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Olbermann Makes Victory Lap in Honor of Dobbs Resignation
November 12th, 2009 12:49 AM
Leave it to that bastion of grace and class that waxes poetically on a nightly basis about the wrongdoings of Republicans or conservatives ad nauseum known as MSNBC host Keith Olbermann to do Lou Dobbs resignation from CNN up just right. Olbermann on his Nov. 11 "Countdown" broadcast honored Dobbs 30-year CNN career by naming him his "third worst person in the world." "The bronze to Lou Dobbs…
Olbermann: Obama 'Target of Racism from Right,' 'Hated' for Being 'Bla
November 10th, 2009 11:18 AM
On Monday's Countdown show, responding to Mississippi Republican Governor Haley Barbour's recent contention on NBC's Meet the Press that President Obama has personal popularity -- based partially on being the first black President -- that is separate from the unpopularity of Obama's policies, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann labeled Barbour's words as "incoherent," and charged that President Obama is…
Olbermann Suggests FNC Discriminates Against Non-White or Muslim Emplo
November 6th, 2009 10:03 PM
On Friday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann suggested that Fox News is a racist organization that would hold race or religion against its employees in awarding promotions, as he used the show’s "Worst Person" segment to slam Fox and Friends co-hosts Brian Kilmeade, Gretchen Carlson, and Peter Johnson, for raising questions about whether Muslims serving in the military should be treated…
Olbermann to 'House Call' Organizers: Pay 'Black Faces,' 'Brown Faces
November 5th, 2009 9:18 PM
Leave to a brilliant mind like Keith Olbermann, who finally decided to show his face on live TV after Nov. 3's Democratic defeat, to throw a temper tantrum about the public display of opposition to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's that occurred on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Nov.5. After Olbermann and Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson all but declared Rep. Michele Bachmann, R…
For Election News, Politicos and Average Joes Turned to Twitter
November 5th, 2009 6:06 PM
Coverage of Tuesday's election night took place during prime time, giving cable news partisans the responsibility of tracking and reporting details on the elections. Many observers, fed up with the substandard coverage of the networks' opinion commentators, turned to Twitter for up-to-the-minute coverage.Election followers on Twitter displayed their discontent towards cable news stations…
'Countdown' Goes Drag to Rip Sarah Palin
November 5th, 2009 10:01 AM
Stay classy, MSNBC. On the day after the Republican Party showed gains in a few statewide elections and with key health care and cap-and-trade legislation pending, MSNBC went back to the well to do what it does best - attack the character of one of the network's favorite targets, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. On the Nov. 4 broadcast of MSNBC's "Countdown," with fill-in host Lawrence O'…
Not as Advertised: MSNBC Goes with Taped Olbermann During 10 P.M. Hour
November 4th, 2009 2:51 PM
It's probably safe to assume many Democrats weren't happy about last evening's election results, no matter how they spun them and how they pertained to President Barack Obama. And to his credit, that's something MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews admitted was not good for the Democratic Party. However, MSNBC, the so-called "Place for Politics" hyped up its Nov. 3 "Super Tuesday" election…
Keith Olbermann Tells Glenn Beck and 9-12ers 'Go To Hell
November 4th, 2009 11:14 AM
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Tuesday told Fox News's Glenn Beck to "Go to hell!"Even worse, he did the same to members of Beck's 9-12 Project, an organization "designed to bring us all back to the place we were on September 12, 2001" when we were "united as Americans, standing together to protect the greatest nation ever created."Apparently, Olbermann doesn't want Americans as united as they were the…
Laughable: 'Countdown' Accuses Palin of Sexism
November 3rd, 2009 9:02 AM
The willingness of MSNBC on-air commentators to engage in political hackery for the Democratic Party knows no boundaries - as indicated by the latest charged hurled at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's "Countdown," who once called conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, "big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick," almost on a nightly basis attacks Rep. Michele…
Joe Scarborough Satirizes Keith Olbermann's '08 Election Night Coverag
November 2nd, 2009 12:37 PM
The technical term for the following video is “busting his chops.”Joe Scarborough provided a wonderful satire of Keith Olbermann’s 2008 election-night bias on this morning’s edition of Morning Joe. A partial transcript follows the video, which really must be watched for the full effect.Attaboy, Joe. This sort of thing makes up for your left-of-center moments.
MSNBC Fail: Network Goes Alinsky on Bachmann (Again) to Promote 'Socia
October 31st, 2009 2:30 PM
After a pattern of attacking Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, on a nightly basis, one of the strategies is becoming apparent - MSNBC is in need of a boogeyman to give a face to the opposition of these radical steps being undertaken to fundamentally change health care in the United States. So rather than attack where the opposition is wrong on a policy level, MSNBC "…
The Obsession Continues: Olbermann Condemns George Will’s Praise of
October 28th, 2009 1:14 AM
Want to be noticed by any one of the hosts that have a primetime show on MSNBC's weeknight lineup? Just figure out a way to make Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. the subject matter, and there's an excellent chance either Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow will take a shot at it, or her, during their shows. In the Oct. 25 Washington Post, George Will penned a column about…
Olbermann Seems To Suggest Lieberman Might Be On The Take
October 27th, 2009 8:45 PM
How enraged is Keith Olbermann with Joe Lieberman for announcing that he would filibuster a health care bill that contains a government-control provision? Enough that, without presenting any evidence whatsoever, the Countdown host has slyly implied that Lieberman might be on the take from insurance companies in his home state of Connecticut.You had to listen carefully, but Olbermann slipped the…
Air America Calls Out Olbermann for Sexist Attack on Michelle Malkin
October 27th, 2009 3:00 PM
Here's something you don't see every day: a far-left media outlet calling out one of the far-left's heroes to defend one of the far-left's most hated conservatives. Yet that's what happened a few weeks ago when Air America's editor of news and politics took on MSNBC's Keith Olbermann for sexist and misogynistic comments he made about conservative author Michelle Malkin.As NewsBusters' Brad…