Tumbleblogging Olbermann

"I sat at my desk and turned on MSNBC, Fox, CNN, and E! all at once as I started reading blogs...."

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:25:46 -0400

“I sat at my desk and turned on MSNBC, Fox, CNN, and E! all at once as I started reading blogs. Bookers were going crazy trying to contact people who could come on the air and speak to Keith about Michael Jackson. The people at Ed, Maddow, and Hardball got to leave. It was all Olbermann, all the time, and it was going to be a long night. My job was simple: sit, watch, and wait. At one point I got a call that the director was falling asleep so I ran him coffee. Outlook wasn’t working so I was running updated guest lists back and forth from the control room. I went across the street to Duane Reade and got a dozen bottles of water to distribute in the control room, and a Diet Coke to take to a guest in the studio, (she replied, “Thank you thank you thank youuuu!!!!”). Keith was on the air from about 6:30 until 11. And just as I thought that MSNBC was more spin than news, everything changed. Our coverage was unbelievable. I might go more into details later, but wow.”

- The Intern Hole: The Day that Michael Jackson Died

"HAT’S IT. I’M PISSED. INSTEAD OF MY LOVE KEITH OLBERMANN, WHAT DO I GET? A FUCKING..."

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:22:45 -0400

“HAT’S IT. I’M PISSED. INSTEAD OF MY LOVE KEITH OLBERMANN, WHAT DO I GET? A FUCKING DATELINE SPECIAL ABOUT, YOU GUESSED IT, MICHAEL FUCKING JACKSON. Okay.”

- Stablercake Is Not A Palindrome - No really. Fuck Michael Jackson.

"Still, I can’t help feel unsettled when Keith Olbermann is on air for hours, garbed Murrow-like in a..."

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:20:07 -0400

“Still, I can’t help feel unsettled when Keith Olbermann is on air for hours, garbed Murrow-like in a vest and shirtsleeves as if telegraphing that Something Momentous Is Being Reported Here, talking gravely about what essentially is an Entertainment Tonight story. It’s a shame when anyone dies prematurely. But it’s even more of a shame when the death is treated by the media as a major event, worthy of the kind of coverage given a state funeral or outbreak of war. When did we lose our perspective”

- The Progressive Curmudgeon®: What’s With Cable’s “All Jack-O All The Time” News Coverage?

"hereby state that Rush Limbaugh gives fat people a bad name and give a free pass to anyone to..."

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:54:33 -0400

“hereby state that Rush Limbaugh gives fat people a bad name and give a free pass to anyone to criticize him. I just wish there was a way to download Keith Olbermann’s little “Mr Bouncy Bouncy” crawl as a screensaver. 2 Comme”

- As a Card Carrying Fat Person… « Midlife And Treachery

Shenanigans: The lighter side of politics - POLITICO.com

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:48:46 -0400

Shenanigans: The lighter side of politics - POLITICO.com

The Clearing » Dr. Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the Outrageous

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:41:10 -0400

The Clearing » Dr. Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the Outrageous

"th Olbermann of MSNBC TV News took Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly down in one of the more..."

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:29:38 -0400

“th Olbermann of MSNBC TV News took Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly down in one of the more eloquent and truth-telling commentaries this week, expressing appropriate outrage for O’Reilly’s pattern of incendiary rhetoric aimed at Dr. George Tiller, the abortion doctor who was gunned down in a Kansas church last week. Olbermann called O’Reilly’s relentless use of terms like “Dr. Tiller the Baby Killer” to describe the doctor as tantamount for inciting murder and domestic terror, and called on the American public to “quarantine” Fox News, insisting it not be aired in lobbies, restaurants, bars or wherever it is apt to be shown on a screen in a public place”

- Olbermann Calls Out O’Reilly | Falls Church News-Press Online

"It’s not an appropriate forum,” said Rossbach, who said he hasn’t had a confab..."

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:28:04 -0400

““It’s not an appropriate forum,” said Rossbach, who said he hasn’t had a confab with Jackson about the Olbermann situ. “We have not reponded to Keith Olbermann, but this is clearly not a serious journalistic offer. This is clearly one more piece of grandstanding by somebody who is interested in his 8 p.m. cable ratings more than any truth or real public good.” I think perhaps Rossbach is overestimating the rest of the country’s interest in Detroit’s economic development, but hey. Who knows? Waiting for Round 3 to start…”

- Detroit News and Information - Crain’s Detroit Business

"k, so what do I make of all this now? Well, was it a “real” waterboarding? Probably not. But here’s..."

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:50:14 -0400

“k, so what do I make of all this now? Well, was it a “real” waterboarding? Probably not. But here’s the point Gawker is (probably deliberately for it’s own reasons because it just wants to make Mancow look bad) missing: Mancow went into this thinking waterboarding was not torture and the fact that he had such a horrid reaction to the “simulated” waterboarding was enough to change his mind. It doesn’t matter whether it was textbook waterboarding (which is probably much much harder on the interrogatee) or not. This entry was posted on May 29, 2”

- Mancow on the waterboarding controversy… « Inside Cable News

"In response to O’Reilly’s repeated attacks on Dr. George Tiller over the years (for..."

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:46:30 -0400

“In response to O’Reilly’s repeated attacks on Dr. George Tiller over the years (for which O’Reilly was unrepentant), Keith Olbermann announced at his show’s closing tonight that he’s no longer going to air the caricature, impersonation - the Ted Baxterlike voice - and any more publicity of the Factor host. Video on the way. UPDATE:”

- Hoffmania!: Keith Olbermann “Retires” Bill O’Reilly

"eith Olbermann says it so well: O’Reilly in particular, and FOX in general, were instrumental..."

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:45:25 -0400

“eith Olbermann says it so well: O’Reilly in particular, and FOX in general, were instrumental in whipping up the frenzy—with oft-repeated buzzwords and catchphrases that rhyme with the murdered doctor’s name, for example—that grew and swelled, the way frenzies tend to do, and inevitably led to an act of extremism. In this case, a deadly, criminal, and irreversible act of extremism.”

- Cogitamus: Keith Olbermann: O’Reilly and FOX created the climate for Dr. Tiller’s Murder

"Um, if Cook is going to summarize tonight’s show he could at least summarize it correctly. Mancow..."

Sat, 30 May 2009 20:28:29 -0400

“Um, if Cook is going to summarize tonight’s show he could at least summarize it correctly. Mancow did cite Revelations but he was referring to him and Olbermann being on the same side and appearing on Countdown.”

- Gawker/Mancow/Olbermann: Round 2… « Inside Cable News

"ere there other talk shows you thought did a good job with their guests this week? (And please..."

Fri, 29 May 2009 16:23:57 -0400

“ere there other talk shows you thought did a good job with their guests this week? (And please don’t say Jimmy Fallon interviewing Keith Olbermann; I know their shared passion for baseball cards is cute, but couldn’t Fallon have gone outside his comfort-zone to ask one political question?)”

- ‘Late Show with David Letterman,’ the week’s high points: Ricky Gervais and Amy Sedaris | Prime-Time TV commentary | Television | Ken Tucker’s Watching TV | EW.com

"Keith Olbermann has said that his MSNBC show’s invariably hilarious Worst Person in the World..."

Thu, 28 May 2009 18:37:54 -0400

“Keith Olbermann has said that his MSNBC show’s invariably hilarious Worst Person in the World segment is based in part on an old George Carlin skit (the comedian claimed that rankings mean there has to be a worst doctor in the world). I don’t have the wherewithal, or the temperament, to highlight the Worst Person in the Food World on a regular basis. But I can, periodically, spotlight someone who is having a really”

- Winner of the Week - Mouthing Off | Food & Wine

"‘all are probably scratching your head wondering where the multi - lingual plea to cease &..."

Thu, 28 May 2009 18:28:37 -0400

“‘all are probably scratching your head wondering where the multi - lingual plea to cease & desist THAT Boss Limbaugh video is. Well, thanks to the wonderful graphic efforts of F.O.O. Kevin Holsinger, a picture is worth…well, y’all know the rest.”

- Daily Kos: Countdown with Keith Olbermann - May 14, 2009

"don’t know how Hannity is rationalizing this, but externally, his inability to live up to his..."

Thu, 28 May 2009 18:22:09 -0400

“don’t know how Hannity is rationalizing this, but externally, his inability to live up to his promise pretty much speaks for itself,” Olbermann told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “Plus, he is now less informed on the subject of waterboarding than is Erich `Mancow’ Muller.”

- Olbermann calls out Hannity… « Inside Cable News

"Finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment on and how the Republican party . Sir, I am unable..."

Thu, 28 May 2009 18:20:10 -0400

“Finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment on and how the Republican party . Sir, I am unable to contain my any longer. Your very existence causes me to at the thought of having to comment about you. Yet, comment I must, for you continue to”

- RyanGarns.com - ‘Keith Olbermann Rant Generator’

"One of the most telling lines from this conversation was early in the interview when Muller reveals..."

Thu, 28 May 2009 18:18:14 -0400

“One of the most telling lines from this conversation was early in the interview when Muller reveals to Olbermann that Sean “Too Chickenshit to Walk His Talk” Hannity actually called Muller to tell him, a man who had just been tortured, that what he had experienced was not torture.”

- Second Rain: “Mancow” Follow Up

"SNBC.com continues to secure the top 30 current event and global news destination sites in the month..."

Sat, 23 May 2009 19:43:32 -0400

“SNBC.com continues to secure the top 30 current event and global news destination sites in the month of April. The site reported 40 million monthly uniques, a 24% increase year-over-year, according to Nielsen Online.”

- MSNBC.com has most unique visitors in April… « Inside Cable News

"You built this little world,” he said. “Either man up and live through the bad press, or get out.”..."

Sat, 23 May 2009 19:42:19 -0400

“You built this little world,” he said. “Either man up and live through the bad press, or get out.” He said he’d agree to the prohibition “provided you go 30 days on your program without mentioning what has been done or said or boasted about by Rush Limbaugh. Hannity would last longer on the waterboard.” Limbaugh responded in an”

- Olbermann vs. Limbaugh (vs. MSNBC)… « Inside Cable News