Keith Olbermann Appreciation Thread...

...because he is a true patriot. :patriot:

I'll never stop watching Keith. I value his opinion a lot. I think he reacted to President Obama's speech last night...as we on DU did...as a person who has been immersed in this debate for a long time. He is very knowledgeable. That part of me was disappointed, too, in the speech.

But it wasn't given FOR us.


Keith Olbermann is a patriot.

doesn't Keith understand changing Washington is like pushing a huge Dinosaur up a very steep hill?

journalistic criticism? That is why we have a Fourth Amendment.

True journalism is suppose to be objective, based in reality and nonjudgemental.

left, center and right shooting their mouths off.

It is better to listen to the BBC

was judgmental of Junior...

Thanks for the correction.

call it journalism. I do not always agree with Olberman. I was sure glad he was there during the Bush presidency.
I want him to call it as he sees it, period. I thought he was a little too critical of the speech, but that was his opinion.

It was not a great speech; in fact, it was not even a good speech. It was a wasted opportunity. He was calling that out.
Should he have lied?

...this:

"It is sad that people require Fox-like cheerleading and call it journalism. I do not always agree with Olberman. I was sure glad he was there during the Bush presidency. I want him to call it as he sees it, period. I thought he was a little too critical of the speech, but that was his opinion."

n/t

Good one. I didn't realize Keith has served his country in any way aside from, you know, cable chit chat and sportscasting. He reads a story every Friday night so I guess there's that.

:rofl:

Does the name Edward R. Murrow mean anything to you?

I wish all newsreaders were as committed to their country as Keith Olbermann is.

look at Bill Moyers.

thomas jefferson said that "information is the currency of democracy." and we have a bunch of bootleggers pissin in our pockets and telling us its raining. i appreciate those speaking the truth when i hear it. KO is one of the few. i would agree that he is a patriot for that reason. regardless of whether he votes in elections or served in the military.

journalists, as much as they like to think they are. They aren't even fucking close. In fact, I think Morrow would be disgusted with them. There are plenty of good journalists but none of them have a cable show.

Let's face it, they have to give journalistic awards to someone and since they all suck, it doesn't matter much who gets it.

For his writing..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/16/edward-r-murrow-awards-20_n_614666.html

:hi:

...about it. Congrats, Keith!!!

...put a moratorium on the word "patriot" for about ten years. I getting to hate that word.

Something about the last refuge of a scoundrel and all that! What an overused and misused word that thrown around
to evoke superficial emotions in non-thinking citizens.

...means. I agree it is often misused.

...means. I agree it is often misused.

{That's what I meant to say the first time. :7 )

The man does not even vote.

:eyes:

How would you like to be the target of the right wing because of your openly expressed political leanings?

I call enduring that courageous, and patriotic.

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...Yes he is a patriot...he loves his country..Duh..

was important, patriotic work. He was out there telling the Truth when few were. And he continues to do so to this day. I'm just sorry some can't handle that anymore.

The speech was for regular non political types.

But KO is not the enemy. We all want the same thing, a move away from dependency on fossil fuels. KO wanted details. Not the time to do it last night. Carter tried with that and it got him no where. Get the people to think about it and agree on it first.

:hi: I'm a huge fan of Olbermann and the entire crew at MSNBC. I think they're frustrated with the fact that so little can be done immediately and they blame the President.

...Keith, or any other person for that matter. Sometimes I do. :7


I think what got to me last night is watching the speech on C-Span, and then checking out media reaction across the board...MSNBC, PBS, CNN, FOX, etc....and to find ALL of them panning the speech at the same time. It makes it seem as if Keith is piling on at the same time the others are. That was hard for me to take.


But I respect KO and will always continue to, even when I disagree. Last night, I think he actually had a point...it wasn't the speech for those of us who are immersed in the issues of energy and climate change. (Pittsburgh was.) It was a speech to build momentum for change...and that is what I elected Barack Obama to do.

:patriot:

Since he complained endlessly and Obama turned around and got the $20 billion from BP.

...really deserves the WORST. Maybe just WORSE...for appearing to pile on. :7

Yeah I recommended too but this is a silly thread.

Duh. :)

... :hi:

Thanks for the wisdom. :hi:

...look for it now. :7

I have no problem with Keith or Rachel what so ever.

was Obama's description of the clean up.

Keith sputtered & almost went into a shout there at the end when reminding the viewers of dispersant, chemical poisoning & lack of proper protective clothing.

Keith is getting reports everyday about the atrocities of BP's calling the shots on the clean up,(and lack there of) yet Obama is trying to portray to the public that the government is in charge.

I understand his frustration.

..and I'll take this opportunity to name the two things that I found disheartening about the speech:

1. the naming of a "commission" usually means there will be no real truth-finding and no real accountability. Those of us with a little history recall far too many of these presidential commissions.

2. the praying "to get through this" signified to me a racial or cultural connotation because so many residents of the Gulf region are religious and have leaned on that to get them through other hard times. I don't know if he was trying to evoke a ministerial tone, a la MLK Jr. Perhaps. But so often those people have had nothing but prayer to sustain them, and I thought this might be a calculated suggestion to imply they should endure yet another catastrophe. It made me more afraid for them and for us all.


Back to Keith. He is paid to give his opinion after a presidential speech. He did that. He's by far the most courageous, intelligent, compassionate and fair news man America has had in a while. I fully support him and allow him opinions.

Go Keith.

Om my god, my heart sunk when he said that. Your words define "commission" perfectly...no real truth-finding and no real accountability.

I had flashbacks from the Bush era.

Warren Commission.

Lord almighty, spare us another commission. The proper alternative is Special Prosecutor or full-blown Congressional Investigation (when appropriate).

...welcome.

night's speech. He's not a continuous basher of the President like some pundits so there is no animosity ..just a plain disagreement.

...be 'piling on'with others like FOX...who always do that.

..only confirms that he's correct. Keep speaking the truth, Keith.

And Rachel. And Thom. And Mike Malloy. And Ed Schultz. And Norman Goldman. And whomever else I'm forgetting (caffeine hasn't saturated the brain yet)

When he's in error, he says so and apologizes for it. How many others do that?

The big issue with Obama's speech last night was the buildup in the M$M. People like Tweety, and Chuck Todd, and other assholes like them. They made this speech out to be something huge. With that expectation going into it, yes, it was disappointing.

Removing the M$M bullshit from the situation, I think Obama did what he intended to do, no more and no less.

...with you. :)

And other members of the "left wing media" who are actually willing to call things as they see them instead of sticking to a series of pre-approved talking points.

...for many of us...during dark times... that I will ALWAYS appreciate. :patriot:

I can disagree with the man if I find his statements incorrect, it has nothing to do with whether I watch the show or not.

...:)

...here who never knew. I'm really glad to know I'm not the only one who remembers. :)

Especially in light of current developments

:bounce:

And no matter where we go from here, the Obama Administration is playing pickup from the last few months of "compromise."

Will they get ahead of things rather than trying to massage a status quo he inherited? I sure hope so.

like all of them. Sometimes he's worth watching. Sometimes not.

Why invest any more energy into him than what that is worth?

...and a true American patriot..

the guy doesn't even vote. Hard for me to take him seriously at all.

do you people who keep spouting off about him "not voting" know WHY he doesn't vote??

Gak gak gak. :banghead:

gak indeed.

I feel as if I've slipped down the rabbit hole here. :crazy:

to be real American heros in these times.

Especially Stewart, he found a way to get the truth to a mass audience in the era of BushCo

...amazing. :)

And so what? Neither am I!

But we all have our good points,
and that's worth appreciating!

...humanity around. :)

even though we don't always agree

:patriot:

But I'm glad that KO, Ed Schultz, Rachel and to a lesser extent Tweety don't march in lockstep like Faux personalities to the party. I'm glad they can take Obama and other Dems to task with equal vigor that they take to the RW. They are truly "Fair and Balanced" unlike the propaganda network that uses that slogan.

And IMHO some DU'ers today are crying like Glenn Beck because KO and Tweety dared to criticize Obama's speech.

I'm not watching MSNBC again.....Waaaaaaaah!

Well fine, the damn RW likes to crow progressive liberal talk doesn't sell soap. Maybe they are right. Sure sounds like it from some of the bawling here today.

Just don't complain when the ratings drop and GE decides to go more Scarborough than Maddow.

He's doing whatever he can to attract viewers... even if they are RW.

His ratings are just fine, and he doesn't give a damn about attracting right-wingers.

The ratings were in a bit of a funk when he came back after his father's extended illness & death.

But right now his ratings are doing very well thank you. I'm kind of a cable news ratings junky so I look at them daily.

:thumbsup:

like Billo. Last night he wasn't acting like an objective news commentator but like, well....Billo!

What I don't get is all those who maintain great respect for the president while having such low expectations for his job performance.

...his job performance is pretty damned good, considering the hand he has been dealt.

:woohoo:

:kick:

He's the flip side of O'Reilly, which explains his obsession with him. Two peas in a pod, they are - from opposite ends.

It's a lie and you know it. KO, unlike Billo, deals in facts.

whole damned channel. :puke:

:rofl:

president declared 'mission accomplished' in Iraq" and replaced it with the number of days since the oil spill started. He was in the thousands and stopped for THIS.

It's a freaking hemorrhage in the floor of the ocean!

Sure he's a progressive voice and we need him. I'm free to be tired of it, however.

I prefer the blowhards of DU anyhow. More informative.

Me, too.

He comtinues to tell the truth as he sees it, most times I agree, sometimes I don't, but I always respect him and find what he has to say worth hearing.

Those who supported him during Bush but are now tuning him out because of his O criticism are really only mnake themselves look as pathetic as those over at FR who wouldn't tolerate a negative word about W.

Blind hero worship is dangerous shit, no matter which side it comes from.

As Craig Ferguson said on his show last night (after using a giraffe puppet as a BP spokesman, which was hilarious), "sometimes, only a curse word will do."

He takes the angle that will get him the most press and ratings

The man does not even vote and true patriot would vote

I don't demand 100% of my opinions to be voiced by anybody but me.

controversy is good for TV shows.