TV Critic: Keith Olbermann Should Join Fox News
It's been less than 24 hours since Keith Olbermann's abrupt departure from MSNBC, and folks are all atwitter with predictions about where he'll end up.
TV critic Tim Goodman's suggestion that the former "Countdown" host should go to Fox News is destined to anger people on both sides of the aisle:
Yes, it sounds insane (for both sides). But think about it. Every other lightweight “liberal” that Fox tries to toss on the air to make things “fair and balanced” has no real gravitas. Olbermann? When it comes to television, he is the voice of the left. There’s your balance (screw fair – nobody with a brain that hasn’t been pickled by Kool-Aid believes that nonsense). Can you image what kind of ratings Death Star would be created if he joined Fox News? It would turn MSNBC to dust and leave CNN so much further behind in the ratings that it would be battling BET for numbers. It would also allow Roger Ailes to lord it over every liberal in this country and he might swallow whatever pride he has about Olbermann to have that kind of club at his disposal.
And – wait for it – it would be the most audacious reach across the aisle in television history. The left would have to actually tune their television to Fox News to find Olbermann. And the right would have to suffer through all those promos for his show – like sizzle reel Kryptonite – before settling in on Bill O’Reilly. A nation heals.
And, seriously, who wouldn’t want to watch O’Reilly and Olbermann toss to each other every night? It would be a sneer and snark fest for the ages.
Although this wouldn't surprise me, I'd be very sad to see it happen.
In my view as a media analyst, Keith Olbermann represents all that is wrong in journalism today. He makes a hobby out of distorting the truth, and when that's not good enough to further his agenda, he just flat out lies.
Him battling with folks like Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and Greta Van Susteren would be fabulous theater as it drove Fox's ratings, but it would also drag down that network's credibility.
MSNBC is a laughing stock because of this arrogant, egotistical blowhard, and has become more so as a result of similarly vitriolic additions to its prime time lineup.
Let's hope Roger Ailes recognizes this and doesn't take Goodman's advice.
Readers are encouraged to review Goodman's nine other recommendations for Olbermann (h/t Hot Air).
*****Update: Alan Burkhart imagines Fox has already hired Keith (h/t Adam Baldwin)...
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I'd love to see KO on Hannity...
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:34pm.
.....as a panelist that got to say a couple of sentences at the end of the show. Hannity and the other conservative guests could laugh at his idiotic statements and point out the numerous falacies in KO's "logic", not to mention his out and out falsehoods.
And KO doesn't get paid unless he's civil......too rich.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Team up with Combs
Submitted by tvhall on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:56pm.
He could team up with Combs and have a new show.
Working promo...
*************
And now Combs and Operman in the new TV news show that everyone is talking about.
UGLY AND STUPID
coming this spring on Fox News.
*************
Was that uncivil?
Ok, tvhall, I give up!!!
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 2:29am.
Ok, tvhall, I give up!!! Which one is 'ugly' and which one is 'stupid'??? I DO know that one is an alien, and the other is an asshole.................
My first working title ....
Submitted by tvhall on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 12:52pm.
Killa,
My first working title was Asshole Central but that didn't take into account the Alien angle, maybe (since ailens may have more than one ahole) Alien Asshole Association. Has two sequences of ASS and nice aliteration but the aliteration might cause liberal's heads to explode...wait we're on to something!
Ugly, Stupid the choise is yours. Maybe both apply to both.
→ FOX? No way
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:43pm.
Isn't Keith taking over for Regis?
No, not Regis or Oprah
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:55pm.
Keith on the Viewgina Monologue!
And his conract will guarantee him up to four vacation days a week, almost what he had at MSNBC.
Nobody likes him.
Submitted by Texndoc on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:43pm.
Not even liberals. It's why he was fired.
"MSNBC is a laughing stock because of this arrogant, egotistical blowhard, and has become more so as a result of similarly vitriolic additions to its prime time lineup."
Exactly. They've killed the lead vampire. Which we know you have to do first.
Texndoc.. hate to burst that fantasy..
Submitted by Gary Hall on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:01pm.
.. although I'd give that it's only in the low millions. Check out the Olbiedog lovers at this L-W blog; Reader Supported News..
A sampling:
It APPEARS the majority feel Olbermann left bec he SPOKE the truth and represented the truth
Mr. President-- Please consider Keith Olbermann for a Freedom Award. He deserves it for the unflagging services he rendered to our country and citizens during the dark and bloody days associated with the Bush/Cheney regime.
I send my love and appreciation to KO for what he has done so far.
Another sad commentary about the ountry we have become. COnsider Al Jazeera - English for comprehensive and better reporting of world news!
If Ed Schulz and Rachael Maddow have any principles, they will resign in protest.
We could only hope for that last one to come true - just please take Matthews and O'Donnell with you!
(;~> gary
figures
Submitted by doug1950 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:43pm.
I knew someone was buying all those aluminum foil hats.
Nah... Make him the press secretary...
Submitted by The_Barrel_Guy on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:08pm.
"Mr. President-- Please consider Keith Olbermann for a Freedom Award."
I'd pay big money to see THAT one...
→ Bite your keyboard
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:48pm.
Tim Goodman, bite your keyboard and wash it out with soap.
Can't happen
Submitted by KC Mulville on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:52pm.
Olbermann would be forced to confront opposing views. Won't happen. Can't happen, because all of his cockiness would evaporate. He wouldn't be Olbermann anymore. What would be the point, then?
That's what I was thinking
Submitted by Bruzilla on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:41pm.
That's what I was thinking too. FNC doesn't allow you to stack the deck with just people who agree with you. He would have to have guests who would point out his BS, and it wouldn't be long before even the Leftest of the Left saw how stupid he really is.
That's the first thing I
Submitted by HypocriteHater on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:19pm.
That's the first thing I thought of at the mention of Bill O and Keif on a show together. Keif's ego would never allow him to share the small screen with Bill O.
Not to give olbermann any
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:15pm.
Not to give olbermann any credit at all, but neither would Bill O'Reilly's ego permit a shared show.
I could picture Olbermann
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:54pm.
I could picture Olbermann over at " FOX NEWS ", say in the executive restroom passing out hot towels, shining shoes and spritzing cologne.
Barack_Must_Go.....
he'll go to cnn or join a
Submitted by TruthMonger on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 1:11pm.
he'll go to cnn or join a Sunday show - or maybe a comedy central stint - him trying to be a serious news commentator is funnier than hell
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
God Does Answer Prayers
Submitted by Metsie62 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:56pm.
what a ridiculous column......this is like Van Helsing and Dracula teaming up together or if Luke Skywalker decided to join the dark side or rather if Darth Vader became good in the end....oh wait, he did that! this idea still sucks....au revoir Keith Olbermann
Good Riddance
Submitted by telecaster on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:02pm.
Don't let the door hit you on your way out....that is if you can squeeze your head and your gargantuan ego through the door way. We've endured your preening puffery for far too long. A bigger gas bag, horses ass I've never seen.
I have YET to figure out why
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:12pm.
I have YET to figure out why Keef is so conceited...........usually that means you're good at something - at least in your own mind. Wait.......maybe I just answered my own question!!! I thought the guy was an absolutely self-important prick way back when he was on ESPN, and that was before I knew anything about him - and it's only gone downhill from there!!!
I'm no fan of BOR - who I consider to be a bloviating 'fake hard-ass' - but Olberdumb isn't even close to being in the same ballpark..............and he can't handle views or opinions that differ from his own..........you'd never see him saying 'I'll give you the last word'!!!
By the way, I could NEVER play a Telecaster very well - too hot!!! If you touch the damn things the wrong way, they will amplify your mistakes!!! I've always had to make do with the thicker Gibson sound, but I had a Jazzmaster for some material - although I'd set my tone to where I could handle it.
airamerica take ll
Submitted by ds7 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:05pm.
he doesn't have the intellectual wherewithal to play in the FOX environment.
i'm kind of sad to see him go. i've never watched 2 minutes of his type of programming, but at least he provided a picture to point to when giving an example of what the insane left looks like.
MSNBC is following in the footsteps of airamerica. if they completely disappeared from the landscape, would anybody miss them?
Soem of the fruit cakes from
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:08pm.
Soem of the fruit cakes from AA have moved to Sirius The Left and POTUS-Politics of the US.
Well?
Submitted by PJMan on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:03pm.
Fox did just hire John Roberts, another elitist, and arrogant liberal snob, put them both on Fox business, instead of the infomercials, and see what the left has to say.Ain't gonna happen...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:07pm.
Fox won't hire this fool...Why would they? Fox is already the biggest, baddest kid on the block, and Olbertwit would do nothing to enhance that status, and could, I believe, damage it. Besides, Keithie doesn't work or play well with others, which his rather checkered employment history shows...He's a disruptive pain in the a$$, and isn't worth the trouble he causes.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
It would be a huge ratings grab
Submitted by Miket53 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:28pm.
Why not get him together with O'reilly? Just like when Hannity & Colmes shared a show. They could develop a format where each presents their side and then debate. Maybe bring guests to discuss issues with both. Sheppard is correct that Liberals would tune in and FOX could really broadcast the "Fair & Balanced" tag line. Such news would bring in huge ratings.
Miket53 http://mtaricani.blogspot.com/
I'd be interested to see
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:32pm.
I'd be interested to see those two egomaniacs get into a fight............although I've probably seen 'cat fights' that would be better!!! And anyway.........BOR would probably give Keef 'the last word'.
Maybe Keef and the smarmy and snotty Shepard Pie.............
Shep Smith...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:56pm.
What I wouldn't give if he'd go away...Unfortunately, Smith just signed a 3 year deal with Fox, so barring something unexpected popping up, we're stuck with his sanctimonious, holier-than-thou ponitficating awhile longer.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
It would be a huge ratings disaster.
Submitted by ckc1227 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:40pm.
Just say no.
The Olbermann factor
Submitted by Tjexcite on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:02pm.
Tonight on Fix news we lie about ....
Yeah that will go over so well.
Yes I'd like to see Olbermann
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:07pm.
Yes I'd like to see Olbermann at Fox -- as the doorman at Fox Towers.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
New reporting says he was looking for more money.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:13pm.
So much for his association with the "common American". No one need mention his level of hypocrisy involved if this is true.
"I do think at a certain point you've made enough money"
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:19pm.
That was Comcast who said that, right?
Drudge was reporting it.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:41pm.
Currently up at Drudge Report.
I am not surprised whatsoever that KO was looking for more money. Journalists are so detached from reality as to be invisible.
Some of Goodman's other
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:25pm.
Some of Goodman's other suggestions are hilarious, but this is the best:
Create your own cable channel geared to the left
Didn't he just leave one? How many TV versions of Air America do we need?
And he missed the most obvious one:
Go into therapy.
Obama’s Poem To Keith Olbermann
Submitted by im41 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:30pm.
Obama’s Poem To Keith OlbermannIt'd be interesting to see
Submitted by RR GOP on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:34pm.
It'd be interesting to see how conservative Olby can get for the $.
"Under Capitalism, man exploits man. Under Communism it's just the opposite."
"All that Communism needs to make it successful is for someone to feed and clothe it."
Olberdork as the new WH Press
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:44pm.
Olberdork as the new WH Press Secretary after Gibbs leaves. Makes perfect sense. Or maybe he'll be hired by Obama's re-election campaign.
Ding, ding, ding, we have a WINNER!
Submitted by TexasMom0517 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:43pm.
I could barely stand watching Alan Colmes today on Fox NewsWatch- he's such an arrogant, and not terribly erudite, jacka**. Olbermann would make me avoid Fox Primetime like the plague. I like to hear dissenting opinion, but ones that are expressed with logic and facts to back them up. People like Colmes, Olbermann, and Schultz provide neither logic nor facts, they simply excoriate and bloviate.
Olbermann is the perfect replacement for Robert Gibbs.
Not a show where is not directly challenged.
Submitted by Ashrak on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:04pm.
Even Colmes wouldn't sit in on a regular show once Obama was elected. He is as far left as Keith, he just has more tact. He knew better than to even go there and take the yars of inability to make the case day after day.
I would go for Olberman going to Fox but only if he had to sit across the table from Megyn Kelly.
Now there is a show that will draw more than any cable news show ever.
It says a lot,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:21pm.
way too much, unfortunately, about our society and the divisive chasm between conservatives and liberals, when Sarah Palin, a decent person, is excoriated by libs; and Keith Olbermann is both praised and bowed down to by those same libs.
Effin' disgusting.
MD
CBS News devoted about 3 minutes to Keith losing his job tonight
Submitted by ckc1227 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:44pm.
Is it really that big an event that a national news channel has to devote 3 minutes out of their 30 minute show to this tool(who most Americans have never heard of) losing his job?
It would be fun to watch the
Submitted by johnsonl on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:01pm.
It would be fun to watch the conservatives shred Keefie with logic and truth. They could take turns!
In a word.
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:13pm.
No.
The End.
Whatever the joy we feel
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:56pm.
Whatever the joy we feel about our nemesis keith olbermann getting sacked from MSNBC, an added benfit is it broke the almost non-stop back-to-back posts regarding the deliberate lies about the Tucson Massacre being caused by conservative "hate speech". Not to diminish my sympathy towards the victims at all, but, frankly, I was suffering from "Tucson fatigue". What a refeshing bit of news olbermann's departure is after two weeks of non-stop attacks.
Oh HELL NO
Submitted by The_Pumpcrop on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 12:17am.
Let him vanish! I'm all for free speech, but NOT stupid arrogance. Besides, FOXNews is trying so hard to be "fair and balanced" they leaning alittle too much towards the left.... He'll flip the island!!!!
Magic act.
Submitted by blazermaniac on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 1:05am.
Olberdork should just disappear! And so should Tim Goodwin. What a pathetic comment.
They should bring back the
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 2:21am.
They should bring back the Hannity and Colms format, only this time it's Beck and Olbermann! It would be ugly but a lot of people would watch!
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James MadisonAwesome!!
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 2:19pm.
Beck would have Keith climbing back in his bathtub in days. "America, I apologize for the sudden absense of my co-host. Please keep in mind that nobody here at Fox News has removed Mr. Olbermann from his position at Beck and Olbermann. Nobody at Fox News has heard anything from Mr. Olbermann or his staff. We hope that he is well."
It would also be funny for Fox to explain to them as that the organization is considered to contribute to the vitriol in politics, nobody would be allowed to have a "The Worst Person in the World" segment on any broadcast.
Olbermann is kind of like an
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 2:42am.
Olbermann is kind of like an anal fissure: he never REALLY goes away. Therefore, I would find it quite entertaining to actually have him on FOX News on a fair-and-balanced series where there is his argument and an argument of a more conservative commentator.
However, Olbermann will never do it. He is a wussy and needs to be in total control. That's why none of his shows ever had any real dissenters argue with him. That is why he would cut people off if they showed signs of disagreement.
I see this anal fissure moving to CNN.
P.S. I see this butt nugget
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 3:06am.
P.S. I see this butt nugget going on The View within days. He could even be a regular on that show, considering he is just like Rosie O'Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg: not really a woman but not really a man either and fanatically liberal.
He's perfect! Another androgynous liberal.
Give Olby a show on Fox...
Submitted by beauxdog on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 3:01am.
but he can only debate the grip boy and the assistant camera operator.
What a horrible thought. Olbermann on Fox. If it happens,...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 5:10am.
which it won't, they could call themselves 'Fair, Balanced and Looney!'
olbermann to the oprah
Submitted by ONUV on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 5:26am.
olbermann to the oprah network!
Olberturd would be on the same level with Jerry Rivera then?
Submitted by sheik yermami on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 6:40am.
Fox doesn't need 2 ambulance chasers.....
Can't wait...
Submitted by CoolShades on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 8:35am.
Can't wait to watch O'Reilly on Monday night.
can't take it
Submitted by Catherwood on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 8:57am.
so, how much longer are we going to have to listen to news about this nonentity of a left of left news reporter who had the significance of a parakeet fart off Tierra Del Fuego during a hurricane. The man has no relevance, no significance except in his own mind and in the minds of a few misguided lefties . Come to think of it, I've never even seen him on tv....I just assumed he was the boyfriend of one of the other lefty slugs.
Olbie
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 12:26pm.
I hear he will become a new, permanent character on South Park. Cartman's Valet.
I would love to see how long
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 2:08pm.
it will take for the left to call Olbermann "another lightweight liberal". Keith having to actually debate someobdy--or be civil to a guest--that would be a real novelty!
When libs can't just ignore conservative ideas, or take it as read that the conservative ideas are beyond the pale, they don't fare so well.