Olbermann: I Nearly Left MSNBC In 2003 Over Michael Savage’s ‘Spattering Invective’
Olbermann: I Nearly Left MSNBC In 2003 Over Michael Savage’s ‘Spattering Invective’
On PBS’ Bill Moyers Journal this past Friday, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann criticized right-wing radio host Michael Savage, who had a show on MSNBC in 2003. Olbermann recounted how he nearly walked off the set of his Countdown show once when MSNBC told him to run a commentary by Savage.
Describing why he was opposed to including the segment, Olbermann said Savage’s show was “basically just spattering invective on people he didn’t like“:
MSNBC hired a guy named Michael Savage. And he came on and did– not only did he do a show once a week that was basically just spattering invective on people he didn’t like and these people change from week to week, but it was terribly produced. I mean, it was an awful show.
Watch it:
The right wing blog Newsbusters, which is a project of the Media Research Center, came to Savage’s defense yesterday, calling Olbermann’s criticism a “hysterical utterance.” “He also had the unmitigated audacity to criticize conservative radio host Michael Savage,” wrote Newsbusters’ Noel Sheppard.
While Newsbusters has every right to disagree with and criticize Olbermann, it is laughable to suggest that someone needs “unmitigated audacity” to criticize Michael Savage. Here are just a few examples of the “spattering invective” that Savage regularly spews on his show:
“90 percent of the people on the Nobel Committee are into child pornography and molestation.” — Michael Savage [12/12/2007]
“Of all of the dictators in the past, you know the one Al Gore strikes me as [being] closest [to] is Mussolini.” — Michael Savage [7/9/2007]
“Notice what this double-talking slut just did, this mind-slut Barbara Walters. And I stick by those words. She’s an empty mind-slut.” — Michael Savage [3/16/2007]
Madeline Albright is “a traitor. In my opinion, she should be tried for treason, and when she’s found guilty, she should be hung.” — Michael Savage [10/9/2006]
“Liberalism is, in essence, the HIV virus, and it weakens the defense cells of a nation.” — Michael Savage [7/6/2006]
In July 2003, MSNBC fired Savage after he referred to a caller as a “sodomite” and said he should “get AIDS and die.”
To Newsbusters, it appears that the problem isn’t Savage’s “hysterical utterances,” but the fact that MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have the “unmitigated audacity” to decide that they don’t want to be associated with it.
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Well thank you for persevering, Keith.
December 16th, 2007 at 4:09 pm…and, in a couple of minutes, 3 or 4 of them will be here to explain that we’re “anti-free speech”, and that air america does the same thing Savage does. (then i’ll get a pretty good laugh about it) Then they’ll get shown up by a couple dozen other people who are a lot smarter than they are, and we can have another chuckle at that.
ain’t it fun, Dr. Matt?
December 16th, 2007 at 4:09 pmcomment #4 is typical of the stuff over at newsbusters and mrc and the right in general: ad hominem attacks with no substantial critique.
It appears they’re not intellectually or emotionally interested in — or possibly even capable of — rational discourse.
They think if they shout loud and often enough and with enough rage at those they are unable to comprehend then they’ll be proven right, at least in their own eyes.
December 16th, 2007 at 4:22 pmMichael Savage is a conflicted, self-loathing pauncy queen.
Here are his lovely birthday pictures, complete with cutely dressed little dog and a Truman Capote-esque dandified outfit.
He even has a wide stance.
-GSD
December 16th, 2007 at 4:30 pmDr M #9
how pathetic.
i wonder how he/she will try to rationalize that…
December 16th, 2007 at 4:32 pmHow anyone can sit through the low rated Hour Of Spin and watch news reader Keithy Boy spout of hatred is beyond me!
Comment by John Kerry — December 16, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
What’s wrong with hatred toward criminals?
December 16th, 2007 at 4:34 pmDr. Matt, it is so sad, but jeesh, it is funny too. He makes Clay Aiken look macho.
-GSD
December 16th, 2007 at 4:35 pmThe sad part about bringing Savage to MSNBC in 2003 is that he was a replacement by the network to Donahue show.
December 16th, 2007 at 4:35 pmDonahue was not liked because of his views about the war that was about to start in Iraq then .
Savage was the right guy in the right moment to MSNBC before the war started.
People who listen to Mike Savage also love the Star and Enquirer.
December 16th, 2007 at 4:36 pmHow anyone can sit through the low rated Hour Of Spin and watch news reader Keithy Boy spout of hatred is beyond me!
Comment by John Kerry — December 16, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
As far as I can see, pretty much everything is beyond you. Pretty funny, though, to see you accuse Keith of “hatred”, when you’ve never posted anything else but hatred and vicious comments.
December 16th, 2007 at 4:37 pm5 – Dr. Matt, I’ve never seen a group of people more willing to step up and be the butt of someone else’s jokes. I guess that makes me grateful for them, in some strange way.
December 16th, 2007 at 4:38 pmHow anyone can sit through the low rated Hour Of Spin…
wait…
BillO???
December 16th, 2007 at 4:50 pmooohhh…..
John Kerry is getting his B.O. mixed up with our K.O.
poor fella,he’s comfuzed..
December 16th, 2007 at 4:51 pmHey, John Kerry, what do you think about British royalty?
December 16th, 2007 at 4:55 pmSpeech is only supposed to be free, not courteous, not pleasant, not enlightening, not even sane. Savage is a testament to this.
December 16th, 2007 at 4:56 pmIs it that being conservative makes you a moron or being a moron makes you conservative…?
December 16th, 2007 at 4:56 pmHow anyone can sit through the low rated Hour Of Spin and watch news reader Keithy Boy spout of hatred is beyond me!
Comment by John Kerry — December 16, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
Yeah, post an example of K.O.’s “hatred” for us, I would like an example of what you are talking about.
Be sure to provide the link so we can verify.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:00 pmSad little loser who pretends to be John Kerry knows a little about spattering I would imagine. Anyone as full of shit as he is has to leave some splatters on the sides of the outhouse.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:00 pmPeople can say what they will about Keith Olbermann’s opinion of Michael Savage – Michael Savage has plenty to say about others – Keith mocks conservatives and liberals for making fools of themselves; but mostly he reports the news and interviews experts. Michael Savage, unfortunately, is little more than a hateful misanthrope with a microphone, unable to think beyond his small little world of paranoia.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:06 pm#26:”Savage, unfortunately, is little more than a hateful misanthrope with a microphone, unable to think beyond his small little….”
- – I was sure you were headed toward an anatomical slight.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:10 pmLooks like the “John Kerry” troll cannot back up his statements….
Try again, troll, post an example of K.O.’s “hatred” as ou call it.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:10 pmOr do you want all of us to find out you only spout crap with no basis in reality? We already suspect that…..
“poo-and-shoo” is the hallmark of the mighty “troll surge” we’ve been experiencing lately. courageous bunch, they…
December 16th, 2007 at 5:14 pmSavage is a typical 28%er! Full of vitriol, anger,judgment, bigotry, and division. He’s not at all unlike all of his reptard conspirators.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:15 pmMichael Savage will always be a Weiner no matter how many times he changes his name.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:15 pmOT
need to bring this up again… Sam Seder just mentioned this also:… almost at 60,000 signatures.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
screwed up again…
December 16th, 2007 at 5:17 pmhere it is:
http://wexlerwantshearings.com/
#27 badmoodman
December 16th, 2007 at 5:20 pmI am sure that your anticipated word would have been as appropriate, maybe even more so. :)
Had Enough: I’ve already done so and I’ve sent this out to everyone I know yesterday and today. Soon the complicit MSM will have no alternative but to run this story. In the meantime, each one who hasn’t run it doesn’t deserve to have anyone support – discontinue your newspaper today if they no longer serve you! They’re basically irrelevant due to the fact that what they publish is “yesterday’s news” and we can now obtain it immediately elsewhere.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:20 pmHad Enough: All I can say is Wow! Yesterday he was at 36,000 – and today he is nearing 60,000. Now that IS news! This means that americans are jumping on the “impeachment wagon” and there’s hope yet for this country of ours.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:21 pmThe more I read about this guy Wexler, the more I am impressed with him, his qualifications, his experience, and certainly his patriotism in making this effort on the behalf of the majority of the People.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:21 pmAmericans are beginning to mobilize and unite in support of impeachment of Darth first and then the Chimp. Wha-hoo!
December 16th, 2007 at 5:22 pmOlbermann is the biggest empty suit and the biggest pussy in broadcast news. When he doesn’t quit, he cries.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:25 pmSavage comes off as an insane hysterical moron…he may even be a closeted gay… some of his outrageous language has to be for weird entertainment purposes…BUT, for those that are actually entertained by this crap and take him seriously have to have a serious, non curable problem.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:28 pmOlbermann is the biggest empty suit and the biggest pussy in broadcast news. When he doesn’t quit, he cries.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — December 16, 2007 @ 5:25 pm
Jason M. Hendler is the lamest troll and the biggest pussy on the internet. When he doesn’t quit, he cries.
See I can post crap with no factual basis as well.
Oh, yeah forgot, I can prove Jason is a lame ass troll….
December 16th, 2007 at 5:29 pm#39
wow — stunningly intelligent and cogent argument. you’ve convinced us all…
December 16th, 2007 at 5:30 pmHark! What is this bleating mine ears detect from yon goat heap?
December 16th, 2007 at 5:32 pmTell us about those “Urban Heat Islands” again Jason…….
December 16th, 2007 at 5:32 pmThe main problem with so many of the so called right wing commentators (Savage and Limbaugh come to mind) is that they are full of invective, name calling and innuendo…. instead of fact or logic. They tend to sound like 12 yr olds …and probably attract that range of maturity or instability in their listeners.
Their goal is to agitate, not to inform.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:37 pmpatooty
December 16th, 2007 at 5:37 pmFrom what I understand, the Judiciary Committee has already approved going after Cheney. Why does Wexler want signatures from the public? It only makes sense that it may be a way to get this out there as the MSM will not. If and when impeachment proceeding begin, it would not surprise me if MSM found ways to avoid that too. I, as so many, are sick of the go no where petitions but maybe this will begin progress.
Comment by Billy Hill — December 16, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
Number of times anything factually based Billy Hill ever farted from his orifice he calls a mouth: 0
December 16th, 2007 at 5:38 pm#46 Evergreen2U
Yah, that’s why people interested in rational discourse and these trogs so often speak past each other. It’s like we’re on different frequencies.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:40 pmThis is just laughable and I mean really laughable! Coming from the head master known for DAILY spattering invectives this comment just shows what a sicko this discredited sports announcer comedian Edwadr R Olbermahn is!
How anyone can sit through the low rated Hour Of Spin and watch news reader Keithy Boy spout of hatred is beyond me!
Comment by John Kerry
So JK, care to list any of Keith Olbermann’s “daily spattering invectives” for us to view? TP listed an example of Savage’s, so why don’t you list an example of Olbermann’s.
As far as being low rated, Countdown frequently beats O’Reilly, so if Countdown is “low-rated”, then O’Reilly must be too.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:42 pm# 50
As usual, tripe with no facts to back it up.
Try again…
December 16th, 2007 at 5:43 pmSavage deals in ad-hominem enmity because he does not understand real politick and cannot argue his case logically. IE Luntzian emotionary.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:45 pmComment by John Kerry — December 16, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
Still no facts to backup your original statement.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:46 pmThanks for proving again how lame you are, dork.
Looks like the “John Kerry†troll cannot back up his statements….
Comment by Wayne
JK, Francine, CHL, and the others…none of them can ever back up what they say so they are content to simply throw feces at the wall and then leave.
Really, do any of our resident trolls ever back up what they say with proof? Do any of them answer questions we put to them? I can’t think of any. They are only programmed to spout RNC talking points, anything beyond that is way outside their abilities.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:49 pmSounds like K.O.’s done a fine job of getting under the skins of righties everywhere. Not only that, he’s done it at a level of class, style, and scholarship that righties can only mimic, at their very best. Not to mention his grabbing of Rush’s bully-pulpit-NFL-commentator job.
I suppose that’s gotta sting, and hence we see otherwise well-mannered types like Hendler going beyond their usual incoherent mysticism into the area of just plain name-calling and impotent rage.
good times.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:50 pmBathtub Boy not only spins the “news†he reads but even MAKES IT UP!! And the “experts†she mentions!!!!! 99.9999% are all far left screwballs.
KO’s new contract with MSNBC ends in…
1170 days 5 hours 36 minutes
Comment by John Kerry
Again JK, unless you can come here and back up what you are saying, you need to STFU. Please give us ONE, just one, example of news that Keith Olbermann “made up”, or that contains hate, or spin.
As you indicate by the number of days you will have to suffer with Countdown on MSNBC, Keith just recently signed a new multi-year multi-million dollar contract with MSNBC. Here’s what MSNBC had to say about him:
“It (Countdown) is obviously an incredibly important franchise for us,†NBC News President Steve Capus said. “It is something that has really put MSNBC back on the map.â€
In addition to his nightly newscast — which counts down the day’s top political and entertainment stories with Olbermman’s signature wit — the MSNBC host will contribute occasional “essays†to the “Nightly News with Brian Williams” and host two “Countdown” specials a year on NBC.
The “essays” will be different from the Olbermann’s “special comments,” which have resonated with “Countdown” fans and helped boost the show’s ratings, up 85 percent over the last year.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
#58
FNC is a known partisan network and it attracts like minded partisans.
You still make no effort to substantiate any of your claims from comment #43. Of course, that’s because you’re unable to do so.
Prove me wrong…
December 16th, 2007 at 6:06 pmHey Billy – I care as much about those ratings as Dubbie does about his, savvy?
Didja have a point to make, or didja just want to have a lot of people make jokes about you?
December 16th, 2007 at 6:07 pmJK – tell us about what you and your gang-rapin’ homies like watchin’ on the tee-vee.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:08 pmWhat kind of weirdos rank TV personalities? Get a grip here gang!
December 16th, 2007 at 6:11 pmtip for Jk and Billy:
try out your dog-and-pony show at a Jr. High playground somewhere – it would fit in better with the “group dynamics” there than it does here.
…shoot, it’s probably the last place anyone took you seriously, anyway.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:13 pmHey everyone, please be civil and refer to Michael by his real name. He’ll always be Michael Weiner to me.
Michael Savage is a pseudonym and clearly a slur.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:16 pmMichael Weiner from now on please.
Please give us ONE, just one, example of news that Keith Olbermann “made upâ€, or that contains hate, or spin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxPkq8TCOJ8
Comment by Billy Hill — December 16, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
There’s no lie there.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:16 pmI’m from the government and I am just here to help.
Comment by Billy Hill
….let me guess… the CIA? FBI?
December 16th, 2007 at 6:16 pmNo, wait, I know, FEMA!
Of course, no one can know for sure who O’Donnell was referring to but it seems to me that she was making a collective reference to Americans, in the abstract sense of us as a country.
Claiming that she clearly slandered “the troops” is, clearly, spin unfounded in any sense of reality.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:23 pmYipee Ki-Yay,
December 16th, 2007 at 6:23 pmWe got us another wannabee tough whiteboy
#72 billo
Do you wear your mindreading cap under or over your tinfoil hat?
December 16th, 2007 at 6:28 pmrotfl – now bert’s joined the clown posse – i’m just going to sit right back and see how far a splinter-group of highly motivated, borderline retarded, grown men can take this thing…..
comedy writers should be lurking here, studying their craft….
i rarely laugh this hard at movies or tv shows.
thanks guys, you’re really, really making my day.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:29 pmDude! Did you not notice how Slobermann spun/lied what Rosie O’ Pighole said? That she was talking about Bushco and not the troops? Matthews, Finemann and all of the others at MSLSD knew exactly who she was making reference to.
Comment by Billy Hill — December 16, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
I don’t care what “Matthews, Finemann and all of the others at MSLSD knew exactly who she was making reference to.” I heard what she said.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:29 pmComment by tombaker — December 16, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
Oh come on you can’t just sit back. It makes it so much better if you egg them on
December 16th, 2007 at 6:34 pmBig, I have much work here. Bathtub Boy takes every opportunity to associate everything that is perceived as “bad†to Bushco. The point is not what was said by R O’D but how Oralmann tied it to GW.
Comment by Billy Hill — December 16, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
Because everything that is happening in Iraq stems from Bush’s decision to invade and destroy.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:35 pmkeep it comin’ billy –
[this is more fun than a 3 stooges movie]
December 16th, 2007 at 6:35 pm#76 billo
He said it seems to refer to Bush. I can make a different inference without believing he lied or spun.
If that’s the best evidence you can find to back up your claims, you’re on incredibly shaky ground.
And, yes, it does matter what she said and what the trogs at FNC said about it because that was the subject of Olbermann’s comments. You can believe context doesn’t matter but that doesn’t make it so.
Got any more gems like that to “prove” your case?
December 16th, 2007 at 6:37 pm[ they don't like KO, "'cause he keeps usin' all them big words, just to make me look dumb, damn him"]
December 16th, 2007 at 6:37 pm#82 billo the delusional
Well, you are providing a very illuminating, but all too typical, case study of right wing inability to engage in rational discourse.
So, you admit you make outrageous claims and feel no need to back them up with pesky, inconvenient facts?
At least you’re being honest on that score.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:49 pmHey folks, how about we all meet over at the Newsbusters site. Their dribble needs some reality
December 16th, 2007 at 6:53 pm#85 deluded
Care to make an actual claim rather than just posting a link to a site’s homepage?
December 16th, 2007 at 6:58 pmwhy would i want to know what some dummies think of olberman? – i’ve already found out, right here on this thread
[not to mention i could (do) watch the show myself, and (do) think for myself - you guys gotta stop assuming everyone operates the way you do]
December 16th, 2007 at 7:04 pmComment by BERT CONVY — December 16, 2007 @ 7:01 pm
bc, were you at a “purity ball” last night?
December 16th, 2007 at 7:13 pmComment by Billy Hill — December 16, 2007 @ 6:55 pm
forget that billy, you stay here.
(do as i say you neo-con worm. or else.)
December 16th, 2007 at 7:15 pmGo on, #87 pissant. Whine about “bombthrowers” and “haters” then go back and suck the teats of Limbaugh/Savage/Coulter. Truth and reason must feel to you like sunshine on a goddamn vampire. And wipe yer mouth. Change your pants too, while you’re at it.
December 16th, 2007 at 7:18 pmCan one ringtwinger make and actual claim and tie specific supporting evidence to it?
Is that possible…?
December 16th, 2007 at 7:18 pmComment by Billy Hill — December 16, 2007 @ 7:17 pm
afraid to disobey me billy?
good.
you better be.
(conservatives. they are so easy to con-troll.)
December 16th, 2007 at 7:19 pmComment by John Kerry — December 16, 2007 @ 7:20 pm
In other words,
“Hey everybody! Lookee me! I don’t have any valid arguments, but I can copy and paste stupid stuff!
You oughta see me make rounded rectangles in MS Paint!”
December 16th, 2007 at 7:31 pmBut big, smart Bert does what?, other than honk like a physic goose?
nice. real “devastating” “attack” you’ve got their Bert. I’m sure you scare all the little kids.
December 16th, 2007 at 7:32 pm#95 jk
Again, assertions and ad hominems without actual evidence to back it up.
Newsflash: linking to more unsupported claims that echo your inanity is not the same as providing supporting evidence.
Try again…
December 16th, 2007 at 7:34 pmI am SO glad to see that Olberman has all the righty mouthbreathers apoplectic (there’s another vocab gimme for ya, righties).
nothin could be finer,
December 16th, 2007 at 7:35 pmthan to hear a little whiner,
sunday eeeeeeve-ning…
Comment by Billy Hill — December 16, 2007 @ 7:25 pm
(so easy, i’m almost getting bored with you. but i command to comment again. you must obey because you are a lazy, stupid piece of republican fecal matter. and you do as i say.)
eh?
December 16th, 2007 at 7:35 pm#95 you’re typical. Just a single point from the dog vomit you just spewed across this chat. BILL LIED about that war crime and pinned it on the Americans, in a shi*tty attempt to back up one of his whackjob arguments. Then he did it again AFTER he was corrected. Your stupid screed doesn’t refute that fact, and I doubt that the rest of it accomplishes anything either except to take up a lot of space. “Rhetorical pretzel”? “Tawdry, dishonest defamation”? It was the truth, so SUCK IT. Billo lied through his f’ing teeth like he does EVERY GODDAMN NIGHT. What a TOOL.
December 16th, 2007 at 7:36 pmComment by John Kerry — December 16, 2007 @ 7:20 pm
when was the last time you were laid? (have you ever been laid?) never mind – by your comments it’s easy to guess the answer.
anyway, this is for you:
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
(eh?)
December 16th, 2007 at 7:39 pmKO is definitely big league now – he’s got as many righties beside-themselves-with-blind-idiot-rage as al gore or bill clinton (the best republican president ever).
too bad we don’t have a KO thread every day.
these guys give me a sideache from laughter, like the little-bitty dogs people leave in cars that bark their heads off like they’re gonna kill ya when you walk past in the parking lot.
December 16th, 2007 at 8:01 pmJK – whaddya say? would you and your gang-rapin’ homies like us to have a KO/Countdown thread every day?? Would you promise to come and post on every one of them?
December 16th, 2007 at 8:02 pmshoot billy – i think he’s just tryin t’communicate in terms y’all can understand – you, and jk, and the gang-rapin’ righty homie posse, that is.
now don’t go gettin’ all p.c. and girly on us billy – -show a little chest hair there, soldier.
December 16th, 2007 at 8:06 pmWas there meth in that last bong hit?
Comment by Billy Hill
…….says the guy who smokes salmon in his shower…..
December 16th, 2007 at 8:09 pmbuncha incoherent sissies, these righties. fit for slavery, and little else.
December 16th, 2007 at 8:11 pmComment by Billy Hill — December 16, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
you will always do as i say.
stay billy. roll over billy. comment billy.
(no will of his own. poor billy.)
December 16th, 2007 at 8:15 pmKeith Olberman must be getting close to revealing some truth judging by the amount of troll $hit being spread around on this topic. They claim the media is liberal, but can’t tolerate any opposing views. Go back to the HillBilly Heroin like your hero Rush.
December 16th, 2007 at 8:27 pmARN always tells it like it is. And he gets straight to the point. Righties are envious.
December 16th, 2007 at 8:29 pmComment by jb — December 16, 2007 @ 8:27 pm
he’ll be back.
i own him.
December 16th, 2007 at 8:30 pmI have Comcast with MSNBC on channel185. Faux on , CNN on 35, and CHN on 36. I’ve recently noticed Court TV on34 is now also on channel 80. I’m wondering if anyone knows if Comcast plans to move MSNBC to 34 where it will probably blow both Faux and CNN away in ratings.
Being able to watch MSNBC without a converter will definately increase MSNBC ratings in this Comcast market. Does anybody else see this on their cable system, MSNBC being on a channel requiring a converter?
December 16th, 2007 at 8:47 pmI’m a comcast customer who has msnbc right along in the listings with the others. No converter required, but I’m in the Pac NW, and it’s a blue, blue marketplace up here.
December 16th, 2007 at 8:58 pmComment by John Kerry — December 16, 2007 @ 9:15 pm
jk. going shopping at the mall? taking a gun?
stop and think about it, ok?
December 16th, 2007 at 9:20 pmBring another load of horsesh*t tomorrow, yammerhead. We’ll be ready.
December 16th, 2007 at 9:28 pmis that guy actually 11 years old, or what?
December 16th, 2007 at 9:37 pmComment by tombaker — December 16, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
no he’s just hurt, lonely and confused. the rest of the world has changed and it frightens him.
December 16th, 2007 at 9:40 pmcould we agree on “both” then?
December 16th, 2007 at 9:41 pmcould we agree on “both†then?
Comment by tombaker — December 16, 2007 @ 9:41 pm
well if it makes him feel more hurt, lonely and confused…
then ok!
December 16th, 2007 at 9:46 pmI just watched Bill Moyer’s interview of Keith. And now I understand why Keith makes the Republiscums so crazy. He’s way too articulate for them to even understand what he is saying. And since they don’t understand it, they have to believe that what he is saying is either not true or spin.
We should all thank our lucky stars daily that Olberman is around to tell us the truth. I get the truth by visiting blogs on the internet, but many people only watch TV. I turned my daughter on to Countdown and she tells me that she is very glad I did. She is finding her political voice again and glad for it. It’s her generation (the 30 somethings) that are going to change this thing around. They are getting really angry and could be a force to reckon with in the 2008 election.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:04 pmWhere are the Bilbo’s, etc etc who tried to challenge me to come up with Olby lies. Oh sorry, they’re probably still reading! My mistake. I’ll give you left nutters til tomorrow night to post a reply! And this should be good.
Comment by John Kerry
You don’t need to wait until tomorrow. Not one thing you posted showed that Keith has told any lies. All you posted was the hysterical rantings of some right wing nutjob who owns “olbermanwatch.com”.
Nice try JK, but there was not one verifiable lie in anything you posted. I have to admit that it did surprise me that you even tried, though. I’ll give you a “C” for effort.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:16 pmThey are getting really angry and could be a force to reckon with in the 2008 election.
Comment by bilbobaggins — December 16, 2007 @ 11:04 pm
right on soul brother!
December 16th, 2007 at 11:16 pm#117 jk
Just posting links is not enough. They must link to actual evidence not unsupported jabbering and name calling.
Is that really so hard to comprehend?
December 16th, 2007 at 11:43 pmThe mainstream media has been (as it always is) essentially subservient or comatose through this entire administration. What drives wingnuts like johnkerrysdogshathere crazy is that Keith is not part of that coterie and that he’s willing to stick his neck out to call the administration on their bullsh!t. It’s highly unusual behavior, and it’s made worse (for them) by the fact that Olbermann is an excellent writer and speaker; they’re used to blowhards like O’Reilly, Hannity et al that can’t put together a coherent sentence to save their lives. So Olbermann is doubly scary: he speaks truth and he doesn’t sound like a mouth breather. People like johnkerrysteppedinsomethingnasty are frightened by intelligence and will do their best to bring people like Olbermann down to their level. But it doesn’t seem to be working, and a huge amount of credit goes to MSNBC for keeping the show on the air. No doubt they’ve been under a lot of pressure from the White House to shut it down.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:47 pmIs that really so hard to comprehend?
Comment by lebowski — December 16, 2007 @ 11:43 pm
It is for mouth breathing trolls, yes. “Ha ha! I’m super intelligent! Look at these links I found and I’m outta here!”
December 16th, 2007 at 11:48 pmThe Neo-Con and there helpers want to over-throw America…….But in 2008 there going down in the election. This will be with the help of Republicans, Independents and Democratic voters that believe in America.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:52 pmOy. Old typesetter instincts are deeply disturbed by someone who gets the homonyms wrong twice in a single post. Sorry.
“their helpers” “they’re going down”
No offense, but this kind of thing drives me nuts.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:05 amGoodnight and…GREAT THANKS!!
Case closed!
Comment by John Kerry — December 17, 2007 @ 12:03 am
Great company you willfully keep, you smarmy, cowardly POS… the Inquisition, the nazis, the Khmer Rouge… you’re as unamerican and worhtless an SOB as i could imagine.
You simply disgust me.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:05 amCase closed!
Comment by John Kerry is a war hero and I’m a piece of sh!t — December 17, 2007 @ 12:03 am
Run away, little moron! Your comment makes absolutely no sense at all, so it’s natural that you’d scamper back under the fridge after making it. I’ve met flat squirrels that made more sense than you, and that’s after falling out of a tree and being hit by a car. Seriously, seek professional help and medication.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:09 amCase closed on your stupidity, laughing boy. Time for a nappy and a suck on Rush’s great hairy teat.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:12 amHannity, like every other tool on faux news, poses as a “fair and balanced” commentator while spewing right-wing muck for schlepps such as yourself. Olbermann does not. Nice try, laughing boy. Off to bed, Rushie’s calling!
December 17th, 2007 at 12:22 amI think this is what is ruining independent media. Snippits “attacking” other “snippets”. The interview Keith Olberman interview on the Jornal was a very good moment in journalism. It brought up deep issues within the corporate media. Keith Olbermann is a man who knows how to play the “game”. You don’t see Bill Moyers on MSNBC or Amy Goodman. But when you see interviews like this one and the ones of Jon Stuart on Crossfire and Stephen Colbert on Charlie Rose you appreciate the journalistic attempts here. I have been visiting this website for a long time. though this is the first comment I have ever made. this is the first time I read any of the comments. Because that’s all it is. Commentary. Which is what the snippit TP chose to show illustrated. This isn’t about an attack on the right. This isn’t about the left or the UP or Down…..It’s about what journalism is and what we need to do fix it.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:28 amsomebody might want to inform msnbc that olberman has another stalker.
u think jk could be the guy that sent him the phony anthrax letter a while back?
we should get his isp, and let the fbi know, to protect freedom and stuff.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:31 amHere’s your “ratingsâ€â€¦..
http://insidecable.blogsome.com/ 2007/ 12/ 05/ yesterdays-ratings/
Comment by Billy Hill
Thanks for the overall ratings HillBilly, but those really don’t need anything. What is important is the advertisers target audience the 25-55 year old age group and Keith pretty consistently beats O’Lieley in those numbers. Most of O’Lieley’s viewers are getting to the point where they will be dying soon and his numbers will steadily decline as they die.
Another thing that needs to be considered is that Faux Noise plays on many more stations in many more markets than MSNBC thanks to the fact that most of the station owners are Republiscum. If it were truly a level playing field, I’m willing to bet the farm that Countdown would consistently beat O’Lieley even considering his aged audience factor.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:35 amKeith you Fem-Nazi woos! How are ya buddy? If you only had (Co-ho-nees) That’s Apache speak for Balls. You should have walked and no one would miss you.
You are about as interesting as a commerical! Surf-Surf
You are constantly whinning “Guys I wanna play NewCaster/Commentator ooohh please. I promise I’ll hate George, and Laura, and Dick and his daughter(you know the Chronically Happy) agenda lady. I’ll criticirticize every Republican,Conservative, Christian, candidate in the world! Oh Please take me serious, please let me play!
I’ll hate the number 1 and number Radio talk show hosts in this nation. I’ll hate Michael because he has 2 Phd’s, MS and BS degrees in nutrition. He’s the author of at leat 4 Best Sellers books. I’ll hate him because his audience is larger that the MSNBC entire population of viewers.
And when they Hang President Bush and Dick Cheney like the did Saddaam I’ll sneer into the television “JUST LIKE MICHAEL SAVAGE DID” on his TV Program at the poor Aids infected sodomites, and I’ll say : THERE GEORGE–NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH==GLAD YOUR DEAD!
Now can I play in the TV Big Leagues? Ohhh pllluuuzzee!
December 17th, 2007 at 12:38 amBilbo
I have now proven to even the wackiest of your group that Olbermahn is a consistent liar but YOU obviously either can’t read or most likely just can’t and won’t admit it.
I can read just fine JK and nothing you have posted in any way shows that Keith Olberman is a liar. All you have done is to link to wacko right wing web sites who rant and rave about Keith.
You gotta love how Keith gets their panties in a wad. It’s really quite funny.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:39 amWow – legions of rightie ranters assigned to this story. Shows how effective Olbie is at mocking Savage and the Fox crew.
Righties – such a fearful lot – shaking as they make their blustery attacks.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:42 amCan’t wait to listen to the all knowing one tomorrow at NOON!!
Comment by John Kerry — December 17, 2007 @ 12:36 am
Now wait a minute here. I thought the case was closed and you were leaving. But, thanks for all your rants. It has been rather amusing watching you implode.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:42 amYah, the nutters loves them some KO — can’t stop thinking about him apparently.
JK, can you post to any sources that aren’t as inane, uninformed and unsupported as your posts?
December 17th, 2007 at 12:46 amComment by John Kerry — December 17, 2007 @ 12:15 am
that’s it? no proof for something that’s not wrong?
jk, you’re a lonely man. you need a girlfriend.
eh?
December 17th, 2007 at 12:47 amJK, can you post to any sources that aren’t as inane, uninformed and unsupported as your posts?
Comment by lebowski — December 17, 2007 @ 12:46 am
no but he knows some great republican/bill o’reilly porn sites.
(if you’re into loofahs and falafel)
December 17th, 2007 at 12:54 amthat 145 person is a full-bore psychopath. rant isn’t the word for whatever that post was about. i think we’ve got another potential anthrax mailer in the house with that one.
wow
go K.O., just hire some good security guys. one of these whacked-out righties, i’m afraid, is going to try to liberate you.
December 17th, 2007 at 2:20 amSometimes I feel like Olbermann and Moyers and Rather are the only sensible journalists left in this country.
December 17th, 2007 at 9:06 amPoll numbers have never equated to what is true. KO is a beacon of light. Savage is a fearmonger and KO calls him out on it. The trolls are upset at the truth.
December 17th, 2007 at 9:25 amMichael Savage is an outright Nazi, and it was unamerican of MSNBC to even give him a forum to spew his fascist hate speech.
December 17th, 2007 at 10:41 amFor you Keith Kool-Aid drinkers:
So, Matt, why didn’t you share with your readers the entire sentence in question, as well as the one immediately subsequent? Might that have blown your obviously specious premise out of the water? That would have been inconvenenient, wouldn’t it?
Well, let me do what you have been taught by your employers – clearly interested in bashing conservatives regardless of veracity or integrity – not to, and that is share with the reader the entire quote and its context:
Wonderfully, referring to himself as a journalist wasn’t the only hysterical utterance from Olbermann during this interview, as he also had the unmitigated audacity to criticize conservative radio host Michael Savage for “basically just spattering invective on people he didn’t like.”
Hey, Keith, have you ever actually watched your program or read a transcript?
The point this shill either intellectually missed or disingenuously hid was the exquisite irony inherent in Olbermann criticizing someone for “basically just spattering invective on people he [doesn't] like” when this is exactly what this liberal commentator does five nights a week.
You missed this, didn’t you Matt? Or, did you just try to keep it from your readers so that you could totally misrepresent what was written in this piece?
December 17th, 2007 at 1:23 pmI’m curious as to where someone gets their information that shows Bathtube Boy even comes close to beating Oreilly in the ratings. According to Neilson Research, which one could argue is the most trusted ratings group, Oreilly beats him in ALL categories by hundreds of thousand viewers. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/30/oreilly-vs-olbermann-through-thursday-nov-29/1964
December 17th, 2007 at 1:57 pmBecause NH Dad, like Keith O, the libs that populate this site don’t worry about sticky, unimportant, pesky things like facts. They just get in their way.
December 17th, 2007 at 2:10 pmRightwinger credo: if you shout a falsehood often and loudly enough, and with enough rage, it becomes fact.
NHD and “TA” — read through the above posts to find answers to your recycled questions.
Rightwingers accusing others of not being concerned with facts — absolutely incredibe (but see rightwinger credo above).
December 17th, 2007 at 2:24 pmHere is the full quote that from the Newsbusters article that was “cited”. Its funny how the quote was taken out of context, because if he had posted the entire quote, there wouldn’t be any sting to this post…
” Wonderfully, referring to himself as a journalist wasn’t the only hysterical utterance from Olbermann during this interview, as he also had the unmitigated audacity to criticize conservative radio host Michael Savage for “basically just spattering invective on people he didn’t like.”
Hey, Keith, have you ever actually watched your program or read a transcript?”
You make me laugh!!
December 17th, 2007 at 3:55 pmSorry Lebowski. I went to the link posted as comment 143 and that doesn’t prove much with the exception of the story of NBC and MSNBC posting their lists of forced buy-outs to employees due to large “cut-backs”. To me the proof is in the advertising. Watch commercials during the O Factor and you see commercials for Mercedes, BMW, Fidelity Investments, etc. i.e. targeting people with M-O-N-E-Y. Watch a commercial during Bathtube Boy’s show and you see commercials for “The Garden Weasle”, and debt relief. Nuf said.
The Roe Effect–that liberals will one day abort themselves out of existence
December 17th, 2007 at 4:26 pm#165
Thanks again for making unfounded statements with no factual basis. You rightwingers just can’t seem to help bearing out our criticisms of you.
I mean really, mercedes vs garden weasel? Care to cite a source for this impressively idiotic claim? Of course not. Why resort to facts when obviously and embarrassingly unsupported hysterical rants are so much easier on that addled brain of yours.
Liberals will abort themselves out of existence? Wow. And just when I thought your claims could not get more inane.
If you think only “liberals” have abortions then you are truly willfully ignorant on the issue.
And try to read a bit more carefully; the link in comment #143 was posted by someone on your side…
December 17th, 2007 at 5:11 pmperhaps a more pertinent question…if keith olberman left pMSNBC, would anyone notice?
December 18th, 2007 at 1:52 amClearly, you devotees of the show would. keep watching — maybe you’ll learn something.
Though, given your obvious dementia, probably not.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:06 amLebowski, “statements with no factual basis”?? Your case of Bush Derangment Syndrom probably caused you to miss the link I attached with data compiled for Neilson that shows Oreilly beats Bathtube Boy in ALL categories by hundreds of thousands of viewers per night…so I’ll post again http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/30/oreilly-vs-olbermann-through-thursday-nov-29/1964
Truth in advertising requires no other source than simply watching some of the commercials that air during BOTH Oreilly and Bathtube Boy. Oreilly’s advertisers target a much higher income bracket. Hence Oreilly gets more advertising dollars which not only makes the show a rating success but also a financial success in terms of how much money is brought in.
And although I don’t disagree that conservatives have abortions too, it is at far less frequency than liberals who view it as a form of birth control. Since the majority of children take on the same political views of their parents, that would add credence to my hypothesis that liberals will one day aborth themselves out of existence, hence “The Roe Effect”.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:30 amI remember that savage idiot. And although Keith may have “nearly left MSNBC,” I actually did leave it for a while. I’m very glad to be back now.
I’m not really in favor of cloning human beings, but if I were, I’d begin with Keith Olbermann (and Chris Matthews). Their honesty is a wonderfully refreshing oasis in this vast American desert of lies.
December 18th, 2007 at 4:29 pmIt seems that MSNBC knew well the incendiary tendencies for this Savage fella, but then again, in those heydays of surrendered journalism post 911, MSNBC dd the predictable thing of trying to keep up with Fox’s conservative onslaught.
This shameful period of mindless overdosing on patriotism allowed the crass likes of savage, o’reilly, coulter, rush(to judgement) to thrive feeding on the mindless masses shocked into political paranoia.
I find it amazing that there are actually people who gives a hoot about this savage, let alone religiously follow his brand of neo-fascism. Also, even if he has the most basic substance of rational(not), he’s gotta work on his style big time(Olbermann should tutor this fella).
December 20th, 2007 at 6:20 pm