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Title: Olbermann leaves Daily Kos
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Politico
URL Source: http://dyn.politico.com/printstory. ... 55C-18FE-70B2-A85863979B086985
Published: Jun 17, 2010
Author: Andy Barr
Post Date: 2010-06-17 16:35:12 by Badeye
Keywords: None
Views: 2061
Comments: 14
Olbermann leaves Daily Kos By: Andy Barr June 17, 2010 01:33 PM EDT Keith Olbermann announced Wednesday night that he will cease blogging for the liberal Daily Kos over a comment directed at the MSNBC host’s coverage. Olbermann and some of his MSNBC colleagues surprised their left-leaning fans on Tuesday with eviscerating critiques of President Barack Obama’s Oval Office address on the oil spill spewing off the Gulf Coast. “It was a great speech if you were on another planet for the last 57 days,” Olbermann said of the president’s remarks, echoing similarly negative comments from fellow MSNBC hosts Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow. One commenter on the Daily Kos, where Olbermann has frequently blogged over the years, speculated that the pattern of hosts generally sympathetic to the president bashing the administration was too consistent to be a coincidence. “Can’t verify, of course,” the commenter began, “but a friend in the news biz tells me he got a damaging e-mail from one of his pals at NBC. Something to the effect that their anger was pre-planned because ‘beating up on the president has been good for ratings.’ I haven't checked, but I'm hearing that Olbermann slammed the speech on Twitter before it even started.” Olbermann, incensed by the commenter, later fired off a posted titled “Check, Please” explaining that he won’t be “back” to the site until it stops delving into “conspiracy theories.” “‘Can't verify’... ‘haven't checked’...It can't be verified because it's nonsense, and it wasn't checked because nobody bothered,” Olbermann said before launching into a critique of the blog. “For years, from the Katrina days onward, whenever I stuck my neck out, I usually visited here as the clichéd guy in the desert stopping by the oasis,” he wrote. “I never got universal support, and never expected it, nor wanted it (who wants an automatic ‘Yes’ machine?). But I used to read a lot about how people here would 'always have my back,' and trust me this was of palpable value as I fought opponents external and internal who try to knock me and Rachel off the air, all the time, in ways you can imagine and others you can't.” Olbermann went on to say that he understood if some of his viewers were frustrated to see him criticizing the president but that he would not stand for being accused of doing so just to boost ratings. “To accuse me, after five years of risking what I have to present the truth as I see it, of staging something for effect, is deeply offensive to me and is an indication of what has happened here,” the liberal host wrote. “You want cheerleaders? Hire the Buffalo Jills. You want diaries with conspiracy theories, go nuts. If you want this site the way it was even a year ago, let me know and I'll be back.” © 2010 Capitol News Company, LLC
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#1. To: All (#0)
Waaaaaaaa! Poor Keith, did they hurt your oh so manly feelings? Bawaaaaaa! Guess you are dailykos's 'Wost Person in the Wooooorrrrrlllldddd!' you big pussy. God, this is enjoyable.
Just 10 days prior to the explosion, the Obama administration’s regulators gave the oil rig a pass, and last year the Obama administration granted BP a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) exemption for its drilling operation.
LOL! It sure is!
Quoted by PDS insane assholes every where.
Typical jack booted statist liberal, wanting to censor the Internet. There's not a dimes worth of difference between the neo-libs, and the neo-cons. McCain/Fiengold, two peas in a pod. Throw in Kief Overdose, and you've got some rancid pea soup.
Who watches CNN or MSNBC? Losers.
No arguement here.
Just 10 days prior to the explosion, the Obama administration’s regulators gave the oil rig a pass, and last year the Obama administration granted BP a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) exemption for its drilling operation.
I used to flip when Fox and Fluff in the mornings got on my nerves, to MSNBC til THEY got on my nerves. Now, I just flip one channel down to Fox Business, and watch Imus. Dagin McDowell is hilarious.
Just 10 days prior to the explosion, the Obama administration’s regulators gave the oil rig a pass, and last year the Obama administration granted BP a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) exemption for its drilling operation.
Chuckles...sorry...didn't realize the AV Club was holding a meeting...I'll leave...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace I'm biased, obviously, given the shit I'm subjected to daily here from the anti groupie. Badeye posted on 2010-06-10 11:34:31 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
I like Fox, they have a lot of bleached blondes. If they haven't shaved and you turn them upside down you will usually find a brunette. Dagin McDowell is growing on me, I considered her a token, but she seems to have a voice of her own. Still don't really care for her, even Forbes has fallen so far I didn't renew my subscription. Then as always I got an offer for $5 for one year. I grabbed it. Steve needs to fire Quentin Hardy. I've emailed him about a dozen times and he still hasn't done one simple personnel move. Dad had lunch with Steve and was not coherent enough to tell me anything. Dad is not senile now or way back then when they had lunch together. He just doesn't care about squat unless it's sports related. Sad comment. It's the "put the NFL games on and they won't wake up until after election day Tuesday" attitude.
The weather chick on Fox is hilarious. ON 'Red Eye' they asked if she was a natural blonde, she said the following: 'Nope, I'm a natural redhead. The drapes don't match the rug....' I cried I laughed so hard.
Just 10 days prior to the explosion, the Obama administration’s regulators gave the oil rig a pass, and last year the Obama administration granted BP a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) exemption for its drilling operation.
Dump Chuckles. All day, every day, all he does is fight.
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Bawaaaaaa! Guess you are dailykos's 'Wost Person in the Wooooorrrrrlllldddd!' you big pussy. P*ssies like Keith getting their azzes kick by even bigger p*ssies. Looks like he's "The Worst P*ssy in the World"! Oh man - nothing like the smell of Leftist p*ssy napalm in the morning. ;-)
Actually there is; At least the neocons don't cram America's entire way of life into the microwave 24/7.
Turn them upside down at MSNBC and you'll usually find a snap-on. Or Crissy Matthews.
Keith Olberman, another "Progressive" idiot traitor that made a out of himself!! ;c)
#2. To: Badeye (#1)
God, this is enjoyable.
#3. To: Badeye (#0)
(Edited)
he won’t be “back” to the site until it stops delving into “conspiracy theories.”
#4. To: Badeye (#0)
#5. To: hondo68 (#3)
#6. To: reaganisright (#4)
#7. To: Badeye (#0)
#8. To: Badeye (#6)
#9. To: reaganisright (#8)
If they haven't shaved and you turn them upside down you will usually find a brunette.
#10. To: A K A Stone (#7)
Toss: ADL,CAIR and the Vatican into the pit they belong in.
#11. To: Badeye (#1)
Waaaaaaaa! Poor Keith, did they hurt your oh so manly feelings?
#12. To: hondo68 (#3)
Typical jack booted statist liberal, wanting to censor the Internet. There's not a dimes worth of difference between the neo-libs, and the neo-cons.
#13. To: reaganisright (#8)
I like Fox, they have a lot of bleached blondes. If they haven't shaved and you turn them upside down you will usually find a brunette.
#14. To: hondo68 (#3)
JACKASS
The Fed EXPOSED!!! The FARO RESERVE BANK!!!
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