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March 20, 2006

Is Countdown really still on the air?

It's been a while since I have watched Countdown. And, as a result, it's been a while since I have read the comments in OlbermannWatch. I felt the mission of OlbermannWatch had been achieved when Keith cried to the Hartford Courant that he was being "persecuted" by OlbermannWatch. For reasons that are a mystery even to me I decided to glance through the comments today.

I did notice that resident Cuckoo from Michigan, Marisa McNee is back posting under yet another psuedonym - "Sherry Starr". Long time readers will recall Marisa as the University of Michigan graduate student who tried to get OW web hosting provider, the Ann Arbor Police and the FBI - among others - to shut down OlbermannWatch. I'm not even going to bother to look at the web log files - her obsession with KO's sartorial splendor is a dead giveaway.

Trekkie seems to be a new addition to the collection of KO fanatics and loons who seem intent on frequenting this site.

I gather some other nutcase is posting as, variously, Real Liberal, Gaius Baltar, JDogg66, Curious George, Iron Mike, Mr Roboto Imperious Leader, and MVK. If that person is not Marisa then maybe Marisa can explain to that person how "effective" hiding behind such psuedonyms can be in hiding one's identity from the staff at OlbermannWatch Maybe we can have a contest to see how long it takes for OW to post that person's home address, phone number, place of work and a satellite photo of their house. Right, Marisa?

I did notice that the Olberfans discussion group is "gone". Maybe someone can provide a new link to that collection of whack jobs so we can all enjoy an unvarnished look at how the minds of KO fans really work (or don't work).

It seems that "someone" has taken it upon themselves to edit the Keith Olbermann entry on Wikipedia. For those not familiar with Wikipedia, anyone can edit the site. In this case it appears that the Olbermann.org folks have taken upon themselves to provide a one-sided view of KO that only a Loony Lefty could love. Here are a few "objective facts" from Keith's entry....

"(On leaving ESPN) he became increasingly unhappy commuting to ESPN's studios in Bristol, Connecticut, due to the area's remote location and lack of an active social scene. Those issues, coupled with whispers that he could be difficult to work or get along with contributed to his departure from ESPN in 1997."

Whispers? Keith is notorious for insulting just about everyone he works with. Keith has been known to alienate newsrooms by announcing to no one in particular "I can do everyone in this place's job better than they can" and stomping off.

"Olbermann and Chris Matthews' Hardball, also on MSNBC, tied for 1st place on MSNBC (and 21st place in all of cable news) in February 2006 with 400,000 viewers each for the month, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Talk about a stretch...there are 4 shows on during primetime on MSNBC and and Keith "tied for 1st"? is that liking winning a "participant" ribbon for a potato sack race during gym class in elementary school?

"Olbermann quickly became known and loved for his acid wit, his brutally honest reporting style and clever catch phrases, as well as his tight chemistry with co-anchor Patrick"

loved?

"In an explicit and controversial monologue, he attributed his tumor (and the resulting fear and pain) directly to his 27-year habit of smoking pipes and cigars."

Keith was roundly criticized by his peers for what was perceived as a petulant, self-absorbed comment; his boss Rick Kaplan unloaded on Keith for his lame attempt to equate his minor surgery to Peter Jennings death.

A link to Rolling Stone is labeled "Pro-Olbermann article" while a link to The Cornell Review is labeled "conservative article accusing Olbermann of bias".

On the plus side there is a link to Joe Hagan's article in The New York Observer where Keith sites me as one of the two bloggers he reads regularly and Mark Glaser's article in Online Journalism Review which quotes me at length. I don't see the Hartford Courant article.

Anyone right-minded individuals interested in providing a little editorial balance to Wikipedia? This would be an on-going project to monitor and update the Wikipedia entry everytime the Keith's KOooks deface Wikipedia with their loony left, pro-Keith rants.

I'm not sure whether I'm going to start posting over here regularly or not. I did get a Tivo recently and the ability to pause Keith's ramblings when he starts to go off the deep end might be a new, welcome way to watch the show. Plus, Tivo has a "delete now" key.

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By Gloria on March 20, 2006 7:16 PM

To RCox

Thanks for such an interesting and even-handed posting to this site. You have made some excellent points. I hope you will find the time to post to this site again as your clarity is badly needed. As far as Wikipedia is concerned, I hope that no one takes what is written there as fact. Their credibility was lost quite some time ago.

By Sherry Starr on March 20, 2006 10:21 PM

Gloria, Gloria, Gloria...Where DO you get your information from? I am NOT "that resident cuckoo from Michigan, Marisa McNee". Don't know who she is but if she is a fan of Kuddly Keith then she's alright in my book.

My nom de plume (Sherry Starr) is from the days when I was a radio DJ in N.C. and here in Florida.

If you don't like the term "sartorial splendor" I can dumb it down for you. He dresses really neat!!!

By Gloria on March 21, 2006 1:50 AM

Sherry, I think you are responding to the wrong post. I am not the one who called you Marissa McNee and all those other things you mentioned. Check it out.

By Sherry Starr on March 21, 2006 2:54 PM

My sincere apologies Gloria. I see it was R Cox who sent the nastygram about me. It shows that we ALL make mistakes, from Keith to everyone else.

Hey R Cox that previous email was meant for you, not Gloria.

By puck on March 21, 2006 8:34 PM

Hey R Cox!

Great post! But you can throw Sherry Star some slack at this point, compaired to some of the wack jobs that have posted up here. But, Sherry Star trying to shut us down? That's not nice. I wouldn't want to shut down the Olby site. We need to keep them all penned up in one place, er site. Wow she might be or could be associated with Marrisa McNee? Oh well Kooks of a feather. Besides, the syrup buissness has picked up since she started posting. Sherry Star a radio D.J.! that explains a lot. Hey it's 49 degress here in downtown Kooksville comin' up the Olby minute. Get Keith's ramblings compressed into 60 seconds. WOW! isn't that dreamy! I'm at W.K(ook).R.P. in Cincinnati.

By Sherry Starr on March 21, 2006 10:46 PM

Hey Puck! Where did you ever get the idea that I would like to shut this site down? Find any quote by ME where I said that and I'll apologize. But you will find that I never said any such thing.

I'm not like Boycott Bill (O'Reilly) who wants to boycott everyone he doesn't like.

What does my being a (former)disk jockey "explain a lot" about? Are all disk jockeys idiots or something? I also did TV voice-overs. Does that make me a double idiot?

Well guess what? Since this is nothing but a Keith bashing site and you find the syrup increase so distasteful, to paraphrase the immortal words of Richard Nixon, you won't have me to kick around anymore.

I am outta here. You won't change my mind and I won't change yours.

Let me finish with repeating what I keep saying...Keith is the most handsome, sexiest, wittiest, funniest guy on TV today and his voice is wonderful. Who cares what any of you think? You're all blinded by your right-wing, conservative ideology which is leading this country right down the path to being a Third World country. Keep following Bush and see where we all end up. Heaven help us and viva la Olbermann!!!!

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