Olbermann Interviewed on Blogging and 2004 Election Irregularities

Keith Olbermann has received onsiderable attention for devoting the most time of any television news show to questions regarding the 2004 election results. The Annenberg Online Journalism Review has interviewed him on subjects ranging from blogging to the 2004 election. During the interview, Olbermann was asked what the irregularities and recounts will show in the end:

I can guarantee that they'll show that this Rube Goldbergian system of different voting laws, voting equipment, voting auditing we have in this country can't be taken for granted any more and must be standardized nationally, or we face a real threat to the democracy. As John Zogby said on the show the other night, yeah, it's great that 80% of the public thinks the election was absolutely legitimate. But, my God, that means one in five don't. That's an incredibly dangerous truth. We have to fix that.

Practically speaking, I suspect that the Ohio recount and whatever happens in Florida will not alter the outcome -- although I don't think that's the billion-to-one shot people assume. I'd say it's closer to 8:1. Ohio really, really messed up. And I think we'll see a lot of proved computerized disasters, and a lot of inappropriate partisanship.