Posted by Ron Coleman on April 15, 2007
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April 16, 2007 at 9:30 am
Anyone who retains enough listeners and advertisers will not be fired.
April 16, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Okay, Bob, but that’s not CBS said when it fired Imus, is it? The question is not for Bob Miller. It’s for CBS.
April 16, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Then, CBS should be asked to leave a comment here.
April 16, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Why — you weren’t!
April 16, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I’m your blog’s devoted fan, but they are not.
April 16, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Well that’s one more reason for, uh, that thing there.
April 16, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Not sure what Imus (fired) and Olbermann (not fired) have in common here.
Think about it: Imus got canned for picking on an innocent bystander. Olbermann, not so much.
John Rogers nails it:
Edited by RDC for vulgarity.
April 16, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Well, Ara, Bob Miller says he was fired not for “picking on an innocent bystander” — he says he was fired for losing sponsors. That sounds about right to me.
It had nothing to do with the exalted status of the Rutgers basketball players, or rather their humble status. I believe if he had used that term to describe Opra Winfrey and Starr Jones he would have been every bit as fired (though not if it had been Condoleeza Rice) — and I believe it is demagoguery (not yours — rather the players here) that turned this into the injured honor of the Rutgers lady ballers who were, after all, the only ones to accept Imus’s apologies.
But I do hate bullies too, Ara, and frankly despite the soft spot in his heart for certain creatures, Imus was one.
April 16, 2007 at 10:04 pm
There’s also a gentler, human form of humor that is not in style anymore. We could use much more of that and much less of this misanthropic caca-talk with or without political overtones. A’s power does not excuse B’s jerkiness.
April 16, 2007 at 10:08 pm
The above, by the way, is at the root of my decades-old loathing of “Saturday Night Live”. Abject cynicism is not purified by hipness, production values, laughs, or anything.
April 16, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Yeah, Bob, I don’t know if we can go back to the days of your fellow Bobs — Bob Hope, Bob Newhart…
April 16, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Bob & Ray!
April 17, 2007 at 6:08 am
Bob Miller says he was fired not for “picking on an innocent bystander” — he says he was fired for losing sponsors. That sounds about right to me.
Well, it is always a good idea to follow the money. But beyond that, you’d have to ask WHY the sponsors left in droves. My guess? They’d agree with Rogers — Imus was a racist bully.
It had nothing to do with the exalted status of the Rutgers basketball players
Stop with the sarcasm. They’re simply a bunch of collegiate athletes minding their own business.
I believe if he had used that term to describe Opra Winfrey and Starr Jones he would have been every bit as fired
Boy, I’d be shocked if Imus hadn’t already covered that territory. But based on the sheer volume of Star Jones jokery from other (non-fired) personalities, I seriously doubt that it would have gotten Imus canned.
April 17, 2007 at 6:52 am
If the innocent bystanders had not been these players but someone else, the sponsor reaction to the same act could have been different. Consider Imus’ other targets in the past.
April 17, 2007 at 8:37 am
If the innocent bystanders had not been these players but someone else, the sponsor reaction to the same act could have been different.
And if a bullfrog had wings he wouldn’t bump his ass jumping.
What’s your point?
April 17, 2007 at 9:24 am
If this had been a white girls’ team that Imus insulted, the outcome would have been different, no?
April 17, 2007 at 10:09 am
Clearly, one dimension of this episode includes race. And/But another includes gender.
So when you put it all together you get Imus getting canned for calling these collegiate athletes, role models if anyone ever was, “n–r whores.”
Do you find that unfair? Because, as much as I’m a fan of the I-Man, I don’t find it unfair at all.
April 17, 2007 at 10:51 am
My wife, a Rutgers grad (Douglass College, microbiology), was mightily ticked at Imus and for good reasons, having nothing to do with race per se.
But we do know that Imus was let off lightly by all concerned for similar bullying in the past.
November 15, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Olbermann fired? He’s Murrow “light.” His commentaries at the end of the show fill a void. Editorials on the nightly news died with John Chancellor. While Olbermann has his shtick, I think he serves a useful purpose. Yes, he has his bias, of course, but so did Murrow. I find him refreshing inasmuch as he states what most of the country is afraid to come out and say for fear of being called unpatriotic.
November 16, 2007 at 9:17 pm
How does Olbermann, this lightweight get away with his day in day out facade of a so-called journalist. This clown has such a self-esteem problem it is scary, as indicated by his tight lipped crap that he espouses every chance he can. He does it strictly out of defiance of the people with whom he disagrees, and strictly out of desperation that he must defy. It reminds me of a young kid in the playground when we were in kindergarten who responds by saying “yah, yah, yah yah, yah, yah”.He may want to consider taking a few lessons from some of the folk who do quality interviews such as Tucker, Russert, etc.
Excuse me, how does this guy, who couldn’t interview anyone without a script keep making political statements about people who have accomplished more than he could in his entire career. Keith, save your editorials for the Little League World Series MVP, and save your snide comments with regard to the number of days that the United States of America has gone into Iraq to save the sorry asses like yours, to yourself. Until we as Americans become aware of the magnitude of the desire of the Islamo-facist’s to come after us again. and kill the people we care about will we begin to understand exactly where we stand in the overall plan of these tyrants. Keith, you had to be the last picked on the playground……………..c’mon Keith, you can tell me, what is your real problem? Did you play right field????
November 19, 2007 at 6:18 pm
“…the United States of America has gone into Iraq to save the sorry asses like yours…”
Sorry, you FAIL
November 19, 2007 at 7:14 pm
What on earth made this thread come back to life after six months?
November 23, 2007 at 4:36 am
What the hell, nobody watches him anyways.
Degenerates have a lot of money.
We have to pray for American General Pinochet, z’l.
Jews had perfect life under his rule, but commies, degenerates were cleansed out.
I’ve never seen the program, Lev — I don’t have a TV!
Pinochet was no z’l. Please. — RDC
November 30, 2007 at 10:43 am
Let’s see. As far as I can see from reading these entries, most contributors have no problem with the lying liars of Faux News, parading out whole avalanches of blather totally unrelated to truth, but object mightily to one honest man speaking truth to power about the most corrupt and incompetent administration in US history. Wonder who really has an obvious agenda here. Not Keith.
December 7, 2007 at 2:20 am
Olbermann does have a growing number of viewers. His success is due to his devotion many here have forgotten. It’s called “Truth.”
March 21, 2008 at 8:55 am
First of all, anyone who gets their news from one source and one source only is a fool. Second, Olbermann is so far from the truth it’s ridiculous. All he does is complain for an hour every day and does nothing to advance solving the issues. If he hates this country so much he’s always free to leave. In fact, please do Keith…please do.
April 17, 2008 at 7:45 pm
He is so full of himself if you are for Obama your ok of you are for Hillary bad bad only he is right
April 18, 2008 at 9:34 pm
the man is is liar and and a complete fool. He is nothing but an ignoramous pompous ass. Why anyone with any bit of intelligence would listen to him is beyond belief. I can not believe the stupididy of people.
April 18, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I have a sneaking suspicion I’m supposed to know who this “Keith Olbermann” is.
–|PW|–
April 22, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Keith Olberman is a journalist for msnbc, but he should be fired. He is anti-Hillary, anti-women and becauses that he is arrogant and so obnoxious that I don’t watch their news anymore. Tonight on the Hillary win, he had on his angry face. Had to click on just to see it one more time. Yep, it was there. Oh, and did I say he was a journalist. Well, that is just a loose use of the word. He’s really just a name caller and a guy with a little talent to make whips of words. Somebody should find him a naughty hooker with black leather and a whip who can teach him a lesson or two.
April 24, 2008 at 12:17 am
Fire Keith Olbermann? I think the only thing they should do for him is DOUBLE HIS SALARY.
April 25, 2008 at 4:33 pm
sorry lou dobbs , actually you should be the one to get fired. because of you i stopped watching CNN and proudly turn to MSNBC. Its time that your racism gets out of the closet even tough we know who you are. I agreed 200% that Keith Olbermannn salary should tripple. He does an honest and good job, way better than you. Keith is a pleasure for the viewers. So buz off MR INDEPENDENT! As also a journalist i beleived that journalism is impartial and objective. Taking part and giving your own opinion and assessment of things is not real journalism. We need general comment but not your personnal comments. We are not interested. Its too bad for CNN to give that much leash to its anchors, someone participating on your show cannot finish half of his sentence and youre ready to comment in feeding your own opinions. NO GOOD FOR THE VIEWERS. Whats worst is that you divide instead of uniting. Your are really the infernal machine of old traditional politics that no one wants anymore. we are tired of your kind. Go for it Keith you are superb and honest… i love you for it. God bless you and take a high seat at CNN.
April 30, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I used to be a big fan of Olbermann from way back when he was the weekend sportscaster at KTLA in Los Angeles. I liked his dry sense of humor and his ability to not take sports too seriously.
But I can not watch him now, mostly because his jealousy of Bill O’Reily (another dolt I have a hard time watching) is so apparent. Occasionally I’ll check out Olbermann’s show and usually within five minutes he’s bagging on “Bill-O.” I once watched a 10 minute diatribe that was so filled with jealousy that I felt embarressment for Olbermann. It must be sad to always feel you are lacking when compared to your “rival.” Keith, it’s time to move on with your life. You will be a happier person if you just let go!
May 13, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Rather than “Olbermann”, it’s more like “Olbitterman”. His Countdown show is nothing but an attempt to rip Fox. Even I eventually get sick and tired of watching my biggest rival get ripped. Olbermann will always be the other guy, when paired against Bill O. Like it or not, Bill O is on another level.
May 14, 2008 at 8:12 pm
who died and made him god… why not tell all those who died on 9/11 that it will not happen again i hope when and if it happens that he is still alive to see it
May 16, 2008 at 2:14 am
I can’t believe this is the same guy that did sports. Just heard a diatribe by him about Bush giving up golf. It was somewhat entertaining until he said that 4000 died for nothing. That is a brutal thing to say. Our military guys are just doing their jobs and whether he wants to admit it or not, the vote to go was almost unanimous with Democrats too. I don’t hear him yelling at all the Dems who voted to go. The ironic thing is that if they would have done there job and voted no WE WOULD NOT BE THERE!!
He lost me as a viewer forever tonight. I look at him now and just think he is pathetic and tries way too hard. I watch Oreilly and at least he asks questions and has people on from all sides.
And as bad as that show can be, O’Reilly IS on a much higher level. Too bad because I wish I could watch both.
May 16, 2008 at 11:30 am
I used to love Olbermann on Sports Center with Dan Patrick in the 1990’s. If you loved sports, they were an entertaining escape for an hour while finding out if your teams won or not. That was then and now, I cannot stand to even look at him and he is one of a few people that we simply do not allow to come into our home. He is bitter, arrogant, pompous, superfluous and so damned biased without having the guts to admit it. I don’t mind any commentator who is biased and opinionated on either side and puts his or her cards on the table. The fact that they have this hack on real “news” shows is a joke that NBC/MSNBC is going to fail with. Olbermann’s well documented personality problems, deep-seated emotional problems (of which he has needed mental health counseling) over the years has done nothing but create problems where ever he works. I choose not to allow this idiot into my home, but what really bothers me is that liberal NBC put him on the Sunday night NFL football pregame and half time! Now, I must turn the game on only when I know it is about to start, change the channel at halftime and back again for the start of the second half. I hate mixing politics and sports/entertainment. These idiots need to understand that the average American uses sports/entertainment to escape things like politics!
May 16, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Can any of you explain to me why this post from April 2007 has become so popular?
And it’s not even a post. It’s a link to Bob Cox’s post!
May 16, 2008 at 3:45 pm
I think it has something to do with the guy the post is about Ron. Small arsonists can still start large fires.
May 16, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Remember when reporters use to be objective and take their jobs seriously? Not with Keith Olbermann and his buddy Chris Matthews on MSNBC/NBC. A hideous network.
Olbermann has serious problems and ESPN was glad to be rid of him. A real nutcase and for him I really do feel sorry. But, some people in this nation actually buy what this guy is selling. Why can’t Olbermann, Matthews and the rest of the gang at MSNBC and NBC just report facts? Are they in the tank for Obama or just being in-your-face so they hope to get out of the viewing celler? A little of both now…started out selling advertisement but I’m here to tell advertisers. The characters and their advertising doesn’t come into my house any longer.
We can only hope that somebody at GE gets rid of the whole bunch at MSNBC and NBC…the girls that read what they are given too just like the boys…and start fresh. Maybe my wife’s GE stock will start to perform better.