedom of speech either."
"They weren't
electing a new pope over there, they were just exercising their
corporate freedom of speech," Olbermann
concluded. "What the f---, Carrie?"
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