Keith Olbermann's Ratings on the Rise; Fox News Drops Out of the Top Ten Most Watched Cable Channels

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/108798/keith_olbermanns_ratings_on_the_rise.html

What a month it has been for the right wing religious conservative cabal attempting to subvert the very meaning of America. First voters overwhelmingly reject their God-anointed leader Pres. George W(orst) Bush. Then The Nativity Story is rejected not only by pagans, Jews and Muslims but most Christians. Now comes word that not only has their beloved mouthpiece of fair and balanced news reporting-Fox News-dropped out of the top ten most watched cable channels but, oh horror of horror, Keith Olbermann's nightly reminder that Bush was anointed by the Supreme Court and not God is single-handedly responsible for increasing the viewership of MSNBC 25% over this time a year ago.

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Keith Olbermann has filled a deep chasm in America; a chasm the existence of which allowed a madman to lie and swindle his way to the mass murder of far more people than Osama Bin-Laden was responsible for killing on 9/11. Had there been just a handful of Edward R. Murrow five years ago, maybe some tough questions would have been demanded of Bush. Maybe instead of joyously "embedding" themselves in tanks, speaking as mouthpieces for the Pentagon, those reporters might have asked to see some actual physical evidence of those WMDs that Donald Rumsfailed and Dick Cheney-fact: The Vice President of the United States shot a man in the face, fact!---were so fond of telling Americans existed.

Well, better late than never. If there is one thing we can rely upon, it's the desire of American television network heads to copy whatever is popular at the time. Therefore, since Keith Olbermann is clearly on a roll, can we perhaps look forward to other networks-Fox exempted, of course, since their CEO is also the President of the United States, apparently-copying MSNBC's success? CNN already has Jack Cafferty daily stinging the White House on the Situation Room; why not replace Glen "Islam is the only religion that endorses violence" Beck with Cafferty. (And while we're at it, give Cafferty an extra hour and remove the excessively shrill Nancy Grace from the airwaves forever.)

Yes, this past month can certainly be read as God's judgment on overarching conservatives who think they have exclusive rights to His grace. Somewhere Chris Wallace must be contemplating suicide. Please, I beg you, if you see him...don't try to convince him he has so much to live for.

[grasswire]

1. wow, that last line is hard (eom)

[Kenergy]

2. Keith rocks

He's the Ed Murrow of our generation.

[babylonsister]

3. I never heard of this site, but check out the home page.

Not my cuppa tea; bashes too many people for all the wrong reason(s).

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/108875/john_kerrys_bad_joke_about_the_military.html

[William769]

4. I'm waiting for the day they drop out of the top 100!

I love to watch Keith!

[Rosemary2205]

5. Keith is great but he can't do this by himself.

No matter who the man in the hot seat is, we need someone willing to ask difficult questions and refuse to stop until they get answers. Keith O's one saving grace is that his job isn't dependent upon having access to the white house. He does somewhat depend on the likes of David gregory, who has produced quite a few interesting clips with white house officials for general review.

What I'm saying is, it takes a team. Someone in the press room with a sharp mind and pencil. Someone willing to sit and read hours and hours of boring press releases and government reports. Someone to go to all those committee meetings and not fall asleep so they catch the odd whammy. Blah blah blah...... And someone like Keith who so expertly puts all the pieces together.

[Higans]

6. hmmmmm......

[Rosemary2205]

8. Busting out laughing........ nt

[calimary]

11. ROFL!

[Judi Lynn]

7. Great news. It would be so decent if this is only the beginning. n/t

[Higans]

9. K&R

[Greeby]

10. My response to Faux's misfortunes

Ha-ha!