Tumbleblogging Olbermann

"is unclear if the Olbermann clinics had any influence on Mary Landrieux (D-LA) and Blanche Lincoln..."

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:11:40 -0500

“is unclear if the Olbermann clinics had any influence on Mary Landrieux (D-LA) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), the final two holdouts for the 60 senate votes necessary to move the debate forward, but it sure seems safe to say it sure didn’t hurt. Senator Lincoln said today, “I’m thinking about the 450,000 Arkansans who have no health insurance. I’m not thinking about my re-election, the legacy of a president or whether Democrats or Republicans are going to be able to claim victory in winning this debate.””

- Bravo Keith Olbermann! | Free Range Talk

"m here because I fucked up in life,” he said. “I’m trying to change it.” Mr...."

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:09:44 -0500

“m here because I fucked up in life,” he said. “I’m trying to change it.” Mr. Shabazz walked around the venue hall soliciting people to autograph his fire engine red C.A. R. E. volunteer T-shirt. “I plan to send this to Keith Olbermann to show him all the people that were here.” While the doors to the clinic are scheduled to close at 7:00 p.m., it is anticipated that hundreds of patients will receive care after that time. “We are who we are,” Lamoreaux said. “If you’re here, or if you show up a few minutes late with an appointment, we’re going to see you.” After today, the National Association of Free Clinics heads”

- Blake Rutherford: While Senators Denounce Medicaid, The Uninsured Turn To Charity

"nt to help with Dr. Oz in Houston with NACF and met Nicole Lamoureaux, and we talked about possibly..."

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:03:29 -0500

“nt to help with Dr. Oz in Houston with NACF and met Nicole Lamoureaux, and we talked about possibly doing something here in New Orleans. And once Keith Olbermann made his statement on healthcare reform, we knew we had to act on it. Some people felt it couldn’t be done here — and wouldn’t run smoothly, but it went fine. I’m very excited to see this happening here.”

- C.A.R.E clinic offers wellness to N.O. on The Louisiana Weekly

"munities Are Responding Everyday (CARE) at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, which..."

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:53:37 -0500

“munities Are Responding Everyday (CARE) at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, which was made possible in part because of calls for donations by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. A wide variety of medical services, including physicals and screenings for such conditions as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, were provided at the clinic.”

- Think Progress » 1,500 Uninsured Arkansans Line Up For A Free Health Care Clinic

"ore than one thousand people showed up for a free healthcare clinic in New Orleans. The idea for..."

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:43:32 -0500

“ore than one thousand people showed up for a free healthcare clinic in New Orleans. The idea for holding the clinic came about after a push by Keith Olbermann on his “Countdown” show on MSNBC, as a wakeup call for U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu of Lousiana. The good Senator has taken a stand against health insurance reform even though 22 percent of her constituents have no health insurance”

- The WorkingReporter Blog » More Than 1000 Turn Out For Free Clinic

"er objections to the Stupak amendment (so named for Representative Bart Stupak, Democrat of..."

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:38:33 -0500

“er objections to the Stupak amendment (so named for Representative Bart Stupak, Democrat of Michigan) indicate, much of her work these days involves the Democratic health care overhaul. Ms. Maddow, Mr. Olbermann and Ed Schultz, the channel’s 6 p.m. host, formerly of Air America, have all exhorted Democrats to keep the public option. Mr. Schultz started a broadca”

- MSNBC Not Shy About Criticizing Obama - NYTimes.com

"e idea of focusing frustration about the pace of reform and focusing the anger against the Bart..."

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:34:20 -0500

“e idea of focusing frustration about the pace of reform and focusing the anger against the Bart Stupaks and the Mary Landrieus of this world into something positive, that was the brainstorm of one of our COUNTDOWN senior producers Rich Stockwell, a brainstorm that wound up raising $1,700,000 and so far has gotten free health care to just over 1,000 of our neighbors. With free clinic number two set for this Saturday in Little Rock, did it put political pressure on anybody, on Senator Landrieu? As Rich found out when he went to New Orleans to represent us, it damn well better put pressure on everybody even those of us who already consider ourselves ardently pro-reform. He wrote a compelling first person essay for the COUNTDOWN Web site. With his permission, I’m going to read it in full because he’s right and because I could not attend because I was here with my father.”

- Discussion of liberal concerns, networking outside the Democratic Party «Liberals Unleashed

"n’t know Rich Stockwell, but his mother and his sister are friends of mine. They must be bursting..."

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:31:55 -0500

“n’t know Rich Stockwell, but his mother and his sister are friends of mine. They must be bursting with pride tonight. Rich was the one who suggested to his boss that sponsoring free clinics would be a good idea, and his boss, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, agreed. Olbermann appealed to his “Countown” audience to donate money toward sponsoring several free clinics, and they responded by giving more than $1.4 million. The first of the clinics was held over the weekend, and Rich attended. To read his account of the day, visit http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33975919/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann. Keith read the essay on the air tonight and it was eloquent. It made me want to go volunteer at the next one. But maybe I’ll see if there’s something I can do at one of the free clinics here at home. Maybe we all should — especially the people who think the system we have now works. Print This Post”

- lifeomike.org | The word from New Orleans

"w is a career decision that might not even result in Dobbs’s winding up under the Fox umbrella..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:44:19 -0500

“w is a career decision that might not even result in Dobbs’s winding up under the Fox umbrella (though that result is still the odds-on favorite) Worst Person-worthy? After reading Dobbs’s press statement in his trademark ’spooky voice,’ Olbermann justified it thusly: “you’ve just denied me that impression? How dare you, sir!” Olbermann also passed on the rumors that for the time being, CNN would do two hours of their 8pmET show (that would be Campbell Brown), and that Dobbs would be poached by Telemundo. Broadcasting at 8pm”

- Lou Dobbs | ‘Worst Person in the World’ | TV | Mediaite

"Lt. Governor Bill Halter held a press conference this morning to release more details on the free..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:41:51 -0500

“Lt. Governor Bill Halter held a press conference this morning to release more details on the free medical clinic that will be held at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock on Saturday, Nov. 21. The clinic is sponsored by the National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC). Funds for the clinic were raised mostly due to the efforts of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, who solicited donations on his nightly news program “Countdown”

- Arkansas Blog: Halter touts free clinic

"’ll say one thing for him,” Matthau notes, late in the film. “He’s got the courage of his..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:37:20 -0500

“’ll say one thing for him,” Matthau notes, late in the film. “He’s got the courage of his ignorance.” Indeed. Sometimes films that predict the future are way off (see: just about any film about future technology or civilization), but sometimes, an intelligent and clear-thinking screenwriter will hazard a guess as to where we could go in mass media, and absolutely nail it. As you watch A Face in the Crowd’s seemingly far-fetched television opinion show, “Lonesome Rhodes’s Cracker Barrel,” in which Rhodes and his buddy sit around, espousing jingoism as homespun wisdom and using that bully pulpit to push repurposed political candidates, I couldn’t help but think about how easily”

- Fourth Row Center: Film Writings by Jason Bailey: Backfilling: “A Face in the Crowd”

"Keith Olbermann is the fucking shit!!! Henry knows full well that he’s been a bit harsh on..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:30:27 -0500

“Keith Olbermann is the fucking shit!!! Henry knows full well that he’s been a bit harsh on brother Olbermann recently. However, on last night’s Countdown, he unleashed some motherfucking shit on that moron, Carrie Prejean. Henry feels like he doesn’t even really need to add his own comment insofar as what the segment was about. Long story long, Carrie Prejean feels that her 1st amendment right is being violated by the “liberal media” and that her voice is being suppressed because she’s a fucking redneck bigoted homophobe. Well, fact is, brother Olbermann did a little bit of fact checking. Something this fucking twit obviously didn’t do. Here is the clip. Clearly it is an absolute non-story and really it matters not in the larger spectrum, but fuck… it’s goddamn entert”

- Who is Henry Krinkle?: Keith Olbermann is the fucking shit!!!

"he has a rare blood cancer (like me), and he has come out publicly to help folks realize that it’s..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:27:32 -0500

“he has a rare blood cancer (like me), and he has come out publicly to help folks realize that it’s NOT a death sentence. It’s hard work but it is manageable. He also said that if you don’t have insurance or good insurance it is a lot harder and I am so glad he is saying that. Cancer should NOT cause socioeconomic stratification but there it is – it absolutely does. If I hadn’t moved to Texas and”

- Kareem « Chegando Ai…Getting There!

"sure Olbermann will indeed miss hamming it up with his baleful, slurping impression of (now former)..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:25 -0500

“sure Olbermann will indeed miss hamming it up with his baleful, slurping impression of (now former) CNN anchor Lou Dobbs. But hey, he’s still got a popular radio”

- Adios Lou Dobbs « Red Tory v.3.0

", Keith Olbermann on MSNBC raised money for free health clinics for the uninsured, but that also..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:42:31 -0500

“, Keith Olbermann on MSNBC raised money for free health clinics for the uninsured, but that also includes uninsured Republicans as well. And Rachel Maddow raised money for baseball jerseys for an Iraqi baseball team (who had learned the game from American troops).”

- American Chronicle | OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALSO THINK; “FOX ISN’T OFFERING REAL NEWS”

"Capus and Griffin insist that Olbermann’s broadcast is like an opinion section in a newspaper,..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:26:32 -0500

“Capus and Griffin insist that Olbermann’s broadcast is like an opinion section in a newspaper, suitable to what they call MSNBC’s “cable sensibility.” Olbermann differs. He begins each “Countdown” with the Beethoven theme from NBC’s “Huntley-Brinkley Report,” and concludes with Murrow’s signature sign-off, “Good night, and good luck.” He maintains that “Countdown” is very much part of that continuum. “It is a newscast with commentary and analysis, the way most really good newscasts used to be,” he says. “Dosages of the various components vary in a greater degree than we’re used to, or maybe were even done in the heyday of this kind of thing. But if you listen to those daily Murrow newscasts in the forties on the radio, Murrow would do the news, two and a half, three minutes, take a break, and then do a two- or three-minute commentary.” It could be argued that Murrow’s work in wartime London—he would report on the Battle of Britain, and also advocate against continued American neutrality in the war—is hardly the same thing as telling the President to “shut the hell up,’’ or posing the question regarding Bush (as Olbermann did): “Pathological Presidential Liar or an Idiot-in-Chief?” But Olbermann contends that the labored pretense of neutrality in the news business is a fruitless exercise.”

- The Political Scene: One Angry Man : The New Yorker

"MSNBC, the feedback was slightly more cautious. Olbermann’s original script identified the..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:15:51 -0500

“MSNBC, the feedback was slightly more cautious. Olbermann’s original script identified the “cold-blooded killers” as everyone at the Pentagon and in the Bush Cabinet; when a colleague noted that that would include such relative moderates as Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Olbermann modified the line. Phil Griffin, the senior vice-president in charge of MSNBC (“Phil thinks he’s my boss,” Olbermann says), raised the matter of tone. Why did Olbermann need to end his commentary by telling the President of the United States to “shut the hell up”? “Because I can’t say, ‘Shut the fuck up,’ that’s why, frankly,” Olbermann responded. The line stayed in. Phil Griffin is a compact, nearly bald man with th”

- The Political Scene: One Angry Man : The New Yorker

"Olbermann uses imagery, metaphors, hyperbole, alliteration, rhyming, rhetorical devices, rhythm and..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:05:02 -0400

“Olbermann uses imagery, metaphors, hyperbole, alliteration, rhyming, rhetorical devices, rhythm and perfectly placed pauses for effect, He tears into his opponents by going for the most emotional response possible, and brings in concepts from other arguments and philosophers by referencing them to build up his case”

- In Awe of Keith Olbermann « The Futility Monster

"fell in love with Keith Olbermann tonight. Well, I was in love with him before. Maybe it’s..."

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:01:54 -0400

“fell in love with Keith Olbermann tonight. Well, I was in love with him before. Maybe it’s more accurate to say I fell in love with him all over again. Like Senator Ted Kennedy before him, Keith Olbermann has enough money to pay for the best health care money will buy. He doesn’t need to be concerned about what everyone else is doing for health insurance, but he is. In the most personal way, he’s very concerned and he’s”

- Little Merry Sunshine: Health Care: The Fight Against Death

"Cable news ratings, October 7, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below: •..."

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:17:49 -0400

“Cable news ratings, October 7, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below: • Keith Olbermann’s full show Special Comment landed him the top non-Fox News program last night in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. He was still way back from Bill O’Reilly, his 8pmET competition, at 8pmET, but was clearly #1 on MSNBC, CNN or HLN.”

- Olbermann’s Hour-Long “Special Comment” Is Top Non-FNC Show | TV | Mediaite