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'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Dec. 8
Read the transcript to the 8 p.m. ET show
Updated: Updated: 10:45 a.m. ET Dec. 9, 2004
Guest: Jim Vandehei, Todd Shields, Jason Dearen
OLBYWATCH GUIDE: Countdown did some rare actual reporting by sending Monica Novatny down to Washington to cover the "Winter Voter" hearings organized by John Conyers as an unofficial "investigation" of voting irregularities in Ohio (see my raw notes for more).
Olbermann ignored the REAL news coming out of the hearings to report that Conyers merry band would be going to Ohio and that Conyers was willing to consider Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s suggestion of filing a challenge to the seating of the Ohio electors. If Olbermann or Novatny were interested in REAL NEWS, they might have reported that John Conyers emphatically declared the motivation of Capital Hill democrats in endorsing the conspiracy theorists - to build moment for a long-standing bill drafted by Jesse Jackson, Jr. to up-end the Constitution by federalizing national elections, specifically to create an opportunity for redress in federal rather than state courts for election challenges.
Dogs that didn't bark on Countdown included a self-debunk of the oft-cited Freeman Report (more on that later), no mention of whether any of the recount requests mailed by the Green Party and Libertarian party were actually received by any of Ohio's 88 county commissioners, and the status of Cliff Arnebeck's lawsuit which Keith had reported would be filed on Wednesday. Apparently Novatny failed to notice that Cliff Arnebeck was at the "winter voter" hearings on Capital Hill.
In the next segment, Keith exposed his interest in "voting irregularities" for the fraud it is when he interviewed Todd Shields of MediaWeek to discuss Shields recent article, Activists Dominate Content Complaints.
Shields had reported,
The number of indecency complaints had soared dramatically to more than 240,000 in the previous year, Powell said. The figure was up from roughly 14,000 in 2002, and from fewer than 350 in each of the two previous years. There was, Powell said, "a dramatic rise in public concern and outrage about what is being broadcast into their homes."
What Powell did not reveal - apparently because he was unaware - was the source of the complaints. According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003 - 99.8 percent -were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group.
This year, the trend has continued, and perhaps intensified.
Through early October, 99.9 percent of indecency complaints - aside from those concerning the Janet Jackson 'wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBS - were brought by the PTC, according to the FCC analysis dated Oct. 1.
Olbermann expressed grave concern that a conversative group would orchestrate an letter-writing campaign in an attempt to prompt a government investigation. Yet Olbermann, and other liberal media figures, have routinely cited "thousands" of letters and e-mails as their justification for reporting on the "Vote Fraud" story. The GAO similarily cited letter and emails, not a complaint from lawmakers, as their justification for launching an investigaiton into allegations of vote fraud.
Olbermann also worked in a gratuitous shot at Parents Television Council head Brent Bozell, III, by likening Bozell to Theodore Kirkpatrick author of "Red Channel", a pamphlet written in 1950 that formed the basis for the Hollywood "blacklist". Olbermann continued, practically begging MRC to report on the segment, by suggesting that his "interview" of Shields would land him on Bozell's "crap list."
Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television (1950); Theodore Kirkpatrick (former FBI agent), Vincent Harnett (television producer); published 22nd June, 1950
RE: UBER-BOY....
I've read that eight of the Saudi hi-jackers were registered to vote in several different states. (and many of them had multiple ID's.) Of course one would have to fact check this story to be positive, but I bet I'm like most people in that I have no problem believing this story on it's face.
It is easy to believe because It's so easy to register (my ballot is mailed and It's always sent to my PO. box) that anyone with half a (criminal} brain could easily register several times using multiple addresses or multiple ID's. (It's also easy to vote unless your a democrat from that county in Florida)
We basically have an honor system, It such a privilege and an honor to vote, that if you cherish the right, you would never dream of tampering with the system.
There are millions of Illegals in our country, 11-14 million total and several million of those Illegals are in my state alone, California. To pretend that their vote (Illegals) won't make a difference is akin to saying this tumor on my lung won't make a difference so I won't get it check out.
Which is why UBER-BOY's interest in the Ohio vote seems to be so ingenuine to me. Has he ever been concerned enough to dig up the stats. and report about all the illegals that are registered to vote. in any state let alone Ohio?
If UBER-BOY really cared about our system he would want to un-cover and expose The Democrat> Daly "voting" machine, Democrat> Indian reservation block "voting", Democrat> Hillary's Jewish commune block "voting" in up state NY., Democrat> Illegal Immigrant "voting" ETC.
But clearly he doesn't care, he only cares to de-legitimize the Republican win in Ohio.
Quite right, Rubin.
If Kerry had won Ohio and the election, any complaints from Republicans about "voting irregularities" (try brand flakes...) truly WOULD be the twilight zone of the "tin-foil hat crowd" or just plain ole sour grapes.
The only attention Countdown would pay to the matter would be the occasional snarky comment from Keith.
IN his bloggermann gig, Keith, is doing a bit of a spin job on the news that several soldiers were essentially planted and prepped by a reporter in order to ambush Sec. Rumsfeld at a military pep rally the other day.
Although this news certainly diminishes the point of Countdown's report on the rally, which was that it was some sort of grassroots level troop groundswell, Keith's right that much good has come it. Of course he's not discussing that fact that it is a questionable move for a journalist.
However, in light of Keith's take on this, shouldn't he be singing the praises of Brent Bozell with Parents Television Council in his successful effort to direct his supporters in pressuring the FCC to protect children from some of the sexual tawdiness and violence on the public airwaves? :D
Thanks Cecelia for the post, especially the recognition of Brent Bozell.......
Brent, Cal Thomas and Reed Irvine (may he RIP) have taken countless slings and arrows for years from lightweights like Keith and his cousins in the MSM. (Brent,Cal,and Reed are tough though)
You can hardly underestimate the media types who attack them, especially when you consider that the ideas these three gentlemen have proposed over the years are founded in reason and common sense. They have a track record which is open and easy to fact check.
In the main their desire has been to protect our children and our culture. I believe their critics have selfish motives, in that they want a media unrestricted from cultural concerns so they can exploit it for all the money they can get out of it.
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Bob,
I have a strange request.. ...would you hit my post with a honorary tin foil hat Icon.
I'd love to see it.
Rubin,
The media has long portrayed Bozell and company as crackpots but since computer use is now about as widespread as tv watching, they seem to be having difficulty doing the same with internet bloggers.
Before the internet we would have had to quietly watch Olbermann chose someone like Carl Bernstein to expound on White House policy... Our only recourse would have been to write letters to newspapers or yell "Jackass!" at the screen.
While I continue to frequently do the latter, thank God for the internet and for internet bloggers where our views can be discussed.
Moments ago, I read an interview with Bill Moyers. He's beating his breast because of....well... because of talk radio and internet bloggers. Seems the MSM has always been sold-out to their robber baron (Republican) owners. (BTW, why would media people sooner say they are the muzzled slaves of their corporate masters than admit to the possibility of their personal political biases spilling through?) But Moyers says that now the biggest story of our time is the rise of conservative media who are solely mouthpieces of evil Republicans. I'm sure he'd include Fox News in that formulation.
You know I've listened for years to shows like Olbermann's where the guests are chosen to articulate the liberal positions of the host. Where any conservative guests are immediately labeled as being "conservative" or "Republican" and are challenged with liberal positions. Then the liberal guests are challenged... not from the right... but to be even MORE liberal... (Example: 'Senator Kennedy, why isn't the Senate willing to spend more money on...')
It's the height of irony to see Moyers in a tizzy because some conservative may actually articulate conservative ideals without automatically receiving the crackpot label.
What a dire turn of events...