There is a fabulous article at American Thinker about Keith Olbermann.
You’ve probably all heard about how Fox News is the most trusted news source now, and how it’s absolutely slaughtering the other cable news shows in the ratings. I mean, that’s no surprise, really. MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann allows blowhards like Janeane Garafalo onto his program and treats her as an authority of some sort. It’s no wonder that viewers are tuning out at warp speed. Apparently, the National Review asked this week, “At what point does MSNBC pull the plug on its all-Left format?”
That’s a great question. My guess is that, like Obama and his administration, MSNBC will simply ignore what’s happening before their very eyes, and continue on a path of destruction, regardless of whether that destruction is self-imposed.
According to the article, Olbermann’s audience is now a paltry 20% of Bill O’Reilly’s. Ouch. The article’s author speculates that Keith’s decline is due in part to his disdain for women. He’s positively horrid to women with whom he disagrees. He called Michelle Malkin a “big mashed up bag of meat with liptstick.” He referred to Sarah Palin as a “moronic Bush in a skirt.” And apparently, Keith is totally sucktastic with women on a personal level too. This was news to me. Not that I expected otherwise, mind you, but I’ve never cared enough about Keith Olbermann to find out what his personal life was all about. It turns out, in addition to having well-publicized trouble with his own mother, Keith can’t manage to score a second date with anyone, except his most recent conquest, a 25 year old girl whose on-air job at NBC he arranged. I’m sure she’s with him for his great personality, though (snort).
Keith is 51 and has never been married. And whether or not that’s the reason, Keith is always furious. Have you noticed that? He’s in a constant state of rage. New Yorker magazines even titled a write-up about him “One Angry Man.”
I find his rage amusing. Especially because instead of taking stock and trying to LEARN from his plummeting ratings, he and the rest of the rabid rage-filled “journalists” at MSNBC will more than likely continue to do exactly what they’re doing.
I guess it’s true that everyone likes to watch a good train wreck.
NBC was actually putting this tool on their Sunday night football show. The mere sound of this idiot’s voice would cause me to dive for the remote. I suppose they think doubling down on stupid is a good idea.
You know B+, that’s the only format where I can tolerate him. I hearken back to the good ole days of SportsCenter with Dan and Keith. They were so good. Then, as all celebrities do, they found out they were good and blew themselves up.
As for NBC changing the channel on leftovision (MSNBC), it’ll happen when they realize there’s no money in broadcasting programs that people don’t watch.
And, as far as I’m concerned, Bill and Keith are the same.
majordawg, gotta disagree on that one if you are talking about Bill O. Bill is center right and gives both sides of the story while Keith is a far left hatemonger. (see Scott Brown rant)
I would agree on the Dan/Keith sportscenter though. Good stuff.
There is a time honored journalistic pathway to stardom that begins on the sports page or the electronic-media. James B “Scotty” Reston was one of the stellar examples of this career path. Red Barber was another (showing my age here). It seems cub reporters are so suppressed and oppressed by their editors that they never develop the ability to form and expound upon an opinion. Those who start out in sports have a free hand to declare the most outrageous, over the top opinions. They take that license into the news and op-ed side of the business. Keith just never learned how to temper his diatribes with wisdom and intelligence and respect for the object of a news story and the audience. This prompts one then to consider the audience, and folks they are a mirror of Keith! Scary huh?
More pile-on: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/02/keith-olbermann-msnbc-glenn-beck-bill-oreilly-fox-news.html
Wow!
I love this line….”It’s as if he thinks talking LOUDER will keep his low cell battery from dying.”
Pretty much sums it up!
Like Solid B+, I dive for the remote if he is on any sports show. He has shown over and over again to be nothing but a hater, and no intellect is allowed, so no point thinking anything he says has any value. My time is valuable and I will not waste it on Keith.
As to Bill O, I think he likes to play devil’s advocate, and he also isn’t always correct, such as his talking points memo two nights ago stating the stimulus bill was correct to do since it bailed out the financial sector. I will let you folks ponder that for a minute and see what is wrong with his statement.
As to GB, he has his good points, but his history is not always correct, labels everyone a progressive on both sides of the aisle with whom he disagrees, and gets awfully soap boxey to boot.
In short I don’t think there will ever be anyone on tv who I totally agree with, but you will get my viewership if you don’t insult my intelligence with stupid things like ‘worse’, ‘worser’, and ‘worsest’.
The two people I enjoy watching the most on FOX is Cavuto and Stossel, and Greta is good too. Hannity gets too formulaic and redundant for my tastes, but I occasionally watch him.
Didn’t MSNBC pass CNN after they went left? Why would they abandon it?
The good part of Fox Newsis that they allow the other side to come on and have just enough rope to hang themselves. MSNBC is just an echo chamber.
Oh, I don’t know. Maybe because people are starting to not watch it?