Levin on Olbermann, Part XVI: Media Matters Is a "Criminal Enterprise"
On his radio program Friday night, constitutional attorney Mark Levin went nuclear on Krazy Keith's primary smear source: Media Matters. Dr Levin explained why it is a "criminal enterprise" (he was not speaking metaphorically), and also had harsh words for Joe Scarborough plus, of course, the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann:
Patrice Oneal: Keith Olbermann Comment Is "Left Racist"
Entertainer Patrice Oneal appeared on the John Gibson show Friday night. The discussion dealt with the O'Reilly Harlem controversy, and then John played the notorious "chicken and waffles" tape...
Countdown with Keith Olbermann - September 28, 2007
"COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET)
Host: Keith Olbermann
Topics/Guests:
SUPPORTING THE TROOPS: Howard Fineman, Newsweek senior Washington correspondent and MSNBC political analyst; Maj. Gen. John Batiste, U.S. Army (ret.)
2008 ELECTION: Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Presidential Candidate John Edwards
ONE-ON-ONE WITH PRES. BILL CLINTON
The last opening spiel of the week: Limbaugh and "phony soldiers", Elizabeth Edwards (D), Bill Clinton (D), and--surprise--Bill O'Reilly! Yawn. To paraphrase your Boy Wonder, why this obsession over O'Reilly? When did an O'Reilly comment ever kill anyone? We've got a special Dogs That Did Not Bark, a bonus audio clip, and our weekly assessment of Keith Olbermann's masculinity. Pretty good lineup for a casual Friday at Olbermann Watch.
#5: We know what the top story was all about: an eeevil pseudo-conservative magazine criticizing Petraeus, and more so: eeevil Rush calling antiwar troops "phony soldiers" (Blue Blog Source: Media Matters)! The first involves a fringe magazine ("The American Conservative") that in fact has always been opposed to the Iraq War. In other words, they are Keithy's soulmates. In fact, he has had their writers on The Hour of Spin, and more than once! Funny he didn't mention that tonight.
As reported first on Olbermann Watch, Rev Olbermahn's favorite source used a carefully edited snippet from Limbaugh that deliberately left out his following words, where he specifically spoke of Jesse Macbeth as an example of a "phony soldier". Macbeth was a phony soldier, not to mention an adjudicated liar and fraud. Details of this smear at The Radio Equalizer. And here John Gibson lays it all out with the audio proof:
Needless to say, Mr Merkle raised no objections to Brock's Boys slicing up Limbaugh's quote. Because--hey!--doctored quotes are The Hour of Spin's stock-in-trade, like these:
Olbermann repeatedly lied, as in stating that Limbaugh's "original" quote was that "service members who advocate US withdrawal from Iraq are phony soldiers". See, Fat Ass doesn't listen to Limbaugh. That's beneath him. He only listens to what Media Matters lets him listen to. So if Brock's Boys snipped out part of Limbaugh's "original" quote, that means Limbaugh never said it! Keith Oralmann is a slovenly political hack and his slovenly political hackness has been exposed again.
#4: Blue-dress interview with Elizabeth Edwards. (She attacked Limbaugh and Olby added: "Amen"!) #3: More of the blue-dress interview with Bill Jefferson Clinton. Oy. Edwards, and B.J. Clinton again? You absolutely must look at The List! Is there any doubt that Countdown is indeed The Hour of Spin?
From the OlbyWatch Statistics Division [UPDATED STATS!]: Number of times Clinton was referenced last night and tonight (not counting the interview itself) with the term "President": 12. Number of times he was called "Mister" Clinton: zero.
#2: Paris Hilton, Cruise News! Media Matters Minute: worst is David Horowitz (Blue Blog Source: Daily Kos, Keith's favorite charity).
#1: O'Reilly attack du jour (this makes #306). O'Reilly's crime: he joked, while laughing out loud, that he'd "like to strangle" some people. Aha! said Olbermahn. Those are his "fantasies of violence". Are they anything like the time Keithy Boy said he wanted to knife O'Reilly in the hamstrings? For some reason Dan Olbermoronn didn't mention that at all. He played a clip where Jesse Jackson asked Bill to explain the context of his Harlem remarks, and just as O'Reilly was about to answer the question, Herr Olbermahn cut off the clip! Just like his Media Matters masters. No way will Fat Ass allow that to be heard on OlbyPlanet. John Ridley joined Mr Merkle in puzzling over why Sharpton and Jackson aren't attacking O'Reilly enough for their purposes. Oh yeah, Ridley repeated another Media Matters lie, that Bill was "stunned" at an Anita Baker concert. Man, the lie machine was in full throttle tonight.
Geez, Keithy. To paraphrase your Boy Wonder, why this obsession over O'Reilly? When did an O'Reilly comment ever kill someone?
Quiescent Canines: On The Hour of Spin, Dan Olbermahn fancies himself the flip-flop detector. Time after time he has pummelled politicians for changing their opinion on something. Here's a small sample:
Does anyone notice a certain pattern here? We won't be so bold as to point it out, but we're sure you get the drift. Now, there was a Democratic debate on Wednesday, and the next night Herr Olbermahn "analyzed" (i.e. drooled over) the performance of Hillary Clinton. She answered a question about torture, and to Edward R Olbermoronn, it was "her defining moment of the campaign". A "singular moment", possibly "a defining moment". But somehow Monkeymann forgot to mention that it was also a flip-flop. No, he didn't forget to mention it. He spiked it. Because, being the slovenly political hack that he is, Bathtub Boy is still nothing more than a left-wing water carrier.
If it's Friday, it's our weekly assessment of Krazy Keith's masculinity. This week Monkeymann attacked Fox and other broadcasters 21 times. Olby's source (Media Matters) criticized (MS)NBC seven times, but again, Keithy protected his corporate masters with zero criticisms. That makes this week's Olbermann Manhood Quotient: -34 [limper than limp].
Olbermann's book The book that bears Olbermann's name stands at #9,324 on amazon, while "Culture Warrior" is #1,475. (It's that 2-for-$25 sale!) Barnes & Noble still can't find the OlbyTome anywhere on its ranking radar; O'Reilly's book is #1,904 there, and is one of the top five books of 2006 per Publishers Weekly. On Thursday the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann found himself floundering yet again. The future of tv news found himself in a miserable third place finish, both in total viewers and in the coveted, pivotal, much-beloved, critical, all-important "key demo". Hahaaaaaa! Tonight's MisterMeter reading: 1 [LOW]
Countdown with Keith Olbermann - September 27th, 2007
"COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET)
Host: Keith Olbermann
Topics/Guests:
ONE-ON-ONE WITH PRES. BILL CLINTON
IRAQ: Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.); John Harwood, CNBC chief Washington correspondent; Wall Street Journal senior contributing writer
NSA SPYING: Jonathan Turley, George Washington University law professor and constitutional law expert
BILL O'REILLY'S CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS: Marvin Kitman, author of "The Man Who Would Not Shut Up: The Rise of Bill O'Reilly"
Keith "Monkey Man" Olbermann launched into his usual lefty DailyKos inspired tirade. Democrats won't guarantee all troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the first term. Enter Sen. Jim Webb. Left wing water carrier comes to the rescue of Senator Clinton over Tim Russert's "gotcha" question of the evening. Was it her defining moment? Olby will make the answer definite! Olby interview with BJ Clinton, his idol. Political "crisis" [Ding!]. White House trying to silent the press. Olbsession about "racist comments" in their "racist context" regarding "Orally."
#5: The "diasterous" war in Iraq. "Bad enough the next President will inherit disasterous aftermath." Sheriff Olbermann rides in on his high horse with evidence to prove the President was "determined" to invade Iraq. More lamenting of the fact we might have soldiers in Iraq past 2013 (nevermind the fact we've had soldiers in South Korea for more than fifty years - granted they aren't being shot at and engaged in active combat - just a threat of nuclear war). President Bush is going to have a hard time preserving his legacy. Oralmann heads to "El Pais" of Spain for a transcript that the President was going to go to war with Iraq with or without a UN resolution - gasp! Olby believes he is fortunate to be joined by Senator Webb of Virginia. Mr. Webb pats himself on the back for a piece he wrote for a newspaper against the war. Oralmann is depressed that Democrats don't believe soldiers will be gone by 2013. Konspiracy Theory about war with Iran and the "Sense of the Senate" regarding the Iranian Revolutionary Guard being a terrorist organisation. Editorial note: I am going to drink myself into olbivion six years from now if arrogant Senator Webb gets reelected. Ugh. Cannot abide him. Back to our smear program, Sen. Webb is offended by those who "politicize" our soldiers (regarding Rush Limbaugh) despite the fact that some soldiers (Votevets.org) set up PACs to hammber politicians and politicize a war they apparently don't like. Hmmm.
Clip of Senator Clinton making a funny and nodding a lot. The highlight of Olby's sports casting career: interview with Fmr. President B.J. Clinton! Fat Ass nods more than Hillary. He can hardly contain his slobbering. He's so enthralled, he can't even ask a question. He's holding a little card with all those hardballs he's going to throw at the former President. Pres. Clinton brings up Hauptmann's favorite program, the "neocon sex fantasy" 24 and the potential situation of a terrorist knowing where a nuclear weapon or other WMD might be. Should we torture them? Clip of President Bush making a verbal gaffe. Geeze, the ever reputable reporter David Shuster attempts to slime a Republican Congresswoman and is proven ridiculously wrong but the President makes a verbal gaffe. Horrors!
#4: I am convinced Keith Olbermann belongs on a compound comprised of people who think the government is out to get them and stockpile weapons. Caption: "Uncle Sam is Watching You." Some nonsense that troubles Jonathan Turley. The ever dramatic Perfessor is asked which is the worst worm that "this can of worms open up." 'The NSA should have had a course on what to do when the President orders you to commit crimes on Americans.' (Olby laughs) Right. Needless to say, no court has ruled that what the paranoid Perfessor and his would be lapdog is illegal save the Disctrict Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor (appointed by Hugo Chavez buddy Fmr. President Jimmy Carter) that was dismissed later by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals stating the ACLU (the plaintiffs) had no standing. Moving along. More evil doings of the President manipulating the legislature and the judiciary. "They didn't want any checks and balances," opines Turley. Great thanks.
Oddball: Someone flees the cops in a pickup truck. Two headed frog with "his head up his arse." Fallafel [Ding!] reference. Images of Olbersturmfuhrer nodding in approval of everything BJ Clinton has to say.
#3: President Clinton gives loans for reading glasses. Oralmann even brings up O'Reilly with the former President! He really can't get over his Olbsession! Mr. Clinton hates personal attacks (never used them, ever). Republicans are engaged in a baint-and-switch. More reminders of that so-called evil ad against Fmr. Sen. Max Cleland. Fat Ass asks the gentleman if he knows when we will get out of Iraq. With all due respect to the former President, how the hell would he know? HE'S NOT PRESIDENT. Pres. Clinton talks for five minutes without interruption.
#2: More President Clinton interview. He's raising money to provide children reading glasses. Do you think Jabba will hand the President a cheque like he did last time? Mr. Clinton whips out a pair of reading glasses which engenders an "Ahh" from Der Fuhrer. Plug for more Clinton tomorrow. Olbession plug again.
#1: Keith Olbermann insults Stephen A. Smith. He seems to be infatuated with O'Reilly that it's borderline disturbing. I can't stomach anymore. A "sympathetic" biographer who called O'Reilly "demented" is featured for Olby's number one story. Psychoanalysis of O'Reilly by ignorant people. Good night.
In the Media Matters minute, John Gibson of "Fixed Noise" [Ding!] for telling the truth that George Soros gives money to Media Matters. Adam's Apple Olbermann lays one on Gibby by saying they fired him - oooh! Guess what? I think Gibson's proud of that! He was getting tired of filling in for Bathman while he soaked. Wonder where this came from? MediaMatters of course! Did Olby actually refute what Gibson said? Nah. Because he can't. "Fixed News" [Ding!] again! They've declared war on Iran. "Fox Noise" is hosting a show, "Ticking Bomb." Thanks Newshounds. Dana Perino wins the gold for wanting to pick the interviewer from NPR to interview President Bush. Apparently, on OlbyPlanet, that's not how things are done. Sheriff Fat Ass regulates further by pointing out they wanted Juan Williams to interview the President, O'Reilly's "chief apologist." You know, that happy negro? That comment was never mentioned on OlbyPlanet. I bet BJ Clinton picked Olby to interview him because he knew he was going to get tough questions. Anyway, thanks to ANOTHER blue blog, CommentsFromLeftField. Left field eh? You don't say?
Olbermann's book The book that bears Olbermann's went through the roof to #10,448 at amazon.com, but "Culture Warrior" is #2,147. (It's that 2-for-$25 sale!) The OlbyTome sadly remains unranked; O'Reilly's book is #1,943 there, and is one of the top five books of 2006 per Publishers Weekly. Wednesday's Hour of Spin managed a second place finish in total viewers and in that beloved demo. Tonight's MisterMeter reading: 2 [LOW]
Countdown with Keith Olbermann - September 26, 2007
"COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET)
Host: Keith Olbermann
Topics/Guests:
IRAQ: Craig Crawford, Congressional Quarterly columnist and MSNBC political analyst; Rachel Maddow, Err America radio host
LARRY CRAIG TRIES TO GET CHARGES DISMISSED: Dana Milbank, Washington Post national political reporter and MSNBC political analyst
BILL O'REILLY'S CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS: Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATE PREVIEW: Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and author of "Life's a Campaign"
Keith Oralmann barked the opening spiel with special relish: Funding the war is a "money pit", ooh Bush made a grammatical mistake, Larry Craig, Dem debate, the Bonds ball, and "part one" of a series on why Fox should "fire Billo". Geez, Bathman. To paraphrase your Boy Wonder, why this obsession over O'Reilly? When did an O'Reilly comment ever kill someone? Intellectual bankruptcy on parade: it's hump day at Olbermann Watch.
#5: "Fear mongering", because Secy Gates did not mention 9/11 in testimony this afternoon. Three words in his transcript weren't spoken. Start the investigation! OK. Olbermann's Brain chuckled, tittered, sniggered, and chortled. Graphic:"War Is Sell". Again Olby wants a filibuster. Brain tells everyone the Dems need more numbers in the Senate. This has been an unpaid political announcement. Olbermannijad was upset that 76 Senators voted for a non-binding resolution branding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard of Iran a "terrorist organization". Horrors! Great thanks.
To elevate the intellectual level, call in a failed radio talk show host! White House politicizing 9/11. Worse than ever, said RM. Shameless! Olby: "I think you're right". (Don't bother, Keith. She ain't interested.) The moveon ad criticized by the House. Olby: "Why would a Democrat vote for this?" Repeating the Olbermann lie that the phrase was "coined by comedian Rush Limbaugh". Keithy, when are you going to grow a pair and just admit your involvement in this smear, instead of trying to weasel out of it and deflect attention to everyone else but you? Sissy. Great thanks.
"Mister" Bush makes a grammatical error. Wow.
"Breaking news": "Storm clouds" around Bill O'Reilly's "racist remark". Geez, Bathman. To paraphrase your Boy Wonder, why this obsession over O'Reilly? When did an O'Reilly comment ever kill anyone?
#4: Giuliani (R) "fundriser" fired. Larry Craig (R) in court again on charges of "disorderly condact". Oh, and he's a "right wing water carrier" [Ding!]. Dana Milbank, sans sharp suit, cracked bad puns and talked about the eeevil Republicans. Norman Shu? Who he? Paging Jack Malone. Hsu's a Missing Person on OlbyPlanet.
O'Reilly blasphemes, lies, and now may have "met his Waterloo". "Late developments!" Geez, Bathman. To paraphrase your Boy Wonder, why this obsession over O'Reilly? When did an O'Reilly comment ever kill anyone?
#3: O'Reilly attack du jour, and we pause to note another milestone. Bathtub Boy's attacks on Mr Bill have now exceeded the 300 mark. In fact that happened a few days ago, so we're late noting it. But it's never too late to applaud Edward R Olbermoronn's Great Olbsession turning another century mark.
In tonight's installment, O'Reilly's like a pothole. He's in "big trouble", just like Don Imus. Olbermann promised "the full context", but did he deliver? Of course not--it was Another Olbermann Lie. Herr Olbermahn played clips from last night's Factor. Did he play any of last night's comments from Juan Williams? As we thought: no. Did he quote what Matt Lauer on his own network said? No. He brought in his far-left pal Robinson and bandied the R-word ("raaaaacist!") back and forth. Olby magnanimously said he would "play devil's advocate" by comparing O'Reilly to Al Campanis. Yeah, thanks, pal. Keithy said it's a "tipping point" [Ding!], just like Don Imus. Robinson wasn't Great Thanksed, but he was Pleasured. Geez, Bathman. To paraphrase your Boy Wonder, why this obsession over O'Reilly? When did an O'Reilly comment ever kill anyone?
At this point we pause our recap for an OlbyWatch flashback. Herr Olbermann's Imus moment: Chicken and Waffles!
We now return to our regularly scheduled recap.
After a "Fixed News" [Ding!] reference, it was on to #2: Barry Bonds's baseball. #1: Debate preview with The Drooler (he asks Olby if he's warming up to Hillary, and Olby replies he doesn't have anything to warm up from--in other words, he's already hot for Hill, as if we didn't know). In the Media Matters Minute, Bathtub Boy attacked Alexis Glick, who was just fine when she worked for NBC, but now is working for "Fixed Noise" [Ding!] and doing "heavy lifting" for the "water carriers" [Ding!] on "Fixed News" [Ding!]. Plus Rudy Giuliani (R), and the winner: "Coultergeist". Was this a new show or a rerun?
Dogs That Did Not Bark: For Keith Olbermann a news story is only news when it fits his agenda. Let's set the wayback machine to September 21, when Monkeymann decided to suggest all the Republican Presidential candidates are racists. How so? Because they weren't participating in a debate on PBS with Tavis Smiley. To quote Mr Merkle:
OLBERMAHN: The Republicans' direct little race secret.
GEORGE W. BUSH: My advice to whoever will be our nominee is to reach out to the African-American community.Â
OLBERMAHN: So why are all of them refusing to attend a black-focused debate?
But wait, there's more:
OLBERMAHN: When the Republican Presidential Candidates refuse to debate at Black or Hispanic venues, why are they not being asked if they are as racist at that seems?... How big is what the Republicans have done here in not doing this; how big of a slap is this to black voters?
The only problem is: it's not true. The PBS forum is going on as scheduled, and at least half of the GOP candidates have agreed to participate. Now maybe Edward R Olbermann knew this all along, and was just tossing another mackerel to the flipper-clapping sycophants on the blue blogs. But even if he didn't know then, he certainly knows now, given that the forum will air tomorrow night.
But there has not been one word from Olbermann correcting, clarifying, or even updating his original "report". Yes, this is why Herr Olbermann is still a left-wing water carrier and a slovenly political hack.
Olbermann's book The book that bears Olbermann's name slipped to #33,834 on amazon, while "Culture Warrior" has risen to #1,219. (It's that 2-for-$25 sale!) Barnes & Noble still can't find the OlbyTome anywhere on its ranking radar; O'Reilly's book is #1,925 there, and is one of the top five books of 2006 per Publishers Weekly. Tuesday's numbers were again not close. The "trend" promised for the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann is officially over, both in total viewers and in the coveted, pivotal, much-beloved, critical, all-important "key demo". Tonight's MisterMeter reading: 1 [LOW]
Well, I know this isn't Keith Olbermann related directly, but given how often Oralmann relies on Robin and his super "secret" sources for information about Karl Rove getting indicted, I felt the need to bring to everyone's attention the latest evidence of Shuster being a left wing water carrier. Yes Mister Shuster, you are. Newsbusters documents via another blogger ConservativeBelle about how Shuster sandbagged Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN of course!) by asking her who was the last soldier to be killed from her district. Shuster goes on to use the soldier's name, who in fact did not live in Congresswoman Blackburn's district. Robin then wonders whenever did a New York Times ad (MoveOn.org) kill someone? Journalism at its finest!
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