Posted on 08/08/2006 8:59:04 PM PDT by woofie
Keith Olbermann Countdown with Keith Olbermann MSNBC July 28, 2006
Dear Mr. Olbermann,
We are deeply dismayed by your ongoing use of the Nazi "Sieg Heil" salute, both on your program and in public appearances -- including the recent Television Critics Association press tour -- while holding up a mask of Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly.
While we understand that your aim is to entertain your audience by taking pot shots at Mr. O'Reilly, your repeated use of the Nazi salute has resulted in many complaints from our constituents, including Holocaust survivors and their families who find the use of this gesture offensive and repugnant in any context.
The Nazi salute is more than just a remnant of history, but serves as a calling card for modern-day neo-Nazis and white supremacists. We believe that the use of gestures and imagery associated with the Nazis – even in jest – only serves to trivialize the Holocaust and denigrate the memory of the six million Jews and others who died as a result of Hitler's Final Solution.
As a respected and well-known media personality, your actions have consequences and can set a standard for others to emulate. We are especially concerned that young people viewing your program might take their cues from your free use of the "Sieg Heil" salute.
In light of these concerns, we hope that you will reconsider your use of the Nazi salute in the future.
Sincerely,
The Anti-Defamation League
Olbermann is disturbed.
You can say that again
Olberman has no class. He will go to any lengths to get attention. The ends justify the means for lefties like him.
Gee! Somebody finally noticed Olbermann!
Like he cares ...
He has an unhealthy, deranged obsession with O'Reilly. It's kind of pathetic in a funny "liberal loser" kind of way.
"As a respected and well-known media personality..."
They were going along just fine until this part. Wrong twice in one sentence.
Since when does anyone actually watch Olbermann anyway?
Olbermann seems to be unusually obsessed with O'Reilly and it is more pathetic than a spurned lover which makes me wonder if Olbermann has some sort of man-crush on him.
The ADL is a bunch of nazis.
I have to admit. I really enjoy hearing him and Dan Patrick together on ESPN radio. And I like his commentary on sports. But the man is extremely grating on anything having to do with current events/politics..kind of like Paul Begala.
Oh, so THAT'S why they sent him the letter!
Any Nazi would be offended by seeing their salute being used by a loser like Olbermann.
6 million jews and at least 6 million others... and this guy still has a job?
Popping a nazi salute is just the natural instinct of this last place blowhard. Must be in the blood.
I wonder if the jew hating Olbermann will add Abe Foxmamn of the ADL to his worst persone in the world list.
Just don't mention the war....
The Dallas Morning News' Ed Bark did a cover story about/Valentine to Keith Olbermann this Sunday in the television supplement. One segment had Olbermann talking about what a maverick he is, taking on Bill O'Reilly every night, but that he "isn't afraid to stick his head up and take some whacks." Yeah. It's real tough being a liberal in the MSM, Keith. Bark then said Olbermann was making heavy inroads in the ratings, coming up only 90,000 viewers shy of Larry King. Well, I just looked up the ratings for July, and it looks like he was about three quarters of a million shy of King's numbers. When you're that poorly rated, 90,000 viewers isn't chump change anyway.
So you're the one!
Olbermann's intense and insane jealousy of FoxNews'( specially, O'Reilly's)success in consuming him...to our delight...
Of course. He isn't Rush Limbaugh.
Don't you have a Bund meeting to go to?
They were going along just fine until this part. Wrong twice in one sentence.
You beat me to it!
and that doesn't include those who died in battle with them on several fronts. Just imagine the civilian casualties alone!. It was a disproportionate holocaust I tell ya.
Did Mel Gibsons' jewih-Israeli bodyguard ever make a statement or quite or anything?
?????
If you think Olbermann's fawning oafishness is in the same class as the genius physical comedy and satire of John Cleese, I can't help you.
I heard he had an Israeli bodyguard from radio or TV or something... I don't remember where.
More like Al Franken
Okay, thanks.
Was Mel's Bodyguard with him when he got his DUI?
I did not actually read the articles. lol
Vhere are your papers?
Do you still haf a family in Germany?
You vill answer my questions? Schwinehund. Now!
Oh excuse me mister Olberman. Oops, I mean Herr General Olberman. No one really considers you a Nazi.
Just because you Goose step all the time and Sieg Heil.
Do you really think that this is the Fourth Reich?
Of course I'm not, but someone close to you should.
...the ADL, and their stated claim that doing what John Cleese did...
But the ADL didn't mention Cleese, did they? You did. You equated the performance of Cleese in Fawlty Towers with Olbermann's sad display. If you can't distinguish those two contexts, you're really quite dense, and I simply don't have the training I would need to help you remedy your cognitive shortcomings.
The entire thread is about Olbermann's behavior and the ADL's response to it. Your equation is obvious.
Hold your breath.
Are you frowning?
Knock it off!
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