Sorry bout all the dead meat in your fanvid collection-looks as if they have pulled the bulk of Olberman's stuff off the youtubes....god knows I can't stand political editorials anyhow-hope you can find fixes for all of em!
Cheers

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May be that all this Olberman sheit is dead mate....sorry, simply going down a tunnel this AM while recovering from some tenacious flu....thinking of one of my least favorite contributors to the site-don;t worry, I have been up voting as I go to make up for all the down votes as I go as well!!!

I have a lot of problems with Olberman, but the last line is downright majestic.

I've seen nothing of value in Olberman for a while. I'm not sure if I'm a "He's a monster, but he's our monster" kinda guy.

While Olbermann has been doing this schtick for a long time, at first it was because the US was doing some incredibly fucked-up shit.. like, you know, all that torturing innocent people to death, illegally wiretapping our communications, invading sovereign nations who posed zero threat to anyone, pillaging our treasury, running a pseudo dictatorship and delving into the absolute worst of politics -- so people, even news hosts, had every fucking right to be incredibly pissed off.

Yes, Olberman's "special comment" segment has been an utter trainwreck for a long time and should have retired it long ago. Yes, what once was reserved for the absolute most inhuman acts of our government is now used for petty personality pissing contsts.

Yet I think what WP willfully ignores is that there's a neverending valley of difference between the above, and just some GOP homunculus jackass winning one lousy senate seat.

But you gotta admit, the Limbaugh dig was pretty hilarious.

I, for one, love the convenience of getting my fix of Olberman and Sesame Street simultaneously.

What's up with Olberman using that horribly annoying voice.

"On Wednesday, Fishbowl DC reported that Michael Clemente, a senior vice president at Fox, had met with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and that the two had "reached what some are calling a 'truce.'" FishbowlDC also reported that Clemente subsequently met with the network's Washington bureau and "encouraged staff to remain 'fair and balanced.'""

From Salon.com

I guess they really did come to an arrangement. I've certainly never seen a Fox reporter going after a political ally like that before. With the exception of Maddow and Olberman I've never seen any american cable news show act so critical of a political figure before.

>> ^Mashiki:
>> ^Payback:
Much as I'm not a fan of Beck, he actually does touch on substantial issues from time to time. Which is more then most of his compatriots(Maddow, Olberman, etc) in the opinion section, tho they do occasionally albeit briefly. And yes they're all opinion not news.


Are you seriously suggesting, with a straight face, that Beck has more journalistic integrity than Rachel Maddow? That Glenn Beck actually "touches on substantive issues" more than Rachel Maddow?

You've blown any credibility you might have had. Gone.

>> ^Payback:
There's a new word out. It's called hyperbole. Google it.

Problem with hyperbole is it detracts from substantial issues, and directs to insubstantial ones. Olbermann is just another person using it because he knows people have a slavering love of "all things thus." If you're not using a position of authority to direct to a substantial issue, then you're just a talking head.

Much as I'm not a fan of Beck, he actually does touch on substantial issues from time to time. Which is more then most of his compatriots(Maddow, Olberman, etc) in the opinion section, tho they do occasionally albeit briefly. And yes they're all opinion not news.

I dunno quite what the etymology of the Olberman name is, but I've always liked to think it derives from Uberman, 'cause the dude f'kin rules.

>> ^nanrod:
What? Glenn Beck is the worst person in the world again? Still?? Maybe he should just be retired to the worst person hall of fame and give others a chance to win the title.


Oh come on, that's like saying Ali should have quit at the top of his career. Beck still has many good years of world beating stupidity in him.

Your video, Olberman: Worst Person in the World - Glen Beck, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

I loathe G Becks and Faux news as much as the next guy and rejoice in seeing him getting called out for the moronic things he says. However he has a rather large audience and every time he gets called out it gets bigger. I guess anymore it's to much to ask that reporting be on real news and facts, watching someone tell me about how someone else got the news wrong should not be what news is. Not putting down Olberman at all I just feel like he plays into Beck's hands each time he does this but at the same time Beck needs to shown for what he is. Fuck you Beck, now you got me flustered. Fuck.

Agreed, although we'd probably disagree on exactly how to reduce the size of government.

Probably. After all, I'm a pro-military neocon, eh?

Disagree. They are definitely inflammatory but from what I've seen on the sift, they tend to focus on the nut-jobs and on how they are protesting. It's better for ratings.

I agree with you that they focus on the nutjobs - but I disagree with you about how they serve that up. People like MadCow and Olberman do NOT at any point go out of their way to say they are focusing only on the goofiest, most extremist fringe element. Quite the opposite. They do their damndest to make it look like the group is nothing BUT extremists. Same with Pelosi, Ried, and a lot of other Democrats who (frighteningly) are elected officials slandering the people.

It isn't hard when there is a large protest to go out and find the kook fringe. It existed in the Iraq war protests, and Republicans tried to portray it as normal. Now the neolibs are faced with large scale protests to their policies, and they are doing the same thing. Sadly, there are FAR too many people who are easily deceived by such unscruplulous methods. Here is a great example - a quote from dystopian...

but to be clear, Dick Armey's Neo-Con astroturf outfit FreedomWorks© is leading the charge against health care

Now - whether he meant it or not this is a backhanded attempt to make it sound like the protests are just right-wing nutjobs. Bull. The Iraq war protests were ginned up and sponsored by left-wing neolib nutjob extremists like Code Pink and such - but that does NOT mean that the people who attended them weren't legitimately concerned citizens who passionately believed in an issue. Groups could get tens of thousands to show up and protest because it was a REAL movement which reflected national sentiment. The fringe was there poking and prodding it along - but the essential core of the protest was legitimate.

EXACT same thing today. Some right wing groups may be doing some organizing, but the vast bulk of people who show up are NOT right wing kooks. They are people who are concerned about massive spending, big government intrusion into markets, inflation, debt, and general desire for a conservative fiscal approach. They are worried that Obama is doing way too much and has way too little to do it with, and they are there to shout "Stop!" For Pelosi, Reid, MadCow, Olberman, & the sifters to attempt to justify ignoring them just because a 'neocon' fringe element is along for the ride is insipid.

As long as you aren't calling for banning or silencing the other (admittedly there is some of that, which I don't agree with either), I see it as merely the right to show your disagreement.

On this I agree. I didn't like it when Republicans wanted to stifle Iraq war protests either, and I don't like it when Pelosi, Obama, Ried, MadCow & the rest want to silence the other side to grease the skids of thier agenda. And they DO want to silence the 'teabaggers', make no mistake.

(Although I still don't think it has the intended effect of countering the use of neocon.)

I don't see it so much as a 'counter' as it is a 'OK - right back at you'. If at some time the neolibs change and stop falsely labeling conservative thought then I'll adjust my method accordingly.