Comments on: Olbie Addendum http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/27/olbie-addendum/ Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DEDE http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/27/olbie-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-7379 DEDE Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:28:01 +0000 http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2541#comment-7379 http://lovenshector.webs.com Now, in terms of politics or ideology it may sometimes be right to praise a liberal politician for moving right on an issue, or vice versa. But pundit shows are not really about the issues, they’re about entertainment, and Olbermann is showing signs of losing his entertainment value as he becomes just another middle-of-the-road type. Without clear liberal beliefs or conservative enemies (apart from Bush), he comes off as kind of bland. http://lovenshector.webs.com

Now, in terms of politics or ideology it may sometimes be right to praise a liberal politician for moving right on an issue, or vice versa. But pundit shows are not really about the issues, they’re about entertainment, and Olbermann is showing signs of losing his entertainment value as he becomes just another middle-of-the-road type. Without clear liberal beliefs or conservative enemies (apart from Bush), he comes off as kind of bland.

]]> By: ME http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/27/olbie-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-7378 ME Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:43:27 +0000 http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2541#comment-7378 Olbermann was about to be fired from MSNBC when he suddenly decided to take a sharp left turn and become the "liberal" voice of MSNBC. His purpose was twofold. If they fired im, he could claim he was yet another victim of the vast right-wing conspiracy. The gamble paid off, his ratings began to increase, he began to receive lots of love from the usual liberal outlets, his profile was enhanced by a seemingly never-ending series of pro-Olbermann puff pieces in the media. And if anyone criticized him for anything, by wrapping himself up in the liberal mantle he (and his ardent fans) could claim you weren't a good liberal or were surely a GOP troll for daring to suggest he was anything les than 100% perfect and/or always right. For someone as averse to negative feedback (the man reads everything about himself, obsessively), becoming a very outspoken liberal turned into a goldmine. Ahhh but he didn't foresee the dangers of openly dissing Hillary. Nor could he have ever imagined his fans would turn on him when he gave one blistering Special Comment in January on the wiretap bill and now openly embraces it this past week. You could almost hear the sound of his fans heads exploding as they tried to reconcile how it could ever be that Olbermann had betrayed them so. It's easy folks, just realize what some of us figured out about him a long, long, long time ago: once you can fake sincerity, everything else is a piece of cake. Olbermann eats a lot of cake these days. Olbermann was about to be fired from MSNBC when he suddenly decided to take a sharp left turn and become the “liberal” voice of MSNBC. His purpose was twofold. If they fired im, he could claim he was yet another victim of the vast right-wing conspiracy. The gamble paid off, his ratings began to increase, he began to receive lots of love from the usual liberal outlets, his profile was enhanced by a seemingly never-ending series of pro-Olbermann puff pieces in the media. And if anyone criticized him for anything, by wrapping himself up in the liberal mantle he (and his ardent fans) could claim you weren’t a good liberal or were surely a GOP troll for daring to suggest he was anything les than 100% perfect and/or always right. For someone as averse to negative feedback (the man reads everything about himself, obsessively), becoming a very outspoken liberal turned into a goldmine. Ahhh but he didn’t foresee the dangers of openly dissing Hillary. Nor could he have ever imagined his fans would turn on him when he gave one blistering Special Comment in January on the wiretap bill and now openly embraces it this past week. You could almost hear the sound of his fans heads exploding as they tried to reconcile how it could ever be that Olbermann had betrayed them so. It’s easy folks, just realize what some of us figured out about him a long, long, long time ago: once you can fake sincerity, everything else is a piece of cake. Olbermann eats a lot of cake these days.

]]> By: Robert Lewis http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/27/olbie-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-7377 Robert Lewis Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:37:23 +0000 http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2541#comment-7377 Keith Olbermann: the overdue New York State Tax Warrant, Chinese American Trading Company the buyers of his real estate, the corporation Keith Olbermann: the address from 2001 of his, the parents of Katy Tur and the civil actions www.webofdeception.com Keith Olbermann: the overdue New York State Tax Warrant, Chinese American Trading Company the buyers of his real estate, the corporation

Keith Olbermann: the address from 2001 of his, the parents of Katy Tur and the civil actions

http://www.webofdeception.com

]]> By: Joan Tintor http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/27/olbie-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-7376 Joan Tintor Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:25:39 +0000 http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2541#comment-7376 I'm too cheap to pay for MSNBC or FOX (or even CNN). I just wish they would get Olbermann's cinder block head and Edward G. Robinson suits off Sunday Night Football -- him and the Costas he rode in on. I’m too cheap to pay for MSNBC or FOX (or even CNN).

I just wish they would get Olbermann’s cinder block head and Edward G. Robinson suits off Sunday Night Football — him and the Costas he rode in on.

]]> By: Diane http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/27/olbie-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-7375 Diane Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:57:07 +0000 http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2541#comment-7375 <i>one that accuses me of hating him for being a strong liberal voice, which strikes me as a very unusual interpretation of what I wrote</i> This strikes me as the most diplomatic response to a crazy comment I've ever seen. one that accuses me of hating him for being a strong liberal voice, which strikes me as a very unusual interpretation of what I wrote

This strikes me as the most diplomatic response to a crazy comment I’ve ever seen.

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