Olbermann targets Hillary Tonight

[NYCGirl]

Olbermann targets Hillary tonight

The Clinton campaign, which protests a lot already about MSNBC's coverage, might have another piece of evidence to use against the network. Keith Olbermann said on yesterday's "Countdown" broadcast that he's giving a "special comment" tonight about Hillary Clinton.

HuffPo's Rachel Sklar notes that the YouTube-friendly "special comments," which typically target the Bush administration, often generate hundreds of thousands of views online.

Of course, it's already been a rocky couple months between the Clinton campaign and the network. Chris Matthews and David Shuster had to issue public apologies for statements directed toward Clinton and her family.

And Tucker Carlson, a harsh critic of top Clinton aides, recently lost his show. While the Clinton campaign wasn't the official reason, I've heard internally that senior news executive Phil Griffin was not happy with Carlson's on-air statements about Clinton staffers

So will Olbermann, who also anchors election night coverage, be the next to suffer the Wolfsonian wrath? Guess we'll see after tonight's show.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0308/Olbermann_targets_Hillary_tonight.html

[LisaM]

1. Yawn.....so what's new? Every night is anti-Hillary night over there

at the MSNBC Boys' Club.

[jakem]

2. yeah. the tv is sexist too.

:sarcasm:

[LisaM]

6. Has he EVER said a negative thing about Obama?

Name one thing.

[TheWraith]

11. Of course he has.

Just off the top of my head, he raised the question of whether the Obama campaign was benefitting from having Power's "monster" comment out there even if they had to sacrifice one of their advisors.

The fact that you wrongly believe that MSNBC because is biased because they report facts isn't their problem.

[movonne]

14. Maybe there is nothing negative to say about him...you think,,

[Exilednight]

16. Yes, he. called Obama on.....

his lawyer calling into the Clinton conference call, the Powers statement, and put a not to kind comment of Obama being tied to Rezko.


My beef with Olbermann is when he apologized for Schuster over the 'pimp' comment.

[Speck Tater]

4. The real problem is

that K.O. is consistently anti-bullshit. Everyone thinks that's really great until it's their own bullshit that comes under the gun. Then they whine and complain just like BillO does when his bullshit is under attack.

[JimGinPA]

21. Exactly!

:toast:

[dchill]

28. "K.O. is consistently anti-bullshit" - Exactly.

Not really a problem, though - is it?

[TheWraith]

7. Yes. Reality has a well-known bias against Hillary. nt

[LSparkle]

8. You guys (Hillbots) are going to be reduced to Fixed Noize

Are there ANY commentators out there that you guys still like?
And Paul Begala and James Carville don't count.

[islandmkl]

3. Tucker did Tucker in....all by himself....

[Drachasor]

19. True. His show had moment where it was good, but he was often mindlessly partisan (nt)

[AzDar]

5. Think of it as an intervention.....

;)

[ronnykmarshall]

9. And the sun sets and rises.

What's the big fucking deal?

[Yes We Did]

10. He's gonna nail her. And nothing is gonna happen to him.

First, because he is right to do so.
Second, he is their bread and butter.
Third, did I mention he is right to do so?

[NightWatcher]

12. fourth, she deserves it

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

13. Olberman has a very sensitve bullshit detector

and he's one of the few in the media willing to call people on their bullshit and put them in their place. Good for him.

[NYCGirl]

17. He didn't criticize her until her campaign started the fearmongering.

That's one thing Olbermann can't stand from anyone.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

20. Yup. Instead of turning it around, Hillary's heading straight for the cliff.

[walldude]

23. Yup, many Hillary supporters don't realize how many

people she lost when she turned to this tack. They make excuses which is all well and good but eventually they will need to get her and her staff to quit it before all she has left are freepers supporting her. She's lost all the left wing talk show hosts and commentators, most of them when she used the 3am ad. Right now she's got more republican talking heads on her side then she does Democrats.

[Inuca]

25. Exactly

he is definitey partisan now, he was not until recently. I noticed an even clearer change with Rachel Maddow, I think she had a slight Clinton bias, not any more.

[Cha]

26. That's right..I remember complaints

here on DU stating KO was pro hilary and then along came Fear. I guess we can thank hilary for showing her true primary colors early.

[dchill]

29. Good for him is right.

I'm sure plenty of Hillary supporters only decided to hate KO after he called her out.

[VolcanoJen]

15. Oh, noes!!!

I'll bet Wolfson's already typing up Hillary's next "I'm a victim, the media is so unfair to me" whine.

[Bright Eyes]

18. Hillbots across the country will have their heads explode.

God forbid someone criticize the "Goddess of Peace"!

[Exilednight]

22. Imagine the mess that will make. I better get a tarp ro cover my house.

[snappyturtle]

27. and the duct tape....it's great! n/t

[SeaLyons]

24. Go for it Keith

Looks like Keith has deemed himself the "decider" in the nomination. Pathetic!!

[dchill]

31. Truth = Pathetic!!

What a concept.
:sarcasm:

[itcfish]

30. Why Should Olbermann Be Different

from the rest of the Clinton bashing Media?

[Metric System]

32. Enjoy Olbermann while you can because there will be such a large outcry after tonight that MSNBC

will have no choice but to get rid of him.

[itcfish]

35. Why?

What more can he possibly say about Hillary that the rest of the media has not said? I am so disappointed with all the Hillary bashing and the Obama praising. What happened to a media that is fair? Are they all afraid to be labeled racists? I can't believe that.

[AllexxisF1]

36. BULLSHIT.

Because me and the rest of us would march torch in hand to keep him there.


But nice to know where your loyalties lie. Once someone does not support Queen Hillary then they are out of a job.


Do me a favor and trade in your DNC card as soon as possible please.



...Oh yea...go screw yourself.

[Catherine Vincent]

33. There have been several threads about this since last night.

Obamabots have been salivating ever since. You'd think Keith was commenting about Bush instead of a fellow Democrat. :eyes:

[BlueStater]

34. Of course, their tune would immediatly change if St. Obama was the target of his commentary n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

37. I will not be watching.

There's been enough divisiveness in this primary already without Keith piling on. I'm sure he won't miss me for a night.