Olbermann on O’Reilly…
The AP’s Beth Harris writes about Keith Olbermann’s appearance at the Television Critics Association meeting today and the subject of Bill O’Reilly came up. Keith also tossed out an accusation at FNC that he better be able to back up…
Olbermann said his phone number has been distributed at Fox and his e-mail hacked into.
“They’re annoying things, and that’s about it. That’s the price you pay,” he said. “Nothing that you do in putting yourself in the public eye is for free. I can live with it.”
Olbermann opened his session by whipping out a mask of O’Reilly - a poke at Fox asking journalists to accept handout photos of TCA news conferences from photographers the network had hired.
“We thought we’d help you out, those of you who needed a good photograph of,” Olbermann said, pausing to hold up O’Reilly’s photo glued to a stick as reporters laughed.
UPDATE: Broadcasting & Cable’s Ben Grossman has the story too…
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann used a Saturday morning breakfast session at the Television Critics Association press tour to fire yet another shot at Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly, holding up an O’Reilly mask while raising his right arm in a Nazi salute to mock his on-air rival.
UPDATE 2: TVNewser dug up this picture of the scene…
This act is getting old.
Comment by Goldfish — July 22, 2006 @ 9:19 pm
True dat Goldfish. How much longer can he keep it up?
Comment by Jackie — July 22, 2006 @ 10:14 pm
Until his contract is up and he’s offered a cozier paycheck over on HDNet. (Hey, does this count as a new rumor?) ;)
Comment by Charles — July 22, 2006 @ 10:44 pm
Really Goldfish, it is getting so old. And his paranoia is really out of control. But I bet you one thing, MSNBC would welcome anyone BUT Keith Olbermann sending e-mail from his account these days.
Comment by Chris — July 22, 2006 @ 11:06 pm
Is Keith really of such little substance that he needs to drag O’Reilly into his every interview? Can’t he contribute ANYTHING without invoking the names of O’Reilly or Fox News?
Comment by Missy — July 22, 2006 @ 11:25 pm
Every decent reporter in the world is over in the Middle East covering this war, and the “Television Critics Association” deems it necessary to talk about Keith Olbermann, who has apparently has NOTHING to say except to talk about Bill O’Reilly? They should be ASHAMED!
Credible news people from throughout the world are over there risking their lives! These “critics” should have cancelled their little dog and pony show, and should be on the next plane over there to relieve their colleagues. At the very least, they should have changed the focus of their program, to instead report on the courage and bravery shown by those currently reporting from this very perilous region.
We’ve seen reporters all week with bombs going off in the background, buildings on fire, etc., yet these media types see fit to “highlight” a guy known just for dissing a competitor? Something is horribly wrong with the priorities and morals of these people!
Comment by Missy — July 23, 2006 @ 1:26 am
What on earth are you talking about #7? Why would TV critics need to relieve reporters who are out there doing their jobs?
Comment by Mr A — July 23, 2006 @ 5:41 am
#6, I used to LIKE Olbermann, and I’ve never been much of a fan of O’Reilly. But it’s gotten to the point where KO just seems like a bitter person who has nothing to say unless it involves a backhanded (or outright) slap and it’s gotten REALLY old. I don’t care if he did overtake BO in his ratings, I don’t watch BO or KO anymore as it is, and the numbers sure aren’t going to change that.
As for being afraid of KO, afraid of what? That he might somehow get ahold of my e-mail address and send me a nasty e-mail? Please.
Comment by OverHere — July 23, 2006 @ 6:53 am
Spud, I think it’s time to get that #6 left-wing nut out of here. Check out what bad word he used.
Hahaha Look at that guys ratings. BOR repeat demo #’s beats doofy faces 8 pm overall #’’s lol. Anyone know what BOR’s 4 am 3peat gets? Pathetic just pathetic.
Comment by Lurker — July 23, 2006 @ 8:07 am
I found it interesting both B&C & TVN conveniently left out the part about “Olbermann said his phone number has been distributed at Fox and his e-mail hacked into.” Is it any coincidence I read about KO’s emails and apology on Lloyd Grove’s column, now this? Is he trying to “connect” his email embarrassment to FNC?
Comment by Terance — July 23, 2006 @ 8:18 am
Mr. A., you’re right, that part doesn’t make sense.
But why are these critics writing about Olbermann CONSTANTLY when he’s virtually the ONLY anchor NOT out there risking his life? I cannot believe the courage of these men, AND WOMEN, out there on the border of Lebanon and Israel, with the horrific war going on in the background. Their bravery is truly remarkable.
So what do these media critic types write and talk about? Olbermann with a mask of O’Reilly? You’ve got to be kidding! Can there be any less significant topic to speak about at this time?
If our media can honor that type of behavior while their colleagues are over there risking their lives, the future of media is in desperate trouble.
Comment by Missy — July 23, 2006 @ 10:08 am
Keith Olbermann is one of the most untrustworthy people to appear on a news network. And he’s like a broken record at this point. And kind of delusional about other tv networks as well.
Comment by Staycee — July 23, 2006 @ 10:09 am
Hey jmorris, I’m not a right-winger and I don’t watch O’Reilly. Admit it, the act is getting old. The e-mails getting hacked into by Fox? Please. The lies never stop.
Comment by Jackie — July 23, 2006 @ 10:29 am
I watch KO’s show and I am getting sick of these antics. The Nazi-like salute he made while holding the BOR picture is classless and so are the paranoid accusations about his e-mail. Come on, Keith. You sent the naughty e-mail. Don’t try to blame this on Fox.
Comment by Goldfish — July 23, 2006 @ 10:35 am
He did a Nazi salute? Wouldn’t most people get fired for even joking like that? And couldn’t he be sued for accusing FOX of hacking into his e-mail when it’s not true? This guy is off the reservation.
Comment by Barry — July 23, 2006 @ 11:23 am
jmorris…(that’s what “tanne” calls himself when he logs in from the west coast, I guess)
I like the countdown show, but really, this is getting ridiculous. I’m embarrassed FOR olbermann at this point. I’m embarrassed FOR his coworkers and all of us who have ever told a friend to watch the show because it’s really good - only to have him act like a fool.
Imagine, he was at the same event as Brian Williams as Steve Kapus, were they at the same table? What do you think Brian Williams is thinking when he looks down to see olbermann with a bill o’reilly mask?
I know what I would be thinking. “I need to distance myself from this , I’m the anchor of the NBC Evening News, I should be nowhere near this embarrassment”
the right wingers “keep attacking olbermann” ?
it’s olbermann that “keeps attacking”, and at first I thought it was all in fun, but if he really thinks that Fox News hacked his email, then he’s got serious problems bordering on the obsessive.
keith… STOP
have some dignity
Comment by you're kidding me right? — July 23, 2006 @ 11:27 am
TVNewser is ignoring the Nazi salute.
Comment by Jimmy — July 23, 2006 @ 12:08 pm
Lurker - ‘dick’ is a bad word now? What do Mr. Cheney’s friends call him? Really, a bit TOO prim of you. I think most of us here are adults…
Missy - while it’s certainly true that those reporting from the region display remarkable cojones (can I say that here, Lurker?), it’s slightly over the top to suggest that the entire US news infrastructure should immediately transplant themselvs to the middle east. NBC and ABC thought a 3-day anchor fly-by was sufficient. (Not to say they don’t have reporters still in the region.)
Everyone’s carrying on like this is the end of the world. I’m not saying it’s not an important story, but it’s perhaps less important than, say, the disintegration of Iraq.
Comment by Arthur — July 23, 2006 @ 12:28 pm
Ah…this act never gets old to me! Love it, love it, love it! And his contract is bound to be renewed. Right now, he’s the best thing his network has going–which may not be saying much given it’s MSNBC, but it’s better than nothing.
Folks, it’s not paranoia when the “well wishers” really ARE after you! LOL!
Keith Olbermann proves his substance every day by not being afraid to call FNC out on their bullying behavior. Thank God for it. Jmorris724 is right. He’s the one voice on cable news that even seems slightly liberal in a whole ocean of conservative knotheads, so of course in the eyes of some, he MUST be silenced! And what does he say but “Bring it on–I’m not afraid of you!” They HATE that!
And Missy’s attack is TRULY out of left field. This critics event would be going on, war or no war, and it is not the job of TV critics to go out into the field and report the war! That’s absurd! Nor is it their job to tell us how courageous and brave it is to report on a war–everyone knows that! Their job is to be TV critics, and by going to an event for TV critics, that’s what they are doing. Just as other people across the United States are not suddenly dropping what they’re doing just because of “the war.” Ah, but any time Missy can find a cheap shot to take on Olbermann, you can bet she will. Oh, and Missy–you need to learn the difference between “reporting” on something and “honoring” it…
As for OverHere, I see no bitterness on KO’s part at all. Most of the time, when he criticizes O’Reilly it’s a mock with a smile on his face and a laugh in his heart–which of course is precisely why it drives people like you utterly nuts…
And Lurker, KO acknowledged that his network and his show are going to have to take chances if they want to do better in the ratings. What more do you want from him?
Terance, Goldfish–don’t open Olbermann’s mouth and cram words in there that he didn’t say in order to make him look worse to your buddies, OK? Olbermann said his e-mail was hacked into. Nowhere do I read that he blamed the e-mail incident on Fox or on ANYONE else, OK? So please don’t make up some cockamamie story in which you have Olbermann blaming Fox for the e-mails. HE NEVER BLAMED FOX FOR THE E-MAILS. That’s something YOU have him doing, but he did NOT do it. So just forget trying to spread THAT little meme…because every time you try, I’m going to shoot it down by pointing to the facts.
Oh, Missy, back to you–it’s absurd to accuse Olbermann of being “virtually the only anchor out there not risking his life.” There are plenty of others who are not, and no one accuses them of being cowards. In any case, I don’t see you coming here every day to bash Katie Couric for not prepping for her new job by going to Lebanon or Israel. I guess it’s really because she’s not Keith Olbermann, and it wouldn’t be half as fun to read “Katie Couric got her head blasted off today reporting on the war” as it would be for you to read “Keith Olbermann got his head blasted off today reporting on the war.”
Too bad he won’t oblige all of you by going over there to “prove” to all of you that he’s a “real” journalist. Not that it would change your minds anyway.
Staycee, Keith Olbermann is one of the ONLY journalists I trust right now. Jackie, I believe him.
Here’s a man just trying to do his job, who is hated and reviled for it, and answers the hatred with mockery and humor. Good for you, Keith.
Comment by tanne — July 23, 2006 @ 12:30 pm
I didn’t even have to scroll down to know who wrote comment 17. Tanne, your defense of KO’s old and busted act is old and busted as well. We’re tired of the O’Reilly shtick. And I’m a regular viewer, so I have a right to voice my opinion. As far as the hacking allegations, that’s NBC’s problem. He should complain to them internally. I would think their corporate network is secure enough to stop an invasion from Fox hackers (as if Fox had nothing better to do).
Comment by Goldfish — July 23, 2006 @ 12:44 pm
The preposterous “hacked e-mail” line is just damage control for what has come out, and what may yet appear. Our very own tanne not that long ago was trying to sell the notion that the emails were faked or forged. And now, by the sheerest of coincidences, here is Keith talking about his account being hacked. Heh.
Comment by johnny dollar — July 23, 2006 @ 1:00 pm
I’m so offended that Keith Olbermann would put his arm up in a nazi slaute. I don’t care what point he was trying to make, I’m horrified he would do this, especially while the State of Israel is at war.
Comment by Craig — July 23, 2006 @ 1:01 pm
Come to think of it, hasn’t Olby slammed several “worst person” nominees for making Nazi comparisons? Oh, the hypocrisy.
Comment by johnny dollar — July 23, 2006 @ 1:15 pm
Arthur, you are well aware of the term and how it was used by “morris”. But we’re not worried; Spud will yank the post when he sees it. He does not allow his site to be cluttered with such vulgarities.
tanne, if you’re not Keith’s mom, aunt or relative, I sure hope he’s paying you well to defend him! My point was basically that a significant number of Keith’s peers, both from MSNBC and elsewhere, are risking their lives to report from this very dangerous region. THEY should be the story this week, not Keith! Anyone writing about the story should realize that it’s a waste of time to write on some smarky guy who has nothing better to do than to attack his colleagues. Use that space to write about the people bringing us a story from an incredibly dangerous part of the world this week.
Comment by Missy — July 23, 2006 @ 1:21 pm
Wow tanne, I hope KO gives you a raise for that one…
Comment by OverHere — July 23, 2006 @ 1:22 pm
Guys (and I use the term in its gender-neutral sense) - aren’t you all going a bit overboard here? There was a meeting of the Television Critics Association. Some television personalities attended and got written about. Some didn’t because they’re off covering a war (or just didn’t choose to attend).
What? you want the TCA hold their meeting in Israel? You want them not to write about stuff right in front of them? Should they not have their annual meeting because ‘there’s a war on’? what? what?
Comment by Arthur — July 23, 2006 @ 1:33 pm
Tanne, I simply raised a couple of questions. And I didn’t accuse him of anything.
Comment by Terance — July 23, 2006 @ 1:51 pm
Since he kissed and made up with ESPN, he has to badmouth SOMEONE. Though you would think that with such hatred of O’Reilly consuming his PR image, and apparently his show, that he would be “ashamed,” “depressed,” and would make him “cry.”
But I’m telling ‘ya, this guy hasn’t exactly been easy to tie down to one particular network for more than a couple years. He’ll leave for yet another “better oppertunity”.
Comment by Charles — July 23, 2006 @ 1:56 pm
There is now a picture on Olbermann Watch of him saluting Adolf Hitler. TVNewser is completely ignoring this.
Comment by Olbermann a Nazi supporter? — July 23, 2006 @ 2:21 pm
You can slice it any way you want - the bottom line remains the same. Keith is kind of lost, kind of paranoid, and desperate. He’s also out of tricks, and the old ones are tiresome at best.
Comment by Harvey — July 23, 2006 @ 2:37 pm
I am not quite sure why KO was at this conference. I thought its purpose was for the TV critics to get a preview of the new network fall schedules.
Anyone out there know if any of the other cable news hosts/execs were out there too?
Comment by JR — July 23, 2006 @ 3:06 pm
“The preposterous “hacked e-mail” line is just damage control for what has come out”
And you know this how?
Comment by Clay — July 23, 2006 @ 3:57 pm
Olbermann bringing up O’Reilly sure does get under people’s skin. They make normally cool, calm, collected people (myself included) get all worked up. Let’s all chill… Oh well, it was worth a try.
The reason I don’t read OlbermannWatch is the language #6 used. I’m sure I’m not the only one.
And Arthur: Yes, most of us here are adults; so maybe you need to find some other blog.
Comment by erljr — July 23, 2006 @ 4:26 pm
Lord, erljr, I was watching Walter Cronkite before you were born.
Comment by Arthur — July 23, 2006 @ 4:31 pm
There is now a picture on Olbermann Watch of him saluting Adolf Hitler. TVNewser is completely ignoring this.
This is incorrect. Olbermann is NOT saluting Adolf Hitler.
Comment by Spud — July 23, 2006 @ 5:22 pm
I don’t know who KO thinks hacked his e-mail - be it Fox or someone else. If his e-mail got hacked, I would think some type of criminal investigation is underway. Spud, what do you think?
Comment by Goldfish — July 23, 2006 @ 5:34 pm
Boy oh BOY, do the kiddies need a “time out”!
Goldfish, your attacks on KO are what is “old and busted”–yours and everyone else’s around here. If you don’t like him, why do you watch him regularly? To torture yourself? And how do you know he didn’t make an internal complaint to NBC a long time ago? And no, given the Fox way of doing things, I wouldn’t put hacking into e-mail past them.
Johnny Dollar, your claims are what is “preposterous.” I still believe the e-mails that appeared nowhere else but on Olbermann Watch were faked and forged, and the fact that even Lloyd Grove wouldn’t print them is good enough proof for me on that one. The Olbermann haters played your hand too far on that one, and you lost. Still, I don’t hear KO attempting any “damage control” at all, other than the words you’re so eager to cram into his mouth that he never said.
Missy, who ever said Keith Olbermann is the “story of the week”? He gets a story in a few outlets and all of a sudden he’s being accused of overshadowing all the journalists in the war? You have got to be kidding me. Please, get up off the high horse before it gets disgusted and bucks you off. And no, Missy and OverHere, I don’t get paid a dime for writing this, so please, stop being so envious because you think I’m being paid. It’s flattering to have you consider the work I do that good and that professional, but I assure you I do it for free, and gladly too.
Charles, your accusations are groundless. KO’s not leaving for another job and he’s getting along fine with his network. Really bugs ya, doesn’t it?
“Kind of lost, kind of paranoid, and desperate…out of tricks, and the old ones are tiresome at best?” Couldn’t have described Harvey’s post better.
And to Craig, Johnny, “Olbermann a Nazi supporter?” and anyone else who hopes to brew up a huge media tempest over nothing: Let go of your pearls and grow up. Keith Olbermann is NOT a Nazi supporter and his use of the Nazi salute was a joke, obviously. Not because he thinks Nazis are a joke but apparently because he find a similarity between mindless following of the Nazi Party and the mindless following of Fox News…which, when you think about it, isn’t all that funny, but at least he can ridicule the mindlessness and try to get some people to think. Brainless following of leaders is something he’s always been against, whether it’s Hitler or Bush. Something to think about. IF you can think, that is.
Then again, Olbermann’s also the one who correctly pointed out that it was American soldiers in World War II who got massacred by Nazis at Malmedy…not the other way around, as Bill O’Reilly had it. A mistake for which O’Reilly has never apologized.
Comment by tanne — July 23, 2006 @ 8:12 pm
^
Spare us your lecture because if that was BOR with a Doofus mask doing the Nazi salute, We all know what you would’ve done. LOL
Comment by Lurker — July 23, 2006 @ 8:32 pm
First, Tanne, I used to enjoy his show a lot before it became the Bitterness Hour. KO is an enormously talented person. Maybe I keep hoping he’ll do something more worthy of his intelligence than sling mud. I guess I’m an optimist. Second, I agree with Lurker - If BOR, Sean Hannity or any other conservative anchor/reporter would have done that, I doubt so many people would excuse it as a joke.
Comment by Goldfish — July 23, 2006 @ 8:48 pm
tanne, I don’t watch Olbermann anymore, because it is tired and boring and I prefer to see NEWS when I’m watching an alleged news show. Plus, I have a job that requires me to be watching something else at 8 pm a few nights a week. The fact that you are so adamantly defending KO says one thing… you REALLY need to get a life.
Comment by OverHere — July 23, 2006 @ 8:54 pm
Gee jmorris724, if he is Jewish i guess that makes it ok. Actually that makes it worse IMHO…
Comment by JR — July 23, 2006 @ 9:21 pm
Olbermann is not Jewish. I am not a Republican; I don’t think it’s funny. Sorry to skew your demographics.
Comment by Goldfish — July 23, 2006 @ 9:22 pm
Tanne,
Two things. First, if KO gets along just fine with everybody, why has he publically blasted Dan Abrams and Rita Cosby in the past? And secondly, of course he’ll leave. Just look up his Wikipedia profile, and look at all the jobs he’s had in the past two decades. It’s natural for him to jump ship every now and then. That is, if history repeats itself, which it has a very nasty habit of doing. ;)
Comment by Charles — July 23, 2006 @ 9:58 pm
Lurker, who is “Doofus”?
Goldfish, I don’t see the “bitterness” in Olbermann’s show when I watch it. Maybe you need new glasses. Nor, OverHere, do I see anything tired or boring. What I do see is plenty of news. And honestly, can’t you think of a more imaginative insult than the tired, boring “Get a life”? Sheesh!
True, Olbermann is NOT Jewish. But he’s definitely not anti-Semitic either (a fact which incenses the anti-Semitic people who constantly plague him with e-mail chiding him for not being on their side). And I would be pretty scared if a Republican gave this kind of salute, at least until I found out whether he MEANT it or not.
Charles, I didn’t say Olbermann “gets along fine with everybody.” Nobody gets along fine with everybody, but getting along fine with everybody has never been a requirement for keeping one’s job, has it? Getting along with the management and the coworkers one has to deal with daily–whatever one thinks about them privately–is all that is required of most people. So why is Olbermann held to a standard where he has to love everyone at MSNBC in every way, and they all have to love him in every way, in order to keep his job? It’s nonsense. All he has to do is put out a good show and get some halfway decent ratings. It must be frustrating you to death that he hasn’t yet “jumped ship” and left the field to the likes of O’Reilly, so you hope to push him in that direction. Well, guess what–he just might not want to go. People change–at least some people do. I think it’s quite bitter and nasty to assume they don’t.
Jmorris724 had it right. All this false pearl-clutching about Nazis and Jews is just another way to attack Olbermann because they want him off the air for expressing viewpoints with which they personally disagree. That’s all. If they really cared about Nazis, they’d still be demanding an apology from O’Reilly for saying Americans massacred Nazis at Malmedy instead of the other way around. But on that subject, they are notably silent.
Comment by tanne — July 24, 2006 @ 7:03 am
As a Republican and moderate-conservative, the idea that conservatives are trying to banish all left-leaning programs is silly. If KO were cancelled today, MSNBC would probably try to replace him with someone of a similar ideological point of view. KO’s whole schtick is to bash Fox News and BOR; that’s the only thing that brings him publicity and (for a while) ratings.
To the conservatives on this board: you are just giving him what he wants when you get into these long, heated exchanges over his antics. Just ignore him. The rest of the public does.
Comment by Scott — July 24, 2006 @ 8:15 am
Spud,
You said on another post that you were not running the Olby Nazi Salute photo because it was copyrighted yet you are running a photo here that is also copyrighted. Can you please clarify your reasoning.
Olbermann did NOT say that Fox News hacked his emails or even imply it. I have a transcript from the presser on Olbermann Watch if you want to see what he actually said. That said, it is still interesting that he is floating this claim in what I believe is his first public appearance in front of the media since OlbyEmailGate.
TVNewser did not IGNORE the Nazi Salute story - he was not blogging on Sunday but put up TWO posts on this - one the actual story with the photo and replies to his caption contest that refereneced the photo.
I trust folks here don’t think I am shilling for TVN or Olbermann in posting this :-)
Comment by Robert Cox — July 24, 2006 @ 11:18 am
Keith Olbermann is nothing more than obsessed with Bill O’Reilly. And he should be. Olbermann doesn’t do well in the ratings and O’Reilly is the kind of cable news. The only reason Olbermann looks like a freak is becasue of his compuslive behavior towards O’Reilly. Olbermann now wants to be Bill O’Reilly. All good news for The O’Reilly Factor and Fox. Not such good news for NBC News because Olbermann is falling apart.
Comment by Craig — July 24, 2006 @ 12:16 pm
^
Ohhh, you’re one of those Kool-Aid drinking tin foil hat wearing RATS that think the 2004 election was stolen and it was because of DIEBOLD? Oh I see where you’re coming from now. You guys are right, Those exit polls were correct afterall and it was because of DIEBOLD that Kerry lost. You guys will lose in 2006, 2008 etc… because we control DIEBOLD and there’s nothing you RATS can do about it. Pauhahahahaha.
Comment by Lurker — July 24, 2006 @ 12:41 pm
Morris:
Bush was sworn in for a second term. Kerry and his campaign manager publicly said that any alleged irregularities would not have changed the overall result in Ohio. Case closed; Olbermann’s commentary on the subject amounted to a hill of beans.
Cox:
TVNewser has been known to ignore anti-Olbermann stories in the past. Today, he posted a ton of stories and got Olbermann’s salute off the front page within two hours. If you don’t think that’s intentional, that’s your choice, I think it is.
Comment by Jack — July 24, 2006 @ 2:09 pm
Forgot to ask about this:
There’s a headline on FTV Live today that says “Keith Olbermann admits that blog is a shill for him…”
What is this about?
Comment by Jack — July 24, 2006 @ 2:11 pm
Oh, I forgot about the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. article, which was in a magazine that already calls Bush “the worst president ever.” We won’t get into the fact that he’s the nephew of a president who was narrowly elected office under a cloud of alleged vote tampering in Illinois. His opponent had the graciousness to concede for the good of the country.
Let’s just deal with your lies. Nowhere in the article does Kerry say he would have taken legal action knowing “what he knows now,” as you claimed. This is what he said:
Sen. John Kerry — in a wide-ranging discussion of ROLLING STONE’s investigation — expressed concern about Republican tactics in 2004, but stopped short of saying the election was stolen.
‘’Can I draw a conclusion that they played tough games and clearly had an intent to reduce the level of our vote? Yes, absolutely. Can I tell you to a certainty that it made the difference in the election? I can’t. There’s no way for me to do that. If I could have done that, then obviously I would have found some legal recourse.'’
As for Olbermann, he claims his profession failed by not disputing the election based on exit polling. Yet there is an earlier quote in the article by Tom Brokaw, who’s got a bit more journalistic credibility than Mr. ESPN, saying that the exit polling system was fundamentally flawed and he would never take it to air again.
So, it’s Keith Olbermann and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr vs. George W. Bush, John Kerry, and Tom Brokaw. You decide!
Comment by Jack — July 24, 2006 @ 2:35 pm
Jack, Don’t mind JM. You are intellectually superior to him and he just can’t hold your **** so he makes excuses on why he doesn’t know how to respond. Just like Bill Maher. He thinks he’s smart *** when he’s on his own set with 2 other RATS outnumbering 1 Republican but when he come on with BOR who doesn’t tolerate spin and knows what’s he talking about , BOR makes a total fool out of him. Ummmm, ahhhhh, ummmmm ahhhhhh that’s mostly the conversation he’s had with BOR. LOL
And this is what JM said
” The comment you posted at 2:35PM is just a long, angry, rant. I’m not really sure how to respond to that. You also used assumptions instead of actual facts to back up your opinion, a lot of those assumptions and implications you used are things that many may dispute, so you really didn’t say a whole lot. ”
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I swear when you OWN a liberal they comback at you saying you’re ANGRY. Let’s talk about assumptions, Wasn’t that an assumption by you? In fact just go read all of JM’s posts. They are all assumptions and implications that he denounces. Het buddy, You can’t have it both ways lol.
Comment by Lurker — July 24, 2006 @ 3:18 pm
Jmorris724,
Here are a few assumptions you have made on this thread.
1) Word on the street is that those famouse e-mails people keep referencing weren’t actually sent by Olbermann, but rather an intern or assistant of some sort. I heard that Olbermann took the blame because he didn’t want the kid to be fired.
2)Apparently to them it’s ok to have an entire channel of right wing dick heads, but god forbid if there should ever be one left leaning news anchor on a little channle like MSNBC. The right wingers would never admit it, but they’re nervous. Olbermann’s ratings keep going up. You gotta wonder how much higher his ratings will be a year from now.
3) OMG. I highly doubt that any of you care about bad language. You just want my comment deleted because you want to silence me.
4)Olbermann did it as a joke (of course republicans don’t understand the concept of humor). Besides, if i’m not mistaken, I think he’s jewish. But if sean hannity did it, I really would be scared. I’d probably hide in my attic for a few days and try to be very, very quiet.
5)that’s incorrect, Jack. Robert Kennedy Jr. talked to kerry. kerry said that they almost brought legal action, but at the time they didn’t yet have all the facts they would have needed to make a case. He said that if he knew then what he knows now, he would have taken legal action. And bush winning by 5 points in Florida, that’s laughable. Who’s pink taco did Jeb have to eat to get those kinda results
How about YOU supplying some facts instead of rants..
I await your intelligent reply..
Mr. Jackass…
Comment by JR — July 24, 2006 @ 3:19 pm
Jmoron724,
By not answering the comments i posted you clearly show you dont have the ability to prove them. I think i hear your mommie calling you….Get off the computer now and go wash your hands AND MOUTH before dinner…
Comment by JR — July 24, 2006 @ 5:48 pm
Jmoron724,
If challenging what you post to this blog, asking you to back up your statements, having you NOT respond to them and then calling me names is being a bully in your mind then i are guilty as charged.
Comment by JR — July 24, 2006 @ 6:08 pm
Jmoron724,
the first reason is i have a job and the second reason is you did not challenge another posters comments until entry #60…
Have a profanity free day…..
Comment by JR — July 24, 2006 @ 6:12 pm
Joel,
Ah, its just not worth it….
Have a profanity free day…………
Comment by JR — July 24, 2006 @ 6:53 pm
If you’ve read down this far,
please recite the whole thing ten times fast…
Comment by erljr — July 24, 2006 @ 7:37 pm
Scott, if “the idea that conservatives are trying to banish all left-leaning programs is silly,” how come Spud’s posts on Olbermann draw more comments than his posts on anyone or anything else by a long shot? It’s obvious: Olbermann is the news anchor with the most right-wing enemies who are frightened of the truth he speaks and want him off the air. And you know that if he did go off the air, MSNBC would replace him with yet another conservative. Every time they get someone new, it’s another conservative. And he does way, way more on his show than “bash” anyone; try watching it sometime and you’ll see. I sure don’t ignore him.
Cox, one thing I never have to fear is that you are shilling for Olbermann…Well, if Fox isn’t necessarily the ones hacking his email, then one has to wonder, who else might be?
Craig, you claim Olbermann is obsessed with O’Reilly, but he’s not…you, however, appear to be obsessed with Olbermann. Ratings, yadada, Bill is the king, yadada, Olbermann is falling apart, yadada. Lather, rinse, repeat. Come up with something new sometime, can you?
And you too, Lurker. Guess what–the namecalling is getting old and nobody cares. For the record, yes, I DO think the election was stolen by Diebold; there’s plenty of evidence of it, too. Thank God Olbermann wasn’t afraid to pursue his hunch that something was wrong. Someday the whole story will be known. As for you, you should be ashamed if you’re really proud of your party’s skill at stealing elections. (And Jack, Kerry’s changed his mind about his concession too. *sigh* If only he had challenged it sooner. Unfortunately, in that sense he IS a flip-flopper. Grrrr.)
Another thing that’s getting old: the accusations that Brian Stelter is somehow trying to “protect” Olbermann. Please. Have you guys really got nothing better to do? And do you believe whatever FTV Live says? Please!
For the record, Tom Brokaw isn’t necessarily the last word on elections either. And I see right through the “Mr. ESPN” crack; it’s meant to imply that someone who used to report on sports is somehow lacking in qualifications to cover politics or world news. Nonsense. Covering sports is every bit as hard, which you’d know if you’d ever done it yourself, Jack.
Lurker…you’re sure not qualified to tell who is intellectually superior to whom…
And with that, I leave the schoolyard boys to their little fight.
Comment by tanne — July 24, 2006 @ 8:09 pm
I like Keith Olbermann, and I have no particular fondness for Bill O’Reilly but, wow, Olbermann does indeed have some weird obsession with O’Reilly. Just look at his section on the MSNBC website. There are as many photos of Bill O’Reilly as there are of himself. Why would you dedicate your website to be about your competitor. And that O’Reilly face mask? What is he really using that for when he’s alone in the men’s room? hmmmm
Comment by Dave — July 24, 2006 @ 8:10 pm
Tanne, The biggest story of the year is breaking and news organizations from around the world have their top people reporting on it.
Where is KO…??? At a TV convention in California playing Nazi..Enough said…..
Comment by JR — July 24, 2006 @ 8:25 pm
I had an accident doing house cleaning and accidentally wiped out some of the comments on this thread. Sorry about that. Though I’m not too sorry since there was a lot of profanity going on. Those involved are getting a time out on the blog.
Comment by Spud — July 24, 2006 @ 9:13 pm
Dave, I disagree with you. I think the only reason KO even cares about Bill-O is because he thinks someone else has to dare to counteract his crap. I agree.
JR…the biggest meeting of TV critics of the year is breaking and news organizations from around the world have sent their critics to it, and TV networks have sent what they think is their best talent to it to impress the critics.
Where is KO?…At that meeting. Sent by his network. Enough said…
Comment by tanne — July 25, 2006 @ 6:59 am