It's … refreshing(?) to see Keith Olbermann aim his ire at somebody other than a MSNBC colleague. But last night's trantrum didn't stray far — he spat it at one of his own. That is, a member of the press.

Just after Barack Obama got done bringing Oprah to tears, the Associated Press fired off an arguably pre-written report from Charles Babington that countered what most of the pundits had agreed: that Obama's speech was powerful, formidable, and would make life harder for John McCain.

Babington, however, said "instead of dwelling on specifics, [Obama] laced the crowning speech of his long campaign with the type of rhetorical flourishes that Republicans mock and the attacks on John McCain that Democrats cheer. The country saw a candidate confident in his existing campaign formula: tie McCain tightly to President Bush, and remind voters why they are unhappy with the incumbent."

Of course Olbermann's attack might better be suited not at Babington, but at his boss Ron Fournier, the wire's Washington bureau chief who wants more analysis — some say "slant" — in his reporters' copy. Keith is particularly upset because the AP's version of events because its article will run in possibly hundreds of newspapers, while Olbermann's rant will run on only thousands of political blogs.