@chilaxe okay, for one, "the left" has never been of a single opinion about Olbermann, and they're not of a single opinion about him now. I think the left has, and will continue to deny that he's equivalent to right-wing pundits in terms of factual accuracy and tone, but that's different from defending him from all criticism of any kind.

All I was saying is that in general, lefties like this kind of thing.

I didn't even really give my personal opinion of what Olbermann's doing here, mostly because I agree both with the idea that it's a worthwhile thing to applaud, but that it also seems like a cheap, token effort.

I think the motive behind it is genuine, I just don't know if what he's doing is really going to change much of anything. He's never going to have broad-based bipartisan approval, and I don't think he should ever try to. But he could stand to rely more on the kind of rhetoric we see in his Special Comments than on what he does with Worst Persons.

Oh, and thankfully yes, he stopped with the Sesame Street voices in Worst Persons (and for the record, that always bugged the hell out of me).

>> ^sirex:

>> ^ShakaUVM:

Olbermann should take his own fucking advice on "vitriolic rhetoric", but that would require a higher level of cognitive function than he's capable of. He's an amazing fucking hypocrite.


I can only guess you missed the "i apologise for and repudiate any act or anything in my past that may have even inadvertantly encouraged violence".
....and i'm guessing that you missed it because you didn't watch it.

I watched the whole thing. I'm not directly talking about inciting people to violence, but using vitriolic words to create an "atmosphere of hate" that has him so up in arms. Olbermann is one of the angriest guys on television, so hearing these words come out of his mouth against vitriol was especially amusing to me.

The comment above me, for example, shows Sarah Palin brewing a hot cup of tea, which indicates they're unaware or uncaring the worst hatred and vitriol these days comes from people like Olbermann or Matthews, not weepy bastards like Glenn Beck.

>> ^ShakaUVM:


Olbermann should take his own fucking advice on "vitriolic rhetoric", but that would require a higher level of cognitive function than he's capable of. He's an amazing fucking hypocrite.



I can only guess you missed the "i apologise for and repudiate any act or anything in my past that may have even inadvertantly encouraged violence".

....and i'm guessing that you missed it because you didn't watch it.

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@Tymbrwulf

I pretty much agree with everything you just said. I think the prose you wrote above would make an excellent deface to the preface of the new book I prefaced called, 'Elephants That Became A Morass Relay System That Were "Gored" Into A Multi-Platform Supported Prostitute', written by John C. Dvorak and prefaced by me and your stuff near the back. Right before the end; you'll kindly remind the readers that they read 259 pages of nothing. Literally, (literally) nothing, but THIS (plus our stuff):

"Then on that dissmal day did I look fondly over the barren San Francisco skyline and remembered the quote I had stated so long ago, and evermore..so...truth-worthy now..."
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'Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the “why” out of the equation — as in “why would I want this?” The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse’. There is no evidence that people want to use these things. I dont want one of these new fangled devices.'

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>> ^NetRunner:

>> ^colt45:
Where's the video for what he is responding to?

He's responding to an article Ted Koppel penned for the dead tree media:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/
11/12/AR2010111202857.html

>> ^colt45:

Where's the video for what he is responding to?


He's responding to an article Ted Koppel penned for the dead tree media:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/12/AR2010111202857.html

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