About Olbermann "selling out"

[CatWoman]

from my viewpoint, it appeared, to me anyway, that Keith was just playing Devil's Advocate.

He wasn't mean towards Stephen. Milbank was. But not Keith.

[AllieB]

1. I agree. Millbank is, and always will be, a tool.

[H2O Man]

2. If Keith Olberman

refuses to sing the national anthem in American, I think he should be detained in the Israeli-Palestinian forum.

[CatWoman]

4. nah

let's move his ass to the Election Reform forum :hi:

[H2O Man]

5. Same thing,

only different.

Thank goodness Bill O'Reilly began the campaign against Keith O. Seems to be picking up speed.

[hlthe2b]

8. I've already called adjacent cells in GITMO coed cellblock!!

Sandwiched between Jon Stewart (cell mate to:) Stephen COlbert and Keith Olberman (cell mate to:) Patrick Fitzgerald....Maybe Gitmo won't be so bad after all!..:evilgrin:

[CatWoman]

10. I can't WAIT to see how Jon deals with this tonite

:D

[hlthe2b]

11. Should be delicious!

Ahh, they do my heart so much good!

[babylonsister]

3. Selling out? Oh, my stars, I'm glad I missed that.

He didn't spout the DU line (of which I was a distinct part), but he didn't sell out either. I didn't think Milbank did either. You know what they say about opinions...we all have them! :evilgrin:

[kstewart33]

9. IMHO, you're exactly right.

Re Colbert, the line on DU has approached KoolAid. Colbert was courageous, make some great points and at times was very funny. But I have to admit, there were moments that made me feel abit uncomfortable. It wasn't a roast; it was a torching.

We all have opinions. It's great to respect that, isn't it?

What I came away with from the video is how completely separate the WDC incrowd is from the rest of the country. No wonder they laughed at Bush's WMD skit; they're clueless.

[jdelullo]

6. Agree

It sounded more to me like Obermann was trying to get Millbank to say something stupid that he would regret.

[jane_pippin]

7. I think it was a valid question for a journalist to ask

and I agree with your assessment.

I don't think Keith was out of line or mean, even if he personally does think the performance was a bit off base. (Which, of course, I don't necessarily assume, can't prove one way or another, and don't think matters one way or another anyway since he has a track record of being fair to people in a variety of situations.) I think Dana tries to be funny/catty rather often and it usually strikes me as lame, unfunny, and uncomfortably off the mark.

[politrix]

12. BULLSHIT

HE KNOWS this country is going to hell and Colbert just put everyone on notice.

And, he knows the evil empire is trying hard to make it a non-event. And, he helped.

He could've asked the question then, had something POSITIVE to say but, he let that bastard be the official word on his show.

I've seen him fight for less.

He didn't even have someone with an opposing view there to speak up for Colbert. He sold out. And, I was a big-time fan.

[Zomby Woof]

13. Exactly!

You are correct. Keith is a JOURNALIST, and they ask questions, not editorialize. I think the problem with some people here is that they want Keith to be a one-man left-wing version of Fox. There is no way a journalist with his ethics could permit that.

Ideologial posturing and rigid conformity (dogma by any other name) is NOT what the news is supposed to be about. (This is why we all love Colbert, because he mocks ideological posturing, the same kind Fox peddles). So the reason Keith should be free to ask uncomfortable questions and not just parrot DU histrionics is, as our mothers said to us when we were young, "Two wrongs don't make a right." :-)

[NightOwwl]

14. Sure, I was a little disappointed...

he didn't give Colbert a big thumbs up, but he did play some of the best (and most biting) clips from his appearance.

I think that was telling.