"About newscasts, Olbermann tells Spencer, You need to make a newscast that looks like life . . ."

Olberman just makes this stuff up as he goes along, because he knows he will not get called on it when he hand selects who he will interview with. He tells TV guide he would be the first one to "scream" about bias towards conservatives or liberals. Now he claims that his newscasts should "look like life". Oh, really? Well, Keith I don't know how you see what "life" is supposed to look like, but if your newscasts are a reflection of that view, then you are to be pitied. Envious obssesioning over your competition, desperately denigrating those who disagree with you by lying and smearing (falsely accusing O'Reilly of supporting Nazis, endorsing a columnist who calls out troops mercenaries and of having obscene amentities and many other exapmles), refusing to engage other points of view by restricting access exclsively to left fringe opinion, gratuitous and childish taunts directed at those with whom you disagree (Chris Wallace is a "monkey", etc.), teling hecklers to "f*ck thier mother" and to "kill yourself". Is that what "life looks like" Keith? Anyone who thinks an individual like this deserves a new 4 year contract is either in denial or is simply dishonest

It kills you neocons to see someone get attention for telling the truth about your fearless leader.

Olby's ardent political views are not widely received, so he lives up to his very low expectations.

And the Olbyloons still are totally blinded to the fact that liberal media bias exists. How is it that the lowest rated show on Fox still kicks ass out of every other CNN & MSNBC show yet Keith alone merits more press coverage than any other cable news anchor? If that doesn't prove the media's liberal bias I don't know what else does.

"How is it that the lowest rated show on Fox still kicks ass out of every other CNN & MSNBC show yet Keith alone merits more press coverage than any other cable news anchor?"

Because Fox News "personalities" are duller than dishwater when they're not spouting their conservative pablum?

"How is it that the lowest rated show on Fox still kicks ass out of every other CNN & MSNBC show yet Keith alone merits more press coverage than any other cable news anchor?"

Because Fox News "personalities" are duller than dishwater when they're not spouting their conservative pablum?

Posted by: at February 23, 2007 6:42 PM

Therefore "conservative pablum" is exciting enough to produce audience numbers, but on-air shenanigans/insults towards media competition and ideological opponents, and near Howard Beale melt-down moments are the stuff of media fawning. Unless, of course, they're done by a non-liberal media personality like ....say.... Bill O'Reilly...

What else is new...

What else is new...

I'm surprised that CBS would let Olby stink up their airwaves given the savage way that he has attacked Katie Couric.

Cee,

I ran across this and thought you might find it interesting.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110009704

"It kills you neocons"

Like nearly everything else you say, you have no idea what you're talking about.

You wouldn't know the difference between a "neocon" and a bowl of chocolate pudding.

Really.. so George Will.. William Buckley and Pat Buchanan are neocons ?

"Really.. so George Will.. William Buckley and Pat Buchanan are neocons ?"

None of them are neocons.

That was exactly my point... f---ing dumbass rightwingers, however those three real conservatives do not like to kiss the asses of the mentally ill jesus freaks that have taken over the Greedy Oil People..

"None of them are neocons."

Dick Cheney isn't a neocon. Or Donald Rumsfeld.

Or about a dozen other people that are tagged with the "neocon" label.

"f---ing dumbass rightwingers, however those three real conservatives do not like to kiss the asses of the mentally ill jesus freaks that have taken over the Greedy Oil People.. "

Wow, O'mengele, you're blowing a gasket. Or two.

Mentally ill jesus freaks?

You do know that Buchanan and Buckley are deeply devout Roman Catholics?

Yes Buckley and Buchanan are jesus freaks.. however they have no interest in letting the jesus freak scum rule their party.

"however they have no interest in letting the jesus freak scum rule their party"

Wow, if only you lefties were as half as angry about radical Islamists blowing up women and children as you are at Christians in America....

If only....

Well if we got the hell out of their country they would not be killing their people to the degree they do.. This pathetic administration is at fault for the deaths of Iraqi innocents.. Put the blame where it belongs.. directly on us.. the occupiers.

"Well if we got the hell out of their country they would not be killing their people to the degree they do"

Umm, you do know that they're killing people in other Islamic countries?

Like, say, Pakistan? India? Indonesia?

Did you ever hear of a country named the Sudan? Y'know, Islamists slaughtering the animists and Christians there? Somalia?

Need I give a longer list?

yeah.. not as bad as in Iraq...

"yeah.. not as bad as in Iraq..."

The Sudan?

Hundreds of thousands killed and millions forced into living in camps in the middle of the desert.

And if we leave Iraq, Sudan will look like a picnic compared to it.

They're not killing because we're there; they're killing in order to take power. Whether we're there or not, they'll kill in order to attain control of the country.

Or try to.

Yes... religous freaks of all kinds are dangerous. If Sudan had oil we would be there.

"religous freaks of all kinds are dangerous."

Well, not everyone can be as sober minded and reasonable as you.

You set a pretty high bar for others to meet. Olympian standards.

Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo....

"It kills you neocons to see someone get attention for telling the truth about your fearless leader."

Well, I have no idea how neocons feel about Olbermann, O'Lielly and quite farnkly, whether one is a "neocon" matters not a whit in evaluating the quality of Meltdown. I don't mind if Olbermann gets attention as long as those giving him attention take a critical look at his (many) ethical and professional lapses. But of course, none of the interviewers that Keith has selected to interview him has ever challenged him or confronted his lies, fraud, smears, distortion and bias as we clear thinkers do every day with the greatest of ease.

But of course, none of the interviewers that Keith has selected to interview him has ever challenged him or confronted his lies, fraud, smears, distortion and bias as we clear thinkers do every day with the greatest of ease.

Posted by: hank at February 23, 2007 10:20 PM

Bill O'reilly is that you?

I don't know what high-powered PR firm KO has hired to get him press but they've obviously been working over-time. I'm just surprised that he'd be allowed to stink-up CBS airwaves after throwing stink-bombs at Couric and the fact that he works for a competing network. Just goes to show you how liberal-slanted the media truly is.

before interviewing Olbermann:
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/02/23/everyone_loves_keith_olbermannexcept_me.php

o'leily, shouldn't you be laying down on your floor licking your dirty piece of carpet?

Just goes to show you how liberal-slanted the media truly is.

Posted by: Brandon at February 24, 2007 9:40 AM

No what it shows is that everyone in the country knows that Fox Noise is ran by Satan himself and Keith Olbermann is an angel of God sent here to slay the beast that is Fox Noise.

PR firms are needed when you are an American icon, an American hero!

Bill O'lielly? American zero!

Good Morning Brandon. How was church? Did you talk to Jesus?

Jesus loves you,

it's everyone else that thinks you're an a--hole!

Why? Because I call your hero and your fellow fans out on their bullsh-t? Good. It means that I'm annoying the hell out of you.

Anyone notice Olbermann's body language during that interview? He was saying that he'd be just as tough on a Democrat in the White House as he is on Republicans. He was shaking his head "no" the entire time he was saying it. A classic sign of a liar. But we already know that about him here at Olbermannwatch.

O'Lielly wrote "If Sudan had oil we would be there"

Where did you read this? On a t-shirt at a Darfur rally in Greenwich Village?

Are you lefties REALLY that dumb?

Why do you THINK that the U.N. has failed to act to stop the genocide in Darfur? Sudan HAS oil you dope, that's the whole point of the impasse on stopping the genocide. Not only do they have largely untapped oil reserves but they have huge, completely untapped natural gas reserves.

The problem is that Sudan's largest trading partner, China, has a veto on the U.N. security council and China is not going to allow anything to happen that jeopardizes Sudan shipping them oil, and eventually natural gas, for their booming economy. China uses their veto to protect other oil trading partners as part of a broader strategy to protect their economy and increase their military power in the region. It is in large part the source of the impasse with Iran.

Compounding that is both Sudan and Iran are major trading partners with Japan, an American ally. Japan also does not want to see anything done that would jeopardize their economy.

I know it will probably make your head hurt but try arming yourself with some facts before you embarrass yourself further.

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CIA - The World Factbook - Sudan
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/su.html

1) In 1999, Sudan began exporting crude oil and in the last quarter of 1999 recorded its first trade surplus, which, along with monetary policy, has stabilized the exchange rate. Increased oil production, revived light industry, and expanded export processing zones helped sustain GDP growth at 10% in 2006."

2) Industries: oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly

Oil - production:
344,700 bbl/day (2004 est.)
Oil - consumption:
66,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)
Oil - exports:
275,000 bbl/day (2004)
Oil - imports:
0 bbl/day (2004)
Oil - proved reserves:
1.6 billion bbl (2006 est.)

============================

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
84.95 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

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Sudan/Exports - partners:

China 71.1%, Japan 12%, Saudi Arabia 2.8% (2005)

Iran/Export - partners:

Japan 16.9%, China 11.2%, Italy 5.9%, South Korea 5.8%, Turkey 5.7%, Netherlands 4.6%, France 4.4%, South Africa 4.1%, Taiwan 4.1% (2005)

They're liberals Bob--they never let little things like facts get in the way of their conspiracy theories.

What's funny is that Olby has said on many occasions that he is not a conspiracy theorist. HA! Olby lives on The Grassy Knoll.

I thought that the KO interview was basically a fluff piece. However, in all fairness I believe that if it had been any conservative talker they would have gotten pretty much the same treatment. Brandon did pick up on something that I noticed and that was his comment on hammering the Democrats if they were in power. Well, they are in control of both houses of Congress now & I have yet to see anything negative reported by him on his show concerning any of their shenanigans. Keith is pretty much a one-note Charlie when it comes to this. He pays lip-service to it, but doesn't come through in the end. And finally, did anyone take a look at 60 minutes last night when they interviewed Bill O'Reilly? It was interesting to compare the two interviews with one another (Keith's & Bill's) and see who got the fairer treatment.

I wasn't aware that 60 Minutes has ever interviewed Olbermann. I missed the O'Reilly interview. Is there a way to get transcripts of both (or either) interview(s)?

Crooks and Liars has video up of Olbermann's CBS Sunday morning interview. 60 minutes has never interviewed him, or likely ever will. Check the CBS News website to see if they have the video up of Bill O'Reilly's interview.

crooks and liars has the Bill O'reilly interview as well.

"And the Olbyloons still are totally blinded to the fact that liberal media bias exists. How is it that the lowest rated show on Fox still kicks ass out of every other CNN & MSNBC show yet Keith alone merits more press coverage than any other cable news anchor? If that doesn't prove the media's liberal bias I don't know what else does"

People over 50 are the largest segment of our population. it makes sense that the elderly would be watching Fox news.

"It was interesting to compare the two interviews with one another (Keith's & Bill's) and see who got the fairer treatment."

Not a fair comparison, since the Bill O'Reilly interview was actually a re-airing of a piece from September of 2004 (as stated on the CBS News website).

Keith Olbermann is an American Hero

True he is an American. And he is hero if you define hero as being a sandwich full of ham and baloney.

Snarky Olbermann...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0vBcqjofKM

From CBS eye to eye, (more from the Sunday Morning piece) where someone shouts "you suck" at Olbermann as he walks down the street with the CBS interviewer. Pretty funny.

He also seems to be saying Countdown is NOT a news show, but maybe IT is. Lots of fun blathering, that I think he wishes was left on the cutting room floor.

True he is an American. And he is hero if you define hero as being a sandwich full of ham and baloney.

Posted by: Brandon at February 28, 2007 11:12 AM

No I call an American Hero a guy who lead the way on cable news to reversing the republican majorities in the House and Senate.

You have Bill O'leilly as a hero. He is a guy who has to lie about being a republican hack simply because republican hacks are a dime a dozen on Fox.

Keith Olbermann is a hero, Bill Oarlly is a zero!