Conservatives rail against MSNBC's Olbermann for reporting election irregu

Conservatives rail against MSNBC's Olbermann for reporting election irregularities

http://mediamatters.org/items/200411160006

Media conservatives have labeled MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann a "voice of paranoia" and accused him of perpetuating "idiotic conspiracy theories" for his sustained spotlight on the numerous local news reports of voting irregularities during the November 2 presidential election. Olbermann's emphasis during Countdown with Keith Olbermann on voting irregularities has been part of a critique of what he has called the "Rube Goldberg voting process of ours" -- as well as a criticism of the major media outlets' failure to report on the irregularities.

In her November 11 nationally syndicated column, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter falsely asserted that Olbermann has been "peddling the theory that Bush stole the election" and referred to "Olbermann's idiotic conspiracy theory." A November 14 column by associate editor Bill Steigerwald in the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (owned by right-wing financier Richard Mellon Scaife) claimed Olbermann "really made a Dan Rather of himself" by focusing a segment of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann on allegations of voter fraud. And in his November 10 "Inside Politics" column, Washington Times columnist Greg Pierce quoted the conservative Media Research Center's analysis of Olbermann's coverage:

"With 'Did Your Vote Count? The Plot Thickens' as his on-screen header, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Monday night led his 'Countdown' program with more than 15 straight minutes of paranoid and meaningless claims about voting irregularities in states won by President Bush," the Media Research Center reports at www.mediaresearch.org.

But Olbermann has not suggested that the election was stolen. Discussing the possible causes of the bevy of reported voting irregularities from around the country, Olbermann offered this analysis on the November 10 edition of Countdown: more...

NOT! She is why my commitment to freedom of speech is so difficult sometimes.

The only reasons I can think of that anyone would oppose ensuring a fair and open election would be the fear of losing or knowledge that the election was in fact stolen. I've gotten to the point where I really don't care whether Kerry or Bush has more actual votes. I just want to know what the actual vote count is.

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I'm sure if the shoe was on the other foot, they'd quietly accept their fate, too.

What's the matter with Republicans? They are the big promoter of a free marketplace. I guess they like a free market for everything, accept people's right to choose....Presidents.

"Deep Vote" I think it was McCoy who made the comment, "People will forgive a politician anything except fixing an election." I had to beg to differ. Those who voted for the cheating asshole wouldn't care in the slightest. These days, a successful fraud would probably be seen as a sign from God.

Gotta love the irony.

universal suffrage. She believes women should not vote and that voting be restricted by a wealth requirement. Any voting problems involving the poor and minorities are therefore irrelevent in her mind.

Bitch!

piehole.

left, right or center. F Dann Coulter and the rightwing nut cases. they rail against him because they're afraid they'll be found out and their idiot boy king might lose his thrown.

We've got to stand up for Keith. Letters to the editor, e-mails to MSNBC, whatever -- the network needs to hear that a lot of people don't consider this an "idiotic conspiracy theory."

That is a few machines in one precinct gave Bush thousands more votes than he really got, it might have happened at a lot of othe precincts.

I am not much of a conspiracy theorist, but I think Olbermann, far from being paranoid, has gottein it on the money. There were a lot of votes that were not cast for Bush that were given to him. Perhaps enough to have made a differnce in who won the election.

shit.

BREAK ME PLEASE

2-3 participles will do.

Keep stewing repukes.

He did it for the ratings. All the whores in the mainstream media are out for the ratings. If you think they have an ounce of principle, you are crazy. Olbermann, Matthews, Gretta, King, Wolf, Woodruff and the rest all SUCK.

Olbermann has been the only one with the balls to report on the voting fraud, while the rest of the news correspondents attribute this to conspiracy theories. Olbermann deserves a lot of credit for what he's doing.

for a week becasue of his stance on covering the recount story? He was gone last night. I heard it on Malloy, but he was just rumoring himself. Anybody know?

you can read it on his blog.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

ann coulter in the ass

So keep it up!

And mAnn Coulter should just fade away. Those people are irrelevant beyond belief.

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