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Iranian tv loves Keith Olbermann
Newsbusters.org ^ | February 16, 2008 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 02/17/2008 7:04:17 PM PST by Stepan12

The folks at General Electric must be so proud of their cable news network MSNBC.

Not only does one of its top stars regularly debase the President of the United States, but also his most recent tirade actually garnered the attention of an Iranian television network.

Coincidentally, the good folks at Press TV are just as enamored with Keith Olbermann as his fans at Daily Kos [cannot find Kos link for this. I used this link to try to rectify newsbuster's duplication}) (h/t JWF:

In a scathing commentary against President George W. Bush, MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann declared Bush guilty of terrorism for playing what he sees as the fear card in an attempt to get the House to pass retroactive immunity for telecommunication companies that illegally helped the US government in its warrantless wiretapping program Thursday evening.

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He also called Bush a fascist.

It must make MSNBC execs quite pleased to know their product is highly-regarded by one of America's sworn enemies. You think Ahmadinejad is a "Countdown" fan?

Of course, most American journalists would eschew getting praise from an Iranian television station. Alas, Olbermann likely will wear it as a badge of honor.

What does that say about his biases, and the idea that an American cable news network not only allows him to speak to the nation for 60 minutes five days a week, but also puts him in the role of commentator during debates and primary coverage?

On the flipside, maybe this makes good business sense.

Before you laugh, consider Olbermann's atrocious ratings in the States. Maybe MSNBC has given up on American viewers, and, instead, is actually appealing to Islamo-fascists around the world.

Wouldn't that explain a lot?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: enemypropaganda; iran; msnbc; newsbusters; olbermann; presstv; treason
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To: Stepan12
Pretty funny.

You know the mullahs running Iran are as backwards as someone can get if they take Keith Olberman seriously.

Nobody takes Olberman seriously.

21 posted on 02/17/2008 9:10:50 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Stepan12

Keith olderman is a bitter, angry little excuse for a man.


22 posted on 02/17/2008 9:14:26 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than any of us will ever fully realize.)
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To: beefree
remember Olberman on October 10, 2007 referred to Free Republic as “lunatic fringe website” and its members as “sociopaths”

Awwww, how sweet. Did we send him roses? That was actually a compliment. If this loon ever gave FreeRepublic a compliment, I'd be more concerned.
23 posted on 02/17/2008 10:24:41 PM PST by kb2614 (Hell hath no fury than a bureaucrat scorned)
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To: Stepan12

Olbermann was widely considered to be a little pr1ck back in college at Cornell. Nothing’s changed, apparently.


24 posted on 02/20/2008 8:19:27 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Olbermann was widely considered to be a little pr1ck back in college at Cornell. Nothing’s changed, apparently.

You're quite correct!

25 posted on 02/21/2008 8:04:16 AM PST by Stepan12 ( "We are all girlymen now." Conservative reaction to Ann Coulter's anti PC joke)
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To: Stepan12

Well, the left is constantly blabbering their idiocy about repairing our image around the world:

Iran, Syria, Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, China, Russia, Angola, Somalia, Sudan, France, Germany, North Korea...

so it stands to reason like minded people would adore Herr Olbermeister, useful idiot that he is.


30 posted on 03/06/2008 4:03:25 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing-----Edmund Burke)
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