Countdown with Keith Olbermann

[Thorgasm]

I notice that a lot of people don't like this show. Here's a thread to explain why he is just as bad as Fox News pundits.

 

[Spartacus FPV]

I've always liked him and considered him a modern day Edward R. Murrow (which is, I'm sure, his objective.)

He does lay on the hyperbole a little thick sometimes...

 

[PeteEU]

I notice that a lot of people don't like this show. Here's a thread to explain why he is just as bad as Fox News pundits.

I have never really seen him (only clips on you tube) but I would bet that the reason the "right" hate him, is that he actually calls them on the bs propaganda crap, miss information, twisting of facts and even lately racist and xenophobic comments they keep pulling. I know O'Rielly just loves the guy.....so that must mean he is doing something right.

 

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I have never really seen him (only clips on you tube) but I would bet that the reason the "right" hate him, is that he actually calls them on the bs propaganda crap, miss information, twisting of facts and even lately racist and xenophobic comments they keep pulling. I know O'Rielly just loves the guy.....so that must mean he is doing something right.

That's exactly why they don't like him.

I love Keith--it's one of my favorite shows. I appreciate the fact that he will attack people who are in his own party. He was pretty darn harsh with Hillary Clinton on 2 occassions.

 

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I think he's a walking talking piece of ****. He doesn't have the first ****ing clue what he's talking about, he just gives knee jerk moralistic responses that make Bill O'Reilly look like an actual libertarian. He's pompous, he's always a dick, and he's a ****ing propagandist. O'Reilly pushes **** in his own stupid direction, but Olbermann isn't nearly as creative and just propagandizes for the sake of the far left. I think it's a fitting show for the MSNBC network, which would improve its quality if it replaced its programming with an obese man ****ting onto the camera lens.

Man, galen! Don't hold anything back.

 

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Other than that I think it's a wonderful program :2wave:

LMAO! :rofl

 

[jfuh]

I think he's a walking talking piece of ****. He doesn't have the first ****ing clue what he's talking about, he just gives knee jerk moralistic responses that make Bill O'Reilly look like an actual libertarian.

Such as???

 

[Voidwar]

He was ok on Sportscenter.

Since then he has become a talking head leftist.

 

[MC.no.spin]

Don't normally watch this weasel but I just happened to tune in last night. He was ripping on Katie Couric which I thought was great. However, the reason he was doing so stemmed from her criticizing the media for throwing Hillary under the bus this election, so he was just defending his actions of being an Obama nut hugger.

He at least was bearable to watch on Sportscenter. Now he is just a frothing Obama hackster that borders on lunatic. He fits in well at MSNBC.

 

[jfuh]

YouTube - Keith Olbermann on Bill Moyers' O'Reilly smackdown
YouTube - Keith Olbermann Special Comment *MR BUSH YOU ARE A FASCIST!*
YouTube - Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on Hillary Clinton
YouTube - KEITH OLBERMANN THREATENS WALMART! *WE'LL DO THIS EVERYDAY!*

etc. this is just from the first page from YouTube searching "Keith Olbermann"

I honestly can not see how any of these show he is uninformed or "doesn't know what he is talking about".
Rather I agree with what Lachean has said in his thick hyperbole.

 

[Dr_Patrick]

Olbermann is merely the other side of the O'Reilly coin. Though, I don't think he'll ever attain the level of sensationalism that O'Reilly does simply because few people are willing to go that far. Being blatantly partisan isn't enough.

 

[jfuh]

Olbermann is merely the other side of the O'Reilly coin. Though, I don't think he'll ever attain the level of sensationalism that O'Reilly does simply because few people are willing to go that far. Being blatantly partisan isn't enough.

I don't think he's the other side of the coin as he's more so a debunker.
O'Reilly spews partisan myths, Olbermann debunks them.
Bush administration lies over and over - again Olbermann debunks them.
Granted that in addition to to debunking he'll also stick in a line or two or more so hundred labels on the very characters of those but they are quite different from that which O'Reilly does.
O'Reilly brings "guests" to his show leads them in one direction and uses such to call them a particular frame that resonates with a particular audience for the purpose of calling them such. "why do you hate america" or "terrorist sympathizer" yada yada yada.
Olbermann on the otherhand show of the lies and deceit of O'Reilly and various others and labels them accordingly in a fashion not to frame or demonize but to mock. However I will say that he does demonize Bush and Dick - rightfully so.

 

[Zyphlin]

Olbermann is pretty much O'Reilly on the left. The humerous thing about it is he does the same kind of tactics, has the same smug full of himself attitude, and spins and hyperbole's just as bad as O'Reilly...

...however, since he's doing it in regards to things those on the left agree with he's looked at as being "intelligent" and "more fair" than the Right and "he speaks the truth" and "doesn't spin" and other such BS.

Some people have issues seeing beyond their ass since their head's so far up it.

O'Reilly "calls out" those on the left when they're "wrong", when they "mess up", and when they "spin". He "demonizes" them and talks down on them to "show the truth". Naturally, many on the left believe that all to be BS.

Olbermann does the exact same damn thing, but because he's doing it against those on the right, somehow he's just magically completely different and soooooooo much better.

Their both pointless blowhards that do nothing but push their own agenda in the name of semi-news.

 

[Redress]

Olbermann is pretty much O'Reilly on the left. The humerous thing about it is he does the same kind of tactics, has the same smug full of himself attitude, and spins and hyperbole's just as bad as O'Reilly...

...however, since he's doing it in regards to things those on the left agree with he's looked at as being "intelligent" and "more fair" than the Right and "he speaks the truth" and "doesn't spin" and other such BS.

Some people have issues seeing beyond their ass since their head's so far up it.

O'Reilly "calls out" those on the left when they're "wrong", when they "mess up", and when they "spin". He "demonizes" them and talks down on them to "show the truth". Naturally, many on the left believe that all to be BS.

Olbermann does the exact same damn thing, but because he's doing it against those on the right, somehow he's just magically completely different and soooooooo much better.

Their both pointless blowhards that do nothing but push their own agenda in the name of semi-news.

Actually, for me, the reason I have tended to prefer Olberman to O'Reilly is not that Olberman is left, but because Olberman is more entertaining. O'Reilly is largely boring, Olberman usually has some good, funny stuff on each show.

I won't watch any more, at least for awhile, after last nights show, since his attacks on McCain where a perfect example of what I think is wrong with politics today...but even then, I still got some chuckles from the show.

 

[Harshaw]

He and O'Reilly are each other's evil twins.

If you think there's a lick of difference between their respective gasbaggery, whichever one you happen to prefer, then you've got inch-thick indeological blinders on.

They're both wastes of perfectly good air, and they're both part and parcel of the sickening rancor in the country.

 

[mikhail]

I think he represents a certain kind of person on the left who has an a
obvously i know the right answer to everything and if you dont agree its because your an idiot.

Also i thought oreilly was a newspresenter not a subject that is so important its a constant news story.I wouldnt mind so much but sometimes its over the most petty things.

YouTube - Keith Olbermann Fights for Dr Boyce Watkins v Bill O'Reilly


take this i mean i know this is "the jokey part" but there is no there there its just an attempt to make something out of nothing.

 

[Hatuey]

I think the best part about Olbermann's show is that he got Stewie to go on it. That alone makes me want to watch it.

 

[Redress]

I think the best part about Olbermann's show is that he got Stewie to go on it. That alone makes me want to watch it.

That is part of why Olberman is about 10000000000 times more entertaining than O'Reilly. He has actual...entertainment.

 

[Hatuey]

That is part of why Olberman is about 10000000000 times more entertaining than O'Reilly. He has actual...entertainment.

I don't think he takes himself anywhere near as serious as O'Reilley does. O'Reilley believes in things like 'the war on x-mass'.

 

[Redress]

I don't think he takes himself anywhere near as serious as O'Reilley does. O'Reilley believes in things like 'the war on x-mass'.

I dunno about that one. he gets pretty worked up sometimes as her goes on and on about some perceived injustice. His special commentaries are usually pretty inflammatory, and he really does take them overly serious.

 

[Hatuey]

I dunno about that one. he gets pretty worked up sometimes as her goes on and on about some perceived injustice. His special commentaries are usually pretty inflammatory, and he really does take them overly serious.

Yeah but I mean overall in the show. O'Reilley is trying to be serious 100% which pretty much kills him when he's going on about something stupid.

 

[The silenced majority]

I agree with Bill Oreilly about 70-75% of the time, but I think that he is one of the most pompous, condescending self-serving jerks ever.

Who hires a body language expert to critique their own body language as a show segment?
What if the lady said: "in this clip Bill you appear to be very confident but you keep making little quirks and tweaks that lead me to believe that you actually are actually very unconfident and in fact have no idea what you're talking about"?

Think she'd still have a job?

I disagree with Keith Ohlberman about 70-75% of the time and wouldn't be surprised if he had a communist shrine to Castro or Lenin in his closet. But I do think he's pretty funny and a lot of his show segments are hilarious. He seems like the kind of guy who wouldn't talk politics if you were having a beer with him.

 

[mikhail]

I don't think he takes himself anywhere near as serious as O'Reilley does. O'Reilley believes in things like 'the war on x-mass'.

Yea its gonna be hard to explain to are grandkids just what it was like to live through the war on christmas.

 

[winston53660]

I think the best part about Olbermann's show is that he got Stewie to go on it. That alone makes me want to watch it.

Oh man that cracks me up...Is it adult swim time yet?

 

[aps]

I dunno about that one. he gets pretty worked up sometimes as her goes on and on about some perceived injustice. His special commentaries are usually pretty inflammatory, and he really does take them overly serious.

It's called being passionate. Maybe that's why I like him so much.