Olbermann jumped the shark ... Unwatchable t.v.

Shocking revelation. My word.

I quit watching 'the soup' because olberdunce was on there so often.
Won't watch the nbc nfl pregame show because he is on there.
The man is DERANGED!

Has she answered MSNBC's request for a stool sample yet?

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I will not watch him nor give him the ratings. It is shameless that he is employed on a Cable News network.

Olberdouche gets his info from his fellow douchebags on Kos. Film at 11.

Using Kos without fact-checking makes Olbermann not a journalist but a gossip-columnist.

I bet the distinction is lost on him.

I have never owned a TV.

Hey Keith, what's the score on the Red Sox game?

re: #3 newsjunkie_ky

I quit watching 'the soup' because olberdunce was on there so often.
Won't watch the nbc nfl pregame show because he is on there.
The man is DERANGED!

LOL! My husband and I don't watch the pregame either. Although I never understood what Olberman was doing there anyway. He sucks the air out of any discussion they have.

People watch Olberman? I had no idea.

I may be one of the only people in this world , and surly here, who has never watched olberman. Also one of the few people in the world who missed OJ in the white Bronco - Don't ask me how.

Ugly is putting it mildly. Between he and Chris Matthews, I swear the camera guy must have to wipe off a ton of spit every night because they're so venomous. Their hatred has risen to a nice boil.

Who is Olberman?
(don't have cable)

re: #11 livefreeor die
olby must be doing jeff zucker, no other reason he is on tv in any compacity at nbc.

My Father loves Olbermann... His face gets all red as he nods with him in raging agreement. It's disgusting.

Can't wait to visit the parents for sauce this weekend! Woot!

I have tuned to his show a few times. Literally. After just a few minutes I have to tune away. It's physically impossible for me to listen to the crap he secretes. It's like being in the presence of an odor you can just not tolerate.

re: #8 Crusader Rabbit

Using Kos without fact-checking makes Olbermann not a journalist but a gossip-columnist.

I bet the distinction is lost on him.

Olbermann posts diaries on kos.

Usually to bump up his ratings.

re: #13 Creeping Eruption

I may be one of the only people in this world , and surly here, who has never watched olberman. Also one of the few people in the world who missed OJ in the white Bronco - Don't ask me how.

PIMF. I am surly, but meant surely

At least we know what Olberman is. Newsmen like Campbell Brown are the real problem with their pretend journalistic impartiality/integrity. She probably fools some people, Olberman fools no one.

Is it me or has the MSM suddenly tried to bury the Palin e-mail story this morning?

Trig Palin is not only a gift from G-d to the Palin family but he has an additional purpose which is to be the vehicle for exposing the hatred of these vile, repulsive leftists and their loathing of disabled babies, children and adults. They cannot contain their hatred, it explodes from within them and smears of this sort-based on heinous lies just show the absolute moral bankruptcy of the left and the liberal elites. Trig is a messenger-what a privilege he has-how blessed the Palin family is to have him-and us by extension.

LOLbermann should be banned due to the 8th Amendment.

His ratings are among the lowest of the three major cable networks' shows, with only Matthews and one other show (which I can't remember) getting lower ratings. Even that Maddows harpy gets better ratings than KO does, and she just started her show!

It's got to just eat him alive that the top four rated shows are on Fox, including O'Reilly, Hannity and Colmes, Greta Van Susteren and Brit Hume, in that order.

He is so personally and professionally invested in Obama becoming the next president that I believe strongly that he will have a breakdown when McCain/Palin wins it.

Olbermann...Hmmmm. Didn't his Grandfather flee to South America, after WWII?

I don't ever watch that nasty person's show or MSNBC.

re: #21 snowcrash

At least we know what Olberman is. Newsmen like Campbell Brown are the real problem with their pretend journalistic impartiality/integrity. She probably fools some people, Olberman fools no one.

And Tom Brokaw, Bahbrah Walters, 60 minutes, et al. - they are the real threat ... Caught Danny Boy Rather, but the others are still in the mindspace of the uninformed electorate.

Have you watched Keith Olbermann’s show for MSNBC lately?

No.

Nor have I run a cheese grater over my forearm, then poured rock salt on it.

Any other questions?

re: #4 Peacekeeper

Oy.

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re: #24 WriterMom

Trig Palin is not only a gift from G-d to the Palin family but he has an additional purpose which is to be the vehicle for exposing the hatred of these vile, repulsive leftists and their loathing of disabled babies, children and adults. They cannot contain their hatred, it explodes from within them and smears of this sort-based on heinous lies just show the absolute moral bankruptcy of the left and the liberal elites. Trig is a messenger-what a privilege he has-how blessed the Palin family is to have him-and us by extension.

What she said.

Morning lizards.

re: #26 Intrepid

He is so personally and professionally invested in Obama becoming the next president that I believe strongly that he will have a breakdown when McCain/Palin wins it.

Now that is an Olberman show I'll watch!

re: #20 Creeping Eruption

PIMF. I am surly, but meant surely

That's OK. And don't call me Shirley.

General Electric (GE) owns:
Bravo
CNBC
Focus Features & Rogue Pictures
Global Networks
MSNBC
Mun2
NBC Entertainment
NBC News
NBC Sports & Olympics
NBC Universal Television Group
NBC Universal Television Stations
SCI FI
Telemundo
USA Network
Universal Parks & Resorts
Universal Pictures
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Weather Plus
iVillage

Given their stock performance and the revenue that is generated by their media networks, why haven't someone at GE terminated Mr. Olbermann's services?

re: #35 Ford_Prefect

That's OK. And don't call me Shirley.

Roger

re: #13 Creeping Eruption

I may be one of the only people in this world , and surly here, who has never watched olberman. Also one of the few people in the world who missed OJ in the white Bronco - Don't ask me how.

Quite surly here, thank you.

He'd make a good cohost on "Tomorrow's Pioneers" on the Al-Jazeera network.

Who?

re: #40 lawhawk

DING DING DING!

Yet another reason to avoid MSNBC. I wish I could get Fox without having to upgrade my satellite service.

"What kind of person enjoys this sort of ugly ranting and dishonest distortion?"

I have a few ideas:

1. 9/11 Troofers
2. Sufferers of BDS
3. Former TASS reporters
4. Kennedys
5. Clintons
6. The cast of Beverly Hills 90210
7. Babs
8. The ACLU
9. The 9th Circuit Court of California
10. NAMBLA

I can watch Herr Olbermann for about 3 minutes before I hit my "Snidely Whiplash" limit.

re: #40 lawhawk

Who?

Not sure. Some guy.

Olbermann in the morning? Might as well go back to sleep.

Olbermann is a patsy.

Olbermann is living proof that paranoia sells and NBC is attempting to make it a legitimate form of entertainment. Kinda' like when people would visit the insane asylums a couple of hundred years ago to be amused by the inmates. NBC is very innovative donch'a know.

what would one expect from Keith Overbite?

honesty?

the odds are more statistically in one's favor of Harry Reid physiologically developing testicles than hearing truth about McCain/Palin or the RNC from MSM....

the coming weeks til election the slew of propaganda by the DNC Nazi Party will only become more distorted and frenzied...

He has ruined Sunday Night Football for me.

I am reduced to watching rodeos from Cheyenne Wyoming.

re: #13 Creeping Eruption

I may be one of the only people in this world , and surly here, who has never watched olberman. Also one of the few people in the world who missed OJ in the white Bronco - Don't ask me how.

We missed the entire white Bronco chase. We had rented a Woody Allen movie and right as we turned the VCR off, we saw OJ coming out of the Bronco. We were going "Hey, what just happened."

Poor Bathtub Boy. He doesn't have the patter or humor to be a Jim Rome or the brains to be a Dennis Miller. Striking out in sports and commentary have left him a bitter, mean man.

re: #51 livefreeor die

We missed the entire white Bronco chase. We had rented a Woody Allen movie and right as we turned the VCR off, we saw OJ coming out of the Bronco. We were going "Hey, what just happened."

I made up for it by watching the whole trial.

What kind of person enjoys this sort of ugly ranting and dishonest distortion?

People who are every bit as unbalanced and unhinged as Olbermann is. There's a lot of unfounded rage brewing out there, and this guy feeds that niche. Same with Kos. The appeal is to the disaffected members of our society. Alas, I'm afraid I'm stating the obvious, here.

re: #34 livefreeor die

Now that is an Olberman show I'll watch!

Oh yeah. Just to see him get all bulging forehead vein and then give a Howie Dean yell, then crawl up under his desk....Must see tv, that one.

re: #49 dizzy_from_the_spin

What are his ratings? He obviously has some kind of audience, or he would be yanked.

The sick, vile left have nothing - nothing but their delusions and their paranoid schizophrenic bad-faith hatred. It's the KOS, Olberdouche, Excitable Andy axis of group think.

This election cycle has become truly frightening. Email hacking, Spanish language ads that misquote Rush Limbaugh, voter fraud (again) in Michigan by ACORN thugs, Hollyweird celebrities doing the ugly for their candidate Obama like I've never seen before, the MSM in the tank for Obama to the point of lunacy! To top it all idiots like Olberman and Chris Matthews spouting their hate-filled rants 24/7. I keep thinking of that nutcase Tim Robbins and his "chill wind" speech from a few years ago. There's a chill wind allright and it's coming from the left! I'm beginning to wonder if they won't get away with outright stealing this election this time. Lord knows they tried in 2000 and 2004 but it seems like it just gets worse with each new election and just when you think they cannot put forward a worse candidate they manage somehow to find one more horrible than the last. I'm trying to be optomistic but honestly I've never been more frightened for my country than I have over the last few months.

I do not have cable. If he is as advertised isn't he a liability?

Rachel "I'm a man" Maddow is out-rating Olberfuck.

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re: #59 lifeofthemind

I do not have cable. If he is as advertised isn't he a liability?

I think MSNBC is trying to figure out how to jettison him, as he's probably a drag on their ratings.

re: #13 Creeping Eruption
Nope, never seen him, wouldn't recognize him. Why would I? CNBC? I have lizards who will monitor him, KOS, etc. without me sullying myself.

/Watched the Bronco beginning to end.

He's become a puppet, with Markos's hand up his butt.

re: #13 Creeping Eruption

I may be one of the only people in this world , and surly here, who has never watched olberman. Also one of the few people in the world who missed OJ in the white Bronco - Don't ask me how.

I've never watched Olberman either, although I've seen clips of his stupidity elsewhere. I also missed the white Bronco chase -- I had taken my daughter to a dance competition out of town and didn't find out about it until late afternoon the following day. Wanna be friends?

I did catch him on a rant last week. His eyes were spinning in his head & he was frothing.
He was screeching about McCain saying, "I will follow Bin Laden to the Gates of Hell"
Kieth extrapolated from that McCain knows where Osama is & won't tell the Pentagon. Stay with me, he then went on to label McCain a worse traitor than Benedict Arnold!
He needs a nice quiet place where he can feed the ducks for the rest of his days

re: #65 Ward Cleaver

He's become a puppet, with Markos's hand up his butt.

Maddow is there to keep in line with Air America crowd.

from Drudge Report...

CABLE RACE, TUES, SEPT 16

HANNITY/COLMES 3,136,000
O'REILLY 3,060,000
GRETA 2,908,000
HUME 1,977,000
COOPER 1,828,000
RACHEL MADDOW 1,801,000
SHEP SMITH 1,724,000
KING 1,710,000
OLBERMANN 1,635,000
GRACE 1,166,000
DOBBS 1,156,000
HARDBALL 821,000

For me to watch Olberman again after the RNC Coverage would require him to be exorcised, live, by an appropriate clergyman. The man is truly POSSESSED.

-S-

Microsoft (The MS part of MS NBC...) should be embarrased. Everytime I see KO make an ass of himself, I associate it with VISTA.

he's such a vulgar, horrible person.
making a complete fool of himself.
the king of spain would tell him to shut up.

re: #70 Dr. Shalit

For me to watch Olberman again after the RNC Coverage would require him to be exorcised, live, by an appropriate clergyman. The man is truly POSSESSED.

-S-

We need someone like that on our side. Oops, we do - Michael Savage. He was on MSNBC but got fired over a anti-gay remark.

Even though there's a long time to go, the Obamessiah has tied McCain in the latest Rasmussen poll, and has retaken the lead on intrade.

Come on McCain, you can beat this jackass!

re: #71 experiencedtraveller

Microsoft (The MS part of MS NBC...) should be embarrased. Everytime I see KO make an ass of himself, I associate it with VISTA.

"ex-tra" -

VISTA is better than that. It's kinda like the newest F-150 - good product - and heavier and more complicated than its predecessor or than it had to be.

-S-

re: #74 right_wing2

Even though there's a long time to go, the Obamessiah has tied McCain in the latest Rasmussen poll, and has retaken the lead on intrade.

Come on McCain, you can beat this jackass!

I already said what he has to do the next 4 days.

re: #75 Dr. Shalit

"ex-tra" -

VISTA is better than that. It's kinda like the newest F-150 - good product - and heavier and more complicated than its predecessor or than it had to be.

-S-

MS consists of 80% moonbats. I know this for a fact as I worked there for a time and experienced some of it.

OT- check it! (I know too early, but look!:)

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re: #68 EIDE_Interface

Maddow is there to keep in line with Air America crowd.

All three?

re: #72 nyc redneck

Callate KO.

re: #73 EIDE_Interface

We need someone like that on our side. Oops, we do - Michael Savage. He was on MSNBC but got fired over a anti-gay remark.

EIDE -

I would actually prefer MARK LEVIN for that role (same reason I preferred Gov. Palin to Gov. Lingle in a past thread - too much baggage) - AND - Good Point.

-S-

re: #69 dizzy_from_the_spin
Hey, he beat King.

Time for Rush!

re: #73 EIDE_Interface

We need someone like that on our side. Oops, we do - Michael Savage

Um, no thank you.

We can do better than that.

re: #73 EIDE_Interface

We need someone like that on our side. Oops, we do - Michael Savage. He was on MSNBC but got fired over a anti-gay remark.

Michael Savage is just about like Olbermann - both are ranters and ravers and turn off more people than they turn on.

Savage does himself no favors, and he's lost so many listeners over his on-air persona. I cannot handle five minutes of him.

re: #84 Occasional Reader

Um, no thank you.

We can do better than that.

I would go- I could put on my "leftist hell to pay the bills" hat to get in the door. . .get hired. . .and THEN be myself!

re: #85 Intrepid

Michael Savage is just about like Olbermann - both are ranters and ravers and turn off more people than they turn on.

Savage does himself no favors, and he's lost so many listeners over his on-air persona. I cannot handle five minutes of him.

His autism remarks were. . .&%^*!

What is terrible is that being stationed out here and watching the "news" during my time for lunch on the Armed Forces Network (AFN). That have this waste of @#$$ on the TV and it really makes my stomach churn! Why not call a Republican a liar that seems to be the "in thing" to do now for the Demiliberals!

He is truly a clown.

I have never set through an entire newscast of Olbermann's. I learned to hit the channel clicker the second "O .... " came out in the OJ Trials, and that practice serves me well with Olbermann. Even a background picture of him will give my thumb a click reflex.

who watches TV news to begin with?

I worked with keith for four years. You might think keith is a "tool," but you have no idea what a loser he is. He is much more of a social misfit in person than his on air persona would indicate. If obama loses this election, I fully expect keith to have an on air meltdown that will probably scuttle his TV career. He is that deranged.

Special Keith went off the deep end after being fired from RNC coverage after that special comment during his special moment.

Olbermann' rating are in the tank anyway. Soon he will be the warm up act for World's funniest pets and People.

It really is beyond belief...

This person is trying to "save" Bristol Palin by convincing her to abort her baby.

And this lovely excuse-for-a-human being thinks that Trig Palin should have been aborted for being a "burden.

/HT The Anchoress

I pretty much had the same experience Charles did, first time in years I watched this goon this week, disgusting the slime he puts out on anyone he's against. The whole culture of television, media, film and politics has degenerated so much in the last few years it's like wading in a sewer listening to this garbage and the nastiness has seemed to spread through the whole culture, politeness and honorable disagreement seem to be lost virtues. Anyone who doubts the MSM, MSNBC in particular, isn't completely in the tank for the Dems only has to watch a few hours of their no-holds-barred sliming. There are those who don't seem to mind turning public discourse into sewage if it suits their goals.

It's sad but true, but I have to turn off the halftime show on Sunday night football because the blathering idiot is on NBC for that too. His stint at ESPN no more makes him a sports commentator as his employment at MSNBC makes a political commentator. He just a raving lunatic.

And though I have no evidence, I find it ironical that the Leftist websites might be just "tools" of Palin's Alaskan Republican ultra-conservative and corrupt enemies.

Her strongest critics before being named VP were Alaskan Republicans whose toes she stepped on.

That it was hard to find any Democrat who had anything really bad to say about her governing and accomplishments before.

One has to wonder why these "rumors" dating back to her term as Mayor were never mentioned or discussed or had ANY coverage and suddenly all these few people REMEMBER these things that occurred more than a decade ago!

As Governor, Sarah Palin had the SUPPORT of the Democrats in going after the corruption. They couldn't say enough good about her "guts" and determination to not let party politics influence her.

Apparently, NOW they don't have the same guts to not allow THEIR party politics influence THEM and are willing to dish out smears, rumors and dirt because she happens to be running against a Democrat.

Shows where the partisan politics is. She was only "good" when she went after corrupt Republicans but the idea that she and McCain might not let "party" stand in their way and go after corrupt Democrats TOO ......can't have that.

Nope, I never watch ANY show that kook is a part of...never have liked him, even back in his ESPN days.

re: #95 jill e

It really is beyond belief...

This person is trying to "save" Bristol Palin by convincing her to abort her baby.

What a truly vile and disgusting excuse for a human being.

Doug Stanhope, go fuck yourself.

Pardon my French, but that pisses me off more than week's worth of Keif Olberdouche.

The dailykos and Countdown people have the same audience, most of them have said, "Well I already knew that."

re: #73 EIDE_Interface

Wiener is a total ass and an embrassment to conservatives.

What kind of person enjoys this sort of ugly ranting and dishonest distortion?

Probably the Liberal version of a Bill O'Reilly viewer. The only difference is there is half the number viewers in Olbermann's case.

Kosmosis:
When bogus information from dailyKos filters into the MSM.

re: #24 WriterMom

Trig Palin is not only a gift from G-d to the Palin family but he has an additional purpose which is to be the vehicle for exposing the hatred of these vile, repulsive leftists and their loathing of disabled babies, children and adults. They cannot contain their hatred, it explodes from within them and smears of this sort-based on heinous lies just show the absolute moral bankruptcy of the left and the liberal elites. Trig is a messenger-what a privilege he has-how blessed the Palin family is to have him-and us by extension.

Well put WriterMom. Some sage insight indeed. That sweet little boy is an ambassador and he doesn't even know it yet! :)

re: #105 ploome hineni

not a woman and never dated dobermann. keith couldn't get laid in a female prison.

re: #34 livefreeor die

Now that is an Olberman show I'll watch!

Here Here! Popcorn anyone?

Rachel Madow has passed Olbermann in ratings on MSNBC.

OlberFAIL!

CABLE RACE, TUES, SEPT 16

HANNITY/COLMES 3,136,000
O'REILLY 3,060,000
GRETA 2,908,000
HUME 1,977,000
COOPER 1,828,000
RACHEL MADDOW 1,801,000
SHEP SMITH 1,724,000
KING 1,710,000
OLBERMANN 1,635,000
GRACE 1,166,000
DOBBS 1,156,000
HARDBALL 821,000

Disregard my previous post. It's been discussed. I searched the page for Madow rather than Maddow and thought it hadn't been.

Except for the "OlberFAIL". I think that does add to the conversation.

Wait, let me bold that since it's really the actual focus of, I think, my main discussion point:

OlberFAIL!

maddow in many ways is dobermann's creation. and he will NOT be happy for her success! this could get interesting over there. maybe GE has set the "maddow trap" so he will say something beyond the pale and they will have a legit reason to fire him.

OT: OBAMA is the "Worst Person in the World," for directing a campaign an in Spanish only, to illegal immigrants in demographics where English is not spoken. His slogan ought to be: Change! Resign America's Sovereignty!
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re: #23 livefreeor die

Is it me or has the MSM suddenly tried to bury the Palin e-mail story this morning?

It is called a "blackout" it happens all the time.

Hey! Maybe we could get "Radio Free Europe" upgraded to broadcast into our country, it could be "Free America Broadcast"

I have never watched much of his show. I cna only watch it fora few monutes before i want to smash the TV.

What kind of person enjoys this sort of ugly ranting and dishonest distortion?

What kind of network would hire joke writers to create news and a joke to deliver it?

I suspect that Olbermann is pleased to be called "the worst person on television".

Like a number of others, he mistakes controversy for debate, and regards outrageousness as a kind of artistic pioneering.

Ignore him.

re: #27 Elcid

Olbermann...Hmmmm. Didn't his Grandfather flee to South America, after WWII?

Oh......THAT Uebersturmbannfuehrer Olbermann.......

I removed msnbc from all the channel scan lists on our TVs years ago, just to prevent me from having to lay eyes on that jackass for a fraction of a second.

olby heads my list of worst people in the world, followed closely by Michael Moore and Bill Maher.

Olby has been off the deep end for a long time now, and its depressing to watch him even for a moment.

i don't get how executives at NBC and GE think that Olberman is a good person to represent their brand.

totally disgusting.

I love the irony of Lefties damning the bias of O'Reilly and Hannity as they embrace Olbermann.

Keith is nothing but a dog barking idiotically through an endless night and only his fellow left wing mutts think he has anything worth listening to.

re: #36 Conservative in Liberal Hands

General Electric (GE) owns:
Bravo
CNBC
Focus Features & Rogue Pictures
Global Networks
MSNBC
Mun2
NBC Entertainment
NBC News
NBC Sports & Olympics
NBC Universal Television Group
NBC Universal Television Stations
SCI FI
Telemundo
USA Network
Universal Parks & Resorts
Universal Pictures
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Weather Plus
iVillage

Given their stock performance and the revenue that is generated by their media networks, why haven't someone at GE terminated Mr. Olbermann's services?

GE makes most of their money on their finance division- or at least they used to.

re: #73 EIDE_Interface

We need someone like that on our side. Oops, we do - Michael Savage. He was on MSNBC but got fired over a anti-gay remark.

No- we do not need a nut case on our side. All people like Savage do is give the left an easy target with which to degrade us all.

Actually, guys, he's more to be pitied than derided. I would be depressed as hell were I consumed with such utter, irrational hatred as he is. Never anything positive about his guys, just a litany of snide, hate-filled remarks about Bushitler, Cheney, O'Reilly (he's reaaaaaally got an unhealthy fixation on Bill), etc -- everyone else is stupid, clueless, a liar, etc, only he and his swells really "get it." Something tells me he's ben alienating and annoying people since he was in elementary school.

What an empty, pathetic and immature existence -- the only difference between Olbermann and the drunken homeless guy screaming on a street corner is some inept NBC exec mistakenly provided this clown with a forum, something, I can safely say, he won't have much longer.

re: #1 Celtic Templar

In his pilot show at begin credits.

Why does anyone really give a damn about Keith "Uber"man anyhow ?

I surfed into Rachel Maddow. I stopped for maybe 10 seconds and she said that polls had shown that the selection of Palin had actually shown a decrease in support from women. Right. The whole network is one big lie.

Its either just showbiz or this guy is truly deranged. I don't know how he sleeps at night with a head so full of hatred and paranoia. Its amazing that anyone can watch this show at all. Actually it isnt really a show at all. Usually its him ranting about the other guy's show. The other guy's show is just as stupid but it does have a wide variety of guest and topics. This guy always has the exact same "guests" from Newsweek to simply agree with his unhinged ranting.

I cant watch any thing but Fox News

re: #129 winston06

I cant watch any thing but Fox News

Hear! Hear!

It really is shocking that any company would allow this to be their face.