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Kaplan Fired. Countdown readied for the chopping block!
We...so much for "stability" over at MSNBC....in a move that might explain KO's leap back into the arms of Dan Patrick and ESPN several months ago, NBC News fired MSNBC President Rick Kaplan. Brian over at TVN has the internal emails from Kaplan and from his now-former boss. No wonder KO is going to Yankee games when he is supposed to be doing his show. He obviously doesn't care anymore.
Here's a laugher from Kaplan:
"...we've increased MSNBC's viewership 25% in primetime and 19% in dayside. Over just the last year, we've had great success across the board, with Hardball and Countdown coming into their own. All of our primetime programs have improved tremendously in their production and content."
I don't think he was hired to bump up Countdown from 200,000 viewers to 300,000 viewers a night.
NBC News President Steve Capus tries to top Kaplan on the laugh-meter...
"MSNBC has been and continues to be an enormously important asset in the NBC News portfolio."
There is no doubt this is a day long pined for at OlbermannWatch. Clinton pal and uber-liberal Kaplan was never going to dump Keith no matter how low his ratings went. Now all those "conditions" KO laid on Kaplan when he was brought back to MSNBC are out the window. I think we are looking at KO going pretty soon. I don't see him staying on air until his contract is up next February.
Capus warns informs MSNBC staffers "Soon, I will have an announcement for all of you about MSNBC's new leadership. During this period of transition I will call on the department heads at MSNBC to manage their respective units and report to me."
I think the time has come to start up an MSNBC Dead Pool. My money's on Countdown biting the bullet before the November elections.
UPDATE:
Matt Sheffield at Newsbusters links to TVN and adds a few comments.
Jeff Jarvis asks for recommendations on what to do with MSNBC.
Brent Baker at Newsbusters "eulogizes" Rick Kaplan
AP TV writer David Bauder and noted-"KO Lover" lifts quotes from TVN to write his story on Kaplan and adds:
With his increasingly liberal tilt and ongoing feud with Fox's Bill O'Reilly, Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" show has shown growth for MSNBC
NY Post TV writer Janet Whitman borrows heavily from both Bauder and Brian in her report. She has one direct quote in the piece that is oddly sourced:
MSNBC is anxious for bigger moves in the ratings race, particularly in the coveted 24-to-54 year-old demographic - a person with knowledge of Kaplan's exit said.
Since this story was broken on TVN and went out on the AP wire it seems like "a person with knowledge of Kaplan's exit" it could be anyone but the mention of the 25-54 demo and that she took quotes from TVN makes me wonder whether the source is none other than our pal Brian Stelter at TVN.
Lisa de Moraes TV writer at The Washington Post and charter of the He-Man KO Lovers Club and a leader in the "Save KO" movement claims Countdown with Keith Olbermann was Kaplan's greatest accomplishment at MSNBC.
Kaplan had more success with shows he inherited than those he created. The number of viewers watching Keith Olbermann's "Countdown," for instance, has climbed nearly 50 percent among viewers overall, though it came in fourth during May, behind FNC's Bill O'Reilly, CNN's Paula Zahn and CNN Headline News's Nancy Grace.
Olbermann was up 70 percent among viewers 25 to 54 years old, which is the target demographic group of news programming. In the demo, Olbermann's show now ranks No. 2 in its prime-time slot -- something MSNBC has not accomplished in prime time in more than five years -- behind O'Reilly's show, but edging out Zahn and Grace.
I guess former top MSNBC Producer Phil Griffin did not like his old boss Erik Sorenson, Kaplan's predecessor, too much. He's quotes as saying: "Rick came in and got the stench out".
Inside Cable News explores potential winners and losers at MSNBC. A few OlbyWatch readers show up in the comments.
Gawker has a slightly different take:
...the famously antagonistic former ABC and CNN executive, and a shockingly tall Jew - announced late yesterday that he’s leaving the network after two and a half years, in which time he barely budged the news network’s anemic ratings. His departure was widely expected, given MSNBC’s performance on his watch...
Jim Romenesko has the internal MSNBC memo
Inside Cable News notes that Imus stated on-air that Kaplan told him he had been fired.
Howard Kurtz weighs in on Kaplan:
Rick Kaplan out as president of MSNBC: He was actually making modest progress with shows such as "Countdown," although other ideas (Deborah Norville, Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley) bombed. But 2 1/2 years without major improvement is a long time when you're the No. 3 cable news network.
Old lying sack of shit Olberman is sweating his ass off right now. I'm sure O'Reilly is laughing his ass off at little pussy boy now. Maybe Olberman, spooky looking Michael Musta and Mo Rocca will all go start an "eyebrow club for men". What a pathetic bunch of losers.
Old lying sack of shit Olberman is sweating his ass off right now. I'm sure O'Reilly is laughing his ass off at little pussy boy now. Maybe Olberman, spooky looking Michael Musta and Mo Rocca will all go start an "eyebrow club for men". What a pathetic bunch of losers.
`Old lying sack of shit Olberman is sweating his ass off right now.`
doubtful, you twit. KO`s star is rising, that`s why we`re talking about him. get it? and besides, KO is successful, famous, rich, and has quit/fired enough times before not to sweat for much anymore. but go ahead and indulge your petty little fantasies on accounta it gives your paltry little mind something to revel in.
I`m sure O`Reilly is laughing his ass off at little pussy boy now.
`Little pussy boy`; how ecclectic.
Maybe Olberman, spooky looking Michael Musta and Mo Rocca will all go start an `eyebrow club for men`.
wow, this is you trying to be witty? you`re too childish even to be called sophomoric ... which means ...
What a pathetic bunch of losers.
... it`s pretty clear from all the posts herein that the resident OW neanderthals are the real bunch of losers.
LOL, you Nazi ConTurds are claiming that KO is on the way out because of his ratings (no mention of Bill O'Reilly's sh*tty ratings). Speaking of ratings, if Alexa's anything to go by, OlbermannWatch.com itself isn't drawing many visitors at all. How many visitors do you guys get? 50 a day? 100 a day? And you think that you're some of of important force out there that has KO and us Libs quaking in our boots. LOL!!!!! F*ck you Nazis---eat sh*t and die.
Two-to-one that the CountClown is considering returning to ESPN Radio. I wonder if the uptick in Erik Kuselias--who follows Dan Patrick--propaganda during May was a test to determine whether he could carry audience. Assuming he fails to capitalize over the next couple of months, ESPN Radio dumps Kuselias and inserts (no pun intended) the Entersmenn into Kuselias's slot. Not to be wildly speculative, but I figure a shout out to KO as his show gets KOed is only appropriate.
Ut Oh! Racist Keith Olberman just showed a clip of a black guy dressed up like a chimp with a banana phone to his ear. Olberman then proceeds to mock the poor guy and make fun of him. I have just e-mailed the NAACP. We'll see what they have to say about this.
LOL, you Nazi ConTurds are claiming that KO is on the way out because of his ratings (no mention of Bill O'Reilly's sh*tty ratings). Speaking of ratings, if Alexa's anything to go by, OlbermannWatch.com itself isn't drawing many visitors at all. How many visitors do you guys get? 50 a day? 100 a day? And you think that you're some of of important force out there that has KO and us Libs quaking in our boots. LOL!!!!! F*ck you Nazis---eat sh*t and die.
And yet you feel it necessary to come over here. If O'Reilly has 7-8 times the viewers that Ubermann has and you call that shitty, what do you call the ratings of KO Einstein? You're such a keyboard kommando with all your tough talk. More likely some pimple faced freak with one hand on the keyboard and one hand between his legs.
It's a numbers game. No matter how much you try and spin Keith's "strength" in certain age demographics, the sad reality is his ratings are truly a nightmare. Cable tv news/political commentary is a BUSINESS.
If Keith isn't looking over his shoulder, he's a complete moron.
"his ratings are truly a nightmare"
If his ratings really are that bad, and his show isn't watched by that many people... why do those who run this website feel the need to dispute every little thing he says? If he REALLY is a nonfactor in the media stream... tearing him down is a fruitless venture, because no one is watching him anyway.
I think Mr. Olbermann poses more of a threat to the President's lies and republican corruption that those who run this site are willing to openly admit... otherwise they wouldn't spend time railing against his show.
I'm really not sure why anyone cares enough to create a website about Keith. He REALLY is a nonfactor in the media stream.
I'm not sure how Mr. Olbermann is a threat to anyone. Someone would have to be watching and listening to him and actually influenced by the man's opinions. The numbers don't lie. Not many people are tuning in. Dead last. Tall tales from MSNBC management are feeble attempts to spin Keith's ratings increases.
His ratings are so low that a 10% increase would likely not even get him out of last place. As a former sports commentator, Keith should understand the implications associated with last place.
It would be a terrible shame and a great disservice if Keith Olberman was taken off of the air. I get so sick of the Bill Rileys, Rush Limbaughs, Ann Coulters, and Bill Cunninghams of the world who spew their poorly thought comments that appeal to the lunatic fringe. It brightens my day to hear Keith and I know others who enjoy his program. He has proven his worth as the number of viewers who watch his show has steadily increased. I hope the new MSNBC person proves his mettle and considers that. Otherwise, I may consider that he is a plant from Fox News...
Krazy Keith alienated over half of Countdown's potential TV viewing audience by aligning himself with moonbats Cindy Sheehan, Al Franken, Dana Milbank, etc. Smart move, Keef... now you're fired. Uberloon's destruction of Dan Patrick's ESPN radio show is a work in progress. Stay tuned.
I agree with Deb well said.....I do like to listen to Cunningham....don't really agree with anything he says but he is so over the top its fun.
According to Alexa, Olbermannwatch hits far outnumber ANY Olbermann-dedicated website by a ratio of at least 4 to 1 and usually many times higher than that.
Have you seen Olbermann's ratings? He perpetually comes in 4th out of 5 cable news networks and some nights can't even manage that. It's pathetic. The show has been on for over 3 years. If it hasn't found its audience by now, it never will. He's history.
"The show has been on for over 3 years. If it hasn't found its audience by now, it never will. He's history."
Well, if really is over for Keith, whatever will the people who run this site do with their time?
"AntiqueRoadShowWatch.com?" (those liberal bastards at PBS and their hippie, faggy wares!!!)
Don't worry. I'm sure they'll find someone to hate and criticize that's not a conservative.
Hey all you henchmen of the Reich. If anyone is on the way out look at your own crappy neocon shows first. Just read this article and see if you can pick out someone who might be next in line BEFORE Keith.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/06/07/ap2800953.html
But if you are too lazy or if you refuse to wake up from your wet dream here's a quote.
"With his increasingly liberal tilt and ongoing feud with Fox's Bill O'Reilly, Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" show has shown growth for MSNBC.
One of Kaplan's biggest priorities, a political show with former CNN commentator Tucker Carlson, proved to be a failure and was quickly moved out of prime time."
Ongoing feud with O'Reilly? In order to have a feud you must have 2 participants willing to take shots at each other. Ubermann is the one with the mancrush on O'Reilly. Hardly a show goes by without a mention of him. O'Reilly, on the other hand, refuses to lower himself and makes no mention of Ubermann on his show. Whoa boy, that's a real feud!
This is the time when a man learns things about himself.
I should have enjoyed Kaplan's firing. I should be enjoying the bizarre "inverted logic" posts above containing phrases like "KO`s star is rising. . .KO is successful, famous, rich. . ."
Instead, I have the same feeling I had when Dan Rather was on his way out and the beautiful site "Rather Biased" (http://www.ratherbiased.com/) became a casualty of its own success.
Having Olbermann around is helpful in a way, just as the New York Times becomes more useful as it lurches leftward and loses readers and prestige. Propaganda is dangerous in the hands of the skillfull (Bill Clinton), but in the hands of buffoons like Keith Olbermann and Arthur Sulzberger, the propaganda is so inartful that people are forced to see the lies. It actually helps them wake up.
In the end, the person who replaces Kaplan is the key. If we see someone who wishes to tell the truth and cover the news, then all is well. If we see a more artful version of the ham-handed propagandist Kaplan, we may be faced with more subtle leftism that poisons the minds of the elderly and weak (i.e. a second CNN).
Anyway --
KfK to Kaplan: Good night, and good luck Kappy. Courage! Or perhaps you would like it better in this form:
That‘s Olbermannwatch for this, the 831st day since the declaration of “Rick Kaplan" as president of MSNBC. I‘m Krazy for Keith Olbermann, goodnight and good luck.
Hey I read the articles about Kaplan resigning but I must have missed the section on Countdown being cancled. I think someone is making stuff up. I know maybe RCox is really Geraldo Rivera or some kinda of officer in the Fox News/ O'reilly secret police. Watch out, they are coming after anyone who disagrees with them. Bad Boys! Bad Boys! watcha ya gonna do.......hey thats funny I think that show is on Fox too. I better stop don't want the Foxy police after me.
Kaplan sez: "The measure of a man is not how successful he is. It is how orange he is. In that sense, both Keith and I are at the highest level of achievement just after George Hamilton."
Don't worry your pretty little heads, Bill-O-phants, Countdown is still one of MSNBC's top shows. Unless you think they're just going to fold the network, which they won't, since (at its worst) MSNBC is a pathetic promoter of NBC related shows/events.
Rita Crosby, however, should be worried. She was their big "steal" from FOX. Sad really when you think you can outfox FOX by taking an on-air personality that has a popular Saturday show!! The saddest thing I've ever seen on TV was the night that she flew to Aruba to cover Missing Cute White Girl IV and ended up reporting on Katrina from said Carribean island. Whoops!?! It's crap like that that gets people fired...
Probably Tucker too.
hello a--holes! your support of people misguided enough to descecrate the constitution with a gay marriage amendment speaks volumes to your fundamental evil. and despite all the ubber-young republicans out there, it`ll be great when your ilk dies off, `cause among the young of today, gay is a non issue.
you deserve to be removed from the gene pool, just like those who battled inter-racial marriage 50 years ago, and the idiots who still do. now go ahead and echo how cruel the left is and how that makes you better. yeah, right.
you losers are anachronistic scum. no more, no less. it`ll be great when you`re gone -- gone from power over the next few years as the pendulum inevitably swings back, and gone from death in a few decades when the bushies and ya`ll start to croak. you`ll become more of a laughing stock than you already are! think McCarthyism, think Jim Crow, think of buffoons like Jesse Helms and David Duke. that`s how Bush, and you, his duped followers, will be remembered. hell, that`s how you`re already seen, imagine what it`ll be like in a few decades.
I have forgotten the joy of watching Meltdown in the while as I have been trying to stay informed by real shows...but I did happen to catch Keith nearly crying over Ann Coulter's latest statement. Olby is done........MSNBC is staffed with a bunch of third place talent and GE does not like mediocrity. the day Olby goes GE will get a 50 cents bounce in its shares. It was interesting to note how Mr. Sensitive/Politically Correct let his true mean spiritedness come glaring through with what I percieved to be his implication that Ann Coulter is a lesbian. Just like he smeared Tom Cruise. Keith, you personify White Guilt.....get off the meds and try to solve your underlying issues. It's a push as to who needs more psychiatric help: AlGore or Olby
Well! All the bats are out tonight!
Re: Bye Bye....
think Reagan, Thatcher, John Paul II, Harry Truman, Vaclev Havel, and others who promoted freedom. The Left has who? Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Janet Reno, Chirac? the only pendulum swinging back is going to be away from this vulgar popular culture that has been generated from Hollywood....someone asked me to describe why movies and TV is so bad nowadays...I explained it was because the vast majority of Hollywood writers are deviants who hate themselves and their writing reflects the inner perversions they fight on a daily basis.
Re: Bye Bye....
think Reagan, Thatcher, John Paul II, Harry Truman, Vaclev Havel, and others who promoted freedom. The Left has who? Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Janet Reno, Chirac? the only pendulum swinging back is going to be away from this vulgar popular culture that has been generated from Hollywood....someone asked me to describe why movies and TV is so bad nowadays...I explained it was because the vast majority of Hollywood writers are deviants who hate themselves and their writing reflects the inner perversions they fight on a daily basis.
`Well! All the bats are out tonight!`
. . . . .
written late this afternoon (on the June 2 page) while you were still at work, helping to steal someone else`s money.
. . . . .
Yes, and I believe now is the time for Johnny Dollar, Hank, O`Reilly Rules, or KfK to chime in with something like, `The Moonbats are out in Force today!`
blah blah blah MOONBAT blah blah blah LOONIE blah blah blah LEFTIST blah blah blah ISLAMO-FASCISTS blah blah blah
. . . . .
you simpletons are so predictable. \"All brilliance is inherited, only stupidity is original.\"
Well! All the bats are out tonight!
Ain't that the truth. Takes so little to rile these whiny Olbermaniacs. They have to come to terms that the end could be near for their dear Ubermann and they can't stand it. They're trying to put up a good front but deep inside they know there's a distinct possibilty that the show could be gone. Brings out the hostility in them. What a shock!!
Ann Coulter is not a lesbian?
Whether she is or is not a lesbian somebody needs to feed her something. Maybe O'Reilly could send her a big crap burger. He is pretty good at serving those up.
Whether she is or is not a lesbian somebody needs to feed her something. Maybe O'Reilly could send her a big crap burger. He is pretty good at serving those up.
IrishLightning wrote:
"...It was interesting to note how Mr. Sensitive/Politically Correct let his true mean spiritedness come glaring through with what I percieved to be his implication that Ann Coulter is a lesbian"
Yes, Uberloon said that Ann would never get a divorce or appear in Playboy. How nice. Krazy Keith's spooky, mean-spirited obsessions with O'Reilly, Coulter, Cruise, Pitt, etc. should earn him a restraining order.
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OLBERMANN FAN CLUB PRESS RELEASE
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MASSIVE SUCCESS IN PRIME TIME RESULTS IN KAPLAN RESIGNATION!
Citing the fact that his work is done and MSNBC is at its zenith, peoples' hero and all around great guy Rick Kaplan resigned today. But let's let the man speak for himself:
"Together, we've increased MSNBC's viewership 25% in primetime and 19% in dayside. Over just the last year, we've had great success across the board, with Hardball and Countdown coming into their own. All of our primetime programs have improved tremendously. . ." said Rick.
NBC is terrified now that Rick is leaving. As NBC News president Steve Capus said in a message to MSNBC employees, "[Rick] has led MSNBC through a period of impressive growth especially in primetime." Many insiders wonder how NBC will improve now that Rick has chosen to leave for greener pastures. With such impressive prime time growth, any new President will be hard pressed to maintain the prime-time juggernaut, and will most likely lose ground.
I think we at the fan club speak for all the world when we say "Well Done Rick!"
"think Reagan, Thatcher, John Paul II, Harry Truman, Vaclev Havel, and others who promoted freedom. The Left has who? Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Janet Reno, Chirac?"
We will start by taking by Truman,
Anonymous is right I don't believe Truman was a republican. Thats O.K. Irish lighting we can edited your transcripts for clarity later. "Malmedy" "Normanday" whatever as long as you make your point who cares about what really happened. This is a call to all Right Wingers learn History specifically American History.
"Things tend to happen in threes"
Tonight on Meltdown . . . mysterious happenings of late leave our fans reeling . . .6/6/06 . . . Rick Kaplan fired from MSNBC . . . Zarqawi killed in Iraq. Is this mysterious timing or has Mr. Bush made a deal with the Devil? We investigate tonight on the Meltdown. . .
Looks like Kooky Keith has instructed his staff to come to his rescue here at Olberman Watch. Notice all of the sudden hate filled comments by his faithful cultists. Kooky Keith reads this site daily, trust me. Kooky knows his days are numbered at MSNBC. Kaplan is gone because the MSNBC higher ups got tired of Kaplan making a laughing stock out of their network by continuing to allow the "useful idiot" Olberman to continue his personal vendetta against a competitor (O'Reilly) instead of actually covering something that was newsworthy.
Of course the pro-Olby forces would like to point to this as a death knell for Rita and Tucker, and it could well be. The problem there is that they are both recent additions to MSNBC and probably have longer term contracts than the 8 months left on KO's. I would bet that even if CD survies the regime change, there could be some format changes mandated in the show.
As we near the mid-term elections, if the past is any indicator, Chris Matthews will start to take more of a lead role with special editions of Hardball and his road trips, and that could be when you start to see the beginning of the end of CD, at least in the 8 PM slot. It would be an ideal time to shuffle the lineup, as changes could be made when returning to the regular schedule.
Of course, there could be results that catapult KO to the forefront, like Hillary losing, Santorum winning, disputed exit polls, Republican voter fraud, missing votes, that could give KO another six months of conspiracy shows.
Which happens first? KO is canned (again) or David Schuster is finally right and Rove gets indicted? My money is on the former.
BTW, I think there must be some VRWC involved with the timing of this announcement. Kaplan and KO have done much to help galvanize the Democratic fringe, er base. Karl Rove knows this. Within hours of the announcement, Rove engineered the filling of the final two posts in the Iraqi government and the attack on al-Zarqawi to change the public discourse away from how big business (GE) sacrificed Kaplan at the altar of Republican control of the media.
You see, Rove also engineered the ousting of Kaplan, as he was afraid of the soaring ratings of MSNBC and particularly CD, combined with the plummetting ratings of FNC and O'Reilly, and knew it was only a matter of time before KO became the most powerful man in the media with the "best show on TV."
It's now 10:30am in NY on the first day of the post-Kaplan regime and the 9-10am slot has come and gone with no sign of Countdown or Keith Olbermann. Instead, MSNBC is covering hard news - the death of Zarqawi. Now, it's no surprise that MSNBC scrapped taped-KO in favor of major news coming out of Iraq. The question is what will tomorrow bring? We'll be watching tomorrow.
Here's a prediction for Countdown (assuming it's still on the air)...at some point KO will juxtapose two pieces of footage from today's news: Bush stating that Special Forces were responsible for tracking Zarqawi and Maj. Gen. Caldwell in Iraq initially refusing to answer a similar question because it's policy not to disclose when Special Forces are involved in a mission. If you missed it, when Caldwell was told that Bush had already said that Special Forces were involved he said something to the effect of "if the President said it then they were". This may not happen tonight but it will happen (before of after Jon Stewart riffs on it on The Daily Show).
For tonight, let's take bets on who is being lined up for KO tonight....
- John Dean to discuss how the death of Zarqawi is a PR stunt designed to cover up the Cheney-Rove conspiracy which, as we all know, is "worse that watergate".
- Paul Rieckhoff to discuss how the death of Zarqawi is an attempt to cover up the cover up the Hadith investigation.
- Nicholas Berg's father who has already been making the rounds at CNN and MSNBC saying that he takes "no joy" in the man who killed his son being killed.
- Joe Biden who has been making the rounds saying that while a "good thing", al Qaeda is only a small part of the problem and the real problem is Sunni Insurgents and out-of-control Shia militia.
- Mo Rocca to discuss the geopolitical and interdependent economic policy implications of the death of Zarqawi in the context of the defeat of the so-called "Gay Marriage" amendment.
- Michael Musto to discuss his speculation on what Tom Cruise and Birttney Spears might think about the death of Zarqawi
Any others you can think of?
Good point Scott! We have not figured out the truth behind the timing of the death of Zarqawi. We all know that Keith has his finger on the pulse of the Bushies, so maybe he will tell us.
Certainly, as Keith has speculated, we could have captured and killed the Zarq-man any time we wished. I believe Bush is trying to influence the mid-term elections while deflecting attention from the Haditha serial mass killer monster murders and the truth seeking missile movie "An Inconvenient Truth." I also think he is playing with oil futures and uses events like this to make himself richer. In addition, it has been suggested that the Zarqster never existed, and the Bush team saved him for when they needed an "exit strategy" from scandals, especially after declaring "Mission Accomplished" oh so long ago.
Why no picture of Mr. Zarqawi? They had pictures of Saddam (or his double that is), Uday and Qusay (didn't look like them at all). Now we hear that this man is dead but there are NO PICTURES and NO DNA!
When will Bush finally tell the "Inconvenient Truth" about this big lie he wants us to believe?
Sincerely,
Olby's Army Member #223
Hey Bob,
This looks like a story Olby could learn to love:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2006-06-08T141552Z_01_N08295664_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-ZARQAWI-BERG.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
"Father of beheaded man blames Bush, not Zarqawi"
Thu Jun 8, 2006 10:16am ET15
By Jon Hurdle
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Michael Berg, whose son Nick was beheaded in Iraq in 2004, said on Thursday he felt no sense of relief at the killing of the al Qaeda leader in Iraq and blamed President Bush for his son's death.
Asked what would give him satisfaction, Berg, an anti-war activist and candidate for U.S. Congress, said, "The end of the war and getting rid of George Bush."
Now, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but Nick Berg voluntarily went to Iraq seeking telecommunications work. In fact, Berg was detained in Mosul on March 24 by Iraqi police at a checkpoint. After his parents filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia on April 5, claiming that he was being held illegally, he was released from custody and advised by U.S. officials to take a flight out of Iraq with their assistance. Berg is said to have refused this offer and traveled to Baghdad, where he stayed at the Al Fanar Hotel. His family last heard from him on April 9.
So this idiot refuses to leave Iraq, his family sues to allow him to run around like a nut, he gets beheaded by Zarqawi, and it is all Bushes fault? If that isn't Olbylogic, I don't know what is. I know Berg Sr. is a grieving father and has "absolute moral authority," but that idiot needs to get a clue.
New Dixie Chicks parody song : " Goodbye Keith "
Yeessh
I love the title of this site: reality-based information for the belligerently uninformed. I guess the webmaster hasn't read the FAIR study that shows FOX viewers are the ones who are systematically uninformed. As for Keith getting fired...I highly doubt it. His start is rising while OReilly is struggling to hold on to whats left of his key demographic. Is it because of OReillys opinions or his gross misrepresentation of 'facts'? Anyone who accuses Marines of war crimes (when in fact they were the VICTIMS of such war crimes) and doesn't apologize for it, does not and should not warrant any respect let alone viewers. Granted, he is stil one of the biggest names in cable news, but people are starting to see through his bullshit and his ratings are sufferring for it. I must admit I do watch Bill every night. However, its mostly for a good laugh. Keep up the Olbermann-bashing guys...you traffic of 1000/mo. will make a big difference.
Mike writes:
"As for Keith getting fired...I highly doubt it. His start [sic] is rising while OReilly is struggling to hold on to whats left of his key demographic."
Upon what basis do you draw these conclusions, sir?
It's obvious that Oafie knew of Kaplan's demise beforehand. That explains the sudden escalation in his rantings. Now that Mr. Man-Tan is basically unsupervised at MSLSD, expect the cheap shots and lies to spiral out of control culminating in his eventual on-air nervous breakdown/stroke.
Wow, I just randomly came across this site. I rarely even watch Kieth Olberman, so I guess I can't understand why you'd have a website devoted to hating him. I've seen websites about Bill O'Reilly, but that's because he says outlandish shit on his show all the time. He says even more crazy shit on the radio. I have never heard Keith Olberman spout deranged lunatic fantasies before, so that's why I can't understand anyone wanting him off the air.
{shrug}
Let's see, anyone here got anything better to do with their time?
"Wow, I just randomly came across this site."
Wow, for some reason I don't buy that.
"So this idiot refuses to leave Iraq, his family sues to allow him to run around like a nut, he gets beheaded by Zarqawi, and it is all Bushes fault? "
Hey only Ann Coulter is allowed to attack vitims. Berg wasn't working for Halliburton that is probally why the U.S. asked him to leave.
Krazy Keith the Orange Faced Sports Guy has reached his zenith. Countdown and its 5 regular *yawn* guests are well past the shark jump. Cirlcling the drain. Krazy has a base of support that doesn't grow. Sensible people watch 2 or 3 shows and see him for what he is. Creepy.
I've updated this post with a number of links to blog posts and news items about Kaplan being fired (yes...Imus confirmed this morning that Kaplan was FIRED and had not RESIGNED).
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Hey Olby Nut #223:
One of your favorite websites (CNN)has a really nice "head" shot of Zarqawi or what's left of it. It probably won't convince you it's him and if it does, it's Bush we need to get anyway right? Do you guys actually believe your bullshit or is it all propaganda to further the demented, Hollywood driven agenda you, and Olby's army support?
`think Reagan, Thatcher, John Paul II`
three HUGE a--holes.
Olby nut #223 was not a real Olby nut. He was a clever imposter spouting wacky stuff for fun. I guess I can't fault John for thinking it was real. I guess I'll have to ramp up the outlandish statements even more next time!
The Bergs ( father and son) are self loathing liberals and a perfect example of why Ann Coulter is dead-on right.
Dannyboy, RUN to the dictionary store.
Jackoff spewed:
"I have never heard Keith Olberman spout deranged lunatic fantasies before..."
Did you miss the previous 94 attacks on Bill O'Reilly? And Keith's definition of "insanity" from last night's show?
According to Keith: "An easy-to-understand definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results..."
94 attacks, Keith?
Please, let's have accuracy in media here. It's 95 attacks on Bill O'Reilly. Will tonight bring #96?
Anonymous wrote...Olby nut #223 was not a real Olby nut. He was a clever imposter spouting wacky stuff for fun. I guess I can't fault John for thinking it was real. I guess I'll have to ramp up the outlandish statements even more next time!
Thanks for the reply Anon. I do appreciate the rant (in jest or not). I didn't have to buy another coffee!!
j$, do these folks know about the prize for guessing the day KO will hit #100....$25.00 gift certificate for Factor Gear?
MSNBC is a disgrace of major proportions. They have a revolving door of "talent" (dare I say), in and out and it must make for a depressing situation for those who work there. Yes, Olbermann's show bombed (again), but I dont think they will do any better if they cancel it. Keep Olbermann, but cancel the likes of Tucker Carlson & Rita Cosby. Notice how on Friday's after Olbermann's show its just documentaries about prison life playing?
It's been a bad 48 hours for the Jihadi Khaled Al-Ulbermon,
1st Rick Kaplan is fired
2nd His idol Zarqawi is dead.
But never fear Al-Jazeera International is hiring!
Did anyone hear today's Dan Patrick Show during which Uberdimm / Uberdemm guessed that (the now late) Reds owner Marg Schott was a Republican because she had Nazi paraphernalia. I think he forgot that Democrat Robert Byrd was Grand Wizard of the KKK. Although I am not offended, I find it rich that a man who claims he right to feel anger at offensive statements would make statements some would feel are offensive.
And, Perry, the prison documentaries lead the network in prime time ratings most every week, both in total viewers and the coveted "demo."
Word is MSNBC is heading in a different direction. Maybe it will become a knockoff of the History Channel/ A&E.
I heard NBC is changing the name of their cable sister to MSMTV and moving to a music video format. Olby could be the "Kurt Loder" for that channel (emphasis on "lode").
Actually, this all makes sense. NBC used MSNBC as a way to get free money from Microsoft. Gates poured bucks in, NBC siphoned them off and provided the cheapest programming they could with jokers like Krazy Keith and Matthews. Now that the free ride is over, a 0.3 share is no longer a-OK. NBC has to eat their losses instead of relying on papa Gates, so look for an attempt to actually make money.
Olby will have to at least be moved from the 8PM slot. He is a stake in the heart of their prime time line up. His wacko audience will follow him to 11PM, so I would move him there. Sure, he'll be ripped a new one by "Factor" reruns, but that would make it all the more fun.
If the idiots at NBC had any brains at all, they would copy Fox. Put together a group of interesting people in the morning who can actually think without a script, get some hard news people who don't decide what the news should be before it is made, and get a personality worth watching on the air. Of course this is NBC, so expect none of that to happen.
The stockholders were getting quite tired
They wanted Rick Kaplan quite fired
TV viewers are choosers
His shows were all losers
Last place is where Meltdown is mired
"the FAIR study that shows FOX viewers are the ones who are systematically uninformed"
Fox? I guess you mean viewers of American Idol, right?
Or maybe you mean Fox News Channel?
In the even that's the case, I'd like to see the link!!! I do not believe for one second that a revered, scholarly non-partisan media criticism think tank like FAIR could possibly have produced a study that would disparage Fox News Channel or its viewers.
The Bushiad
Chapter 2: Rattling of Sabres
As February’s feverish talk of war spreads,
Nations send delegates to the great council,
Where each has his say about the looming storm
And proposes a response. The assembled
Choose sides: one calls for peace,
The other war.
They fill the vast chamber of the United Nations,
On the banks of the East River in the Big Apple,
Where the legs of the twin towers stood,
Colossus standing watch over the harbor,
Now fallen, turned to rubble, only memories
Of silhouettes and gaping holes remain.
Each delegate gives his speech,
Arguments on one side or the other.
Promised U.S. foreign aid or
Loan guarantees on purchases of
Hardware and weapons of destruction
Secure some allegiance to the holy war.
Villepin from France draws firm applause.
He draws upon the loyalty of others who enjoy
The economic benefits of working with both sides.
Colonialism having given way to neo-liberal capital,
The French pursue a policy of “no size fits all”
And apply post-modernist financial theory.
“Iraq is not a foie-gras goose,” says he,
"To be slaughtered for its fatted liver.”
“This Iraqi pot-au-feu is not yet done,
Politics gets richer while it thickens.” They
Lick their lips, salivating at the savory philosophy
And think about reservations for lunch at 21.
“The inspectors, led by Blix, need time,” he says.
“Besides, it’s almost truffle season and war
Is inconvenient; please be patient.” The
Delegates stir in their seats, after all
No one wants to wait in line for lunch. A
Recess is called for the balance of the day.
Proud Powell, sitting at his table,
Bites his tongue and tastes metallic blood,
Sips some water from his glass and swallows.
“Now’s not the time to blow my top,” he sighs.
“That French Fop and his continental buddies
Have ruined my appetite; I hate old Europe.”
Proud Powell, heroic bronze warrior
Of the Gulf war of ‘91, holds back
His bubbling fury not letting on at all
That other, grander plans were made months ago,
Long before debate in these august halls
In vain hope of finding lasting peace.
Foul Rumsfeld conceived a vile plot, to turn
The rising tide of fear and public apprehension
That flowed from 9-11 to a sour wound of hate. His plan:
Turn 9-11 lemons into lemonade, sell it to the world
To slake thirst for revenge while building
Corporate profits with the grand machine of war.
From all across the U.S. armies gather,
Men and women, battle gear, armor shining,
Organized and prepared with great tools of war,
Sent from from every city, every county, every
The June 8th show has been done, so I'm a little late on this guess, Bob... but I wouldn't have been surprised to have seen Carl Bernstein opining that Zarqawi now being in little pieces (HOORAY!) is just one more example of U.S./Bush imperialism via the tactics of assassination rather than diplomacy.
Bernstein would be followed by a Harvard professor of literature suggesting Zarqawi could have been exterminated at any time, and likening the timing of his death to the sort of public relations of war tactics practiced by Big Brother in Orwell's 1984...
Cecelia,
All likely guests in the coming days.
Saw your new website, Bob.
I especially enjoyed the photos of the parade of kids and of your long-suffering wife.
Thanks!
Just saw that Dan Abrams was named as GM of MSNBC, and is giving up his show on MSNBC (credit BC's new site for this news). Apparently he will be running the place, I gather, until they find someone willing to take the job. Kind of shows the state of MSNBC that the host of their lowest rated primetime show (although I happen to like Abrams Report) gets that kind of promotion.
Also, Kaplan had a 3 year, $1 million a year contract. As President of the network??? What are they paying the "talent"? Something is really wrong at MSNBC.
Check it out, the Kos Kids are finally owning up to their secret favorite fashion acessory:
http://hotair.com/archives/top-picks/2006/06/10/infiltrating-yearly-kos-tinfoil-hats-spotted/?print=1
But, then we already knew didn't we? Will be waiting for Orange Boy to report on this in the Oddball segment.
olbermanns show sucks.........I don't know how his show is still on the air...he is a big smeer merchant who hates republicans.
OLBERMANNS show is so BAD and so is most of MSLSD........
James,
"think Mr. Olbermann poses more of a threat to the President's lies and republican corruption"
The only threat Olbermann poses is his support of Al-Qaeda. He's recenly converted to Islam and will issue a declaration of faith on his show and call for the mourning of Zarqawi.
He's an evil Jihadi supporter and he should be executed for treason!