LOL @ Keith Olbermann...

[Neutron66]

MSNBC suspends Keith Olbermann

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho...spends-olbermann-over-political-contributions

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Too bad. Don't watch him to begin with so not really making me sad. Though I do wonder if he is crying under a desk now.

 

[timon]

Wish him good luck

 

[xfire]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/11/5/917928/-Joe-Scarborough-did-the-exact-same-thing

Joe Scarborough did the exact same thing
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by Jed Lewison
Fri Nov 05, 2010 at 12:36:04 PM PDT

If you have any doubt about Phil Griffin's real motive in suspending Keith Olbermann, you need look no further than how the network reacted to Joe Scarborough's donation of $4,200 to a Republican House candidate in 2006:

Joe Scarborough, host of the "Morning Joe" talk show and the evening newscast "Scarborough Country," $4,200 in March 2006 to Derrick Kitts, Republican candidate for the House from Oregon. ... A spokesperson for NBC, Jeremy Gaines, replied to questions sent to Scarborough. "Yes, he did make a donation to Derrick Kitts. Kitts is an old friend of Joe's. Joe hosts an opinion program and is not a news reporter."

Griffin might try to defend himself by saying the difference is that Olbermann interviewed one of the candidates that he contributed to after making the contribution. But Griffin's problem would be that Joe Scarborough did the exact same thing. As JohnKWilson pointed out in a diary, after donating to Derrick Kitts, Scarbrough interviewed Kitts on his program.

The bottom-line here that both Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough both host opinion shows. They both made personal contributions to political candidates. But Olbermann supports Democrats, and Scarborough supports Republicans, so even though Olbermann is the network's top-rated host, and even though Scarborough hides his ratings sheet in a little box in the basement, it's Olbermann that gets silenced.

 

[Jagger69]

I guess it's back to SportsCenter for him then? :dunno:

 

[Trident1]

Hahahahahahaha!!!!!! That douchebag got what he deserved!!!! Woot!!!

 

[Supafly]

He'll get another media job very fast. He is a premium entertainer and newsman and at least one or two channels will go for him.

 

[Trident1]

He'll get another media job very fast. He is a premium entertainer and newsman and at least one or two channels will go for him.

In Germany?

He's an idiot, a smug fart who thought himself as a journalist but was nothing more than a propaganda mouthpiece for the insane left.

 

[hedonis]

He'll get another media job very fast. He is a premium entertainer and newsman and at least one or two channels will go for him.

He got suspended, not fired.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

He is pretty damn annoying. What are his ratings anyway? It seems like everytime I manage to slip past his show he has a segment dedicated to O'Reilly.

 

[xfire]

He's only annoying to people that are inherently wrong about everything in life.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

He's only annoying to people that are inherently wrong about everything in life.

Or he's only not annoying to condescending, self-righteous liberals. :1orglaugh I mean, only like five people watch his show every night. Everyone can't be that wrong. lol

 

[xfire]

It's not liberal's fault that conservatives are uneducated rubes.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

It's not liberal's fault that conservatives are uneducated rubes.

And it's not conservatives' fault that liberals think Obama is Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. :1orglaugh

 

[Trident1]

And it's not conservatives' fault that liberals think Obama is Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. :1orglaugh

Hail Obama!!!!!!!!!!:bowdown:

 

[xfire]

A lot of liberals are atheists.

 

[LaLiLuLeLohan]

He'll get another media job very fast. He is a premium entertainer and newsman and at least one or two channels will go for him.

Uh, Not really. If he needs to head elsewhere, he's SOL. CNN has made an effort to try to be middle man in the cable news wars and Olbermann does not fit in the middle. And his ratings on MSNBC aren't exactly attractive; hence this thread.

Obviously, NBC picked Olbermann to be the O'Reilly doppelganger and I despise both, but the reason Olbermann never worked was because he was clearly fed by a team of young, left-leaning writers and was more monologue than debate. Whereas O'Reilly, a Harvard grad, realized where his bread was buttered and played into the kneejerk Christian pseudo-Conservative crowd. He'd say some outrageous comment and then provide himself slack by calling himself an everyman who grew up in working class Long Island neighborhood. O'Reilly is well crafted to the point that the accusation is laughable...while Olberman is verbose and self-congratulatory to the point where it is undeniable.

They're the same damn animal on juxtaposed sides, but O'Reilly does it much, much better.

 

[xfire]

O'Reilly does it much, much better.

Only someone that wants to sniff O'Reilly's socks would say something that obviously wrong.

 

[JohnRingo]

it's all shitty tabloid journalism any way...

pretty sad state of affairs when the only ones we can trust are john stewart and stephen colbert

 

[xfire]

Olbermann started his career in sports. He works Football Night in America on NBC in addition to hosting Countdown. If the gentleman above really believes Olbermann is SOL he's obviously unfamiliar with the man.