keith olbermann
Keith Olbermann is a big tall pompous cheerleader for Obama and just as much a vulgar extremist in political journalism as the ultra right conservatives.
I fully support Keith Olbermann in his remarks to Hillary Clinton.
I used to be a big MSNBC fan but now find myself frequently changing the channel when I hear Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, and David Shuster savaging Hillary Clinton unfairly. One thing you have to consider here is the fact that Olbermann is actually friends with Micheal Musto, and he was basically quoting him here
On Tuesday night, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann used his Countdown show to attack President Bush’s speech in which Bush compared modern day terrorists to Nazis and talked about Osama bin Laden’s stated plan to launch a “media campaign to create a wedge between the American people and their government.”
In the latest of a series of “Special Comments” attacking members of the Bush administration, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann used his Monday Countdown show to make an over-the-top demand for an apology from President Bush for his recent comments that it was “unacceptable to think” the actions of America could be compared to those of terrorists.
On Thursday’s Countdown, two days after comparing Newt Gingrich’s ideas on free speech and anti-terrorism measures to Naziism, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann aimed his latest “Special Comment” rant at the former House Speaker over a speech he gave at the Nackey S.
In 1997, Olbermann left ESPN to host his own primetime show on MSNBC, The Big Show with Keith Olbermann.
Keith Olbermann is of German ancestry. Olbermann, extending his deal through 2013 - and ensuring that he will be on MSNBC through the next election.
We know that Keith Olbermann runs MSNBC Keith Olbermann runs MSNBC. “They have banked the entirety of the network on Keith Olbermann,” one employee said.
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election. That experiment appears to be over.
Much to the consternation of Keith Olbermann, we are happy to announce breaking the 3 million mark this week, we’ve now had over 1 million views of the videos of our Olbermann Watch You Tube channel where we now have 1,000 regular subscribers to our video feed .
Last week Keith Olbermann blew a gasket when an AP review seemed inconsistent with Olbermann’s view of the speech. Wonder what he will have see about Agence France-Presse putting their review out on the French wire server over an hour before Palin even hit the stage.
A very special thanks to Mark Levin Mark Levin who has done more than any one on the media to hold Keith Olbermann’s feet to the proverbial fire.
It is simply not ok to speak this way.
Keith Olbermann can do no wrong in my eyes. and all those other punks out there on blast.
Keith Olbermann made a comment that at worst, could be construed as violent.
I am not going to run through it now - if you’re interested, there are 83 specific examples documented here here - but I am going to offer up an unbelievable statement made by Keith Olbermann on Wednesday night’s show as proof.
A n unfamiliar viewer tuning in to Keith Olbermann’s prime-time news program on MSNBC, Countdown, might, at first glance, assume he was watching a highly traditional broadcaster.
We’ve all seen the clips: Keith “Man on Fan” Olbermann responding to the RNC 9/11 tribute with his trademark manufactured outrage - complete with the catch in the voice and a healthy dose of theatrical indignation.
On the May 10, 2004, episode for Countdown, Olbermann said that the short-lived ABC dramedy Sports Night was based on his time on SportsCenter with Patrick.
Olbermann co-hosted an hour of the syndicated Dan Patrick Show on ESPN radio from 2005 until Patrick left ESPN on August 17, 2007. Patrick often introduced Olbermann with the tagline “saving the democracy,” a nod to his work on Countdown.
Olbermann has repeatedly named Bill O’Reilly, host of the The O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel as his “Worst Person in the World.” The feud blossomed with Olbermann’s public celebration of O’Reilly’s 2004 sexual harassment suit by former Fox News Channel producer Andrea Mackris ; he jokingly kept track of money his viewers pledged to buy the tapes from Mackris and ran a “Save the Tapes” campaign.
On March 12, 2008, Olbermann used his “Special Comment” on Countdown to criticize the direction and management of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Clinton is “campaigning as if Barack Obama were the Democrat and were the Republican”, and pled with Senator Clinton to “take back the reins of the campaign from whoever has led you to this precipice”.
In Olbermann’s “Special Comment” segment on July 3, 2007, he called President George W. Bush’s commutation of Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence the ” last straw,” and called for the resignation of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
The next week, while a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Olbermann was asked to comment on the photo, which had appeared on the Drudge Report. Olbermann said he had been waving to a friend, though he added that “Bill O’Reilly has defended the Nazis from World War II on three separate occasions.”
After Olbermann left Fox Sports in 2001, he provided twice-daily sports commentary on the ABC Radio Network, reviving the “Speaking of Sports” and “Speaking of Everything” segments begun by Howard Cosell.
Olbermann also occasionally hosted the weekend edition of NBC Nightly News, and, along with Hannah Storm, co-hosted NBC Sports ” pre-game coverage of the 1997 World Series.
In February 2007, Olbermann launched a new blog, The News Hole. Countdown’ s format, per its name, involves Olbermann ranking the five biggest news stories of the day or sometimes “stories my producers force me to cover” as Olbermann puts it. This is done in numerical reversal or counting down with the first story shown being ranked fifth but apparently the most important.
The September 11, 2001 attacks provided the impetus for Olbermann to return to full-fledged news reporting. Murrow Award for reporting from the site of the attacks for 40 days on ABC Radio and Los Angeles radio station KFWB.
Olbermann began his professional career at UPI and RKO Radio before joining then nascent CNN in 1981. His work there earned him 11 Golden Mike Awards, and he was named Best Sportscaster by the California Associated Press three times.
Olbermann appeared as a guest on E!’s The Soup on July 25, 2008. In 1998, he stated that his work at MSNBC would “make me ashamed, make me depressed, make me cry.”
On 2007 - 04-16, Olbermann was named co-host of Football Night in America, NBC’s NFL pre-game show that precedes their Sunday Night NFL game.
Starting with the 2007 NFL season, Olbermann also serves as co-host of NBC’s Football Night in America with Bob Costas.
Olbermann started college at the age of 16 and in 1979 he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in communications arts from Cornell University, where he served as sports director for WVBR, a student-run commercial radio station in Ithaca.
The letter closed by asking Olbermann to “reconsider use of the Nazi salute in the future.” Olbermann used the open format of the blog to expand on facts or ideas alluded to in the broadcast, to offer personal musings and reactions, and to break news at odd hours.
In high school, Olbermann compiled an extensive list of first and third base coaches in baseball history. This documentation now sits in the Hall of Fame, and is considered the definitive compendium of first and third base coaches in baseball history.
August 8, 2005, the day following Peter Jennings ” death from lung cancer, Olbermann revealed on-air that he had a benign fibrous tumor removed from his palate just 10 days earlier. He vigorously urged his viewers not to wait until they see symptoms to quit.
Olbermann anchored MSNBC’s coverage of the death of fellow anchor Tim Russert on June 13, 2008. He presented a tribute, along with several fellow journalists, in honor of Russert.
” Anchor Olbermann counts on commentary to boost MSNBC’s ratings “, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
During the same commentary, Olbermann stated: “If you believe in the seamless mutuality of government and big business, come out and say it.
In a September 2006 “Worst Person in the World” segment, Olbermann said, “I’m sorry, Bill.
Olbermann appears, with Dan Patrick, in the opening segment of the Hootie & the Blowfish music video ” Only Wanna Be with You “.
Olbermann went from criticizing O’Reilly to confronting the Bush administration directly.
The episode featured Sideshow Bob whom Olbermann had previously compared to Bill O’Reilly.
Olbermann lives with Katy Tur, a reporter with WPIX-TV, in New York City. Along with Bob Costas, he supports the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation as an honorary board member.
Originally from New York City, Olbermann grew up in Westchester County, attending school at Hackley.
Investigative journalist Robert Parry has characterized Olbermann as being on the “left side of the scale.”
On August 16, 2005, Olbermann’s NBC colleague Mike Taibbi joined him for “I Quit” to discuss kicking the habit.
Olbermann - who never went to the Republican National Convention because of his assassination fear - succeeded in getting rid of GOP analyst Mike Murphy.
Mr. Stelter presents this as an NBC-driven decision, overseen by MSNBC chief Phil Griffin, NBC News chief Steve Capus, and NBC overall prexy Jeff Zucker.
MSNBC president Phil Griffin tells TVNewser how the decision was made for Olbermann to stay in New York. Here at Olbermann Watch we like to put these things into OlbyPlanet perspective for you.
Edward R Olbermann will sit out the convention in New York in New York. On today’s Morning Joe, Scarborough took a thinly-veiled shot at Olbermann for the way he tried to keep Republican analyst Mike Murphy off the air, and then tried to pull the plug when Murphy eventually made it into an interview with Chris Matthews.
The demotion will infuriate Olbermann. UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: It’s official.
It’s another night of Edward R Olbermann playing far-left Greek chorus to the yellow-haired drooler and his cohorts in St Paul.
Toward that end, we have some special entertainment for when you can’t take another minute of Edward R Olbermann’s shameless shilling.
Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” broadcasts live from Ground Zero to commemorate five years since 9/11.”
Olbermann will offer a special commentary on how the course of the nation was forever altered by the events of that day, and by the actions of the administration in the months and years afterward.
You could’ve called for reaction first if your main motive had merely been criticism. To be fair, Olbermann regularly does the same in his “Worst Persons” segment, which often calls out on-air personalities for their remarks.
I wonder. That would be when we cry out loud enough and write letters and boycott their sponsors and turn off MSNBC and watch CNN, which for my money has had a much more professional approach.
I do, however, appreciate the alacrity of Olbermann’s and MSNBC’s response. Update to the Update : Olbermann apologized on the air tonight, explaining that he ought to have made the statement pronoun-neutral and specific to politics; I am once again impressed with the alacrity of Olbermann and MSNBC.
Last night Olbermann called Ferraro’s statement ” clearly racist clearly racist ” and likening the Clinton campaign to South Africa under apartheid for not rejecting it and firing her.
Oh Keith will never do a Special COmment on Barack Obama and his sweetheart of a pastor.
Keith is so in the tank that he has lost all credibility. Olbermann Watch - MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann
