Support Olbermann? No freaking way; Poll added
As you all know, that mashed-up bag of gas with pancake make-up on it Keith Olbermann has been “suspended indefinitely” by MSNBC for making and failing to disclose political contributions to three Democrats — including open-borders Democrat Rep. Raul Grijalva, whom he hosted on the same day he forked over a donation.
Unlike Fox News (pay attention, Media Matters Soros-bots), NBC ethics guidelines (yes, they do have them) bar their employees from making political contributions. (FNC’s real-world, pro-free speech rules allow donations as long “as long as the activity does not interfere with or impair the performance of the employee’s duties for the Company.”)
Politico got the scoop on Olbermann’s donations to Grijalva, AZ Democrat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and failed Kentucky Democrat Senate candidate Jack Conway by sifting through FEC records.
Bill Kristol is rallying conservatives to support Olbermann.
MSNBC’s suspension of Keith Olbermann is ludicrous. First, he donated money to candidates he liked. He didn’t take money, or favors, in a way that influenced his reporting. Second, he’s not a reporter. It’s an opinion show. If Olbermann wants to put his money where his mouth is, more power to him.Republicans of the world, show you believe in the free expression of opinion! Tell the crony corporatists at NBC—keep Keith!
Pardon my MSNBC-like incivility, but are you freaking kidding me? Hoping Kristol’s tongue is firmly planted in cheek, but plenty of people are taking him seriously.
Olbermann railed against FNC in August for its corporate donations while whitewashing NBC/GE’s:
On the August 17 edition of ‘Countdown,’ host Keith Olbermann used the donations to do the only thing he’s capable of doing: criticizing Fox News.
“We now have another million reasons why Fox News is the Republican news channel, correct?” Olbermann asked Media Matters president Eric Burns.
Olbermann said that GE, MSNBC’s parent company, donated an equal amount of money to both the DGA and RGA. He didn’t mention, however, that according to OpenSecrets.org, in 2008, 100 percent of MSNBC Cable’s donations went to Democrats and 99 percent of NBC’s donations went to Democrats.
Additionally, so far in 2010, 100 percent of ABC News’s donations have gone to Democrats and CBS Corporation’s PAC has contributed $51,000 to Democrats in 2010.
The Media Research Center previously noted News Corp.’s donations favored Democrats and that other outlets critical of the donation, such as Viacom’s Comedy Central, have all given substantial money to Democrats, yet there is no outrage over their political contributions.
Olbermann’s sanctimony and hypocrisy only compound his core failure to disclose the donations before Election Day — especially during the show in which he hosted one of the beneficiaries of that cash.
Here is the full transcript of the Olbermann/Grijalva interview on Oct. 28, the day Olbermann donated the maximum to Grijalva’s re-election bid:
Title: MSNBC “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” – Transcript
Date: 10/28/2010
Interview
BREAK IN TRANSCRIPTREP. RAUL GRIJALVA (D), ARIZONA: Good to talk to you, my friend.
OLBERMANN: Is there anything you can tell us about the relationship between these private prisons and the lawmakers who supported this monstrosity of a bill?
GRIJELVA: It is a wonderful I told you so moment. But, at the same time, we”ve been battered for the six months for our opposition to 1070, not just myself but others. And we don”t know how much they”ve contributed to these independent expenditure campaigns, the private prison industry.
But you used the word citizens. It”s disgusting, cynical and disgusting that they were bragging about there”s going to be more women and children detained, so therefore this is a market for us.
And the fact of the matter is Russell Pearce and Jan Brewer made a decision to put this law in effect. It had had nothing to do with border security. It had nothing to do with the security of the state. It had to do with the profit line.
And, you know, I”m glad that NPR did this. I”m glad “In These Times” did that. Finally, it”s catching some attention. But it comes at the end of a campaign when many of us have been battered for six months because of our opposition to 1070.
It is–you used the word cynical. It is past cynical. It is using
a very tough situation in the state of Arizona when it comes to immigrationusing it to make a profit and using people, when we should be talking about how you we”re going to reform this law. It”s unbelievable.
OLBERMANN: It”s almost extraordinary to believe that once we got past the original phony reason for it, which was security at the border, when obviously it didn”t pertain to that whatsoever, that the real reason behind that was well, this is to intimidate people of Hispanic descent. Well, it turns out there”s an even more base, cynical reason behind it.
Am I wrong about this? When they talk about making money, it”s not–they”re not talking about people who are going to be in jail because they”ve been convicted of anything. This would be making money off people who are held and then found to have violated no laws, correct? They make money whether something”s guilty or innocent, correct?
GRIJALVA: It”s filling beds and spaces, period. It”s about detention. It”s about building private prisons, filling them, taking a profit from the federal government, and with that profit continuing to expand the bottom line. The advisers for Jan Brewer are part of this. The people that wrote the law for Russell Pearce of part of this. They”re all going to make millions of dollars off of this.
What expense? The division in Arizona, the division across this country. They get to go blithely walk away with their money, leaving behind the kind of social mess they”ve left all over this country. It is for me one of the most corrupt political acts. Because you use people. You use the emotions involved and you make a profit.
OLBERMANN: I can”t insure your house for fire, because legally that would give me a motivation for wanting to see your house catch fire. I mean, the idea of private prisons–suddenly, we see the flaw in that idea, too, that if they”re private prisons run for profit, there”s going to be a motive to put people in prison who don”t belong there.
GRIJALVA: That and the private prison industry here in Arizona has a wonderful test case. Murderers escaped from a private public. They haven”t escaped from a public prison. That”s Jan Brewer”s agenda. That is the extreme right”s agenda here.
I think–I hope people–I think people in Arizona are now seeing through the cloud and realizing that this is not just about immigration. This is not just about border security. There”s an insidious reason we”re involved in this really tough, tough issue. That is that somebody is making money off of it.
OLBERMANN: Lastly, any idea why the governor is going to San Francisco?
GRIJALVA: Well, she hasn”t debated. She wants to avoid the questions that are pressing about her relationship to this private prison industry and why they wrote the law. The people on her staff that are running her campaign and her chief of staff, I”m assuming that she wants to avoid those questions.
OLBERMANN: Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona, it”s always a pleasure and an education. I”m sorry it”s always about something like this. Thanks for your time.
GRIJALVA: Thank you.
Olby’s defenders say it’s wrong to punish opinion journalists for supporting candidates and causes.
But:
1) MSNBC has always promoted and allowed Olbermann to preen as an award-winning journalist and broadcaster of Edward R. Murrow’s caliber — above the fray and superior to the rest of us in the print/broadcast media who are open and honest about our political and ideological biases.
2) Whatever NBC’s guidelines may be, it was the basic journalistic failure of the Murrow wanna-be to disclose the donation on the night he hosted one of his cash recipients that seals his fate and undermines whatever iota of credibility his station has left.
Good night and good riddance.
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HOW many times over the years have we seen mainstream media elites get on their high horse about their unbending commitment to objectivity?
Wear ribbons after the 9/11 attacks? Heavens, no, the news poobahs swooned. Stacey Woelfel, news director at KOMU-TV in Columbia, Mo., directed his staff to “leave the ribbons at home” to show viewers “that in no way are we influenced by the government in informing the public.”
Display the flag during wartime? Heavens, no, cried the dinosaur networks. ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider told The Washington Post: “Especially in a time of national crisis, the most patriotic thing journalists can do is to remain as objective as possible . . . We cannot signal how we feel about a cause, even a justified and just cause, through some sort of outward symbol.”
And dole out political cash while on the job? Heavens, n-oh, wait a minute. That unbending commitment to neutrality is really nothing but a Wetzel’s pretzel.
Despite all the past protestations about the need to avoid outward signs of partiality, we now learn that journalists in America’s top newsrooms overwhelmingly donate to Democrat causes and candidates (shocker!) – and that they’ve been giving despite clear prohibitions and conflicts of interest.
MSNBC.com’s Bill Dedman found 144 journalists who’d made political donations to candidates, parties and causes from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign. Nine out of 10 – 125 in total – gave to Democrats and liberal groups; only 17 gave to Republicans, while two gave to both parties. The donors include war correspondents who gave while embedded or on the war beat, The New York Times’ ethics columnist and several news anchors who crusaded and signed petitions against the war.
Adding insult to self-injury, every single one of these donors – who work in an industry that crusades for openness, disclosure, and transparency – failed to inform their viewers, readers and bosses of their political activities.
So much for “Sunlight is the best disinfectant.”
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Flashback: Rejoice: Voters eject MSNBC host-to-be Alan Grayson in Fla.
Flashback: The old “coconut” smear: Another MSNBC white liberal bigmouth with race issues
Flashback: MSNBC’s Larry “O’Scary” O’Donnell melts down again
Flashback: White liberal MSNBC TV host can’t stop talking about president’s skin color
Flashback: MSNBC Clown who called me “big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick” says Scott Brown hates women
Flashback: The indelible whiteness of MSNBC
Related: MSNBC’s on-air political fundraising.
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Well, guess he’s Juan Williams’ replacement now, eh?
Hold the phone here one moment – Donations to Oberlosi? Oberlosi!!
Not only no or hell no but I would rather tie my tongue to an exhaust pipe and be dragged naked in a field of broken glass.
The only bad part about this is that they got to get rid of Olbermann for something like this and not just because 1. He’s the “worst person” on tv and 2. His ratings are horrible.
But if that keeps his smug countenance from making any guest appearances on Sunday Night Football, I’m a happy guy!
I wonder if Rachel Madcow and Chris Tingle will stand in solidarity?
Live by the sanctimony, die by the sanctimony. I could say that I won’t miss Olbermann, but I never watched him in the first place.
Surprised that Kristol has all this time to take away from his true passion of removing conservatives from the Republican Party.
Olby also had his 3 beneficiaries on the show to hump their campaigns.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!
Too bad, so sad, NOT!
Chris Mathews is actually the more obnoxious partisan on MSDNC. Can someone find him making donations to Democrats? I mean other than his show…
I think Rush nailed it. Olbermann’s not the only MSNBC person who has done this. However since his ratings have stunk for some time and it is post election…….
Connect the dots.
Wait till he starts screaming that his First Amendment Rights have been violated.
I consider this is good riddance, he is a total jerk, but can a company really prohibit an employee from donating their own money to any cause they want?
Re Kristol:
Why would I listen to that RINO douchebag?
The most sanctimonious hypocrite on TV should be suspended, if not fired, for violating a written rule he agreed to when he took the job.
I kind of liked the Rent is Too Damn High candidate. He was focused on his message, had a fascinating speaking style, and an unforgettable appearance.
Put him on MSNBC and they might actually get a viewer or two. After that, he’d make enough money to pay the rent!!
I cringe at all of them.
Olby looks a lot like Barney Frank these days.
If I saw
thedouche-bagOlbermannin a bar, I’d buy the poor guy a drink…of course, it would be vinegar and water.Wasn’t he that sportscaster guy that knew nothing about sports? Kinda reminded me of the Ted character on the old Mary Tyler Moore show.
I think his real name was Ben David Olberman.
Ben D. Olberman.
It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Hugo Chavez…the content would remain the same, we’d still know what to expect, and we wouldn’t give a sh*t if he fell out a window, either!
Homework Assignment: Write to NBC and threaten to take hostages if he’s not immediately restored to his position at double-pay. (kidding)
I wonder if FoxNews will offer Olbi-boy a job, like Juan? $2 million smackeroonies.
Tonight MSNBC’s rating will skyrocket when they show an empty chair in Olbermann’s place.
Write in vote—Michelle Malkin and/or Doug Powers.
Really. They need some common sense over there.
And there’s no Geraldo.
Halloween just passed, you know. I bet there’s a boatload of out of work Jack-O-Lanterns that would step up to replace Olberdork. Except for the orange, I doubt anyone would even know.
Ar least the “Rent is too damn” is funny.
Humor: Something rare, if not non-existent, in most liberals
I hope this actually is a real suspension that would lead to termionation
But as with most things concerning liberals, what you hear is hardly ever what you get.
Lets wait and see
Heh. Why is it when I see that I read:
Bend Overman?
…and when I read this I think of Charlie Crist.
Two down.
Michelle, You should replace him!!! It would be poetic for you to get higher ratings at 8:00PM than you know who. That is if they can afford you. Just consider it missionary work to educate the darkside.
Who can forget his donation to the Clinton Foundation live on air during an interview with The Great StainMaker himself. “Here’s a couple of schools in Kenya…”
They don’t call him the OlberDouche for nothing.
This is a very, very rare occasion where I have to disagree with you Michelle. keeping this blathering / blithering idiot oozing pseudo intellectual drivel every night praising the wonders of Obamao and his progressive rabble is the best possible thing for the conservatives movement. I have no doubt that’s why Kristol et al are rallying to his defense. I can’t seriously believe they really care about Olby’s vindication.
A tale told by an idiot
Full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing. – Macbeth
Just like OJ: Total justice, but for the wrong reason!!!!!
MessNBC just did an “NPR double-twist half-gainer” belly-flop!
What clever way to get the highest rating’s night “CrapDown” has ever had: dump that wretched birth-defect of a host!
How viciously venal and capitalistic those MessNBC’ers really are!
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I’m going to take a contrarian position here. I’ll admit up front, I have no love for Olbermann, but I want to be convinced this was a firing offense. He committed no crime, and I seriously doubt he was the only MSNBC employee to pony up some loot for lefty candidates. Nobody with an IQ above 30 thinks Olbermann is either impartial or a journalist, so it’s not like his credibility was tarnished. He has none. His on-air advocacy for candidates provided far more assistance than a couple of grand quietly donated to their coffers.
If MSNBC has a written “ethics” policy requiring approval for donations, and he violated it, and that policy is being universally enforced, then MSNBC is fine. If they want to fire him for having lousy ratings and being one of the most hated people in broadcast television, then as long as they’ll be honest about it, that’s fine too. But if MSNBC is using this as a convenient excuse to unload him, and they’re turning blind eyes to others doing the same, then I have a problem with it.
If we are people who favor impartial justice, even for people we despise, then this is the stand we must take. It’s what distinguishes us from the people on his side, who base their judgments on a person’s ideology.
The perfect end to a already great week.
Who is Keith Olbermann?
A complete “Juan Williams” repeat!
The Left-of-Lenin nuthouse was desperately seeking a pretext for shedding one of its resident sociopaths; and, glory be, it gets hand-delivered!
I’ll bet none are more relieved than the rest of the congenital losers at MessNBC.
Now all their grandiose egos can scramble in to fill the toxic void.
Never mind I don’t care.
MSM Reich Minister of Propaganda
Either this is a joke or someone hacked Michelle’s blog.
It is obviously not an authentic post as it makes the most ludicrous statement I have heard in a very long time.
No way am I buying that “NBC has standards.”
Sorry, but I am NOT that gullible.
It’s obvious, Mr. Hankey!
Krystal and OlbieOne can both kiss my grits. Not crazy about Krystal, but loathe Olbie.
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NBC (aka National Barack Channel) can get a “twofer” here. Keith Olbermann obviously isn’t minority or wacko enough. Go for the gold–replace this wacko with someone with stronger Communist/ Marxism / socialist and Minority creds.
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Drumroll!! Send in Raul Grijalva! Get La Raza credit also.
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Olbermann worked for a company that has clear rules and regulations. He violated them and deserves to be disciplined just the same way a guy in a factory who smokes when there is a no smoking rule would be disciplined. If your employer has rules and you violate the rules, you are subject to discipline, plain and simple. Olbermann figured that he is the star of MSNBC. They won’t touch him. So he could violate any employer’s rules that he feels like. Olbermann’s friends in the media will portray it as a free speech issue. I am sure that we will hear from the boring men of Countdown. Eugene Robinson, Alter, etc. will do their Keith as martyr act. To these clowns, liberal journalists do not have to comply with company rules.
Actually, Chris Matthews is far worse than Olbermann and he showed it when he interviewed Michelle Bachmann the other night. The best part was when she reminded him of his remarks in 2008 about how libidinous he feels when he listens to Barack Obama. Olbermann can join Rick Sanchez on the dung heap of cable television.
I’m outraged over the unfairness!
How could “The Rent Is Too Damn High Guy” be winning out over Van Jones in the KO replacement poll?!?
I think it’s time for a re-play of the Hot Air Vent “Return Fire”!
This Olbermann “suspension” is a schadenfreude sundae
Wow, Marc, I had to look that up. Thanks. MM’s site–always educating everyone.
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Well well well…this was great news to start my weekend. My employer is cracking down on non-work internet use and I’ve gone cold turkey. It sucks! So, I didn’t hear about this until I got in my car. I couldn’t wait to get home to read about it.
And what do I find? Some putz named Bill Kristol (and I got to avoid the ban hammer here) is trying to help this excuse for excrement? Like Michelle said, are you friggin’ kidding?
Regardless, this moron must be knowledgable of his employer’s code of conduct. And now he pays the piper for his ignorance. Okay maybe I’m streching here because he already is a moron.
Having said all that…YIPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now, I can eat dinner with a clear mind and light heart.
I grew up in Southern California and was first exposed to KO as a sportscaster on KTLA. I actually enjoyed his snarkiness at reporting sports, as he didn’t seem to treat sports with the reverence that other sportscasters did.
However, because of the revolting things that he has said regarding conservatives, especially MM, I lost any respect that I may have had for him at one time.
Unfortunately, he’s gotten way too much publicity on the MM website. Probably would have been best to have ignored him. That would probably have hurt his feelings more than any of the criticisms leveled against him by the various commenters on this site.
This is no different than all the free campaign ads Olberman has given democrats for years on his show – why are they treating it any different????
This is a guy who called me a racist and spewed more hate and vitriol than a black panther at a polling booth and now someone wants me to defend him?
Olberman is on the lunatic fringe. The only help I would give him is helping him into the asylum.
Keith’s mistake wasn’t the contributions but getting caught. The left has no principles to violate, they just don’t getting caught doing anything slimy.
Olberman was suspended? So what? I don’t watch MSNBC and really don’t plan to. Let the Huffpost wackos wet their shorts, comment about how awful fox is, then of course blame Bush, comment about how conservatives hate latinos and how 1070 is nothing about border security…. blah, blah, blah…..
Big freaking deal. All I know is conservatism is kicking liberalism’s butt and it is hot again today…. I’m ready for fall.
Come on you all act like he wasn’t fun to watch – raving, and slathering.
I thought he was gonna stroke-out on live television behind Brown and Mass.
A literal commieercial for ‘Cornyell’ College.
I agree with everything above, and I’m happy you wrote it.
But, unlike Kristol, I don’t have a problem with MSNBC getting rid of him.
This is much different than NPR randomly applying the rules to Williams.
Yer daft, man! Grayson is clearly the man for the job. Tell me this isn’t Grayson in his better days.
MSNBC has always promoted and allowed Olbermann to preen as an award-winning journalist and broadcaster of Edward R. Murrow’s caliber
What a load of crap. Olbermann a Murrow calibre “reporter”? Murrow went places Olbermann is afraid to even dream of. Please.
And I thought Pelosi losing her Speaker-ship couldn’t be topped!!!!! GOOD BYE, OLBERMANN!!!!!!!!! DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YA WHERE THE GOOD LORD SPLIT YA!!!!!
Sorry if this is too much gloating, but after his slam-pieces on Tea Party Candidates the night before the election, I am happy to see his kiester suspended.
For every bloaviating show he ran where he cursed President Bush, this is payback. Here’s hoping NOBODY hires him….
Hillbuzz says…
karnold said:
Olbermann isn’t being suspended for campaign donations or for being one of the most hated people in broadcast television. The latter is a résumé enhancer at NBC. And you can bet your bottom dollar that every other “face” at MessNBC has kicked a few thou in the direction of the Democrats at some time or another. In show business (and that’s what TV news is), at some point, it’s all about the ratings. So this is merely a convenient opportunity for NBC to do what they’ve wanted to do for awhile.
As to honest: an elitist media organization demonstrate some degree of honesty? Well, they say there’s a first time for everything, but I don’t expect to see that one in my lifetime.
Let’s combine two ideas here. Hire a COO to do the work of the President and let Barackoli replace Olberman.
He could drone on endlessly with no need to make sense. He’s a natural for the job.
Looks like a win-win to me.
Ben Afflec did a good impression of him for SNL. Maybe they could hire him.
Could this be the start of a purge? Will there be a spate of suicides, bizarre accidents, and unexplained deaths of the far left media talking heads?
I think not. That won’t happen until the Clintons get back in the mix.
I can’t stomach Olberdouche, but this is just silly. If they wanted to dump him because his ratings suck – fine – do it. If they want to fire him for being an obnoxious douchebag – fine – do it. But don’t fire him for exercising his rights to donate like his bosses at NBC do, and I’m sure conservative commentators do. At least have the balls to say it straight, MSNBC. In the same way leftists can avoid Beck or Hannity by not putting their TV on Fox – conservatives can avoid Olberdouche by not tuning him in – like the majority of the country already does!
I watched the show for the first time tonight to see how they handled this. A fill-in host glossed over it and hoped Keith would be back soon.
Bet he is, too.
Excuses will be made.
Kristol is out of his bleeping mind. Olbermann has not an ounce of integrity or professionalism. I look at this as a huge case of “aint karma a b***ch*!?. Why rally around a slimy snake?? The hell with KO. He is and was a blight on the small screen. As you say Michelle: good riddance.
Can Kristol go even one week without making a sanctimonious statement? Olberman violated his own company’s rules! His rights weren’t violated, he agreed to those rules when signed his contract. There is nothing hypocritical for Fox to have different rules than MSNBC. Olberman doesn’t work for Fox. Kristol has his head up his butt… again.
MSNBC must have been waiting and hoping for an excuse, any excuse.
This could not happen to a bigger schmuck. Adios, Keiff.
While glad to see him off the air for awhile I’m sorry it was because he made some insignificant contributions. I would have preferred it if NBC would have made the move as a result of one his awkwardly obvious lies.
who is oburmon?
Tsk, Tsk, all this over $7K. I dont know who should be more embarassed, MSNBC for making a bruhaha over a mere pittance, or Olberman for being so miserly. And stupid, he could have just donated under his alias ‘Donald Duck,’ like he did for Obama’s Presidential campaign.
This is too cool. Next election, guess who (Chris Matthews}is gonna be giving money to our local campaigns. I think we all ought to do him a favor such as this. Wink wink
Amen. He and his Trotskyite father before him are largely responsible for the socialist tendencies in the GOP. The sooner he goes away the better off we will all be.
Ratings Ploy!
Come on, Kristol. Keith Olberman lost his job. That’s all. And temporarily, too. Any day now, he’ll be spouting off for some other anti-American enterprise at a significant increase in pay. I can easily see him thanking his supporters and laughing at us.
It’s not like he died screaming of rectal cancer or anything.
There are certain lefties who are so out there that their presence is helpful to us. The only people who listen to them are the true believers. So I can see the point of not banishing him. His presence is our fuel for energy. Perhaps he should host Janeane Garofalo again and talk about her stint on 24 during its last season.
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Mr. Kristol misses the point. Everyone has the right to speak their mind, even an oozing, disgusting creature such as Olberman, but there is a fine line between being a journalist and being an active participant in the political process and the two are not mutually compatible.
To put it another way, Mr. Kristol, how much would you trust and believe objective a physician who is heavily invested in one particular pharmaceutical company?
The Rent Is Too High guy in white face. This is a pretty good thread-I voted for The Rent Is Too High guy and got a coupon for Dominos pizza!
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Don’t Leave home without it.
I’m amused by NBC’s hypocrisy. Are we supposed to think that the network hasn’t served up partisan political commentators all these years. They’ve been giving Democrats free air time for their political runs for as long as I can remember. I don’t see any difference between that and one of their guys donating to a political campaign.
This is nothing more than an excuse to fire Olberman without riling their lunatic audience base. Guys like Olberman and Grayson are good for the conservative cause. Only after seeing the left in its basic form can people in the middle distinguish between lunacy and common sense. I hope that they put someone equally crazy in Olberman’s spot.
Doggone-it. I was hoping that the Hypno-toad would be listed, or an option that they substitute re-runs of “My Mother the Car” and “The Ugliest Girl in Town” – iow, more interesting commentary on [1960's] America in K.O.’s place.
Maybe they could get his bathtub to host the show.
Wish nothing were said about this.
It takes our eyes off the ball (firing Juan Williams).
As an aside, Mr.’K’ liked ‘O’ when he was on ESPN(?).
Who should replace Olbermann?
The Rent Is Too Damn High Guy
Alan Grayson
Janeane Garofalo
Van Jones
Bill Ayers
Other
This network sorely needs diversity and people of color. I’d nominate:
- Helen Thomas (Lebanese)
- Rick Sanchez (Hispanic)
- Charlie Rangel (soon to be ex-Congressman & pre-encarceration)
- Democrat Poll Watchers (Black Panthers with billy club weapons)
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Their ethics code is a joke, it says they can’t do anything that would jepardize the integrity of an impartial reporter. Show me any reporter or for that matter anybody that is not partial and I’ll eat your hat. And Bill Kristol is nothing more then a closet liberal, how long will it be before he gives Olbermann a job. Fox was crazy enough to give Williams one.
After all the crap Olbermann has dished out over the years he can rot. Kristol shouldn’t carry water for idiots. I agree he is a closet liberal.
So Billy, my answer to your request is NO.
Bill Kristol isn’t a conservative, he’s a neo conservative.
I would love to see Gerry Rivers replace Olby.The spitter belongs on MSLSD.Then I’d never hear from him again.
Didn’t he graduate from Watsamatta U?
24 hours later and it looks like the entire Olberman nonsense is nothing more than an attempt by MSNBC to juice his ratings and turn him into a martyr
His so-called suspension now looks like a cause celeb to pimp his name everywhere and I smell a rat
Never trust a liberal
So, Olbermann is a gasbag. That is a given. Neither he nor MSNBC make any pretense at being objective reporters. without that pretense, what is the real problem with contributions to candidates he agrees with? It would be different if he were a news anchor, but even then, I would rather see them be able to make the contributions, so their bias, obvious to most of us conservatives, is obvious to the rest of America.
Yeah, Olberman is a martyr. To what? Conservatives or an MSNBC internal policy that he signed off on when he signed his contract?
This guy is reportedly the most detested person among even his own co-workers and the brass at MSNBC. It isn’t about making him a martyr to goose ratings. It’s about making him go away.
He is now off of the air and they are hoping that someone makes him an offer so as to avoid a lawsuit (think Dan Rather) were they to terminate him outright.
“The Rent is too Damn High Guy” has way too much gravitas to fit in with the loons at MSNBC. Grayson, however, would be a perfect fit. He would be interchangable with Lawrence O’Donnell to keep the crapweasel quotient at the all-time high we have come to expect from this “notnews” source.
I would posit Major Garrett and Greta Von Sustern. They were both liberals and over time (especially since being hired by Fox) they became very reasoned and measured in their reporting. I conclude that makes them more impartial, at least in their reporting, which is what is needed.
But even Hannity, by bringing on liberal guests, will have both sides of the story even if he sets the debate by being host.
NPR reporters, not so much, and they should definitely be more impartial or at least fair to all sides.
You know, they could replace KO with a literal “big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick” and it’d raise the intellectual level and civility of that slot hugely.
He’s BAAAACCCCKKKK!!!!
Like there was ever a doubt. Time for mished-up bags of meat with lip gloss to get their armor back.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
Ah, so that’s what “indefinite” means.
Hahahahahahahaha. MSNBC is pathetic.