There was a particularly Olbermann moment at the top of the show tonight, during the coverage of Karl Rove's recent speech to his fellow Republicans.

First Keith displayed the full range of his professionalism by putting very pejorative words into Rove's mouth that he never uttered or implied.

Keith then made a priceless remark that sounded like "so much for fair and balanced".

Yes, Mr Sportscaster cum Anchorman, a political party operative should be "fair and balanced".... an MSNBC anchorman shouldn't disturb a hair on his pretty toupee over such things.

Then our non-Faux-News anchorman went on to bandy around expressions like "enemies list" and "illegal acts".

All in a day's word for our Edward R. Moron.

What can you say... Jill likes him.

of course, one must define terrorist in the phrase "terrorist surveillence":

in this sense, terrorist means "journalists, activists, labor union leaders and other political opponents"

if anyone would like any references to illegal government surveillance on these groups of individuals, i'll be happy to supply them.

Hi Everybody, I worked late into the night and had better things to tivo could anybody tell me who made the worst person list Monday Night? I bet it was'nt a Democrat!! Thanks for keeping me informed on Mister Looney Tune!!!

Expect terrible ratings for Keith for this show. His target audience was definitely watching "Skating With the Stars."

Keith likes what he knows and knows what he likes. Another successful propaganda session beamed to ten thousand faithful, Cecilia and Johnny Dollar!

Saw the segment on Ford's fiscal problems. The company that is the poster child for liberal business ethics is in the crapper, and Keith really has nothing to say (of course). No rants about inflated operational costs, excessive benifits for workers, and crappy looking cars. After a pathetic canned piece, during which a begoggled Ford executive was shown explaining a plant closing to employees, Keith sneered, "they get to be fired by a guy wearing safety goggles." Nice one Beavis! Plant closings suck! That guy was wearing GOGGLES!

Never mind the 800 pound socialist guerrilla sitting on Ford's chest! Meanwhile, Halliburton, a successful U.S. company, is attacked. I'm surprised Olby didn't find a way to drag Wal-Mart into this. After all, nothing bothers a failed leftist cable host more than success.

Puck,

I missed the WPITW segment.

But I'll tell you the obvious Olbermann choice who wasn't given the award: Chris Matthews.

Matthews was named Media Matters' "Misinformer of the Year". Media Matters now wants its groupies (like Olbermann) to write MSNBC and pressure them into straightening Matthews out.

Now the Keith Olbermann leftist nutjob side of the internet, has a petition out for signing that calls for MSNBC to force Matthews to apologize for his remarks about Bin Laden sounding like Howard Dean and Michael Moore.

Matthews said this in the context of Bin Laden following our public debate and using the arguments of war opponents.

Would there be the slightest chance that Olbermann would not have made Matthews WPITW if Chris worked for Fox or was a Republican. The slightest?...

Of course not. But then Matthews would NOT have made it if he worked for any other network besides FOX. If John Roberts or Anderson Cooper were in Matthew's place they would not be WPITW either.

Keith doesn't just refrain from bullying co-workers, he refrains from bullying anyone where it might be a risk. Anyone who might be liked and admired by someone of influence in the MSM.

That's not going to be a FNC employee, a conservative/Republican, or a regular person who's not also involved in some sort of liberal cause.

No, Keith is the type who knows exactly how far to go in order to amuse the elites rather than to actually take on one of their own.

When Rolling Stones named him a trailblazer, what they really picked was a guy who'd take us back to the time when information and "correct" opinion was meted out by liberal high priests. They picked a guy who'd rather the media still be the one it was in 1976 with the only change being a few infotainment pieces that snarked those people holding contrary opinions.

Olbermann is doctrinaire and a bully and he's certainly NOT courageous.

WPITW was all nonentities. Nothing controversial or political. I suspected as much when I checked Media Matters and didn't find much to work with yesterday. That's often the case on Monday. And you know Olby won't pick Nagin, or Randi Rhodes, or any of the Err America crowd for the stuff THEY say. So sometimes he's forced to choose nobodies--for him it's the only option if he's to avoid ever picking a Democrat or a liberal as "worst".

thanks everybody, I always thought thats where worst person came from, media matters. What a fun group!! I thought for sure Drudge was gona make it. But I guess the media matters office was closed over the weekend. I don't get fired up about this show anymore because it's become too damm predictible! First story: 85% Bush Bash, 15% Republican's are the devil's army. Second story: something going wrong somewhere in the country and we don't care but Keith does followed by dopey sound bytes, top three snoozemakers and Oh my God did I just waste one hour of my life for z-list celeb Mo Rocca again???? The only part left that I have any intrest is worst person. Yeah Chris would never make it. In house and all that. But lets face it, Keith does'nt have the balls to go after Rita Cosby. And the only reason she's there is because it was a primetime numbers game at Fox. And last time I looked, was'nt she grabbing best prime time numbers at M.S.L.S.D.???? Thats gotta be grating Ohby. And if it's true she is doing it with a crapy lead in..... Edward R. Moron!!!!

My goodness! Someone has a differing opinion than Bush, Limbaugh and Hannity! What blasphemy!
And how can someone dare go against the troops by smearing Halliburton; they were only given Tens of Billions of Dollars, so we can forgive them for providing filthy drinking water to our servicemen in Iraq, don'tcha think???
OLBERMANN, BOO! VIVA BUSH!

There are rumors going around that Keith will be replaced soon. MSNBC is reportedly going about this quietly since they don't trust Keith to go with class. But now that it is out there, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Olby just disappear.

One more lefty loony off the airwaves is fine by me.

Anonymous,

IF Halliburton exposed our troops to contaminated drinking water, we certainly shouldn't "forgive them".

But what we do around here is to have the honesty to recognize that the only reason Olbermann even mentions this is to imply that the decision to do it somehow came straight from Dick Cheney.

If Cheney hadn't once been involved with Halliburton, it wouldn't be a dot on your or OLbermann's radar.

Cecilia,

i agree with you. however, to be clear olbermann's job isn't about being objective. it's about bringing an audience to their commercial sponsors. because cheney was involved with halliburton, that's very sexy.

MSNBC is a wannabee Fox. Of course, they're going to cancel Keith, just as they did Donohue. And the brown shirts win again, the military industrial complex you folks wallow in. Oh joy. And when Georgie postpones 2006 elections because of implied national security threats, be proud. But when they come for you in the middle of the night. Do think about how you helped bring down democracy. Oops, I wonder if the NSA picked this up? Am I now on the known terrorist list? Are you? You think? Oh, no. You people don't think. You follow Bush and the evil Cheney talking points every day. So what if Halliburton fed contaminated water to the troops? What the hell? Those kids were only fodder, poor folk, not important, even if they were registered Republicans. 7 more went down today. A blip. Georgie and Dick chuckle. Good God, only the poor send their kids to fight for the USA. Ha, ha, ha -- such suckers.

Keith is the only voice of reason on MSNBC. As he picks up support, he will be taken down. Look at Donohue who they took off when he was beating Fox 8 ways to Sunday. But that's not the agenda. MSNBC wants to be a clone of Fox. And the loss of money is sort of a write off for the GOP. All of MSNBC is right wing except for Keith. And as he picks up ratings, it's a guantee he'll be canceled, ala Phil Donahue. That liberal media just wants to make sure that TweetyBird, Scarboro and the Tucker can talk, and talk, and talk. Don't you think it's wonderful that MSNBC is so liberal?

Keith is the only voice of reason on MSNBC. As he picks up support, he will be taken down. Look at Donohue who they took off when he was beating Fox 8 ways to Sunday. But that's not the agenda. MSNBC wants to be a clone of Fox. And the loss of money is sort of a write off for the GOP. All of MSNBC is right wing except for Keith. And as he picks up ratings, it's a guantee he'll be canceled, ala Phil Donahue. That liberal media just wants to make sure that TweetyBird, Scarboro and the Tucker can talk, and talk, and talk. Don't you think it's wonderful that MSNBC is so liberal?

Keith is the only voice of reason on MSNBC. As he picks up support, he will be taken down. Look at Donohue who they took off when he was beating Fox 8 ways to Sunday. But that's not the agenda. MSNBC wants to be a clone of Fox. And the loss of money is sort of a write off for the GOP. All of MSNBC is right wing except for Keith. And as he picks up ratings, it's a guantee he'll be canceled, ala Phil Donahue. That liberal media just wants to make sure that TweetyBird, Scarboro and the Tucker can talk, and talk, and talk. Don't you think it's wonderful that MSNBC is so liberal?

Jill,

You're certainly on my known terrorist list.

Oh gosh, do you think Dickie is sending the money he's made back to H because he's upset that his old company may have caused illenss? Did you see that H got another no bid contract today for 3 mil? How can you be so stupid. Are you getting rich? Or is Dickie? Are your kids dieing. Or are Dickie's? Or Georgie's? Not one member of the Bush family has signed up to serve in the "NOBLE CAUSE." Get a grip. Your support for this regime is not in your best interest.

I LOVE JILL!!!! ISN'T SHE THE GREATEST??? Now if she can only function that way after they take her off medication. Jill can I please ask you a question? could you please direct me to the web-site that says olby is gaining ratings??? Or is it that I can't get wi-fi into the little voice inside you're head????

when you have no evidence, all you can do is call people names and appeal to ratings. watch your reality tv shows if ratings is the yardstick of truth.

Ah the misinformed also can not read correctly. I did ask a question to become informed. And though I might have questioned Jill's mental status. I did not call her names. I don't watch reality shows. So what you are telling me is that ratings don't matter? It's just the content and we are not suppose to question what we see????? But you have a channel for that. It's called P.B.S. I'm looking for this grand sucess that is Keith Olberman. Do Jill or your self have this evidence????? I still Love Jill!!!!!!!!!!!!! By the way obi, Carville and Bagala were on with O'Reilly. I enjoyed the back and forth banter and everybody smiled at the end. Two questions....One: does this make Paul and James secret agents for George Bush and the right wing? Number two: Will we ever see the great Obi have Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin on at once??? or seperate???? Comon' there just a bunch of dopey right wing women. Keith should have no problem! I think we know the answer. sadly the emperor has no clothes.....or balls....or ratings.......But don't fret theres always P.B.S. Maybe Olbi can sub for Charley Rose????

Keith and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of 'shrooms.

Jill, have you ever been under the care of a psychiatrist? Do you hear voices? Are you off your medication now? You are very paranoid.

As for Dopey-Wan, this statement is precious:

"Olbermann's job isn't about being objective. it's about bringing an audience to their commercial sponsors"

Hey Dopey, for once you are right! Olby's job is to deliver an audience so the company can charge for advertising! You might want to tell Olby though, since he thinks his job is to shill for leftists and their pet causes.

Your hero is a failure by your own standards, as he delivers a tiny audience of crazy people who don't have money to spend (hence the commercials for "hemorrhoid relief" during Rantdown). Mr. Wan, you double cross yourself more than a psychotic Nun.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has noticed the bias of Mr. Olberman. It's ironic that he is so eager to point out Fox's bias (as he sees it) when he is so obviously biased himself. Of course, this is typical of anyone with an ideological bias. They are blind to their own bias. The show itself actually can be fairly entertaining; it's a shame that Olberman's (and probably the producers) bias gets in the way of that. "Countdown" joins shows like "The West Wing" and "Real Time with Bill Maher" as mouthpieces for the Democratic party, much as Fox can be viewed as the same for the Republican party. The only difference seems to be that Fox is called on it much more-and often in unfair ways, whereas a show like "Countdown" seems to get a pass, probably because its viewpoint is shared by most of the media critics.

Jill Perry, you have a very strange definition of "right wing". Of course, to a communist, a moderate Democrat would be considered right wing. My advice to you is to not let your own left wing liberalism completely warp your perspective. Only then will you be taken seriously by anyone other than your fellow travellers. Don't feel bad, though. Most people fall into the same exact trap and, as a result, are disregarded by the more open-minded among us.

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