The Liberal Media Conspiracy Marches On: Olbermann Out at MSNBC

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  1. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    The Latest Victim of the Liberal Media Conspiracy ...
    ... is Keith Olbermann of MSNBC


    While the full-fury shouters at FOX News carry on inviting people to shoot their friends in the head, the evil, liberal MSNBC continued along its cynical and devastating effort to destroy all good conservatives today by announcing the departure of Keith Olbermann.

    Moments ago, Keith Olbermann announced his resignation from MSNBC. Seconds after his show ended, this terse press release hit my inbox:

    MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC's success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.​


    (JoeMyGod)

    The question of whether Olbermann resigned or was ousted by his new corporate bosses remains unsettled, but what is known is that shortly after the Comcast takeover was approved, Olbermann was on his way out the door. Cenk Uygur, of The New Turks is slated to pick up a show.

    One wonders at the terms of Olbermann's departure, though, and whether MSNBC will repeat its Donahue gaffe by claiming it needed to end the most-watched show on the network because of disappointing ratings.

    Good luck, Keith. Good night, sir. And we'll surely be seeing you soon.
    ____________________

    Notes:

    Witt, Ryan. "Glenn Beck attempts to explain 'shoot them in the head' clip". January 21, 2011. Examiner.com. January 21, 2011. http://www.examiner.com/political-b...pts-to-explain-shoot-them-the-head-clip-audio

    Joe. "Keith Olbermann Resigns From MSNBC". Joe My God. January 21, 2011. JoeMyGod.BlogSpot.com. January 21, 2011. http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/01/keith-olbermann-resigns-from-msnbc.html
     
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  3. WillNever Valued Senior Member

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    Pretty glad he's gone. He was not a positive face for modern day liberalism.
     
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  5. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    From the mouths of ... well ... er ... um ... yeah

    Spoken like the true conservative you are.
     
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  7. joepistole Deacon Blues Valued Senior Member

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    I liked the man. He had a rare quality, it's called integrity. You hardly ever see it in the media today. He will be missed.
     
  8. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    The Catbird Seat

    Oh, he'll land on his feet. And, sure, the right wing will find a conspiracy theory in it when he does, but most assuredly he will land on his feet.
     
  9. WillNever Valued Senior Member

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    His temper and prima donna attitude made him undesirable. There are far more noble and intelligent liberals out there tiassa, like Anderson Cooper on CNN.
     
  10. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Well, I suppose to a conservative, it might be true

    Uh-huh. Anderson Cooper.

    On CNN.

    Right.
     
  11. Pinwheel Banned Banned

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    Is Anderson Cooper a liberal?
     
  12. WillNever Valued Senior Member

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    I'm not sure what you're talking about Tiassa, but CNN has been accused of "liberal bias" for years now. Since that seems to be all it takes for a station to be considered "left-leaning," I think your sarcasm is unwarranted.
     
  13. WillNever Valued Senior Member

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    Yes. He has nailed right-wingers for deception and dishonesty many times in the past. And unlike fat-faced Olbermann, he doesn't editorialize the news to hell and back.

    Check it out:

    http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?p=2643785&highlight=anderson cooper#post2643785

    http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=103490

    Olbermann on the other hand is far from being a noble liberal. Let's not forget his incessant attacks on Hillary Clinton (followed by his chestbeating support for Obama) in 2008, folks.
     
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  14. countezero Registered Senior Member

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    CNN leans Democrat to be sure, but it's not Lefty -- read Marxist enough -- for Tiassa, so it's defacto "right" or "conservative" or whatever slur is popular this week. One of Cooper's more obvious gaffs, which I started a thread about at the time, was his dishonest plant in a debate in 2008 election. But all that aside, you are correct to not that he is less odious than Olbermann, who is definitely part of what is wrong with the media. Cooper's recent work in NOLA, for example, was class.
     
  15. pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    being accused of something and that accusation being valid aren't always linked
     
  16. pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    using republican slurs against the left but your not partisan. what a hack
     
  17. countezero Registered Senior Member

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    You will need to re-post that in readable language.
     
  18. WillNever Valued Senior Member

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    Pj: who cares? You sound like you think having a liberal bias is a badge of honor. I have news for ya: it ain't.

    A bias of any kind makes for unethical journalism, be it liberal or conservative. I'd be delighted if CNN weren't liberal biased, as much as I would be happy if it were to never become conservative biased.
     
  19. pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    ???????????????? I fail to see what this has to to do with my post. all I am saying is just because people Claim CNN has a liberal bias doesn't mean it has one.
     
  20. WillNever Valued Senior Member

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    It would be better if CNN didn't have that type of bias anyway, pj. Biases are not positive things.
     
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  21. pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    Its readable to any person who has achieved semi literate status. Can you do anything other than take bad cheapshots at people?

    ok first part I am saying your full of shit. your using a republican propaganda tactic referring to liberals as marxists while if called on you'd claim you not a partisan.



    secondly I was calling you a partisan hack. and the worst part is your either too cowardly or too dishonest to admit it.
     
  22. countezero Registered Senior Member

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    So, you, in other words. Meanwhile the fully literate are confused. Try typing full sentences and running spell check. We've been telling you this for years.

    You called me a hack, to the best of my understanding, so you lowered the dialogue. I am more than happy to call you names back.

    Great way to start a convo ("you're full of shit"). That's a wonderful example of why I am pretty much done with this place.

    No, I am referring to Tiassa -- not all liberals -- as a Marxist, because so far as I can tell, after five plus years of suffering through his structuralist and class-based appreciations of history and politics, he is. He has also never refuted the claim. If he said, no I am not, fair enough. He hasn't, so I think he is. What of it? You his defender?

    Meanwhile, I've not heard many Republicans talking about Marxism, either. Socialism? Yes. Marxism? Not so much.

    Yep. I'm a coward. And a hack. That's so mean. Anything else you'd like to add before recess is over and your teacher takes you back inside to practice the multiplication table?
     
  23. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    What makes a libeeral

    Unquestionably:

    The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus wrote two items condemning the Obama White House, saying it has "a Nixonesque -- Agnewesque aroma" and that the Fox criticisms were "dumb" and "weak." Intoning underneath a photo that read: "President Obama's ENEMIES," CNN's Anderson Cooper said: "this White House is starting to look like another White House" -- meaning Nixon's -- "and the comparisons are not flattering." Just yesterday on NPR, NPR's Ken Rudin condemend the Fox criticisms as "Nixonesque" and accused liberals of cheering on an "enemies list," while The New York Times' David Carr sat beside him and said the President was being "heavy-handed." CNN's David Gergen urged the White House to cease attacking Fox, and "even on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' Monday, the panelists largely came out against the White House's war against Fox News." Frequent Fox News critic David Zurawick of The Baltimore Sun condemned the criticisms and "compared the current administration to the White House of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew." Numerous other media figures have sung the same tune.

    All that hand-wringing rhetoric: why? Because the Obama administration threatened to criminally prosecute Fox? Or because the adminstration surveilled its reporters' telephone calls? Or illegally obtained their telephone records? Or shot missiles at hotels in which they were staying? Or dropped bombs on their offices? Or imprisoned them for years without charges? Or barred Fox reporters from riding on administration planes? Or conspired to "weed out" any critical voices from being heard on network and cable news programs? No, those are all things that the Bush administration did to reporters ... all well above and beyond the numerous, constant rhetorical attacks from the Bush White House on media organizations they perceived to be hostile. Where was Tucker Carlson when that was happening, or Ruth Marcus, or Anderson Cooper, or David Carr?


    (Greenwald)

    After all, that's the definition of a liberal, isn't it? Someone who goes around spouting FOX News' talking points for them?
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    Notes:

    Greenwald, Glenn. "Tucker Carlson and the right's perpetual self-victimhood". Unclaimed Territory. October 23, 2009. Salon.com. January 22, 2011. http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/10/23/carlson
     

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