It boggles the mind of clear thinkers how people seeking insightful analysis would actually turn to the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann. Never mind all his factual errors, lies, and misreporting. His track record as a opinionator (which is what he is, not a "journalist") is dismal.
When Fat Ass was riding in the front car of the Hillary train, he erupted in manufactured outrage over Chris Wallace, who dared to ask Bill Jefferon Clinton about Usama Bin Laden. Oralmann bellowed endlessly that Wallace, who is Jewish, was not a newsman but a "monkey". Wallace's behavior was so heinous that it was flogged day after day on The Hour of Spin. Obviously, the Clintons were so injured by the eeevil Wallace that they'd never deal with this "monkey" again. Except, of course, that they did. Not only did Hillary come on Wallace's Fox News Sunday, but for her most recent appearance on Fox she actually requested that Wallace do the interview! Great perspicacity there, Bathtub Boy.
More recently, it was just last week that Olbermoronn, following the lead of his Daily Kos Giupettos, declared that John Edwards's campaign was surging. He could finish second! His message is finally connecting! Just five days later, after a humiliating third place finish, Edwards pulled out of the race entirely. Clearly Olby does not have the Midas touch. Indeed, everything he touches turns to... well, it's not gold.
And yet credulous lemmings will tune in again tonight, as Edward R Olbermann, mindful of slipping ratings, and eager to obey the demands of the Kossacks, presents yet another Special Education Komment:
In a Presidency of hypocrisy, an Administration of exploitation, a labyrinth of leadership, in which every vital fact is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma hidden under a claim of executive privilege supervised by an idiot, this one is surprisingly easy.
President Bush has put, protecting the Telecom giants from the laws…ahead of protecting you from the terrorists.
He has demanded an extension of the FISA law, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but only an extension that includes retroactive immunity for the Telecoms who helped him spy on us.
Congress has given him, and he has today signed, a fifteen day extension, which simply kicks the time bomb down the field, and has changed nothing of his insipid rhetoric, in which he portrays the Democrats as "soft on terror" and getting in the way of his Superhuman efforts to protect the nation... when, in fact, and with bitter irony, if anybody is "soft on terror" here it is Mr. Bush.
It will have the camera pivots, the theatrical declamations, a whole fitsfull of insinSirs, and of course the usual passel of fictions that we have come to expect from Bear. How many lies will he tell this time? Will he again make up nonexistent drivel about the law of habeas corpus? Use our valuable bandwidth for your predictions and comments.
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I am leaving New York this morning to cover the Super Bowl for Newsweek.com. Not only am I going to the game but I've been hired by Newsweek as a contributor to Mark Starr's All-Starr blog. Mark's the real sports journalist but I will be supplementing his coverage by reporting the sights and sounds of the spectacle that is Super Bowl week. If there was a "cloud 10" I'd be on it right now.
No Hour of Spin tonight, due to election coverage. Since Olby will be co-presiding over that , it's really The Evening of Spin. Use this thread for comments on the primary and the coverage: whether you watch Hume, Wolf, or Fat Ass and the Drooler. As a bonus to get things started, hear John Gibson's outrage over MSLSD's State of the Union coverage, and delight in his blasting Keith as both a koward and a liar:
"COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET)
Host: Keith Olbermann
Topics/Guests:
KENNEDYS ENDORSE OBAMA: Craig Crawford, cqpolitics.com columnist and MSNBC political analyst; Jonathan Alter, Newsweek senior editor and MSNBC political analyst
FLORIDA PRIMARY: Chuck Todd, NBC News political director
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews"
He's back: tanned (even if it's from a can), rested, and ready. So went the opening spiel: Obama endorsed! Hillary wants to change primary rules! Bill Jefferson Clinton invoked Jesse Jackson! SotU! Will Rudy drop out? Stock Market is Down! (Alert: Olbermann Lie, it's way up since 2001.) It's blue Monday at Olbermann Watch, the blog so powerful and influential it is read by Keith Olbermann himself.
#5: Obama as the new JFK. Clips of Ted Kennedy and Barack. Toni Morrison endorses Obama. Clip of Hillary. Olbermann's Brain chortled and insisted BJ Clinton had no racial intent when comparing Obama to Jesse Jackson. And chickens have lips. Next up: Lefty Alter on how the Clinton's managed to "lose the Kennedys". Olby wondered if they have to put BJ Clinton "in the shed". Lefty said he'll "tone it down". Oralmann touched on a smear email about Obama, neatly attributing it to "government workers", the "military", "right-wing web sites", and, of course, Republicans. Left completely out of his report were the Hillary Clinton staffers who were fired for spreading it. After all, this is OlbyPlanet.
#4: Florida. Hillary trying to change the rules and grab their delegates. Chuck Todd detailed the machinations over the Sunshine State. Olby suggested this is "the ends justifies the means", and Kos Kidz all over the Olbersphere swooned. Is Rudy looking to bow out? It's his "swan song", said Toddy. So far not a "great thanks" to be heard.
After a reference to Orwell [Ding!] and a "right wing lunatic fringer" [Ding!], #3: the "true" State of the Union. FISA! Terror attacks? Up! (Unmentioned: none in the US). Terrorists? Roaming free! (Huh? We thought all this terrorism business was just scare stuff from those terrorists Republicans.) The correspondent with the tonsorially-enhanced hair did a "they say, but they say" analysis to distance himself from Monkeymann's partisan spew. No great thanks.
After a Rove reference [Ding!]#2: The Media Matters Minute. Choate school and Karl Rove [Ding!] (Blue Blog Source: Huff 'n' Puff), Glenn Beck (Blue Blog Source: nearly verbatim lift from Hillary Clinton's Media Matters ), and "worst" Mary Katherine Ham (Blue Blog Source: Crooks & Liars). Ooh, a Fox Noise [Ding!] too.
#1: Scintillating repartee in tonight's Democrats interviewing Democrats segment (Olby with The Drooler). The two of them batted their shared talking points back and forth: Bush wants to "tie the hands of the next President". Iraq is no success. Yikes! No sane person can take any more of this. Tonight's MisterMeter reading: 1 [LOW]
And that's The Hour of Spin for this, the 630th day since the declaration that "Karl Rove will be indicted".
NEW RECORD: Olbermann Lies 20 Times in 8 Minutes on CNN
I've gone ahead and noted the 20 most obvious lies told by Keith to Howard Kurtz on this morning's edition of "Reliable Sources". I can't decide what was more entertaining - that Keith was on a show called RELIABLE sources or that Kurtz allowed Olbermann to tell whopper after whopper without challenge. To his credit, Kurtz at least ASKED some of the questions OlbyWatch readers were hoping he'd ask. Next time maybe Howard will get some REAL answer.
NOTE: I see now I counted 15 twice; so there are really 21 lies.
UPDATE: Blue Blogs weep after meanie Howard Kurtz asks poor Keith "unfair" questions while OlbyLoon commenters wail about the inhumanity of it all.
Some folks were having trouble reading the fine print in the title bars I added to the video so I've made a sort of transcript you can use as you watch:
Keith Runs MSNBC
Producers do not decide who does interviews
OlberLie #1
Brit Hume anchors Fox News election coverage
OlberLie #2
Hannity & Colmes aired AFTER Fox News election coverage
OlberLie #3
There IS no conflict since it did not happen
OlberLie #4
OlbyWatch has pointed out MANY instances of exactly this
[Keith making statements as anchor that reflected his leftist views]
OlberLie #5
A "Prime Facie" lie
[It is self-evident that MSNBC has moved left; Dan Abrams was made GM based on his strategy of counter-programming Fox News]
OlberLie #6
The criticism of Matthews, a democrat, is not LEFT ENOUGH
[the recent criticism came from Clinton front-group Media Matters for anti-Hillary statements]
OlberLie #7
Media Research Center made PRECISELY this accusation in 1998
OlberLie #8
KO routinely called in "sick" and did nowhere near 218 "consecutive" shows on Lewinsky
OlberLie #9
See Keith's Infamous Cornell speech after which MSNBC KO'd KO
OlberLie #10
Again, see Cornell Speech
OlberLie #11
KO Attacks O'Reilly nightly and calls THAT news
OlberLie #12
KO asked about ONE guest, answers about TWO
In other words...
KO is reflecting the far-left POV (see previous lies)
OlberLie #13
KO has repeatedly told reporters he was baiting O'Reilly to get ratings
Olbermann #14
Another "Prima Facie" lie
[it is self-evident that Keith is obsessed with O'Reilly, he does a segment on him almost every nights, almost always talks about him during interviews and even donned an O'Reilly mask at the 2006 TV Critics Association conference.
OlberLie #15
Wait for it - he attacks O'Reilly because his audience "expects" it
OlberLie #15
There it is - he attacks O'Reilly because his audience "expects" it
OlberLie #15
This never happened
[O'Reilly semi-seriously said Fox Security would be giving a prank caller to his radio show a "call"]
OlberLie #16
The Democrats run Congress yet are only criticized for not being LEFT ENOUGH
OlberLie #17
Again, MRC made PRECISELY this accusation in 1998
Olberlie #18
Again, Keith called in "sick" and never did 218 consecutive shows
Open Letter to Howard Kurtz on Keith Olbermann Appearance on CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday
As noted by a loyal OW Reader, Keith will appear this Sunday on Reliable Sources with Horward Kurtz. Some readers have questioned Kurtz inviting Keith on the show. The fact is they go WAY back; Kurtz was written about Keith's disdain for Olbermann Watch, quoted OlbyWatch in another article, all of which led Keith to attack Olbermann Watch and your humble editor by name in a radio interview with Kurtz and Bob Kur. Links follow:
I've written Howard Kurtz an Open Letter calling on him to hold Keith accountable for his pretense to be a journalist in the mold of Edward R. Murrow while engaging in the most deplorable, biased and infantile behavior. I have proposed several questions we here at Olbermann Watch would like answered. I would ask that our CLEAR-THINKING READERS propose additional questions. I will be forwarding a link to Mr. Kurtz and asking that he check back for your suggestions.
Dear Mr. Kurtz
Readers at Olbermann Watch are hoping Keith's appearance on your show will be more than just the usual "happy talk" that comes from the decidedly liberal perspective of most members of the TV Critics Association. We have a few questions we would like to see asked:
QUESTION: Is it appropriate for you to act as co-anchor MSNBC's election coverage while actively contributing to a highly partisan, far-left blog (Daily Kos)?
QUESTION: Do you believe a journalist can fulfill their obligation to "speak truth to power" when they begin an interview with arguably the most potent political figure of the time (Bill Clinton), a man actively engaged in a Presidential campaign by starting the interview by giving the interview subject a check? And just out of curiosity how large was that check? (and please don't let Keith get away with saying he is too modest to say since he gave the check ON-AIR)
QUESTION: You recently made numerous false statements about Major Garrett, formerly of NBC News and now a campaign reporter for Fox News Channel, yet failed to issue a correction when he was called on it. When you were similarly challenged by Daily Kos readers about your biased coverage of the Clinton-Obama race in Iowa you issued a mea culpa. Can you explain the difference between the two? (http://www.olbermannwatch.com/archives/2008/01/caught_on_tape.php)
QUESTION: You have regularly invited comparisons between yourself and Edward R. Murrow, including using his sign-off to end your show each night. Your fans often refer to you as the "Edward R. Murrow of our generation". Murrow is an iconic broadcaster. He is a man who played a large role in defining standards of television broadcasting and often placed himself at professional and even physical risk to report the news. At what point do your constant references to Murrow go from "homage" to being an insult to the legacy of one of the great newsmen of the past 100 years and will you stop doing it when it reaches that point?
QUESTION: During the ratings growth you experienced in 2006 much was made by you and MSNBC of the importance of the 25-54 "demo" where you were seen as more competitive. You peaked in November 2006. The data now shows that your audience in the demo has declined 14% off the highs despite a dramatic increase in political coverage during primary season. What does this suggest about your ability to sustain audience interest in your show?
"COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET)
Host: Keith Olbermann
Topics/Guests:
2008 ELECTION: Dana Milbank, Washington Post national political reporter and MSNBC political analyst; Craig Crawford, cqpolitics.com columnist and MSNBC political analyst; David "Slippery" Shuster, MSNBC correspondent
BRITNEY SPEARS AND THE ECONOMY: Joel McHale, E!'s "The Soup"
The kid with the bestest baseball card collection on the block bellowed the last opening spiel of the week: John Edwards up six points! Super Tuesday will decide nothing! Attack on McCain! Britney! Orwell! [Ding!] It's casual Friday at Olbermann Watch--the blog that Keith Olbermann himself reads.
#5: It's an Edwards surge! He's coming alive! Don't write him off! He might lose in second place instead of third! Obama on Letterman. Dana Milbank, minus mangy mufti, bloviated that Merkle's wet dream about Edwards coming in second was at best "extremely unlikely". Aww, poor Olby. Poor Dana, he didn't even get Great Thanksed.
Poll shows McCain would tie Obama head-to-head. But then Edward R Olbermann noted if you substitute Hillary Clinton "it gets worse". What gets worse about it? McCain beats her by two points. That's "worse" on OlbyPlanet. Krazy Keith again beat his drum for Silky and worried some more about Republicans. Olbermann's Brain chortled.
After a Fox Noise [Ding!] came #4: When will the nominations be decided? Not even on Super Tuesday, says Chuck Todd. Oh wait, that was last Friday. Let's try that again. When will the nominations be decided? Not even on Super Tuesday, says Slippery. Another Groundhog Day moment on The Hour of Spin.
#3: The GOP debate was full of "wacked out Republican lies" and GOP "bloodlust". A "remarkably large quantity of lies" in fact. Willard [Ding!] "lied". "Crazy" Huckabee dredged up another "lie". More "bloodlust". For unbiased analysis, Sam Seder of Err America piled on.
After a Fox Noise [Ding!] and a Fixed News [Ding!], #2: Las Vegas fire, Ledger. #1: Some Britney crap I skipped over. In the Media Matters Minute, Oralmann was so desperate to attack Fixed News [Ding!] that he pretended that an unscripted extemporaneous reference to when Lincoln "left office" meant that the speaker was an idiot who didn't know Lincoln was assassinated (Blue Blog Source: Hullabaloo). Yeah, unconvincing and petty, but that's Olbermoronn all over. Hey Keithy, are you still telling people that the House of Representatives can mount a filibuster? How could you even get a job delivering newspapers, sport? Fox Noise! [Ding!] Oh, and we also got O'Reilly attack #409 (Blue Blog Source: TVNewser).
If it's Friday, it's our weekly assessment of Krazy Keith's masculinity. This week Monkeymann attacked Fox and other broadcasters 31 times. Olby's source (Hillary Clinton's Media Matters) criticized (MS)NBC 21 times, but Keithy protected his corporate masters with zero criticisms. That makes this week's Olbermann Manhood Quotient: -104 [musto limp].
Becky has given every indication that she is under the delusion that either I or people who write for me at the Olbermann Watch blog had something to do with all the negative Letters to the Editor you received following the Keith Olbermann interview. And further that the editorial staff at Olbermann Watch somehow orchestrated the "blog storm" the erupted over the past few day. [continued here]
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