Posted on 05/04/2007 3:08:32 PM PDT by Laverne
NEW YORK - In an angry commentary on April 25, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann accused Rudolph Giuliani of using the language of Osama bin Laden with "the same chilling nonchalance of the madman" to argue that Republicans would keep Americans safer than Democrats from terror.
Eight days later, Olbermann hosted MSNBC’s coverage of the first debate among Republican candidates for president.
...snip...
Olbermann knows to leave his opinions at home when he anchors events, said Phil Griffin, NBC News senior vice president.
"Keith’s an adult," Griffin said. "He can tell when it’s appropriate to express himself in a commentary and when to be a journalist. That’s one of his strengths. He knows exactly the tone and his role when he’s doing anything."
He served Thursday both before and after the debate in exactly the position Griffin intended, as the quarterback for coverage. For the most part, he introduced interviews and questioned MSNBC analysts on their own opinions of how the debate went.
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Having Olbermann anchor _ as he will continue, with Matthews, for big political nights throughout the campaign _ is the MSNBC equivalent of Fox News Channel assigning the same duties to O’Reilly.
Fox has never done that, perhaps mindful of the immediate controversy that would result. Fox has tried to differentiate between its news operation and its prime-time opinion shows, even as its critics believe strongly that’s bunk. In this case, MSNBC doesn’t try to separate news and opinion people, even as it tries to separate news and opinion.
"We’re not hiding from it," Griffin said. "We’re saying he can do both."
(Excerpt) Read more at theedge.bostonherald.com ...
LOL, They call Keith an “adult”....first big mistake. Second big mistake is thinking Keith can be anything other than a liar and a biggot....and just for fun, look at this:
From Drudge:
FLASH: FOXNEWS O’REILLY TOPS MSNBC GOP DEBATE FOR NIGHT... O’REILLY PULLS 2,314,000 VIEWERS... DEBATE SCORES 1,762,000... [DEM DEBATE WEEK BEFORE PULLED HIT 2,261,000]... FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES AT 1,548,000... MORE
ACTUAL DEBATE COVERAGE: 8-9:30PM:
FNC 2,023,000
MSNBC 1,762,000
CNN 599,000
More people watched FOXNEWS TALKING about debate than the actual DEBATE!
Amazes me how networks can exist for so long without P-R-O-F_I-T!!!!!!!!!
I would not type that in a lightening storm!
Heh - Rush called him Olberdork today - I think that name fits.
Interesting how Republicans might hate Olbermann, but they are mature enough to have the debate anyway, instead of shrieking in horror like the Dems with the planned Fox debate.
He hasn't been able to date.
“....between news and opinion....”; give me a break; where is that, in MSM?
Keith Olbermann is an adult what?
Keith can’t straddle his own brain cell....singular, please note.....
Olbermann
Preferred news source of moonbats everywhere.
no
I agree, in fact, this was discussed on some show today, don’t remember which one. The dems are afraid of the hard questions from the media because they are so used to being idolized by them, certainly they can’t face the terrorists.
Your man Mitt did a great job last night, imho.
Five'll get you eight he can't even "straddle the line" between his wife, his sister and the neighbor's dog.
He can “straddle” anything he’d like to just not in my livingroom.
I’d like to see him straddle a chainsaw
They all suck IMHO. They are all "baiters" In fact, they are "master baiters"
L0L
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