Olbermann has it out for Britney Spears

Have you seen the photos of Britney Spears driving her SUV with her 4-month-old son, Sean Preston, sitting on her lap? It's all the gossip columnists and entertainment news programs can talk about (Britney says she was fleeing paparazzi). For some reason, it has captured the mind of Keith Olbermann. Whenever he reports celebrity news on his show, Countdown, he usually begrudgingly says his producers made him do it or he does it in popsicle stick theater. Not this time. Keith spent the last SIX MINUTES on his show last night making fun of Britney Spears with gossip columnist Michael Musto. The banners on the screen said Dummy and Me and Moron on Board. He and Musto were very nasty about the whole situation, Musto taking the opportunity to show off his celebrity gossip know-how by bashing Britney, Kate Moss and Michael Jackson in the same breath.

It seemed a little over the top, even for Olbermann.