AP Does Nice Press Release For Keith Olbermann

• October 9, 2006

Hmm…

So Olbermann targets Bush, eh? What a shocker.
Seriously, that headline may as well read “Ted Kennedy Is A Liberal” or “Michael Moore Has A Weight Problem.”
Honestly, why is Olbermann getting this kind of attention? We certainly don’t see headlines like “Rush Limbaugh Thinks Democrats Are Wrong” or “Sean Hannity Dislikes Hillary Clinton.” And it’s not like Olbermann is setting any viewership records. I mean, the guy’s show was recently outrated in primetime by a gameshow rerun.
The dude is an irrelevant clown who almost nobody watches, but I guess he’s saying the sort of things mainstream news reporters only wish they could say so they’ll give him a bunch free publicity. Rush Limbaugh has something like 30 million daily listeners and he can’t get in the headlines unless customs agents find some Viagra in his luggage, but Olbermann goes nutso on Bush daily and calls Fox News Roger Ailes a “fat ass” and suddenly he’s the second coming of Walter Cronkite or something.

Tags: Media, Politics, The Loony Left

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Don’t bother Mr. Miller. No civility or debate here. Apparently not much truth or logic, neither. What a joke. Hee-Haw. “Too Funny.”
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

If Democrats become more corrupt, someday they may be able to become Republicans?

Once again you never cease to amaze. Democrats have always set the standard for excessive corruption.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Dave, maybe he’s on to something and maybe he’s not. Time will tell.

As I said in a comment above, there is a large potential “moonbat” audience that likely will be loyal. However Air America didn’t reach them and as yet Olbermann hasn’t either.

I see all of MSNBC did well last week, not just KO.

You jumped in to take on the characterization that KO has not been successful. He’s had his show for a while and he’s not been successful. Like I started with, maybe he’ll be successful and maybe he won’t be.

If he is successful it won’t hurt the conservative cause as he’ll be preaching to the choir. (Much like Rush does)
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Dave did you look at those numbers. I can’t see how you’d get an average of only 368,000 with the data on your link.

These two reports of MSNBC’s ratings don’t seem to gel.

The article I found was for the 3rd quarter. Yours were for a very short time.

Now I’d bet that lefties were very interested in the news last week to get the Foley news. Just a guess.
http://www.themillerreport.com/ Dave Miller

No, but, they may look at Oct. 4, Sept. 28 or whatever days Olbermann did his special comments. They will also look at the days after he did his special comments to see how much of the audience remained and how much new audience the show attracted. The 3Q numbers will be interesting to look at in comparison to the 2Q and 1Q to see the overall impact of the commentaries. I would think, any television observer would be hard pressed to say they haven’t had any effect at all.
http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

If you were an honest person, and you are not, you would have signed your little diatribe ‘Liberal Troll’ instead of ‘Real Conservative’.

Now hurry up and run back to your little Kos diary, moron.
http://www.themillerreport.com/ Dave Miller

Let’s see, no one is watching:

Oct. 4 (money demo 25-54)
Billo – 461
K.O. – 259
Zahn – 203
Grace – 165

Oct. 3 (Olbermann was on Letterman)

Oct. 2 (money demo 25-54)
Billo – 389
K.O. – 333
Zahn – 267
Grace – 206

Oct. 2 (total audience)
Billo – 1,990
K.O. – 834
Zahn – 736
Grace – 544

Every media outlet has been guilty of publishing “puff” pieces (NY Times w/K.O. earlier this year), especially regarding television personalities. This AP story (writen by a television beat reporter) is no different.

The above numbers speak for themselves. Billo IS losing his audience. The commentaries (in terms of ‘strategery’) are working. They are building momentum for the program as a whole and they are doing their part journalistically. By that I mean, Olbermann, the journalist, is asking and getting answers to questions in regards to the current administration. You don’t like it because it is your ‘boy’ that is being questioned.

Government, Democrat or Republican, does not get a pass… ever! Olbermann did not give Clinton a pass in 97/98 and he is not giving Bush (and administration) a pass during this second term.

Say what you will, but domestic spying programs, secret government prisons, and the abolition of habeus corpus are MASSIVE government doings that MUST be questioned. It is the role of the press (the fourth estate) to be a check on all three branches of the government. I think, Olbermann is simply living up to that role, unlike many of the yellow bellied journalists that exist today.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

tells the ten people watching how Bush is the Devil.

I thought that was Chavez. Wait a minute have we ever seen Chavez and Olbermann together?
Real Conservative

Why do you guys care what Olbermann is doing? You should be busy defending the reckless acts of Foley in your party.
I am a conservative who is fed up with absolute power. And the problem is that you guys speak as though you have logic about every issue. You do not.
You continue to rant and rave about how bad America is. The Republican party has made it that way. The Republican Party used to be good- Now it is full of scandals, bad ideas, and corruption.
Do not worry. Republicans will not lose next month because a stupid sex-scandal is sweeping through the party. They will lose because of the economy. And before you respond with twenty right-leaning stats on how great our economy currently is, let me remind you that what is good for Wall Street is not necessarily good for the average family in North Dakota. How the hell does a 30k per year family in ND without investments supposed to benefit in today’s America?
I guess those people do not matter, even if they are the majority, and always have been. I have plenty of relatives and friends who still farm in ND. They told me they really got screwed this year. I suppose they should all shut down because a few whack-jobs belive disaster aid and farm subsidies are a bad idea.
Go ahead. Take away farm subsidies. Then, fast forward ten years from now and explain to 300 million people why they should pay ten bucks for a loaf of bread or starve to death. Sound like a great idea.
http://www.themillerreport.com/ Dave Miller

Whistler, you might be right with the speaking to the choir, but in terms of success, whose definition of success? In the cable television market MSNBC may be last most of the time, but as we saw recently, MSNBC.com won two awards for best news website. Relevance in the television ratings can be questioned daily as I pointed out above. Longevity says something to. K.O. has had a rather consistant audience and now that audience seems to be growing, slowly, but growing.

As I have said on my blog concerning this issue with Keith Olbermann and his comments… either this is the liberal Olbermann coming out and he’s using ‘his’ show to defend ‘his’ liberal ideals, or he is using ‘his’ show to bring back an old form of journalism which Edward R. Murrow perfected during the McCarthy hearings. If Olbermann ends his comments when the Democrats, sorry, if the dems win a majority in Congress next month, then something could be said about the comments solely being partisan attacks. But, I’ve talked to two political science professors and a first amendment law professor in the last week and all of them said that he may be on to something in terms of how the Bush administration is taking great liberty with the Constitution. Like you said, time will tell. I hope for journalism’s sake, Olbermann is picking a fight, not because it’s republicans and Bush, but because of the offenses those in governmental power are committing.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Cable News Race (Important Link Available, Not just Heresay)

CNN

REACH:

549,000 – DAYTIME

858,000 – PRIME TIME

FOX NEWS

REACH:

896,000 DAYTIME

1,500,000 PRIME TIME

MSNBC

REACH:

264,000 DAYTIME

368,000 PRIME TIME
http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

Notice too that the writer said that Olbermann delivered a ‘blistering retort’.

The only way that guy can deliver a blistering retort is if he lit the hair gel on his pompadour on fire.
2Hotel9

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Real Conservative

I would bet, Whistler that supply side economics are working for MSNBC. Just a guess.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Too Funny.
http://www.fileitunder.com/ Hoodlumman

I see the KO and/or MSNBC is calling in some major favors to get KO’s chronically last-place numbers up to snuff.

I await the AP’s article on the nuances and finer points of Tucker Carlson’s program.
Real Conservative

I am quite honest in saying that it has been facist trolls like you that have turned the Republican party into a joke.
I know that people like you, Ken Mc-crack-head don’t like that “learnin” stuff, but shoulden’t you be off defending pedophiles in your party?
Real Conservative

Pretty funny, crackhead. Maybe next you can try not posting that at the EXACT same time I posted my previous comment.

I didn’t think you were really on crack but I guess even you screwed up on that one….
http://wizbangblog.com/ Jay Tea

Wait a minute! I thought it was “Ted Kennedy Has A Weight Problem” and “Michael Moore Is A Liberal.”

I always get things wrong…

J.
http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

They are painfully easy to spot, these seminar commenters.

They don’t know enough about real conservatism to talk the talk, so they end up sounding like a weird parody of conservatives from Democratic Undergound.

Which is where that guy probably came from.
Real Conservative

If by “Superior” you mean someone ethical and moral, you’ve got me.

Fact is, I’ve been hated for my Superiority at times, but now I am just happy to be in the “Moral Majority.”
Real Conservative

I am very stupid.
Real Conservative

Actually, I am from Bismarck.

Moving on, I just wanted to say that I am sorry to bring logic and truth to this arena. I am sure it is quite a shock.

I am shocked that the same group of people can constantly defend the corrupt and inexcusable actions of the GOP. I am guessing that you are the same group that defended Clinton.

Maybe it is because you are under-educated, and ill-informed. Maybe it is because the only knowledge you acquired came in the form of antequated GOP slogans your parents passed down to you. Maybe it is the fact that many of you have never lived or visited any place that doesn’t begin with North and end in Dakota.
Maybe it is ego. Maybe it is sickness.

I am guessing it is a healthy dose of all these things.
2Hotel9

Nothing to debate. You are not very creative, got to mix those talking points up, when you just type straight off the email, in order, you are just too transparent. We are happy to help you polish your seminar commenting skills, you need all the help you can get. Your crew over at DU and Daily Kos are slipping, you seminar commentors were alot more challenging last fall. It took at least 3 comments before you gave yourselves away then. Now, you are just pathetic. And with that I am out for the night. Got 1200sq feet of flagstone patio and walkway to lay tomorrow. Later, Ken, Toot.
Real Conservative

Thanks Dave. You’ve got it on that one.
http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

Come on, ‘Real Conservative’, give us another lecture on how superior you are.

You are starting to be entertaining.
http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

Thanks for the advice on which gun to purchase, Hotel.
2Hotel9

unreal conservative, you ought to take that routine on the road, way to funny. Supply side economics. MSNBC. Way too funny. Did it occur to you to look up that term? I bet Wiki has a whole page, maybe even 2, on it. And Dave? If you are seeing muck and weeds you need to stand up, you know, up here where we are we can see the horizons, and the snakes crawling in the grass. Come on, everything is not as dark and dysmal as you seem to think.
http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

Oh, why should I?

You have all the answers, oh superior one.

I am just waiting for an invaluable lecture from you. Please don’t hold out on us – we terribly need your wisdom and knowledge.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Dave: I hate to tell you Bill Orielly is no conservative.

In my opinion Fox would be better off not to attract liberal viewers as they a) aren’t going to get them and b) they turn off some of the right. Still that’s my opinion.

Better yet present both sides, but drop the “political analysts” doing commentary unless it’s actually germane.

I really doubt that advertisers are going to look at October 4th and make a purchase on that one days numbers.
Real Conservative

C’mon! I am looking for real debate. All I am getting is a really bad re-run of hee-haw. Ah, “too funny.” Is that how you say “CRAP!” in Republican?
http://www.themillerreport.com/ Dave Miller

These guys used to be an enjoyable lot to debate in a civil manner but they seem to have found solice in the muck and the weeds.
http://www.themillerreport.com/ Dave Miller

Most anyone (especially advertisers) are going to be looking at dailies. Why? Because they are able to compare the numbers to the flux of the issues. Foleygate be go without saying for the increase in Olbermann’s numbers, but what explains the decrease in Billo’s numbers?

Since making his first ‘special comment’ in September, Olbermann has been in second most nights. On average (if I remember right) the numbers for Fox News have been off. Why aren’t the conservitives going to their conservative blow horn to hear about Foleygate? Is it because he’s not talking about it? Is it because Billo is starting to turn his program into “Inside Edition” after saying he thought it was silly to cover celebrity news?
ellinas

calls Fox News Roger Ailes a “fat ass”
By Rob on October 8, 2006 at 07:16 pm
Can anybody prove that Roger Ailes is a “thin ass?”
Real Conservative

Whoa, 2Hotel9, you got me, dog. I didn’t realize with all your fancy learnin’ you could teach me ‘sumthin ’bout supply side ‘nomics. Could it be my fancy big city humor?
Real Conservative

Whoa….back up the bus Dave. Are you saying that because I do not like corruption I can no longer be a Republican?

Because so far, I thought Whistler and Crackhead were just being mean. You’re saying…they were being serious?

Oh my God! I can’t believe that they think things actually work that way!

Now that is funny.

According to the logic around here, Crack-head and Whistler, If Democrats become more corrupt, someday they may be able to become Republicans?
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

BTW: I think the potential audience for an anti-bush-Republican “news show” is quite a bit bigger than Olberman’s audience.

The fact that his numbers aren’t higher shows that he’s not that effective.
http://www.themillerreport.com/ Dave Miller

Not just hearsay…

Important link available.

Better? How’s that make you feel?

And by the way Whistler, Rob’s post is questioning the individual performance of Olbermann and not necessarily the network’s. Thanks for pointing out the obvious that MSNBC is third behind CNN and Fox News.

And another thing while I’m at it… doesn’t the little creed say:

Grant me the serenity to ignore the trolls,
the courage to debate with honest opponents,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

McKracken and Hotel are all over that one. I laugh at the lack of civility you guys show on a repeated basis… and that has been my sole reason for no longer commenting on Rob’s (for the most part) great blog. It’s too bad, cuz I like Rob.
Johnny

I don’t listen to “Rushbo” as you call him so I wouldn’t know what he does on his program.

Anyone who says anything negative about Olbermann gets your panties in a bunch.

Your argument that he was tough on Clinton is a joke. He was/is not tough on Democrats or liberals, but since he didn’t like Clinton getting a bj in the oval office and than lying and misleading the public about it, that makes him tough on Clinton, therefore he is non-partisan, objective, and fair.

Just because people disagree and engage in partisan bickering, does not make them 7th graders. You are just as guilty of this as everyone else.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Unreal Conservative: As I said one snapshot of a news show does not show the trend.
http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

Come on, ‘Real Conservative’, give us a few more laughs here.

I know you are just warming up, just itching to put us fake conservatives in our place!

Let’s see what you got.
http://www.themillerreport.com/ Dave Miller

It is hard to take him or his program seriously when he talks about Paris Hilton and Anna Nicole one segment and than tells the ten people watching how Bush is the Devil.

I guess that goes for this blog too when there are posts about celebrity issues or… this, or this, or this,
or especially this.

I understand how difficult it must be for you (Johnny) to pay attention to more than one topic in an hour. God forbid a broadcaster mix up his newscast with a little light information to break up the heavy stuff… cuz Rushbo never does that?

Next time think before you type away aimlessly looking to simply slam a guy for making a rather salient point concerning the ridiculous partisan bickering way too many of you engage in as if you were still in 7th grade.
reaper

Just read any of these linked blogs and it is easy to spot the Olby defenders.

Didn’t you know that Olby actually beat O’Reilly for a 15 minute time frame during one program a week ago in just one demographic? Olby actually bragged about that one night, wow, what an accomplishment.

His anti-semitic rants have gone ignored by the mainstream media and that is a shame and an insult and should not be tolerated.
Johnny

Poor Dave Miller, people disagree with him so he doesn’t post on this blog anymore…boo hooo hooo.

I really am intrigued by the people who prop Olbermann up and talk about his audience and how it is growing, and that Fox News is losing its audience. Olbermann’s number are really stagnant, they go up and down from time to time but are staying very consistent. Oh, i’m sorry, an increase of 25,000 viewers over a year I guess would be an increase, ok, you win.

I’m also loving this argument that he is like Murrow, excuse me while I throw up now.

It is hard to take him or his program seriously when he talks about Paris Hilton and Anna Nicole one segment and than tells the ten people watching how Bush is the Devil.
http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

Well you think very highly of yourself, that is for sure.

I am sure your family tired of it long ago.
2Hotel9

Not a prob! Later, y’all.
http://www.themillerreport.com/ Dave Miller

I will continue to say that I don’t agree with Olbmerann the liberal, but I will stand behind his arguments concerning the Bush Administration’s lack of regard for the constitution. Bush is writing the law as he goes with his signing statements and with the recent axe job of the habeas corpus clause, I need not say more… except to say, do not miss Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Tuesday night (8/7pm CT) when the “Murder of Habeas Corpus” is investigated.
Real Conservative

Ah…Actually I already have, Mc-Crackhead. You still haven’t given me anything intelligent to debate.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

It’s funny, Dave, how you deride partisan bickering while defending one of the most partisan idiots on the face of the earth (Keith Olbermann).

I mean, for all your supposedly libertarian ideals, you sure jumped on the liberal bandwagon with Keith Olbermann. Like I’ve said before, you’re just as partisan as everyone else here.

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