"I think that's unfair Keith"...said Brokaw as Olby tries to throw Hillary under the bus. Earthquake on OLBY Planet. He was not great thanksed.

Since Olbermann has fulfilled his task as "useful idiot" in bashing HRC, I wonder if "attacks of conscience" as to his partisan status will now increase among media analysts and other journos?

See No Obama Evil (Russert)
Hear No Obama Evil (Matthews)
Speak No Obama Evil (Olby)

just had a "blame the media" exchange.

They were all so very pleased with themselves.

I wonder which of his gaffes he was explaining when that pic was taken? (Long uncomfortable pause).

I wish I had seen Brokaw say that. I like Brokaw a great deal and wish he was still doing the Nightly News. I cannot believe that Brokaw is happy with the Olbermannification of NBC News. I have to believe that some day Keith will be "imus'd". It is really the same situation - Keith is loathed by pretty much everyone who has ever worked with him. As Tony Snow once said, "you can fit all of Keith's friends in a phone booth". A lot of people in the media, and especially at NBC, are afraid of Keith because, however it happened, he has power. Keith's problem has always been that whenever he gets this sort of power he overplays his hand in some grandiose fit of pique generally having to do with his own version of what he thinks is "integrity" and either quits or does something that makes it easy to fire him. Keith's story about Murdoch firing him over the Dodgers story is just that - a story. The fact is that Keith was brought into Fox Sports as the "savior" - the brilliant ESPN star who was going to make Fox Sports a real rival to ESPN. Murdoch cares about making money. He brought Keith over to Fox Sports for the same reason he brought Hannity and O'Reilly and Hume to Fox News. The same reason he paid up to get the rights to major league baseball and the NFL on Fox Broadcasting Network. The problem at Fox Sports was not Murdoch it was Keith. He was not able to deliver and from every account I've heard treated the people there like crap - just as he had done at ESPN, just as he had done at MSNBC.

Keith is, by all accounts very smart and very talented. For that reason, he has been able to get new jobs and even get re-hired (by MSNBC and ESPN plus ABC Radio which is part of Disney as is ESPN).

If I had to place a wager my guess is that Keith will have some event that will bring the wolves out just as happened to Imus. Then Keith will find, as usual, that he has no friends at NBC and so no defenders. The tipping point will be when Keith is more trouble than he is worth. Up until now he has brought more benefit to NBC than harm (in his bosses eyes). If that changes and there is some sort of mutiny Keith will know the jig is up and bail on some trumped up point of indignation and march out so he can tell everyone how he quit on principle.

I said the other day that I thought Keith's HRC special comment on RFK was the "jump the shark" moment. The wave of anti-KO stories rolled out from just around that time and after. Now we get this TVN story which rings very true. Most people do not realize as we do that TVN has always been in the bag for NBC and especially for Keith. So for them to do that particular story has special significance.

I would point out, however, that Keith burning bridges at yet another cable network will not mean that Keith goes away just that he goes to another venue. Where might that be?

How about replacing Larry King on CNN? (Keith used to work there too).

How about Keith taking over a late night TV franchise on a major network? (Tom Snyder is one of his idols).

How about Keith taking on the Howard Cosell role for Monday night (or Sunday night) football?

It is not as if Keith leaving MSNBC will mean that he disappears - in fact, he may go on to even bigger and better things.

With all that said, I feel sorry for people like Brokaw and Russert who spent many years establishing their credibility only to see it flushed down the toilet by Keith. Perhaps the person hurt the most by Keith by Brian Williams who is theoretically the face of NBC News but has been completely overshadowed by Keith. Brian Williams is almost a non-person these days.

With all that said, I will be traveling to Minnesota for a conference tomorrow. I will not be as active on the site. I have been asked to appear on the radio in Tulsa, OK tomorrow with Pat Campbell to talk about Keith's tax troubles. We will put up an audio clip. I will be breaking some news on Pat's show tomorrow and will have a post about it afterwards.

Here are the details...

The Pat Campbell Show
Heard mornings 6:00 to 9:00AM CT
on 1170 KFAQ Tulsa, OK
http://1170kfaq.com/patcampbell.html

I am going to call after I get to Minneapolis, probably around 8 AM.

I saw a moment when Keith said something about a third party, meaning Hillary, is trying to "shoehorn herself" into the story. Brokaw then said "I think that's unfair" and proceeded to talk about HRC's qualitifcations, which pretty much shot KO down. Keith tried to recover by mumbling that he was talking about the VP speculation but he still looked like a fool. It was a thing of beauty.

Please take down that disgusting picture of Obamanation. I would rather look at Keith's fat bloated head.

How fast will KO have to spin if Lord Obama has to choose St.Hill for VP?...He'll go from trashing Her to praising Her and claiming what a great and "brave" choice Lord Obama made almost in the same sentence...the Irony is if that happens KO's "Special comment" about St.Hill could be used by the McCain camp against the Lord Obama/St.Hill ticket. LOL!!!!

Robert:

Thanks for the Olby recap. Well said.

Hillary not giving up....Great move.
Obama is not the nominee until the convention process completes.

Quadsy

This is the most melodramatic, ridiculously romanticised coverage of an Obama speech that I have seen in quite some time. MSNBC is ridiculous. The whole backdrop is ridiculous. Bleh.

Looking forward to the news, Mr. Cox and congrats on the radio appearance.

Today is one for the ages.

The JFK/MLK/Bobby/Elvis/Black Jesus has thrashed the wicked witch of the west. Yes, the Obamessiah reigns supreme. The multitudes swoon before Him. This only makes the catastrophe in November more sweet for us when he gets his ass kicked by McCain.

Will Qwazy Keith hang himself on the air the Wednesday after, for his ultimate Special Comment? I'm thinking the odds are, like, 50/50 for that. And I will be watching................

Bob,

Lots of great observations there.

Keith has to be an embarrassment to the true "journalists" at NBC.

And good points, as well, Mlong. How will KOS' (KO's, whatevs, they're the same thing) head spin having to suddenly be a Hillary! fan again.

Two "Special Comments" against Dems since the show came on. One "Dammit why aren't the troops out of Iraq" and the Hillary! one.

What happens if Barak Hopenchange Obama doesn't surrender and bring the troops home by the end of January? Or the end of 2009?

Do we get the "Mr. Obama, you, Sir, are a liar" SEK? Or has KO already done, as Bob says, something filled with righteous indignation and "truth to power" to get fired?