He just went LEFT! WOW! I just watched KO claim the left of the leftwing party :)

I love it! Way left of Rachel or Ed, waaaaaayyyy left! Pretty damn close to where Thom Hartmann is...And I absolutely love it!!!

If you don't get Current, you need to do something...FAST!

Pradaxa, Spiriva, Durango, Geico, FurnitureFix, and Wonderfile. I like the Wonderfile.

and more outspoken lefties.

GRITtv has been shut down since a few weeks ago on Free Speech TV. Don't know if its budgets that they are fighting, since she's already shrank her show from an hour long format to a half hour format earlier. At the end of her last show, she mentioned they are looking at putting together a weekly hour show to start in the Fall, but didn't sound certain about it. Would think if she only has an hourly show, she'd have a lot of time on her hands to be a correspondent too.

She is so professional and intelligent. I always wondered why she didn't get more airtime. Good suggestion.

but they felt it would compromise the integrity of the show.

Or something like that.

But if the corporate sponsorship - aka advertising - does not interfere with content, then go for it. Or connect with Current TV and concentrate the progressive movement on Current TV. Your one-stop shop for reality-based news and commentary.

Just look at whats happened to MSNBC and Huffpo recently. They're both on a downhill slide.

Free Speech TV (the network that carried GritTV) is awesome, however. They still have Democracy Now, and Thom Hartmann.

Fox is the manure spreading monolith. HuffPo had potential to combat that, at least online, but we all see what happened there. MSNBC - again, the potential was there, but they demonstrated the timidity of most Democrats. GritTV and other progressive outlets are tiny in contrast. Current TV with KO and other intelligent programming could begin to serve as a counterbalance. I'm not suggesting necessarily that all the other progressive outlets be rolled in - that's probably not consistent with the models envisioned with by the other outlets or by Current, but the more powerful the programming, and the more powerful the voice from Current, there's at least a fighting chance to act as a counterweight to the RW propaganda.

its about making sure they stay out of the running of your network, sponsors should not have
the power to dictate how you run your network or do your journalistic job.

I sure hope that their contracts states clearly that no sponsor is allowed a say as to how
the show is run, otherwise take your business elsewhere.

I never see anything like that on MSM.

It felt so good to see him and countdown again. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Lexus...He did have some heavy hitting advertisers.

Watching TV with commercials is going to take some getting used to.

KO is BACK!

This much opinion that I agree with.

PSA

the side of the rebels.

Weird, extremely satisfying...To me at least!

http://ready-tv.com/?p=109

They carry Current and several others.

I just read your post and Countdown is starting right now-

Thanks again - gotta' go!

bookmarked.

:thumbsup:

And I have had Dish Network. Bad reception every time it rains or is overcast.

You should not have suffered any reception problems except in the worst downpours. It would have been correctable.

And some other trees across the street in the spring and summer would blossom, and the leaves cut my reception. And I could do nothing about that. They are not on my property.

Everybody denies a connection, but ... I think it's pretty obvious.

for now, at least. If BH dares to drop Current at some point, I'll gladly switch to a competitor to keep it.

:loveya:

I'll have to catch it then. I get it on my Comcast Cable believe it or not.

I only have cable Internet – just “antenna” TV – but learned that you can watch Olbermann for FREE at this website (NOTE: Not sure what will be showing if you go there now):
http://ready-tv.com/?p=109

I have no idea if they offer CC (Closed Captioning, which I would need since I'm deaf) but the price sure is right in case Current TV is one of those premium stations.

Olbermann is also available for FREE through the Apple iTunes Store – but you’ve got to setup an account, download some software and then subscribe … so I’ll let you just read the procedure where I found it:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/19/986692/-For-Those-Who-Do-NOT-Have-Access-to-CurrentTV

Possibly another link, here:

http://www.justin.tv/streammedia#/w/1361599616/6

Looks like a good link. I just compared it to my Dish feed and Dish is about 2 seconds behind the Ready-TV feed. Plus Ready-TV says "24/7" so that would allow multiple viewings of Countdown and other Current TV programs throughout the night and daytime.

Cheers! :toast:

I like his take on events.

when is Keith on -- is that video I see of today's show or what?

We still need TEXT -- !!

positions are considered "left".

My favorite moment was his "special comment," which he delivered right after the Michael Moore segment. (Apologies for any errors in transcription.)

"It is fitting at this point I think to tell you, in the briefest of "Special Comments" tonight, what it is we intend to be doing here. This is to be a newscast of contextualization. It is to be presented with a viewpoint -- that the weakest citizen of this country is more important than the strongest corporation. That the nation is losing its independence through the malfeasance of one political party and the timidity of another. And that even though you and I should not have to be the last line of defense, apparently we are -- so we damn well better start being it. The words of another are suited to this moment. This is from, of all things, Harriet Beecher Stowe's magazine profile of Abraham Lincoln, written in 1863. It pertained to the actual Civil War then, and pertains to the silent civil war being waged against us now. She wrote: 'The revolution through which the American nation is passing is not a mere local convulsion. It is a war for principle, which concerns all mankind. It is the war for the working classes of mankind as against the usurpations of privileged aristocracies. You can make nothing else out of it. That is the reason why, like a shaft of light in the Judgment Day, it has gone through all nations -- dividing to the right and left the multitudes. For us and our cause: all the common working classes of Europe, all that toil and sweat and are oppressed. Against us: all privileged classes, nobles, princes, bankers, and great manufacturers, and all who live at ease. A silent instinct piercing to the dividing of soul and spirit, joints and marrow, has gone through the earth, and sent every soul with instinctive certainty where it belongs. No sophistry could blind or deceive them. They knew that our cause was their cause, and they have suffered their part heroically as if fighting by our side, because they knew that our victory was to be their victory. On the other side, all aristocrats and holders of exclusive privileges have felt the instinctive opposition, and the sympathy with struggling aristocracy, for they too feel that our victory will be their doom.'"

Dang...!

I agree, we are the last line of defense.
We're going to have to push Obama off of the fence of indecision.

Get out and drive down the highway sometime.
You're either in the right lane or going the wrong way.
The only thing in the middle of the road is roadkill!!

but admitted he was wrong and that Obama was right, about the necessity of passing it?

Of course, I find it amazing that a contrary view could possibly be considered liberal, but some people seem to think otherwise. I don't think Olbermann has changed at all. He's a rational progressive. He always in the past held the Obama administration's feet to the fire, and he is today.

to the right that a moderately center-left progressive comes across as a wild-eyed radical.

a very good show to watch.

:kick:

it's set to dvr M-F. Vanguard - the documentary show that airs after it on current - is quite good too.

Have you got $80/month for me to get satellite TV? Well, neither do I. :(

The cable companies are already quietly doing all they can to stop Keith from getting ratings--putting Current on a higher tier, or dropping it entirely, the very week before Countdown debuted. Being that one of the satellite companies is owned by Pirate Rupert, it's just a matter of time before the only way we'll be able to see Keith is on YouTube, the internet, or Dish.

IMHO, Current ought to sue the carriers that have engaged in such shady practices. Don't they have contracts? How can they just drop channels like this? A good lawsuit might give Current the financial boost it needs, LOL!

A few years there was a stock swap: Liberty Media owned a significant part of News Corp. "Pirate Rupert" wanted more control over News Corp so a stock swap was arranged: Liberty Media would get News Corps' DirecTV stock in exchange for Liberty's News Corp stock.

Why Current ended up on higher tiers is simple: no-one watched them! If Current ends up being wildly popular, Current can re-negotiate its carriage terms later on and insist on being on a lower tier. It's the same old "demand/supply" issue. Also Current is on one of Dish's higher tiers anyway (the 200+ package).

great first show!!:dem:

Wonder if Direct TV has it?

will go nuts.

nt

Which would have been about halfway through Markos' appearance. I'm not the biggest fan of Scarborough, but I felt like watching that sort of petty, vindictive crap was a waste of my time and, more importantly, Olbermann's.

Unfortunately, that means I missed that righteous special comment, but I caught it on DU today.

Or CIA plant or some-such? True or not, he creeps me out.

Olbermann can amass a shitload of progressive credibility without dragging Markos into the community swimming pool.

I don't believe he is either a rightwinger or some CIA asset. I just didn't care for the schoolyard-like tit-for-tat that went on after his political commentary. It's childish.

(Also, I just realized that I missed the special comment because it was at the beginning of the show, not the end, and I missed the first few minutes of the thing as well, damn it.)

can have regular guests banned to keep a Congressman's dirty little secrets secret.

I took this segment as one on censorship by MSNBC.

Where in hell did that come from? I've seen absolutely no evidence of that.
Sounds like a RW tool trying to smear someone who is as Lefty as the day is long.

... I recall some kind of drama a year or so ago about KOS being 'uncovered' as either a CIA plant or a RW plant. I don't give a rats' ass about him enough to have followed whatever results anyone turned up.

And just because you've 'seen absolutely no evidence' doesn't mean it didn't happen. Google is your friend. :eyes:

but as you've seen fit to roll your eyes, I'll just observe what a fricking ray of sunshine you are, my dear. :rofl:

I do like Keith but I miss the day when the news came from someone who didn't represent the left or the right but just the people who are watching.

I'd rather just read my news and form my own opinion.

But having said that I do wish him the best of luck with his new show.

It is a social, political and current event commentary/talk show. It isn't called Current News with Keith Olbermann.

I wish we still had the "news" like we used to. My parents watched Cronkite. It lasted only 30 minutes in the evening. I remember lots of Vietnam war footage. If something really important happened they interrupted regular programming.

THIS is where the Democratic Party needs to take its cues from to determine the point to START bargaining with the Republican Cult. Not from the losing right of center starting position we begin from now.

:bounce:

:kick:

I grabbed the hour via DirecTV, then started watching it at about 8:30. Since he rolled over the top of the hour, I missed the tail end of Markos. If you record it, record the following show too. (I'm accustomed to doing this for Pittsburgh Penguin games.)

Current! Please stream full episodes on your website! Or create a Roku channel! Please!

I watched it last night online it was just perfect, Keith looked wonderful and handsome as ever! There is a website that a very nice member posted where anyone can watch it, nice and clear as can be! Try it, don't miss it!

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Yes! Go Keith!

Olbermannn is a centrist. Claiming to be waaaaaaay left is the frame Republicans put on everyone who isn't to the right of Attila the Hun.

KO.

in this Orwellian decade the further left you get, at least as far as pugs and their very own MSM are concerned.