Lawrence O'Donnell

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human political aide political commentator screenwriter television host television producer

Lawrence O'Donnell is an American television host, political commentator, and former political aide best known for hosting the MSNBC news and opinion program "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lawrence O'Donnell canonical	6
Lawrence O’Donnell	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6176265 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lawrence O'Donnell
Context triple: [The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, presenter, Lawrence O'Donnell]

A. Ben Maddow
Ben Maddow was an American screenwriter and documentary filmmaker known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films and socially conscious cinema.
B. Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes is an American political commentator, journalist, and author best known as a prime-time host on MSNBC.
C. Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper is an American journalist, author, and longtime CNN anchor known for his political reporting and nonfiction books.
D. Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow is an American television news host, political commentator, and author best known for anchoring "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC.
E. George Stephanopoulos
George Stephanopoulos is an American television host, political commentator, and former White House communications director best known for his work on ABC News.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lawrence O'Donnell
Target entity description: Lawrence O'Donnell is an American television host, political commentator, and former political aide best known for hosting the MSNBC news and opinion program "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell."

A. Ben Maddow
Ben Maddow was an American screenwriter and documentary filmmaker known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films and socially conscious cinema.
B. Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes is an American political commentator, journalist, and author best known as a prime-time host on MSNBC.
C. Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper is an American journalist, author, and longtime CNN anchor known for his political reporting and nonfiction books.
D. Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow is an American television news host, political commentator, and author best known for anchoring "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC.
E. George Stephanopoulos
George Stephanopoulos is an American television host, political commentator, and former White House communications director best known for his work on ABC News.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ political aide ⓘ political commentator ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television host ⓘ television producer ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1980s ⓘ
authorOf	Deadly Force ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1951-11-07 ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard College ⓘ linked to: Harvard University Harvard University ⓘ
employer	MSNBC ⓘ NBCUniversal ⓘ
familyName	O'Donnell ⓘ
fieldOfWork	politics ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ television journalism ⓘ
genre	political commentary ⓘ
givenName	Lawrence ⓘ
hasChild	Elizabeth Buckley Harrold O'Donnell ⓘ
hasPart	segment: Rewrite (on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell) ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
name	Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ
network	MSNBC ⓘ
notableFor	liberal political commentary on MSNBC ⓘ
notableWork	Deadly Force ⓘ The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ political commentator ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television host ⓘ television producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ linked to: Boston, Massachusetts
politicalParty	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
portrayedIn	The West Wing ⓘ
positionHeld	host of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ senior advisor to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan ⓘ staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Finance ⓘ
religion	Catholicism ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence	New York City, New York, United States ⓘ linked to: New York City
role	producer on The West Wing ⓘ writer on The West Wing ⓘ
spouse	Kathryn Harrold ⓘ
twitterUsername	Lawrence ⓘ
workedOn	The West Wing ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell → presenter → Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell → host → Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell → creator → Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell → executiveProducer → Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ

Lawrence O'Donnell → name → Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ

O'Donnell → notableBearer → Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ

Vintage Season → creditedTo → Lawrence O’Donnell ⓘ

linked to: Lawrence O'Donnell

Catherine Lucille Moore → usedPenName → Lawrence O’Donnell ⓘ