Circle Of Jerks

Keith Olbermann proves he's a jerk at both ends of the camera. "Countdown's" #1 story last night was Keith's EXCLUSIVE! tour of Yankee stadium's reconstruction. Olbermann shot the video himself and it looked it. See for yourself at MSNBC vid. In exchange for the pub Keith slides into the $2,500 PER GAME seats. Free.

The guillotine's come down on Katie Couric's producer Svengali Rick Kaplan. Or so we hear. The fired MSNBC producer who tangled with Keith Olbermann on His Keithness's manic Howard Beale on-air weirdness after his brush with smoking-related cancer, apparently wanted more dough for his dual gigs as temporary "Early Show" and "CBS Evening News" wrangler. Jossip

The debut (NYO spells "premiere" wrong) of MSNBC's political blab-a-thon with NYT reporters sucked big time. NYO has the numbers The ink-stained wretches have no cleavage, blow-dried hair, aren't pimping themselves as ex-members of Congress, and one - Adam Nagourney - has that serial killer look.

Hillary Clinton's flaccid campaign ("Over The Hill" NYP) blasted off an e-mail to NBC's political director Chuck Todd after News God Tim Russert proclaimed the race over. "Can you think of one good reason we should continue to cart you guys around the country with us, given that your network has declared the entire race over?" Howard Kurtz WaPo

Moot point, delusional fool. NYT

CNN insists "there's no truth" to resurrected speculation that "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest is sliding into Larry King's chair next year. That must mean it is true... If true CNN will have two gay blades butting each other...