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Another month of Olbermann spin, made more bearable only by the fact that it is the shortest one of the year. Once again we poured through the MSNBC transcripts and tallied up the guest breakdown for The Hour of Spin. The results will not surprise you:

Here are some fun facts about the stats. In an overabundance of caution we classified a number of frequent guests as 'neutral', even though they very rarely were. So they aren't counted in the chart. These include The Wolffe Man (6 appearances) as well as Margaret Carlson, Howard "Pundit for All Occasions" Fineman, and the Perfessor (Turley). Among those categorized as Dem strategists, the names that came up most were Crazy Larry O'Donnell (7) and Markos "Screw 'Em" Moulitsas (5). Among the liberal/progressives who weren't Dem strategists, David Corn led the way (6), followed by Ezra Klein (5). And these are Republicans/conservatives Olbermann had on his show:
Do you want to see that list again? Here it is:
As you discuss, resolve, and prepare to recap another excruciating Hour of Spin, you might want to check out the latest from Jed Eckert:
Sources within NBC News have confirmed that things are more dire than we originally thought. Veteran correspondents are cringing and are openly embarrassed by Olbermann's self-absorbed theatrics.
There's a lot more to this so read the whole thing. Comments are open!
Krazy Keith is afraid to debate
So Moulitsas and Keith masturbate
To the tune of moonbats
Like whiny little brats
Let's just hope they don't procreate
When I found these James Thurber quote, I thought just how much they pegged Bathtub Boy
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
Keith, that glare of yours obscures the one thing you cant see...THE TRUTH,and just looking at the continual titanic ratings plunge, proves just how desperate you have become
So he doesn't have Republicans or Conservatives on his show. But he does have facts on his show.
Also, would Jed Eckert care to name names?
I'm sorry. I just find it really "coincidental" that his father is this sick just as we're all debating health care for the upteenth time. He keeps talking about how Beck and Palin "pulled" death panels out of some "oraface" yet the man knows none of the details in this bill - he hasn't read it. He doesn't know what or what is not in that bill either. Nor does the bastard care. If a republican were trying to pass this same exact bill - he'd be foaming at the mouth talking about how bad it is.
IF his father is really this bad off. There is a little thing called the Family Medical Leave Act. I believe it was passed back in oh, 1994 and enacted by Bill Clinton. IF your father is so bad off. and these could be his last moments on earth, why wouldn't you take advantage of this act and focus all of your attention on your parent? I know I would. the last thing I would give a damn about is my frickin tv show. And how is it that his dad's situation is so dire, that he can still make it to work? Even last night, he still made time to tape a segment.. I'm tellin ya its all BS.
"IF your father is so bad off. and these could be his last moments on earth, why wouldn't you take advantage of this act and focus all of your attention on your parent? I know I would. the last thing I would give a damn about is my frickin tv show."
Then why is he absent today, and why was he absent yesterday? Why did he take those numerous extended absences over the past several months? This segment last night was a courtesy to many of his fans who are legitimately concerned about the Olbermann family.
Because he was going to Yankee games. The segment last night was bullshit. If last night was to update on your dad then this is how you do it: My father is resting comfortably, we saw a slight improvement over the weekend but we are not out of the woods yet. We thank you for your continued prayers and well wishes. You don't spend 10 minutes yelling and sharing TMI... He also has that "think tank" Kos to post updates... Keith's whole life is bullshit.
Because he was going to Yankee games. The segment last night was bullshit. If last night was to update on your dad then this is how you do it: My father is resting comfortably, we saw a slight improvement over the weekend but we are not out of the woods yet. We thank you for your continued prayers and well wishes. You don't spend 10 minutes yelling and sharing TMI... He also has that "think tank" Kos to post updates... Keith's whole life is bullshit.
Anyone catch Larry O'Donnell, kissing Rep Anthony Weiner's ass, after he ran the tape of the Rep allegedly "schooling" FOX's Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy?
Seemed like Larry was going to have an orgasm when trying to get out the two words of "Thank You" to Weiner. What's a matter Larry, Kathryn Harrold not giving you any at home? If not, all the guys here would have a crack at her.
They'll do anything to get America's sympathy, bringing out an unemployed woman named, "Sue Mason". Who looked like she wasn't out of work. Then tossing in the cancer card just for more teary eyes. Cry me a river. She's a plant, and some looking like she is, can get work, she's just lazy.
Mk, olby has facts on his show. Come on! He gets his "facts" from media matters. They have been well known to take quiotes out of context and edit video to make a conservative/republican look bad. If olby really had facts on his side, why has his show lost 40% of his audience over the last year? I think the reason is people can see past the bull shit he spews out. I hate to sound cold hearted, but I don't care about his father. We all have problems of our own to solve. Not all of us think government can solve all our problems. In fact, government causes a lot of them.
"Mk, olby has facts on his show. Come on! He gets his "facts" from media matters."
I don't think the NYT, Research2000, or NBC News polls come from Media Matters. I don't think the Nielsen ratings come from Media Matters. I don't think the stories from Germany, Japan, and Romania come from Media Matters...
"They have been well known to take quiotes out of context and edit video to make a conservative/republican look bad."
Show me one instance where they took a clip out of context.
"I think the reason is people can see past the bull shit he spews out."
Like what? Could you even make a max-time-alloted YouTube clip of him making bold assertions and incendiary comments? I doubt it.
Look, when Keith-O makes a mistake, the first chance he gets, he corrects his mistake - "During (insert story here), I said (insert incorrect comment here), when in fact it was (insert correction here)." After a quick apology we all move on. Bill-O, Beck, and Rush on the other hand, cry context, and point fingers at Media Matters, the Daily Kos, and MSNBC.
"Not all of us think government can solve all our problems. In fact, government causes a lot of them."
We agree, but what are the Democrats and Republicans doing about it? Nothing, only making the problem worse.
Rob,
Please destroy this idiot with the facts because if you don't, I will.
This site has documented one mistake/lie after another by Olbermann. And he hasn't corrected any of them. One recent example is attacking Scott Brown for never rejecting something yelled out by a guy in the crowd. Keith was making this claim day after day long AFTER Brown had condemned the remarks. And we challenged him to retract his lie. He never did.
Olbermann has done this so many times that we used to do lists of his top ten lies of the year. We gave up doing that last year because we couldn't narrow them down to ten.
As for Media Matters, yes they distort and quote-crop. I've caught them any number of times too. Perhaps you should read up on Olbermann's lies (you won't find them at Media Matters because they have a non-agression pact with Olbermann--they have never called him out, even once, for his falsehoods). Read thru the archives. Do a search for "lie" in our search box. And then stock up on pizza and no-doz. You'll need it to get thru all the examples.
MKDAWUSS, please follow the link and read the thread starting with the 4th post (All-access Customer) on page 5. It should start there. I can't seem to post this any other way. But this should address some of what you've said.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R1BU8LK4JBERIL/ref=cm_cd_pg_pg5?ie=UTF8&cdPage=5#wasThisHelpful
Re: MKDAWUSS at 9:29 pm
"Show me one instance where they [Media Matters] took a clip out of context."
I gave an example back on February 26, 2009 at 12:08 am, where they took Sean Hannity out of context.
Please click here:
http://tinyurl.com/davzos
"So he doesn't have Republicans or Conservatives on his show. But he does have facts on his show."
This falls in the category "Blind Squirrel Finds His Nutz", thank you WUSS for the comedy relief.
I just had to post this from MK on the Kos site. I know you guys hate reading their crap but I just wanted you to get an idea of who you are dealing with:
Sources within NBC News have confirmed that things are more dire than we originally thought. Veteran correspondents are cringing and are openly embarrassed by Olbermann’s self-absorbed theatrics.
I'd like to know who these "veteran correspondents" are.
by MKDAWUSS on Tue Mar 02, 2010 at 07:14:27 PM PST
A blogger responded that if Keith gets dumped they would have to pay him a lot of money and they wouldn't do that since he makes a lot of money for the network.
I won't begin to refute that since we already covered it in a previous section but as I said before, what is $7 million to a company that just paid billions for NBC Universal.
Now MK's response:
"It's what comes with being the highest rated cable news show."
Um, MK, delusional much? Or are you just a parrot sitting on Keith Olbermann's shoulder?
Wow
WUSS,
You are correct, there are no current examples of Keith's lies...he is currently not on his show. Want a lie? Wait for Keith to return...unless of course he does not return.
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This is the 146th day since the current President was awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
My gosh.
I've only been following Olby's latest exploits from afar as of late.
I just watched the clip from the roof. Boy does he look bad. But worse than that, he seemed completely incoherent.
Yo, dude. Of course there are no "death panels". This country is still comprised of largely a private-based health care. It's the Obamacare scope creep that will make them a reality.
You dolt. (Sorry about your dad, though. But some advice. You're an adult. Honor him with some dignity. Be a man. Not a blithering idiot.)
And did you read the rest of the comments in the DK diary where you took my comments from?
Well, did YOU read the examples of Olbermann falsehoods that I cited? Here, I'll make it ultra-easy for you and give you the direct link:
http://tinyurl.com/yfjs84e
When you're through chewing that one over, here's another:
http://tinyurl.com/yz8zmzc
Need I remind you what you wrote above:
"Look, when Keith-O makes a mistake, the first chance he gets, he corrects his mistake... After a quick apology we all move on."
Perhaps you'd like to tell us where he corrected those mistakes 'the first chance he gets'. Point to the 'quick apologies' that he made. Because nobody in this universe is aware of them.
MKDAWUSS you have become exemplary in dodging arguments. I understand you're not chained to your computer but you keep coming here trying to defend Olbermann and you can't.
The other day I put something up about Olbermann's work history and ambush journalism and you ignored it. JeffE put something up last night and you ignored it. Johnny Dollar has given you another chance to redeem yourself. Are you going to ignore that too?
It's put up or shut up time. Stop being a coward.
Olbermann did it once on SNF after he got a team's season record wrong, and on Countdown the following night after he got a fact wrong in his #4 story.
And Scott Brown did say something in response to that: "We can do this."
And since you brought up the Haiti stories, how much time did FNC spent on it, and how much did CNN and MSNBC spend on it?
Let's try it again. I gave you two links where Olbermann lied (or if you prefer, made an innocent mistake). Perhaps you'd like to tell us where he corrected those mistakes 'the first chance he gets'.
But please, here's you chance to show how wrong we all are. Your opportunity to prove how Olbermann corrects his false statements 'the first chance he gets'. Point to the 'quick apologies' that he made for those two recent smears. Because nobody in this universe is aware of any such apologies. In my book, if you level a false attack but refuse to correct even after it's proven to be false then it becomes a lie.
So where did he correct or apologize for those two smears?
IIRC, Keith didn't buy Scott Brown's apology (backpedaling? CYA?), so what correction was needed if he gave a questionable apology to cover and justify something he shouldn't have done. Besides, as we all know, pretending it didn't happen ALWAYS works, right?
I can give you the Haiti correspondents story, but again, let's talk about how much time each network devoted to the Haiti incident.
http://mediamatters.org/research/201001220051
http://mediamatters.org/research/201001140029
"IIRC, Keith didn't buy Scott Brown's apology"
I'm sorry but you recall incorrectly. As it says right from the transcript, Keith said he never disassociated himself from the remark. TWO DAYS AFTER he disassociated himself from the remark. Olby didn't say he gave an unconvincing apology, or he didn't believe his disassociated. Olby claimed he never SAID something that he clearly DID say. So that's a lie, and it hasn't been corrected.
"let's talk about how much time each network devoted to the Haiti incident."
Oh, why would we do that, when the question is Keith lying about what O'Reilly had on his program? Never mind the media matters spin, where they cherry pick the programs that had the least coverage, and ignore the ones that were just about wall to wall. And never mind the Haiti telethon where MM singles out Fox for not airing it but forgets to note that Headline News didn't air it either. Hm, now why would that be?
But the question isn't how much time each network devoted to anything. It's Olbermann claiming that O'Reilly didn't have reporters on his show to report on the Haiti earthquake. Not even ONCE! And that is simply not true. The post I directed to you proves it.
If all you can do is (in the case of Brown) try to rewrite what Keith said after the fact, or (in the case of O'Reilly) change the subject away from Olby's smear, then you have in effect proved the case of this website. Olbermann routinely falsified, distorts, and lies. And when called out on it, the corrections and apologies you claim come as soon as possible exist only in the gullible minds of Olbypologists.
Poll: Fox is most trusted name in news
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32039.html
And that FNC had MORE coverage on Haiti than msdnc....
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1473/coverage-haiti-massachusetts-special-election-cable-divide
MK, Here is another lie that Glenn Beck cought him on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tMVtPcDodQ
Calling MKDAWUSS!! Calling MKDAWUSS!! I knew you'd get schooled on that Scott Brown lie.
You know, I'd give you credit for coming on a Web site where you're outnumbered (so to speak) like 20 to 1 but since you're a) defending Keith "mashed up meat bag with lipstick" Olbermann b) making things up to defend him (see your 12:04 post) and c) linking Media Matters (the self-described "progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media") it's obvious you don't deserve it.
I think everyone should start keeping track of the arguments MKDAWUSS has either dodged or defended with distorting the truth and see what MKDAWUSS has to say about that. Let's copy and paste far left style until he admits he was wrong or just goes away.
MKDAWUSS I have a question for you: If it's ok for you to use Media Matters, the self-described "progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media", can we use Newsbusters, the self described "leader in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias"?
Or do you think maybe, just maybe, none of us should use a site that admits they work for one side or the other? Because you and your hero are all about the facts and we shouldn't be using biased sources to prove our opinion right?
Hey, MK. Check this out. I think you might change your mind on Olbermann when you watch this. This is so funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51LJrnHtveo
The second month of 2010 hasn’t brought good ratings news for MSNBC’s Countdown With Keith Olbermann. The show lost 43% of its cable news target adults 25-54 audience and 29% of its average viewership between February, 2009 and February, 2010.
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/02/countdown-with-keith-olbermann-ratings-declines-continue-vs-last-february/43686
Ouch
Forgive me for going completely off topic (maybe not so far as I am sure keith would be talking about this if he was working) but I got to get something off my chest on the Jim Bunning situation.
Why is it that liberals in this country get away with calling Bunning a hypocrite for voting against a bill but then once it became law he tried to enforce it while the people who voted for the bill and then ignore it now that it is law get a pass?
I am of course talking about paygo and the whole situation sickens me. How the hell do these people get away with this crap in our media? Are Americans so stupid to think that it is Bunning who is the hypocrite and not the 99 other members of the senate?
It is simply amazing to how many lies the Ape Ruler uses throughout his show. You'd have to be a complete idiot not to see through him after all the lies he's caught on, and yet MK will defend him to no end. The Dollar leaves two great and obvious lies for him to chew on, and I know he will disregard them as if the Dollar made those video's up himself.
It doesn't matter with the Ape Ruler's followers, because all that matters is that he is their "man." Show them indisputable video's or quotes of his lies, and his followers are on to the next subject without missing a beat. Show proof that his show is falling quicker than a California mudslide, and his followers say "Number 1 show on MSNBC."
The best distracting method they all seem to use, and MikeH was the best/worst at this, although MK seems to be a close second, is that when you show them the video or direct link to the lie, they say again "prove it." Show it again, and once again they say "prove it." Show it a 3rd time and they never reply again to that same subject.
You can't win, because if you have the proof they deny it or ignore it, and then they ask for ONE example of his lies or un-apologetic ways, and when you show ten they say either "not good enough" or change the subject. It reminds me of the skit David Chappelle did where the
rapper R.Kelly was on trial for pissing on a girl, and the jury was all blacks. They showed the video of him doing this and the jurors still insisted that "she just got in the way" and that the video proves nothing.
Sadly with the Ape Ruler's followers, they are not part of a comedy skit, but their blind faith in him no matter what the proof, is even more telling than Chappelle's comedic approach to being biased.
Up is down on the "Planet of the Apes" and trying to convince them of anything different is akin to asking a 4 year old the theory of relativity.
should you ever find yourself believing, respecting, admiring or defending the human pustule known as K.O head my advice and get a co deterctor in your house and place of work. Something cleary is altering tour thinking
Hi everyone:
Concerning MKDAWUSS's having come on today while ignoring my post directed to him last night in answering his question, and also dodging Johnny Dollar's post from last night and his post today on Scott Brown and also dodging other people's posts on this and other threads, I have to dissent slightly from what others have said about it.
You see, MKDAWUSS might not have responded to our posts by posting an answer, but that doesn't mean that he didn't respond. His or her slience is in itself a response. By not answering, he or she has indicated that we are exactly correct in making our points.
And I propose that not only vis a vis MKDAWUSS, but to anyone else who wishes to debate us that if the person disagrees with what we said or thinks that what we said is not true, then that person must say so by disputing it, explain as to what we said that is not true, state what is true instead, and back it up with evidence.
If the person is silence on whatever point that we make, then it is understood to mean that he or she either agrees with what we said and/or recognizes that what we said is true.
What do everyone here think? Does this make sense?