There’s really no other way of putting this: Keith Olbermann is a disgrace, and the idea that any major media outlet would give him a daily platform to spew his vitriol from is similarly so.
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January 12th, 2007 11:05 AM | Noel Sheppard
January 12th, 2007 9:50 AM | Scott Whitlock
Last week saw the dawning of the new Democratic majority and members of the media seemed to be charmed by the event. ABC reporter Cokie Roberts described a photo-op of new House Speaker Nancy…
January 11th, 2007 12:20 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On MSNBC Wednesday night, during coverage of President Bush's speech to the nation, Chris Matthews compared Iraq to the "losing battle" of the "Alamo," calling it a "catastrophe," and contended…
January 10th, 2007 12:58 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Tuesday's Countdown, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann branded White House press secretary Tony Snow "Worst Person in the World," accusing him of "bald-faced lying" about President Bush's so-called "…
January 9th, 2007 10:37 AM | Noel Sheppard
Fox News’s Geraldo Rivera was recently being interviewed on a radio station in Florida, and, according to an article at the Orlando Sentinel’s blog on Monday, he harbors some ill feelings towards…
January 9th, 2007 10:23 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Is there no bridge too far for Joe Scarborough to cross in defending charges of liberal bias against his NBC/MSNBC employers? On last night's Scarborough Country, Joe adopted a position so…
January 8th, 2007 5:49 PM | Mark Finkelstein
As we noted here, when Andrea Mitchell appeared on The Factor last week, Bill O'Reilly confronted her over NBC's leftward tilt. Andrea not only denied any NBC bias, she also vouched for CBS' and ABC…
January 3rd, 2007 10:38 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Wednesday's Countdown, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and frequent guest John Dean discussed the possibility of a Democratic Congress moving to impeach members of President Bush's Cabinet as an…
January 2nd, 2007 11:37 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Tuesday's Countdown, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann used his latest "Special Comment" attack on President Bush to accuse the President of extending the "senseless, endless" war in Iraq as part of…
December 30th, 2006 6:26 PM | Tim Graham
Entertainment Weekly TV critic Ken Tucker put both Keith Olbermann and Rosie O'Donnell on his Best of TV List for 2006.
6 Countdown With Keith Olbermann MSNBC The best anchor…
December 29th, 2006 9:03 AM | Rich Noyes
Before we ring in 2007, it's worth taking a look back at some of the liberal media's goofiest or most outrageous moments, courtesy of the Media Research Center's Best Notable Quotables of 2006: The…
December 29th, 2006 7:02 AM | Tim Graham
At the absolutely Bush-loathing website Buzzflash.com, there are Olbermann for President buttons. He is, they say, "the first-tier reality-based, progressive cable commentator" who has walked on "…
December 25th, 2006 12:58 PM | Noel Sheppard
For months before Election Day, Americans were brainwashed by the media concerning a Republican “culture of corruption,” and the need for the Democrats to clean it all up. Unfortunately, in the…
December 22nd, 2006 6:48 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Chris Matthews's apparently inexorable plunge off the Olbermann end of the pool continued on Thursday's Hardball.Matthews [seen in file photo] discussed the Scooter Libby trial with Newsweek…
December 20th, 2006 10:40 PM | Brent Bozell
It’s amazing that as the 20th century escapes from our rear view mirror, some hippie liberals are still recycling their Sixties angst. For God’s sakes, it’s almost 2007. Can’t someone graduate…
December 19th, 2006 12:11 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Monday's Countdown, viewers were treated to a special retrospective of MSNBC host Keith Olbermann's series of "Special Comment" attacks on the Bush administration, featuring four of Olbermann's…
December 18th, 2006 11:58 AM | Matthew Sheffield
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Media: Keith Olbermann wants a raise (despite still remaining in fourth-place). The champion of the people is gunning for $4 million a year. TV reporter Max Robbins says CNN…
December 15th, 2006 11:03 AM | Scott Whitlock
You might think the media, given the fact that they helped engineer a Democratic victory in the midterms, and that it’s almost Christmas (sorry, Holiday), would ease their assault on President…
December 12th, 2006 9:32 PM | Mark Finkelstein
How out there is Eric Alterman? MSNBC, the network of Keith Olbermann, he who has accused Pres. Bush of fascism and called for his impeachment - fired him, presumably for being too extreme.
…December 12th, 2006 12:46 PM | Brian Fitzpatrick
Did you know that the War on Christmas, the misbegotten movement to ban nativity scenes at City Hall and replace “Merry Christmas” with “Happy Holidays,” is in full retreat? The media are turning…
December 12th, 2006 11:05 AM | Noel Sheppard
Is Keith Olbermann just a modern-day reincarnation of the crazed anchorman depicted in the 1976 Academy Award-winning film “Network?” In a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article published Tuesday, KO…
December 11th, 2006 11:09 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Monday's Countdown during the show's regular "Oddball" segment, while reporting on the controversial decision of the Seattle-Tacoma Airport to remove its Christmas trees from public view rather…
December 9th, 2006 2:00 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Friday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann again discussed whether President Bush is the "worst ever" President, inspired by comments from Republican Senator Gordon Smith that leaving…
December 6th, 2006 10:15 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Wednesday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reported the recent deaths of 10 American troops in Iraq by commenting that they had "paid the ultimate price for President Bush's execution…
December 6th, 2006 8:39 PM | Mark Finkelstein
I don't track Keith Olbermann's descents into mean-spirited bad taste systematically enough to definitively proclaim that he has charted a new low. Let's just say that he has once again indulged…