Olbermann taps a well of discontent as the anti-O'Reilly

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 11/12/6 | C.W. Nevius

[DCPatriot]

Who knows?

I consider Olberman's antics no different than a professional athlete giving that extra effort in the last year of his contract.

If CNN signs him away from MSNBC, he will get more exposure.

His 'problem' is that the Democrats are now the majority...so who's going to be the focus of his rants?

[marmar]

LOL, that is as it should be, he really is a one man freak show......

[kellynch]

The San Francisco Chronicle gays may have the hots for Olberman, but he isn't a blimp on the gaydar screen compared to Al Franken of Air America fame.

Hot? I don't think so. I had the misfortune of seeing Olbermann in shorts on the #7 train as we were both heading back into Manhattan from a Mets game and it was not a pretty sight (think Bill Clinton/Pillsbury Dough Boy).

[TruthWillWin]

Conservatives may hate his attacks, but no one doubts that he comes across as one of the smarter guys in the room.

???

That is one of the dumbest out of touch statements I've ever read!

[trumandogz]

Ratings were up across the board and the coveted 25-to-54 age demographic increased 111 percent from the 2002 midterm election.

Nothing but a damn lie.

[driftless2]

Yes, after 9/11 people ceased criticizing Bush. For about five minutes. The first of many Olbermann lies.

[Rastus]

"Here's what happened,'' Olbermann said in a phone interview this week. "Five years ago (on Sept. 11), 50 percent of the country went quiet. There was this self-imposed censorship. Suddenly it became unimaginable to criticize the administration. And no one else was brave or stupid enough to say, 'I don't remember signing that document.' ''

He's really desperate to sell that line. There was a piece in the Dallas Morning News a few months back where he was boasting about how he "sticks his neck out" by "daring" to criticize Bush. Yeah, that's unique. That takes a lot of guts in the MSM.

[Rastus]

He comes across as an unhinged nutbag. "Smarter guys in the room" doesn't come to mind when he tears an Ann Coulter doll limb from limb with a look of pure hate on his face. Nor do the ceaseless attacks on Bill O'Reilly or the stupid face masks inspire much confidence in his intellectual abilities.

[dforest]

The only ass in the world who can think its funny when a kid falls out of his chair. This guy is the worst of the worst, and let me add then some.

[Mr. Buzzcut]

Olbermann found his voice -- the angry everyman.

Hmmm ... I'm an angry "everyman" and Olbermann is one of the quislings that angers me.

[hgro]

Poppycock!

[John Lenin]

If a bear craps in the woods and nobody steps in it, did it really crap in the woods?

[Cincinna]

Keith Olbermann was a failure as a sportscaster and until recently, his show on MSNBC drew few viewers.

When he started doing his vicious hateful "Special Commentary" it went flying around the Blogosphere and was replayed endlessly on YouTube. The KOS, DU, and HUFF crowd regard this vile "journalist" as the reincarnation of Edward R Murrow and worship and idolize him.

His ratings have shot up, and he was pulling 79% of O'Reilly's numbers before the election.

The face of the Dem Party has become these loathesome hateful, sanctimonious people. The election is over, and these folks can slink back under their rocks now. Nobody is watching.

[pray4liberty]

O'Reilly will trounce him in the ratings war.

[pray4liberty]

His 'problem' is that the Democrats are now the majority...so who's going to be the focus of his rants?

That is true, the Dems got the "put up or shut up" vote. This is going to get interesting, to say the least. The Hate Bush mantra won't sell now!

Those who have sown hatred and scorn, will reap the same.

[nutmeg]

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[indcons]

Got cable?

The idiot's on MSNBC.

[indcons]

Between Olbermann and O'Reilly, cable news has more than its fair share of egomaniacs, hypocrites, perverts, and liars.

This is quite an accomplishment (by these two) for a medium that is mostly show and little substance.

[Sunnyflorida]

I was surfing the other night and he had a "story" about how in a certain segment of the viewing audience he beat "O". I think it was 19.5 to 21.2 year olds. The guy was stretching and reminded me of the little book, "How to Lie with Statistics."