Update/Correction: It seems Chris Matthews, not Keith Olbermann muttered "Oh, God!" as Gov. Jindal walked out to deliver the Republican Response to the President's address to Congress. My apologies for the confusion. The text below is corrected according.
In another journalistic new low, MSNBC's Chris Matthews apparently mumbled the words "Oh God" after he introduced Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, the Republican who gave the GOP response following President Barack Obama's address to Congress Tuesday.
With a picture of the Governor's mansion on screen, Olbermann stated the following (video embedded below the fold):
Chris, stand by, Rachel, stand by, we're getting that cue from Baton Rouge where Gov. Jindal of Louisiana is set to deliver the Republican response to President Obama. It is entitled "Americans Can Do Anything." Here's Gov. Jindal.
As Jindal walked towards the camera, a hushed voice, apparently Matthews', said, "Oh God" as others were heard laughing in the background.
Now THAT'S good journalism!
*****Update: As Drudge has now picked up this story, there's destined to be debate as to who said "Oh God"? Michael Calderone over at Politico agrees with me. However, the folks at Real Clear Politics are a tad more undecided.
A reader just e-mailed me saying he thinks it's Matthews, but the more I listen to it, the more it sounds like Olbermann.
What do you think?
*****Update II: TVNewser claims "sources" told them it was Matthews. Such sources might be right, or might be protecting Olbermann. I guess we won't know until someone fesses up and apologizes. Good luck!
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Kweef
February 24, 2009 - 23:24 ET by JohnJDunbar"Oh God". That is what God probably utters every time he hears Kweefy Olbergirl speak.
bear in mind
February 24, 2009 - 23:41 ET by LoosMooseYou must bear in mind that Olberman is nothing more than a stooge for the network. A paid professional irritant. He is not there for any form of communication, or dissemination of newsworthy events or information. He has nothing of value to say, and only offers his own personal comments which he works into a mash of the most hateful and personal attacks he can manage. Actually, when you consider how easy that is to do, you begin to appreciate how little talent the man has. Once you recognize him for what he is, you can truly begin to understand how weak and worthless he truly is, and what a disappointment.
Imagine setting out to become a professional journalist, and being forced to settle for a position where you have no credibility, and your only purpose for being on the air is to antagonize anyone that doesn't agree with your network's policy. Olberman is to journalism what the faucet is to the water works, he just spews, and the network has control of the handle.
I had a nightmare that Keith Olberman was run over by a bus,....... and lived.
BINGO
February 25, 2009 - 06:26 ET by God Bless the USAYou hit the nail on the head! Great description.
Right; that's our Keith, No
February 25, 2009 - 07:29 ET by motherbeltRight; that's our Keith, No class, all A$$- My late mother.
And to think Keith says that what he does "is really journalism."
Right, Keith, it's the height of journalistic integrity to express your contempt when introducing someone.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
TOADIE
February 25, 2009 - 11:15 ET by cvgbuckeyeYou look up the word "TOADIE" in the dictionary and there is a picture of Olbermann and Matthews right there!
"Oh God"
February 25, 2009 - 11:28 ET by blazermaniacI'm sure that PMSNBC folks say those two words every time before those two ingrates take to the airwaves.
Olbermann
February 24, 2009 - 23:25 ET by well99Typical of that loser.He cant spell professionalism without a teleprompter let along understand the meaning of it.He is worthless as tits on a boar hog.
Funny
February 24, 2009 - 23:25 ET by KH29That's exactly what I say every time I see his program.
"There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility."
I heard - "Oh my God."Just
February 24, 2009 - 23:26 ET by scotthI heard - "Oh my God."Just sayin.
Maybe he looked down and saw his gut.
Yes, overbite. OMG . you are a fat slob.
Maybe he looked down...
February 24, 2009 - 23:38 ET by Amanda Justice.... and realized he lost his Obama woody.
I think crissy the sissy
February 25, 2009 - 16:58 ET by jistincaseI think crissy the sissy just has a thang for any man with a dark tan.
why
February 25, 2009 - 08:06 ET by AJBWHY are you watching that channel?
"Liberals - Funding and encouraging the extermination of inner city babies since 1973"
I'm glad they do watch
February 25, 2009 - 10:14 ET by CPT_ClawThey watch it so we don't have to.
olbermann takes it to a new level
February 24, 2009 - 23:27 ET by firedogI am sitting here watching this clown, I don't know why maybe morbid curiosity. To watch OlberD==che, Chrissy and their little brother Maddow is sickening. You would think that President Lincoln just gave the speach. Here is a tip for these clowns, How about a dissenting opinion, How about groing a spine and debating someone. I wish that these clowns would just lock themselves in a room and tell themselves how smart and witty they are.
Not a new low....
February 25, 2009 - 00:07 ET by ScrapironBut an accurate indication of why all the media outlet are and should go into bankruptcy. I do my part by never watching the clowns and have cancelled all but a local county paper. You will find more grown up actions in a class that rides the short bus to kindergarden than in the Lame Stream Media.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
"And their little brother
February 25, 2009 - 05:09 ET by Eugenia"And their little brother Maddow"!! Hahahahahaa!!!!!
You're hilarious! Man, that's gonna come back and make me laugh
later today. Thanks firedog!
Btw, that was totally Matthews saying oh God; that's his whiney voice. Anyway, if it were Olbie, he'd be saying "oh me."
Here is a tip for these
February 25, 2009 - 08:25 ET by SeashellHere is a tip for these clowns, How about a dissenting opinion, How about groing a spine and debating someone
Exactly. I use to enjoy watching MSNBC after speeches like this because they had exactly that: dissenting opinions. Chris Matthews was often one of them and he used to be OK.
To me MSNBC has become completely unwatchable with the exception of Morning Joe (which can get tedious at times). .
For the record it sounded like Olbe to me.
Was It the Tie
February 24, 2009 - 23:33 ET by Nortoand unbuttoned coat? That was loud!
I like Jindal, Steele, Palin, I think we have real choices in the future, and the way the popularity of the current POTUS is tanking, a base following candidate will have a good chance.
Don't worry
February 24, 2009 - 23:43 ET by KC MulvilleBased on their ratings, no one heard it anyway.
yeah but
February 25, 2009 - 08:08 ET by AJBI'm shocked at how many here watch that channel. Your provider collects statistics on what you're watching which boosts their ratings and gives them money through advertising. If NOBODY watched, then they'd go out of bidness.
"Liberals - funding and encouraging the extermination of inner city babies since 1973"
That was a new low in
February 24, 2009 - 23:58 ET by JerThat was a new low in journalism?
1. It doesn't sound like Olbermann.
2. Regardless of who may have uttered the words, they weren't necessarily being directed at Jindal.
3. Even if directed at Jindal, the utterance would have been in very poor taste, but hardly a new journalistic low.
Jer
Sure it does
February 25, 2009 - 01:12 ET by RpeggioSure it sounded exactly like bathtub boy olbermann. He's a classless talentless fatheaded big mouth that likes to hear himself talk. Not a new low in journalism, the thrill up Matthews' leg and all the other gushing over Obama by the biased media is the real journalistic low.....I for one think unbiased journalism is on life support.
oh,God...
February 25, 2009 - 00:06 ET by sawing battaWhere is the big red "X" that CNN was able to put over Cheney...?
You know, Noel, I would
February 25, 2009 - 00:07 ET by TheBigBYou know, Noel, I would almost have to argue that it sounds like Rachel Maddow. It's too high a voice to be Olby's.
".....And as we look at the News at 10 time-lapse SkyCam, we see as the sun goes down it gets dark."
It's obviously Olbermann. If
February 25, 2009 - 00:07 ET by guefyIt's obviously Olbermann. If he were a conservative, he'd be fired now!
If Limbaugh, directed at
February 25, 2009 - 00:14 ET by JerIf Limbaugh, directed at Obama, he'd get another 100 mil added to his contract.
Jer
Speaking of El Rushbo tan grande
February 25, 2009 - 05:47 ET by BobAnthonyHe will have material on DA ARAB ONE to play for the next few weeks.
Want the PLAIN truth and no spin? Listen to The Plains Radio Network online. It's like nothing you've ever heard.
www.plainsradio.com
It was Olberman. I
February 25, 2009 - 00:08 ET by RousseIt was Olberman.
I don't understand why Olberman and Matthews are even on the air. Their ratings stink, but I guess the MSNBC pool of talent is very shallow (as in---don't dive in; you'll hit your head on the bottom).
Sounds like Matthews
February 25, 2009 - 00:19 ET by MRNIt sounds like Matthews. Not Olbermann. I don't think Olbermann is capable of short sentences. Wait, i forgot, "Get a shovel."
They really don't matter anymore.
That's it
February 25, 2009 - 00:26 ET by xcor057I want MSNBS off my cable tv now. I'm calling COX to have it removed from the cable package and ask them to add Fox Business. Please do the same with your provider. Perhaps if enough do they will actually remove it.
They can be as biased as they want but I don't have to fund it.
I see someone wants cable ala carte
February 25, 2009 - 05:51 ET by BobAnthonyWELL SO DO I!
I had gotten a slip of paper from my monopoly cable outlet asking about the Cable Advisory Council. Try writing to them, although they do work with the cable outlets. As a member of the Parent's TV Council that has been one of the major goals of the group to let PEOPLE decide what they want on their cable and thus pay accordingly. Of course some cable outlets do not want ANYTHING to do with it.
Want the PLAIN truth and no spin? Listen to The Plains Radio Network online. It's like nothing you've ever heard.
www.plainsradio.com
Put them out of business
February 25, 2009 - 00:35 ET by SlyrrWith almost the entire media in Obama's pocket, and with all their 'reporters' eating the rainbows he spews out of his rectum, it may seem hopeless, but it's not.
When idiots like this say 'oh god', sneering and spitting at every Republican they see, you may feel the battle has been lost since the enemy controls the propoganda machine.
But it's not hopeless. We have the power to bring ALL of them to their knees.
Do you remember when Newsweek printed that cover which slammed and insluted Sarah Palin? They crossed the line and outrage ensued. In less than a week, furious readers were cancelling subscriptions by the hundreds.
Newsweek went into a screaming panic, issuing grovelling, snivelling apologies, offering free issues to thier subscribers, begging and pleading with them not to cancel out on them.
In short, we had them utterly at our mercy. By cancelling and walking away from these media idiots, we can do the same thing again - and again - and again. Are you sick of these lying scumbags, are you tired of watching them HELP the enemy drive the country to communism? Do you feel like there's nothing you can do to stop them?
You're wrong. Everyone - walk away from these people en masse. Turn them off for good. If you subscribe to any of them - cancel. It's time to put these liars in the doghouse where they belong. And I guarantee - once they lose enough viewers, they'll be begging you to come back.
But don't believe them. Let them wither on the vine, drop dead, and then depart to the dung heap of media history.
Make them say 'oh GOD' for a totally different reason.
Make them watch their money totally disappear, and make them watch them lose thier jobs and have to crawl to the unemployment line, weeping and wailing and gnashing their teeth.
Wrong
February 25, 2009 - 00:36 ET by goldwaterfanIt was Chris Matthews, not Olbermann.
"A reader just e-mailed me
February 25, 2009 - 00:39 ET by R D Helm"A reader just e-mailed me saying he thinks it's Matthews, but the more I listen to it, the more it sounds like Olbermann."
Hell, Matthews and Olbermann are practically interchangeable.
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
It's Matthews
February 25, 2009 - 00:58 ET by OxyConNo doubt in my mind.
Bathtub Boy is insignificant
February 25, 2009 - 01:02 ET by Lord ErondAfter that mammoth blunder with Howard Dean over the Senator from Missouri, Olbermann is less than worthless. Why we waste breath on this foul discredited piece of turd is beyond me
"What you can not enforce, do not command" -Sophocles-
Absolutely
February 25, 2009 - 01:10 ET by TrickletownIt is Olbermann. Not a doubt in my mind!
It's Soros. I'm
February 25, 2009 - 01:22 ET by JerIt's Soros. I'm absolutely positive.
Jer
Matthews "Oh God"... No Doubt!
February 25, 2009 - 01:55 ET by D StaskelThat was clearly Chris Matthews mumbling "Oh God" on the hot mic. Come on! Of course it is the infamous "tingle up my leg" guy whose emotions are worn clearly on his sleeve. He saw Jindal approaching, looking less than physically impressive, especially compared to Obama's presence, and uttered the "Oh God" in response to what he saw as the Republican response to Obama. Guarantee it was Matthews. As much of an ass that Olby is, he is not prone to purely emotional reactions like Matthews, who also cannot control the saliva which occassionally pours over his always moist lower lip. CLEARLY it was Matthews.
Drudge link... audio is VERY clear... MATTHEWS!!
February 25, 2009 - 02:04 ET by D StaskelGo to the link off the Drudge Report and the audio is much better quality. It is clearly Matthews. Now, will he admit it... actually, will he ever even be confronted with it? If he is, would he then admit it? And would he then apologize? What if Pat Buchanan uttered "Oh God" when they showed Michelle Obama? Think it would be an uproar then?!!?!? I'm beginning to believe there is a double standard here... (ya think?!?!?!?!?!?!). Pathetic. They can get away with anything, becasue no one challenges them. Why won't Fox start veering a little more right and start confronting the other news outlets more aggressively?! They'd have the FACTS on their side. Frustrating!! Where is OUR George Soros?!?!
I agree, after listening
February 25, 2009 - 09:13 ET by motherbeltI agree, after listening the the RCP audio, I think it sounds more like Matthews
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Absolutely
February 25, 2009 - 02:24 ET by nicksmith112Absolutely Keith!
http://i29.tinypic.c...
http://i29.tinypic.c...
I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.
Okay, I've listened to the
February 25, 2009 - 02:47 ET by JerOkay, I've listened to the audio at Real Clear Politics five more times with amplified volume in a completely quiet environment, and these are my conclusions:
1. I no longer believe the words were spoken by George Soros.
2. The speaker says "my god" instead of "oh god".
3. The voice doesn't even remotely sound like Olbermann's. No way, not even close.
4. The voice sounds very much like that of Chris Matthews.
5. It was a tasteless remark, if indeed it was a reference to Jindal.
6. There have been approximately 10,000 "episodes in journalistic infamy" lower than this one.
7. I could be wrong about 2,3,4, & 6.
8. The republic will survive.
9. I am going to bed now.
Jer
Rise and Shine!
February 25, 2009 - 10:55 ET by KarmaGood morning Jer.
I fixed up a batch of your favorite breakfast!
Get busy now. We're burnin' daylight. :)
Hilarious...
February 25, 2009 - 18:05 ET by PA ConservativeKarma...absolutely laughed out loud at your link. Keep up the good work on these trolls.
PAC
That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends,
it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute new government,...
Thanks PAC
February 25, 2009 - 21:34 ET by KarmaLike journalists like to say, "some" may say Jer is a troll, but I'm not one of them. I disagree with most-to-all of his opinions, but he is a civil adversary (who loves koolaid).
Who's the author of your tag line?
Healthcare...Food...Education...Housing... - What sprouted as free for some is maturing into a free-for-all.
Karma...
February 26, 2009 - 03:13 ET by JerThanks, buddy...
I love Kool-Aid
Tastes great;
Wish I had some,
Can't wait!
That was the commerical jingle years ago. I liked Kool-Aid so much when I was a young boy, I would eat it straight out of the packet.
Of course, later on in college it was also quite tasty with pure grain alcohol mixed with it. Sure would like to have the brain cells back.
Jer
edit: Just remembered it was Kool-Aid, Kool-Aid, Tastes Great....Not "I love Kool-Aide." Another brain cell glitch.
Def Olbie
February 25, 2009 - 02:55 ET by klchadwickThat was definitely Olbermann, although I'm surprised that the word "GOD" is in his vocabulary in any sense....
My money is on Matthews.
February 25, 2009 - 03:39 ET by CoolShadesMy money is on Matthews. And it sounds like "Oh, my God."
And I'm going to reach into my back pocket and pull out the "R" card. It was a racist comment.
Oh Obama
February 25, 2009 - 04:35 ET by reasonsjesterIt's the kind of reaction you get when you have kids trashing the house and they see the parents lights in the driveway. "My, God!"
Responsibility is the price of freedom. - Elbert Hubbard
I cannot believe so many
February 25, 2009 - 04:57 ET by Sir ThomasI cannot believe so many think this was Olbermann. It was, without doubt, Chris Matthews.
It was Olbermann
February 25, 2009 - 04:59 ET by HipnosisAfter Matthews stopped talking they would have killed his mic. Olbermann said it.
I stick my neck out for nobody.
For goodness sake, stop
February 25, 2009 - 07:03 ET by Sir ThomasFor goodness sake, stop imagining what was happening in the studio and just listen to the voice. It's Matthews.
if he wants to run..
February 25, 2009 - 07:29 ET by tonemeisterand have a chance of winning in 2012 he needs to work on his delivery.it worked in louisiana but not for president. there are plenty of smart people (I think he's one) who are not inspirational speakers.as far as the news rags, time, newsweak etc. there're getting mighty thin. almost like a pennysaver mag. i'll think i'll get my calipers out and chart the decline in ads . the editorial content is already at the bottom.
It's time...
February 25, 2009 - 08:53 ET by dborschjr68It's high time that MSNBC just come clean with America and admit, once and for all, that they are the liberal agenda's microphone.
Seriously. Let's just cut the crap and tell the truth here. I would actually respect Olbermann, (oooh, shiver there), if he would just admit his extreme bias. Just tell the American people that it is your job to brainwash them and never let them question the awesomeness and glory that is the fraudulent One, the Obamessiah. Really. Just tell the truth for once.
"Liberate tutume ex inferis, liberal puppets." Me.
a snapshot of two cable news websites
February 25, 2009 - 09:19 ET by mom_roxMSNBC.com - MSNBCTV front page - headline:
Maddow speechless over GOP response
FoxNews.com headline:
Obama: We will recover
Aaah, the Bush bashing has morphed into GOP bashing. Yeah, that'll help their dismal ratings.
Maddow speechless We
February 25, 2009 - 09:58 ET by motherbeltMaddow speechless
We should be so lucky!
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Olberman...
February 25, 2009 - 09:36 ET by JPR1Effrontery and disgust are his forte.
Matthews has a shred of intellect he trys to protect so wouldn't stoop so low. It's a tattered shred, but he's damn proud of it.
The floor crew laughing rounds out the picture of a studio full of intolerant bigots.
pseudo journalists
February 25, 2009 - 10:39 ET by right_is_rightÜber-manque Olbermann's pretend career as a journalist is in its twilight. Let's hope that Maddow, Mathews and Maher continue to reveal their bitter wackiness until the trance wears off their minions. The four of them can shuffle around the asylum together with Babs leading a rousing chorus of "The Way We Were."
It was Matthews...
February 25, 2009 - 10:59 ET by MrCameramanYou can hear his Philly accent when it says it...Olbermann would have had more bass, plus Olbermann wouldn't have whispered it.
That's definitely Matthews, guys...
February 25, 2009 - 11:23 ET by krendlerI'm not sure why he said it, or why their mics were live at the time.
MS-NBC is just a flat-out freak show. That's all there is to it. Everything they say and do is designed for consumption by their HuffPo/DailyKos reading audience. They could care less what anyone in the middle or on the right think of them. They're well past the point of circling the journalistic drain and have emerged somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, near N.O.
It doesn't matter if it was
February 25, 2009 - 12:12 ET by marpelIt doesn't matter if it was KO or CM. They're both nut cases. I just think that KO is so mentally ill, that he will have a huge meltdown on the air someday (can't wait). He'll either shoot someone on the air or shoot himself. Matthews is crazy, but he's dumb as a bag of hammers, and I don't feel he's dangerous to himself or others.
Nonetheless, whoever said it (I think it's Matthews), should apologize to Bobby Jindal and the public.
Jackasses...
Wonderful Invention
February 25, 2009 - 12:27 ET by totsotvaitnI have a wonderful invention that came with my TV Set. It is described in the manual as a "remote control".
This remarkable tool allows me to change channels when a program is dull, offensive, stupid, worthless, idiotic etc. I suggest everyone use this wonderful invention.
There is also another method I use and it is a "block channel" feature on my TV.
Why waste time being offended or angered by idiots?
I am now stress free and I love it!!!!!!
Cute
February 25, 2009 - 15:20 ET by scotthYeah, that's real cute. I don't ever watch MSNBC. But I do like to know how bias the media are. I'll bet many people here never watch Hardball or Countdown. What is your point? Are you saying NewsBusters should not be doing what they are doing? They do us a GREAT service by exposing the bias in the MSM.
I think Matthews uttered
February 25, 2009 - 12:28 ET by Scuba DudeI think Matthews uttered those words because he was reliving Barky's speech and stained the the front of his pants.
I'd like to know
February 25, 2009 - 14:23 ET by Calypso Joneswhy that remark was made. What was he referring to?
because i have an idea why he said it.
Who far+ed?
February 25, 2009 - 16:09 ET by BKeyserI think- and I could be wrong- but whomever uttered the "oh God" line wasn't referring to Jindal. My guess is that one of the two either passed gas and the utterance was a delayed response, or Matthews overflowed his Depends again.
Matthews is not a journalist
February 25, 2009 - 19:50 ET by JRJ08Matthews is not a journalist or a reporter. He's a political pundit/commentator. And, given what we all heard in the ensuing minutes, I thought his "Oh God" comment was completely appropriate.