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Article: Olbermann Dons O'Reilly Mask at TV Meeting
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- July 23, 2006
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PASADENA, Calif. - Keith Olbermann was eagerly anticipating his first meeting with Bill O'Reilly. It didn't happen.
The feuding cable TV personalities both attended a charity fundraiser thrown by New York Yankees manager Joe Torre last November. Olbermann picked up his name tag and spotted O'Reilly's tag on the table.
"He never got within 20 feet of me," Olbermann told the Television Critics Association's summer meeting Saturday. "I swear to God, every time I looked up, he would suddenly look down. He was staring over at me. But we're about the same height, so I really don't think he's going to come talk to me. If I were about a foot shorter, I'm sure there would be a confrontation of ...