Keith Olbermann vs. Sean Hannity On Waterboarding - It's Heating Up [VIDEO]

 

Fox's Sean Hannity does not believe waterboarding is torture, saying it's a necessary interrogation technique. Last week Hannity, responding to challenges from Charles Grodin on waterboarding, out of nowhere said he'd consent to be waterboarded for charity. That was just what Keith Olbermann wanted to hear.

The debate over torture is getting personal for two of cable TV's prime-time hosts. After Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity made a seemingly impromptu offer last week to undergo waterboarding as a benefit for charity, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann leapt at it. He offered $1,000 to the families of U.S. troops for every second Hannity withstood the technique.

Olbermann repeated the offer on Monday's show and said in an interview Tuesday that he's heard no response. He said he'll continue to pursue it.

"I don't think he has the courage to even respond to this _ let alone do it," Olbermann said.

Olbermann concedes this is one-upsmanship among TV rivals, but says the challenge is meaningful nonetheless:

If you expose people to reality, even with someone who is denying reality, that can have a powerful and important impact.

Check out Olbermann's challenge to Hannity:

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