July 27, 2006
What else would you expect him to do other than bash O’Reilly?
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5:38 pm [ Quote ]
Sooooooooo…what are the examples that Bill defended the Nazis? That sounds kinda crazy given Bill’s position on things.
Anyone?
I find it interesting that KO thinks himself so highly, wow, very histrionic.
5:42 pm [ Quote ]
Apparently O’Reilly pointed out once that some American soldiers committed a war crime by shooting surrendering SS officers anyway – I’ve read that O’Reilly may have been mistaken and that it was really SS officers shooting surrendering American soliders. Regardless, I don’t think noting that American soldiers occasionally commit acts which could be deemed “war crimes” (they do – just not very often) is “defending Nazis”.
5:44 pm [ Quote ]
KO looks like he’s finally passing that three taco combination plate from his 1968 Cancun spring break.
6:01 pm [ Quote ]
Ok, where are those who said that the pic was photoshopped?
And I think we’ve all seen enough times where Bill has gotten up in people’s faces to know that the looking down thing, did not happen.
6:35 pm [ Quote ]
Olbermann should really like O’reilly. Alough O’Reilly stomps Olbermann in the ratings, without O’Reilly, Olbermann doesn’t have a show.
Olbermann is like a piece of gum on O’Reilly’s shoe. The gum would never had gone anywhere, had it not been attached to the shoe.
6:39 pm [ Quote ]
“Sooooooooo…what are the examples that Bill defended the Nazis? That sounds kinda crazy given Bill’s position on things.
Anyone?”
Here’s a link that spells the whole thing out pretty clearly…
http://mediamatters.org/items/200606030002
And you’re right, after seeing Bill get up in Jeremy Glick’s face a couple years ago, I’m convinced he’s totally macho. He’s a real toughy.
6:51 pm [ Quote ]
KO…We’re #4!!
MSNB-C you on the unemployment line KO!!
Big Bad Bill continues to crush KO in the ratings.
The viewers have spoken!
6:54 pm [ Quote ]
6Jeff, thanks for the link, interesting stuff but not sure it’s the “gotcha” that KO would like it to be but if he says it enough perhaps it will be. Whatever!
Interesting website though, very cool.
7:00 pm [ Quote ]
O’Reilly made a mistake? He’s not perfect? Say it isn’t so.
Noone is perfect, and O’Reilly did make a mistake, but I believe he apologized and corrected the mistake.
7:02 pm [ Quote ]
My comments on Keith Olbermann below:
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P.S. .
7:51 pm [ Quote ]
6Jeff, thanks for the link, interesting stuff but not sure it’s the “gotcha” that KO would like it to be but if he says it enough perhaps it will be. Whatever!
Interesting website though, very cool.
It is all game of ‘gotcha’, KO is lame to try to twist into the fact the BO likes and defends Nazis, and hates our Vets. If KO was honest he would state that in reponse of Malmedy that SS Soilders were shot instead taken as POWs.
8:19 pm [ Quote ]
This is pure insanity. O’Reilly made an honest mistake and apologized for it. WTH is WRONG with you leftists?? Are you just completely morally bankrupt and completely dishonest?
Meanwhile, people like Senator Dick Durbin actually ARE comparing our troops to Nazis. Where’s Olbermann’s outrage at that? Oh right, Durbin’s a liberal Democrat, so it’s OK.
8:30 pm [ Quote ]
KO and Cindy Sheehan should do the world a favor by getting married and overdosing on Heroine.
8:37 pm [ Quote ]
I’ve been fired, haven’t I?
One could only hope.
I wish I were making this up.
Well…wish granted.
8:57 pm [ Quote ]
Right on with the Durbin comparison JWL…
Anyway, all I want to point out is what a loser KO is. How pathetic must you be to make your entire career obsessing over Bill O’Reilly. His show sucks, his ratings are in the toilet, so he hopes that creating some bogus feud that O’Reilly doesn’t even acknowledge will gain him some gawkers who flip the channel over to MSNBC just to see “what is he going to say next!?” No one cares about Olberman, no one likes Olberman, he’s a pathetic failure and is shamelessly trying to get a couple curious looky-lous because no one actually likes his show. Pathetic is the only way to describe him.
8:57 pm [ Quote ]
I couldn’t even get through all of that. Wow. Does he realize what an idiot he sounds like when he says stuff like “Bill and I through the years…” as if Bill O’Reilly ever responds. Very rarely. There can be no feud or deul or fight, if the other person doesn’t think you are worth fighting. Bill obviously doesn’t think KO is worth it.
He reminds of the little dog in the Warner Bros cartoons “You and me are pals ain’t we Spike? Ya wanna go bury bones? Do ya, Spike?” Spike smacks that little dog right in the kisser. Ahhhhhhhhhhh shaddup! and continues to pick his teeth.
9:13 pm [ Quote ]
I like Olbermann’s show and I guess I am a liberal (thats what people label me as) but seriously.. after a while a joke isnt funny anymore. Yes Bill Oreilly is a lunatic but Keith needs to focus on something else.
9:19 pm [ Quote ]
On MSNBC, Coulter called Gore a “total fag,” while Matthews said “we’d love to have her back”
Another interesting story on the link http://mediamatters.org/ that Jeff posted earlier.
9:21 pm [ Quote ]
On MSNBC, Coulter called Gore a “total fag,” while Matthews said “we’d love to have her back”
Another interesting story on the link http://mediamatters.org/ that Jeff posted earlier.
It’s kind of interesting that this site hasn’t posted this story when Ann is being inappropriate and unprofessional but it will do stories when Ann’s being attacked.
Don’t get me wrong, I do not like Clinton or Gore but I find the double standard a little disconcerting.
9:52 pm [ Quote ]
BO’s show is entertaining and informative. It ain’t Shakespeare, but it serves. KO’s show is an ass-licking contest. BO at least has the guts to invite guests that disagree with him. KO invites guests that reinforce what KO already believes. That lack of any sort of debate is the chief reason why KO’s ratings are so low. People recognize lame crap when they see it.
10:11 pm [ Quote ]
Scooternyc (re post 19), the story you cite about Coulter appears in a left wing hit blog that makes up stories and spreads false information. One of the nasty characteristics of the present day left wing is a rampant, defamatory dishonesty. This site is about exposing the left, not about being a voice for it.
10:12 pm [ Quote ]
I like Olbermann’s show and I guess I am a liberal (thats what people label me as) but seriously.. after a while a joke isnt funny anymore. Yes Bill Oreilly is a lunatic but Keith needs to focus on something else.
While I’m no fan of O’Reilly, I wonder what you consider the criteria in labeling him a lunatic?
10:42 pm [ Quote ]
It’s kind of interesting that this site hasn’t posted this story when Ann is being inappropriate and unprofessional but it will do stories when Ann’s being attacked.
But she never says anything inappriate, it’s just a joke, every single time, I mean we all joke about killing people, blowing up buildings, etc, every day, right?
It may be interesting, but it’s not surprising. Double standards lie at the heart of partisanship and this surely is a partisan site.
11:16 pm [ Quote ]
“But she never says anything inappriate, it’s just a joke, every single time, I mean we all joke about killing people, blowing up buildings, etc, every day, right?”
You’re right; instead, just about every single liberal columnist in the country argues that Bush is a lying, murderous terrorist who should be jailed and/or executed every day.
11:34 pm [ Quote ]
BO’s show is entertaining and informative. It ain’t Shakespeare, but it serves. KO’s show is an ass-licking contest. BO at least has the guts to invite guests that disagree with him. KO invites guests that reinforce what KO already believes. That lack of any sort of debate is the chief reason why KO’s ratings are so low. People recognize lame crap when they see it.
B-I-N-G-O !
11:45 pm [ Quote ]
The station owners and higher up are just as guilty as Keith Olbermann.
What kind of people would hire a guy, whose sole purpose in life is to taunt the #1 rated cable news guy.(Bill O’Reilly)
It’s a losing formula. Just ask Al Franken and Air America. The Keith Olbermann show has no content.
Put Keith Olbermann back on the sports desk, before he embarasses himself even more.
Keith Olbermann isn’t qualified to carry Bill O’Reilly’s jockstrap.
11:46 pm [ Quote ]
True story…
I was at a golf course this weekend getting drunk and listening to this cool guy play some cover music. Anyhow at one point i was talking to this older couple (early 60s perhaps) we started to dable in politics.
We didn’t get very deep at all though, because politics these days are so hateful that its really best out of conversations at bars and such, unless you are surounded by people of like mind.
Anyhow, the “dabbling” in politics consisted of talking about cable news. The older couple said O’Reilly was an idiot. Then i quickly retorted with and what does that make Olbermann. And they defended him by saying he is just entertainment.
So i guess he should be on the comedy channel and not a news channel. Which would make sense to me. He is the King of Propoganda. Bill is a bit partisan, but this guy is purely partisan and is willing to twist any fact or totally make things up to make his choir sing to tune.
12:51 am [ Quote ]
first of all Scooternyc, how pathetic are you that you have nothing to say so you have to bring a totally unrelated story in to the mix (sounds like KO who has nothing to say and has to complain about O’Reilly everynight)... Why do you liberals always do that? If you have no comment, then don’t have a comment… don’t come and link to fricken media matters. What’s funny is Coulter clearly just made a joke, being the shocktress that she is, and you wouldn’t have blinked had it been on the Daily Show or SNL… I assure you, they’ve gone much further than that.
1:34 am [ Quote ]
Olbermann himself is like the left version of O’Reilly. He is just as far out and sometimes extreme in his views and actions. This upsets conservatives, as BO’s moves do liberals. I have no problem with Bill O’Reilly except that he claims to be “fair and balanced” and everyone knows he isn’t. I have no idea if this actually “tricks” anyone to believe they are getting fair views on every issue, but it definetly is false and is my only problem. If he just came out as another right-wing pundit, i’d be fine.
4:08 am [ Quote ]
It’s weird how Keith is always absent from his show when there is controversy surrounding him. Last time it was misogynistic, weirdo emails at sweet Rita Cosby, this time it’s sweet Bi—well…whatever. Keith is freaking out for sure.
4:26 am [ Quote ]
>>x2x Said:
>>1:34 am [ Quote ]
>>Olbermann himself is like the left version of O’Reilly. He is just as far out and sometimes extreme in his views and actions. This upsets conservatives, as BO’s moves do liberals. I have no problem with Bill O’Reilly except that he claims to be “fair and balanced” and everyone knows he isn’t.
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If this statement were true then Keith’s show would at the very least have a closer amount of viewers as The O’Reilly Factor. Look at the numbers. Staggering.
It also reveals just how many liberals their truly are left in America. The answer? Not very many. You must remember: their voice can appear louder because what is left of them are all in journalism.
7:44 am [ Quote ]
Dude, that guy is just creepy. It’s like his whole damn career revolves around obsessing over O’Reilly – and he doesn’t eve seem to give a damn.
8:31 am [ Quote ]
There are plenty of liberals in this country. The reason they don’t flock to his program is that even THEY (as Venmax said) think he’s creepy. Creepy’s a good word for it, pathetic is another.
8:45 am [ Quote ]
Herr Olbermann ist ein wenig origenell Dummkopf!
Scheissvogel.
9:07 am [ Quote ]
I like Olbermann’s show and I guess I am a liberal (thats what people label me as) but seriously.. after a while a joke isnt funny anymore. Yes Bill Oreilly is a lunatic but Keith needs to focus on something else.
He can’t, that’s why KO’s the lunatic. And since you like the guy, I’m not sure what that makes you.
9:11 am [ Quote ]
O’Reilly for the most part is fair and balanced.
KO comes across as a smug, arrogant, self-absorbed, narcissistic arse. “Ain’t I funny and clever; my show is like a merry-go-round. I report the same stories over and over, even if some of the info is out of context. It doesn’t matter cuz the dummies out there will believe my half-truths”.
I think the same nitwits that absorb KOs “news” are the same nitwits that watch Jerry Springer and his circus act. Now that’s entertainment.
From what I’ve read about KO, he’s burned some bridges in his career. Also, watching the guy that replaced him on Countdown, he doesn’t seem too enthused about having to report on the KOmann. He almost has to tone of “who really cares about KO but I have to do this”.
10:40 am [ Quote ]
What else would I expect you to do other than bash Olbermann?
10:47 am [ Quote ]
What else would I expect you to do other than bash Olbermann?
Yeah and KO would never stoop so low as to do anything like that.
11:11 am [ Quote ]
What else would I expect you to do other than bash Olbermann?
KO doesn’t even deserve the attention that he gets here. I’m just part of the herd casting my opinion that doesn’t mean nothing about nothing which is what he is anyway. KO = nothing/doesn’t deserve anything/contributes nothing.
Sorry if you got your feathers ruffled. TS.
12:11 pm [ Quote ]
The MSM claims not to be biased by trying to sell the idea that a logical, passionless, reasoned, and methodical examination of the facts (like they “Supposedly” do) leads inexorably to liberal conclusions; that it’s not “Their Fault” the facts led them there – they just did.
Only KO actually believes that giant pile of horse-crap, and is so clueless to the fact that everyone else has figured out the MSM’s game he ends up standing out there looking like a nit-wit.
...looking like someone standing on the deck of the Titanic continuing to claim that it’s “Unsinkable” all the while it’s going under – totally unaware that everyone thinks he’s a loon.
12:27 pm [ Quote ]
...what’s more…
KO is part of the liberal crowd in the MSM who atcually believes that the reason conservative media is gaining in popularity is because it invites debate – and that news consumers care more about “watching people fight” than they do about the facts.
They continue to hang on to the belief that eventualy “the facts” (or their version of them) will play out and people will come back around to a liberal way of thinking.
Only KO and co. continue to be absolutely blind to how poor their “fact finding” has become. When they aren’t lying outright (Rathergate), they are selectively choosing which facts to present (virtually every MSM news broadcast), or they are making a conscious decision to refuse to cover certain facts in darker parts of the world for the sake of “Access” (CNN and the Hussein regime, more recently CNN and the Hezbollah “report”).
A lie is a lie – a half lie is a lie – and “Access” doesn’t meak jack if it doesn’t deliver anything but a set of talking points for a dictator.
1:37 pm [ Quote ]
When you twist the news to gain access…is the news you report really news…or just propoganda?
3:15 pm [ Quote ]
>>x2x Said:
>>1:34 am [ Quote ]
>>Olbermann himself is like the left version of O’Reilly. He is just as far out and sometimes extreme in his views and actions. This upsets conservatives, as BO’s moves do liberals. I have no problem with Bill O’Reilly except that he claims to be “fair and balanced” and everyone knows he isn’t.
>>========
If this statement were true then Keith’s show would at the very least have a closer amount of viewers as The O’Reilly Factor. Look at the numbers. Staggering.
It also reveals just how many liberals their truly are left in America. The answer? Not very many. You must remember: their voice can appear louder because what is left of them are all in journalism.
Not really. I could make the argument that conservatives love to “gather” up their base and combatitively argue. Which is what BO does, hes hardly a journalist. He knows his conservative audience enjoys how angry and agressive he is with anyone he brings on his show. I’d agree that there aren’t many liberals left, the only one i can think of is James Carville thats in the public eye. Then again if you believe Coulter, I’m a crazy liberal baby killer.
6:58 pm [ Quote ]
Matt wrote this straighting out the complete bullshit KO posed on the Leno show. Thanks Matt.
Matt Said:
6:30 pm [ Quote ]
http://www.billoreilly.com/site/product?pid=18939
This was an article that OReilly wrote LAST YEAR. He clearly states that Malmedy was an American massacre….
“After German SS troops massacred 86 American soldiers at Malmedy in Belgium on December 17th, 1944,”
In a heated exchange, words can come out that do not reflect what he is trying to say. It is most likely he meant the massacre AFTER Malmedy.
“some units like the US 11th Armored Division took revenge on captured German soldiers.”
He was referring to the massacres AFTER malmedy…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenogne_massacre
So he wasn’t lying. Yes he was wrong. Yes he messed up on wording. But he wasn’t blatantly lying.
So stop with the bullshit Keith “who?” Olbermann