Olbermann To Go Medieval On Rumsfeld
Okay, this is probably not worth a diary, but what the hell. Tonight, Keith Olbermann will give a blistering commentary on Rumsfeld's recent comments about those against the war and fascism. A very...
View ArticleGood Night, and Good Luck
Wow.Countdown just ended with Keith making a "special statement in response to Donald Rumsfeld". Special doesn't even begin to describe what he did. Let's just say that tonight, he truly earned the...
View ArticleMy thanks to Keith, an American Hero, and Critiques of Bad Rummy Thinkering...
Dear Keith, For years your voice has been a fine example of what an asset a free media can be to the citizens of a democratic nation, especially one like ours that is struggling to retain its identity...
View ArticleThe 4 Greatest Commentaries in Broadcast Journalism History (with poll)
"Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." William Shakespeare We have twice witnessed greatness in broadcast journalism...
View ArticleThe Katie Sign-off Contest
CBS News is running a contest to come up with a sign-off for Katie Couric's newscast. I proposed: "On behalf of Rush Limbaugh and the Karl Rove Noise Machine, This is Katie Couric, dancing on Ed...
View ArticleThe 5 Greatest Commentaries in Broadcast Journalism (poll)
"Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them," William Shakespeare. We have thrice witnessed greatness in broadcast journalism...
View ArticleOlbermann on Fire: Help Rescue a Kossack's Diary!
I urge everyone to read & recommend the following diary by deepsouthdoug, as it provides superb perspective as to where tonight's magnificent special comment by Mr. Olbermann fits into the history...
View ArticleKeith Olberman!!!!
Keith's "Edward R. Murrow type" commentaries about W. better wake people up! Is that happening? Please, I pray, they are. Does anyone know what the ratings are for Keith's show? His commentaries...
View ArticleOlbermann & The Greatest Commentaries in Broadcast Journalism (poll)
"Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them," William Shakespeare. We have four times witnessed greatness in broadcast...
View ArticleIs Keith Olbermann under a gag order at MSNBC?
Tonight I settled in to watch the promised fireworks on Keith Olbermann over the David Kuo revelations of the White House denigrations of evangelicals behind their backs. The show proceeded without the...
View ArticleWhat is Olbermann's Greatest Broadcast Commentary? - poll
Keith Olbermann has now delivered seven remarkable commentaries in less than two months time. I've run polls in the past that compared Keith's great commentaries to those of Edward R. Murrow and Walter...
View ArticleAmy Goodman, Florida Needs You Now!
"It is a serious threat to this country not to have a media that is a check and balance on those in power. What we see now is that the media in this country has reached an all-time low having a media...
View ArticleOlbermann is killing the world's Democracy, says Glenn Beck
When I watch Glenn Beck's program it amazes me that a bigot like Beck can con his way into every American home by portraying himself as a pragmatic commentator who sees everything from a Centrist point...
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Horror movie journalists (w/poll)
A few months ago, my assistant picked up two DVD collections, 50 Horror Classics, and 50 Chilling Classics. That's about 200 hours of spine tingling good times to be enjoyed with popcorn on lazy...
View ArticleRequiem for a patriot . . .
I did not know Milo Radulovich, and his name barely registered when I saw it in yesterday's obituary, but he was a true patriot who in the words of his brother in law, put his finger in the dike...
View ArticleWhat's wrong with the press and broadcasters, Part 2
When we were children and watched Superman on television, most wanted to get up and fly as he did. I wanted to be Clark Kent. Mind you, I wanted to be the super-powered Clark Kent, but nonetheless,...
View ArticleThe Demands of History
When we were growing up, there was television and it was, it seemed, always on. Television was not always uplifting and often failed to meet the expectations of the best of those who appeared on it or...
View ArticleCountdown with Keith Olbermann - 4/25/08
What a week, what a week, what a week...And, we've got more of the same to look forward to for at least the next couple of weeks! Yea!(?) In all seriousness, though, at the risk of sounding very corny,...
View Article"McCarthyism is back", says Stanley Fish in the NYT
Haven't seen this mentioned here, but in yesterdays NYT Think Again blog Stanley Fish wrote an opinion piece Much Adoin which he connects Swiftboating and McCarthyism.Now, in 2008, after a primary...
View ArticleA Real American Tragedy
The saddest result of the long "Reverend Wright Crisis" might be what we've lost - something we dared to believe in and hope against hope for.Many of us thought Barack Obama might actually be the one...
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