Just when you thought Keith Olbermann couldn't go any lower, he plunges to new depths that seem almost unimaginable for someone pawning himself off as a journalist.
On Friday, the "Countdown" host actually told his viewers that National Review editor Rich Lowry's published opinion of Sarah Palin's performance during Thursday's debate "read like soft core porn."
MSNBC's leading on-air personality disgustingly concluded: "I don`t really care if you sat there last night during the debate and masturbated. But was it really necessary to tell America about it?"
What follows is a partial transcript of Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" segment (video embedded right, relevant section at 1:30, h/t NB reader Teresa Kroker):
But our winner tonight, actually topping that, Rich Lowry of "National Review." Thinking Governor Palin did well last night is not a ludicrous position. It`s not a criminal offense. It`s an opinion. But when you`re opinion starts to read like soft core porn, you may be explaining more about Sarah Palin`s appeal to the far right than you want. Here is Mr. Lowry`s opinion, as he posted it in full today: "A very wise TV executive once told me that the key to TV is projecting through the screen. It`s one of the keys to the success of, say, a Bill O`Reilly, who comes through the screen and grabs you by the throat. Palin too projects through the screen like crazy. I`m sure I`m not the only male in American who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, hey, I think she just winked at me.
"And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling. It was almost mesmerizing. It sent little star bursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can`t be learned. It`s either something you have or you don`t. Man, she`s got it."
Look, sir, I don`t really care if you sat there last night during the debate and masturbated. But was it really necessary to tell America about it? Rich, sitting up a little straighter on the couch, Lowry of "National Review" online, today`s worst person -- please sit back from your TV, sir - - in the world!
Wow. The good folks at General Electric should be so proud.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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Another wonderfully
October 5, 2008 - 00:22 ET by GregEAnother wonderfully intellectual moment by the great Olberboy. No one saw it as "soft core porn" except Keith, who read it in way that no one else did. Maybe he's dialed in to Lowry "that way."
Where is NOW?
October 5, 2008 - 03:28 ET by wdhorningWhere is the National Organizaiton for Woman?
You know you have to wonder what N.O.W. stands for anymore. I mean, first they gave Bill Clinton a slap on the wrist for his behavior, including being found liable for a sexual assault by a court of law, and accused by over 30 women of sexual assaults, including a few other rapes.
Now Sarah Palin is attacked by a bunch of sexists pigs in the Democrat party, and NOW is not on the scene. They have not stood up to these vicious, degrading attacks on Sarah Palin, which is complicity.
And the reason is simple, they are all a bunch of low-life, elitist, cheap "whores," in my opinion, and with Sarah Palin on the scene, unconditional hypocrites.
In fact, by believing that choosing to let a baby die is OK, they have lowered the self-esteem of women, not raised it, because if a woman has not got the the strength to raise a baby, or even give it up for adoption, tell me how that isn't lowered self-esteem? It is cowardly, its feeble-minded, it pathetic and it is as close to Hitler style genocide as you can get.
NOW, with their silence on
October 5, 2008 - 12:53 ET by GregENOW, with their silence on Clinton vs women, and now the Democrat Party/MSM vs Palin, is as exposed as they could ever be as a liberal organization. Not that WE didn't know this, but at this point there's enough material for anyone who will just open their eyes to see it.
Similar to the NAACP. It's not for the advancement of minorities, it's for the advancement of liberal minorities.
I thought I saw a wink.
October 5, 2008 - 00:14 ET by fastfood.
I believe KO needs some serious therapy.
October 5, 2008 - 00:19 ET by IamTinmanI don't care how desperate he is, Barack needs to disavow any connection with Keith, the man's totally lost it!
Between Keiths masturbatory fantasies and Chrissies tingles MSNBC is gathering a very kinky reputation. The network ought to consider moving in a different direction.
Evidently, though
October 5, 2008 - 00:22 ET by TheBigBKeith was able to stop while he only needed glasses.
Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl.
I can't remember.......
October 5, 2008 - 06:25 ET by old crowas Keefy Boy was sitting next to Chrissy when he got "that tingle up his leg"?
Amazing how these perverts
October 5, 2008 - 00:28 ET by TheAssessorAmazing how these perverts run all over themselves trying to talk dirty. It's not called masturbating Olby.. it's called getting a tingle up your leg. Get with the program.. sheesh
"I have a bracelet too" ..Barak Obama, Political Sociopath
Olbermann probably still
October 5, 2008 - 09:24 ET by kgOlbermann probably still has masturbating on his mind after sitting across from Maddow all those months knowing he had no chance. And when Lowry mention the dreaded "O" word (O`Reilly) Olbermann went nuts. Unfortunately it is not a new low for Olbermann.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Might it have been Keithie who "fired the surgeon general"...
October 5, 2008 - 00:34 ET by R D Helm...during the debate?
Assuming, of course, that he could locate his tweezers. :-^)
-Dave
If this nation is to be saved, it will be libertarian principles that save it.
...and magnifying
October 5, 2008 - 00:43 ET by bigtimer...and magnifying glass...
Let's not forget that Dave.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
bt, LMAO!
October 5, 2008 - 02:16 ET by R D HelmWhat a sight that must have been.
-Damn glad I didn't see it. :-O
-Dave
If this nation is to be saved, it will be libertarian principles that save it.
Magnifying glass isn't powerful enough
October 5, 2008 - 12:25 ET by AFCloneHe needs the Hubble Telescope
MSNBC and NBC, sinking lower and lower and lower
October 5, 2008 - 00:44 ET by mom_roxOn tonight's Saturday Night Live (NBC), Tina Fey (portraying Gov. Palin) had this comment about gay marriage:
Another hypocritical example where it is acceptable to attack the children of the Republican candidate, but don't dare say anything but glowing praises about Barack's wife.
regarding Barack Obama's tax plan - I never received a job from a poor person.
Oink, Oink
October 5, 2008 - 03:29 ET by wdhorningLike pigs, they do not realize the mud they wallow in is filthy.
now it makes sense
October 5, 2008 - 00:52 ET by ScandimanNow I know why KO is so blind to reality! Keith O, you're the master!
Flush!
October 5, 2008 - 01:05 ET by RHRobinsonMDI think Keith is circling the drain.
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. - Robert Heinlein
I bet something
October 5, 2008 - 01:06 ET by ConLosRepublicanosNoI
bet that Olbermann, Maddow and Chris Matthews had an org**** during Obama's
convention speech. Olbermann is a moron, watched by leftists and Marxists, so
he is out of touch with Americans, who cares what he thinks or says.
Obama: "No, if we're going to ask questions about who is promulgating negative ads that are completely unrelated to the issues at hand, I think I win that contest pr
I thank all NB staff for watching KO's show
October 5, 2008 - 01:16 ET by Scout FinchSo that we don't have to. But for those posters who choose to watch this angry, bitter Neanderthal blathering away on TV, well..........you have no one to blame but yourself for tuning in.
Unless you're tuning in for a good laugh!
KOed
October 5, 2008 - 01:16 ET by well99What a joke.Everytime he hears Obama he puts his gerbils to work.Someone should let PETA know.
Uh...ewwwww
October 5, 2008 - 02:48 ET by AgentAmericanNow how am I going to get some sleep?
There was the promo for Without A Trace with a disturbing scene of a girl locked in a crate durning last week's football game. It was disturbing until the image of Keithamphetimine playing with...uh....
Drill ANWAR
AA
October 5, 2008 - 03:05 ET by well99How do you think those gerbils feel.
Probably unsatisfied
October 5, 2008 - 12:26 ET by AFCloneDidn't realize anything was going on, it was so small
lol
October 5, 2008 - 14:05 ET by well99Target ceasefire.A song for the poor gerbils.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVDM0a49Lw
Olbermann..the
October 5, 2008 - 01:20 ET by bigtimerOlbermann..the walking-talking perfect description for the green-eyed monster...
In more ways than one...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
he should be ashamed
October 5, 2008 - 01:26 ET by Wesen"If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."
I think the GE CEO had
October 5, 2008 - 02:01 ET by Captain RepusI think the GE CEO had better order about 30 pounds of Saltpeter for his trio of over-aroused slimesters. Between being Obammy's hatchet crew, Matthews tingling groin and dripping mouth and watching Obermoron's orgasm as he talks about his sick images of other peoples sexual gratification, these people all need some serious therapy. Do any of these MSDNC people have any female companions or have they already achieved gratification by the time they come home from the office.
Oh, I forgot about the new guy, Maddow. Maybe I now have a little better understanding about what his function is.
I think if any folks have teenage boys working as interns in the MSDNC studios they might consider giving them periodic hickey inspections and lab tests.
CR
October 5, 2008 - 02:06 ET by Noel SheppardCR,
Do you think saltpeter would work on putzes like Matthews, Olbermann, and -- yes -- Maddow? :-) ns
Not sure. Surgery might be a
October 5, 2008 - 02:13 ET by Captain RepusNot sure. Surgery might be a better option and we would get the added benefit of their voices being a higher pitch. Hmm.... wonder what the ....... hmmm....
Be Nice To GE's Pets
October 5, 2008 - 02:39 ET by stratmanChemical castration with something like Lupron would work and be PETA approved.
Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately for them, Lupron use in males may cause breast growth.
While Chrissy Matthews has probably already worn a man-bra, I sure Olberdung will giggle like a school girl in his first training bra.
Have there ever been such media disgraces as much as Matthews and Olbermann?
I said a little prayer last
October 5, 2008 - 02:47 ET by Captain RepusI said a little prayer last night that Obammy would never be elected president. God's answer was "Not in my lifetime"
I sure hope he a man of his word.
General Electric and their prize.
October 5, 2008 - 02:10 ET by VinncyGOnly a loosing, extremely low rated cable network have the stupidity of actually cutting a check and paying someone who is as classless, despicable, disgusting, uninformed and a no talent bum like Keith Olbermann.
By General Electric allowing this A-hole to represent a company they own demonstrates why their stock is exactly where it belongs in the tank, financial crisis or not.
Olbermann was no doubt...
October 5, 2008 - 02:33 ET by jawebster1reflecting his feelings and the feelings of his fellow DNC spokesperson who got tingly sensations running up his leg listening to Obama. The man is a pervert. It is there for all to see. Jim Webster
Olbermann needs a fist
October 5, 2008 - 02:50 ET by Lame CherryI believe Bill Buckley said something to that liberal sap who is worshipped by Mr. and Mrs. Susan Sarandon about knocking his block off.
I would knock Olbermann's block off, pull out Letterman's fake teeth and let Olbermann chew on them.
These perverts can not play nice and think everyone thinks of women as sperm dumps. It is past time a price is paid in an old fashioned way in if they can not behave then they will feel.
*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS
He's The World's Biggest Pervert
October 5, 2008 - 02:55 ET by AgentAmericanMark Levin has called the biggest pervert in the world
http://marklevinshow...
And this latest spew of toxic nonsense just confirmed it.
Drill ANWAR
The brave new world of journalism...
October 5, 2008 - 03:10 ET by wnaegeleSigh!
Bathtub Boy - It's time to say good night
October 5, 2008 - 03:16 ET by MSD6How in the world can GE, NBC and MSNBC keep paying this guy. His ratings are in the tank and he brings nothing but ridicule and scorn on the organization. I understand GE has lost about half their market value and have big problems to solve. But they have to be the dumbest company around if they don't start with the easy dismissal of Olbermann. It's a no brain-er. Please bring back some resemblance of integrity.
"Nutjob" Olby is just
October 5, 2008 - 03:20 ET by tomnkiki"Nutjob" Olby is just jealous because it would confirm his gay-ness if he talked about his beloved Obamassiah that way.
wait
October 5, 2008 - 03:32 ET by dark_dsWait Im a pervert and I feel tainted and wronged by people calling Olberman a pervert....do not lump me in with his kind.... he is a self center, self important windbag ... I just like women ... he loves himself and Obama of course
Keep your hands where we can see 'em, boys . . .
October 5, 2008 - 06:08 ET by GalvanicIt's been fascinating observing the reactions of left-wing bloggers and pundits to attractive conservative women. Their vitriolic rants immediately boil down to sexual visualization.
Their arrested-adolescent cravings for the likes of Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter are mixing with their deranged hatred for any politics to the right of their own, and creating a political tone more suited for a junior high school boys room than a public debate.
Whether it's Olbermann or Sarah Bernhardt, their sexual longing for the woman they can't have (Palin) is as obvious as it is pathetic.
Galv -- I realize you are
October 5, 2008 - 07:51 ET by Jack BauerGalv -- I realize you are not a psychiatrist, but you do play one very well on NB.
You are on to something here. Every motivated male "college leftist" I ever came across seemed to have stopped developing intellectually at fourteen years old.
Maybe that explains why the left in general is so obsessed with two things: sex and abortion.
Now (to me) there is nothing wrong about a healthy sexual appetite, but a 14 year old male isn't in a position to be the arbiter of sexual morays.
Also ... it seems that leftists do spend a lot of time fantasizing about conservative women being raped -- sometimes by gangs of black men.
Nice people, huh?
NBC
October 5, 2008 - 06:12 ET by ForbusI'm sure Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Frank McGee, Tim Russert would be so proud of NBC these days.
What a creep
October 5, 2008 - 06:53 ET by MOONSTRUCKAfter hearing what keith said about Rich Lowry, it got me thinking what does keith do during dave's show??? What a (bunch) pukes!
I checked my DVR this morning, and deleted the only show I was taping from nbc. I feel guilty for even having the one, but it is gone, gone, gone!! Like barry in November!
Rolling in their graves for
October 5, 2008 - 09:06 ET by SeashellRolling in their graves for sure. So sad.
Remember folks...
October 5, 2008 - 07:44 ET by Roger the ShrubberThe First Rule of Liberalism: Accuse the Right of doing exactly what the Left is doing.
I am sure there is some Jergens underneath Keef's studio desk.
No Roger
October 5, 2008 - 07:51 ET by well99More than likely it is sandpaper.
KO
October 5, 2008 - 08:15 ET by GOPG8RHow does he stay on air?? MSNBC has truly lost me as a viewer as long as he is ever on their payroll. He's insane!
I agree. He becomes more
October 5, 2008 - 08:30 ET by motherbeltI agree. He becomes more disgusting by the week.
I have GE appliances in my kitchen. I'm seriously thinking of going after them like the lady in the LG commercial...LOL
I will never buy another GE appliance.
Didn't someone here post contact info for Jeffrey Immelt?
I would love to have it if anyone reading can provide it.
and Phil Griffen's info. as
October 5, 2008 - 09:09 ET by Seashelland Phil Griffen's info. as well. I honestly just don't know what these guys are thinking.
That Wink
October 5, 2008 - 08:29 ET by MystapittKO is right about one thing. Sara was not winking at Rich. She was winking at me!! I know she was...I saw it
Mystapitt, Rich, Pat - discuss amongst yourselves
October 5, 2008 - 09:20 ET by mom_roxPat Buchanan said that Sarah was winking at him. ;)
regarding Barack Obama's tax plan - I never received a job from a poor person.
In psychological terms, Obie
October 5, 2008 - 09:14 ET by gueinIn psychological terms, Obie is exhibiting a classic case of projection: attributing to others the behavior you see in yourself.
Dead Last
October 5, 2008 - 09:16 ET by TexndocMildly amusing he would bring up the record numbers for the VP debate. Fox News had the highest viewership in it's history I've read on Drudge, PMSNBC solidified it's last place status by of course coming in last place.
I can't believe this guy
October 5, 2008 - 09:35 ET by MazziI can't believe this guy still has a job. But it's the typical liberal attitude - if something doesn't work so well, keep trying try the same thing.
Einstein may well have been speaking of liberals when he defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results".
"We just want truth, we want fairness. We want that balance." ~ Sarah Palin (re: hypocricy of the press)
GE - A traitior???
October 5, 2008 - 09:48 ET by pocomocoWow. The good folks at General Electric should be so proud.
GE is having its own problems as its CEO is running it into the ground and is being roundly criticized for dealing with Iran, a country that is responsible for killing our troops, as well as helping them with their nuclear program. As a result consumers are refusing to by GE products.
You could say that GE is sleeping with the enemy.
As for Olbermann:
Wise Men Learn More From Fools, Than Fools Learn From Wise Men! (my fortune cookie)
I just sent the following
October 5, 2008 - 09:58 ET by ThisnThatI just sent the following message to GE:
I'll start off with a reminder from your home web page: "At GE, it isn’t enough to think big. Imagination must be practiced within boundaries of ethics, compliance and integrity".
Now, let me tell you that for a while I have purposely avoided buying GE products. This is because of your ownership of NBC; in particular, MSNBC, which employs Keith Obermann and Chris Mathews, among others. NBC has not only become the laughingstock of all media, they have been consistantly amongst the most policially biased, to the point where I simply can not trust information from them.
Friday, however, marked a new chapter in MSNBC's sordid history -- whereby a clear violation of ethics, compliance and integrity occured. Keith Olbermann, on Countdown, actually told his viewers that National Review editor Rich Lowry's published opinion of Sarah Palin's performance during Thursday's debate "read like soft core porn."
Obermann is supposedly MSNBC's leading on-air personality. Well, he didn't stop there. Instead, he concluded: "I don`t really care if you sat there last night during the debate and MASTURBATED. But was it really necessary to tell America about it?"
I beleive GE owes the nation an appology -- not for what Obermann said, but for owning NBC and encouraging this type of behavior. GE has had lots of opportunities the past few years to reign in this type of behavior, but has failed to do so. You need to do this now.
Finally, I see that your stock value is plummeting. While I like to think I caused that, I know that I am only one person. But, multiply my reaction multiple times over, and I believe you might have a serious problem on your hands -- because you have delibertly violated your own ethical standards.
Have a nice day.
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TnT...can you provide the
October 5, 2008 - 10:10 ET by motherbeltTnT...can you provide the address please?
TIA
MB
October 5, 2008 - 10:24 ET by ThisnThatI used the Contact link from here: http://www.ge.com/company/
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Only If....
October 5, 2008 - 10:16 ET by flyingmonkeyIf only Olbermann's daddy had masterbated instead...
»→ flyingmonkey
October 5, 2008 - 11:07 ET by Cool ArrowOr practiced an age-old Democrat tradition of withdrawal before completing the mission.
We kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon - Joe Biden
CA
October 5, 2008 - 14:12 ET by well99Glad I wasnt drinking coffee while reading the post lol.
This is what I sent them:
October 5, 2008 - 11:04 ET by sherylsimsI must tell you that I am very disappointed in the material that is being broadcast under the disguise of "news" from your company MSNBC. The most recent disappointment (laying aside all the blatant, obvious biased "reporting" for now) is Keith Oberman's opinionated rant concerning a review of the VP debate, calling it "Soft core porn" and then suggesting that the reporter masterbated during the debates. I realize that as a 50 year old I may be more shocked at that kind of thing than other people younger than I am, but I believe that was wholly inappropriate and also embarassingly wrong. You should do something about this, or you should have the decency to at least be ashamed of yourselves for allowing it. I doubt I will ever need anything you sell badly enough to be able to look past this and buy from you ever again. Sorry.
This coming from a man who
October 5, 2008 - 11:08 ET by Richard RomanoThis coming from a man who regularly fantasizes over an Obama presidency and uses KOS as a bona-fide news source. Yeah Keith, we believe in you.
That explains it
October 5, 2008 - 12:40 ET by CobraMan"A very wise TV executive once told me that the key to TV is projecting through the screen."
That explains MSNBC's low ratings, especially Olbermann's. It's hard to attract, and keep, viewers when you are always projecting yourself as a per-pubescent, undignified spoiled brat with poor judgment, shallow intellect, and absolutely no morals.
Keep up the "good" work, Olbermann, the 12-14 year old market is your largest base.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
This is the last part of
October 5, 2008 - 13:42 ET by motherbeltThis is the last part of what I sent them:
Mr. Olbermann AND the GE company owe the nation an apology. GE should insist that Mr. Olbermann apologize ON THE AIR, and without the usual snarky sarcasm that he mistakes for wit.
He should be considered an embarrassment to your brand. I will never buy another GE appliance, and will recommended the same to everyone I know, as long as you support MSNBC and Keith Olbermann.
Do the right thing.
Let's all write to them....TnT posted the link to the site for contact onfo!
I did
October 6, 2008 - 11:30 ET by MazziI agree. we MUST do our part in holding companies feet to the flames. In a company the size of GE, one comment represents 1000 consumers. One comment means nothing. 50 comments gets an eyebrow-raise. 1000 comments get noticed, and 20,000+ may get the guy fired!
Petitions are not good enough (thats the lazy lib way) - but a short individual email is potentially useful.
Here it is again: https://www.ge.com/contact/contact_form.html
Keep your fingers crossed!
(BTW - when I sent a complaint to Joseph A. Banks for advertising on Olbermann's show, I got a canned, but very detailed, response. That told me that they have gotten enough complaints that they have had to create a response to it. That's a good sign, in my opinion! I am curious to see GE's response.)
"We just want truth, we want fairness. We want that balance." ~ Sarah Palin (re: hypocricy of the press)
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Here's the response I got
October 7, 2008 - 20:04 ET by ThisnThatHere's the response I got back from GE to my complaint:
Do you think they care that I won't buy any more of their stupid light bulbs -- or refrigerators? They must be rolling in dough.
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If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a Soldier. - My barber
This is a clear case of
October 5, 2008 - 14:40 ET by Free StinkerThis is a clear case of Olberman "projecting".
Tonight
October 7, 2008 - 16:22 ET by Jack Hermanwhen Keith and Chris get those tingly feelings in their legs, they can just fondle each other.