Overbearing Olbermann Slams His Boss, Lou Dobbs, Ann Coulter, You Name
December 5th, 2006 10:25 AM
For a man that is averaging a paltry 600,000 viewers an evening, he sure is full of…himself. MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann sat down with the folks from Radar Online for an interview published Monday (hat tip TVNewser), and it must have been hard to get his head through the entranceway. First, he did what most employees learn at an early age is a no-no – he took on his boss. His interviewers asked: “Dan…
News Flash: MSM Approves Mixing Religion And Politics - If You're Bara
December 1st, 2006 6:01 PM
I'm confused. Doesn't the MSM abhor the mixing of religion and politics? Isn't it quick to invoke the specter of theocracy and decry the crumbling of the [non-existent] "constitutional separation of church and state"? Well, yes, in general. But there is an exception to the MSM rule. Turns out it's OK to mix religion and politics, when it's Dems in general - and Barack Obama in particular -…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: November 25 to December
December 1st, 2006 2:08 PM
Ever wonder what makes Keith Olbermann such a fine journalist? Well, according to the former sportscaster, it’s the fact that he doesn’t "make the facts up" like Rush Limbaugh does.PBS host Jim Lehrer trumpeted his objectivity in a more creative way. Using a food analogy, the anchor deemed himself the "flavor of neutrality." (Just a thought, but where do the liberal flavors originate? Ben and…
David Shuster Gets Spanked by Iraqi UN Ambassador on ‘Hardball
November 30th, 2006 10:22 AM
How often do you watch a show like MSNBC’s “Hardball” just hoping that one of the guests will spank the host when he makes an obvious misstatement, or is just being rude? Well, such occurred Wednesday when David Shuster, filling in for the vacationing Chris Matthews, tried to bully Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations Feisal IstrabadiRight from the get-go, it was apparent that Shuster had no…
‘Olbermann Watch’s’ Video Salute to the Next Edward R. Murrow
November 13th, 2006 10:36 AM
With all the gushing going on by the liberal media over Keith Olbermann, it’s only fitting that one of his foremost critics on the Internet, our friend at Olbermann Watch, would be reaching across the aisle after last Tuesday’s “historic” elections. What would be more appropriate given this supposedly new era of bipartisanship than a demonstration of solidarity between such foes?With that in mind…