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‘Failed’: Olbermann Levels Blistering ‘Special Comment’ Attack on Ted Koppel

In his self-righteous “special comment,” MSNBC‘s Keith Olbermann responded to Ted Koppel’s Sunday Washington Post op-ed “Olbermann, O’Reilly and the Death of Real News.” In Koppel’s op-ed, he charged that polarizing figures like Olbermann and O’Reilly detract from the journalism profession, a category in which Olbermann somehow sees himself planted. Unlike O’Reilly, Olbermann blindly delivers his unabated opinion each night, convinced that his terse tone magically transforms it into “news.”

So how does Olbermann respond? By attacking Koppel and his so-called false promise of “objectivity.” In essence, Olbermann once admired Koppel… that is, until Koppel started to disagree with him.

Fashioning himself as a modern-day Edward R. Murrow, Olbermann openly explains to Koppel (and the other 4 or 5 people who might have caught his primetime rant) that Koppel doesn’t understand the complexities of “modern news” and that “truth” is superior to “fact,“ with ”truth” of course being determined by… MSNBC.

Uh, okay.

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  • Jaronimo
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:19pm

    Look at his eyes he is reading this.

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  • Yankee
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:12pm

    As long as Olbermann is on the air, I still have a reasonably good chance of seeing Beck as well. Celebrate free speech wherever you can find it.

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  • HillCountryPatriot
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:11pm

    Again, I’ll say it: This guy will be fired within 6 months. As for MSNBC, they want to go down in flames with this guy leading the way, so be it. Until their news division director gets a clue and moves their programming to the right, they will always be in last place.

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  • Dawgnabox
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:10pm

    Looks like ted got is goat

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  • Cheekymnky2
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:58pm

    Do the Nielsen Rating count when we click on these videos to watch? If so, Oldderman and Mancow should be number one virtually every night one of them has a story on here.

     
  • MattPSU
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:58pm

    Let’s be honest, both of these guys are “opinion” guys, not hard journalists. Way too many people fail to make the distinction between the two. The issue is not Keith Overbite, the issue is so-called neutral anchor types with clear liberal bias. Look no further than MSNBC’s election coverage.

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  • joseph Fawcett
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:57pm

    Why give this give this guy a platform to spout this nonsense. Kopple was great and I have always respected him and the stories he presented. I believe it was nightline he hosted, I watched it for years until he left. To bad that we don’t have anyone like him now giving the news like he did. I miss him because he was respectable.

    http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist

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  • Mirimichi
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:55pm

    Olberman is the only person who has a high opinion of Keith Olberman.

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  • eteme
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:52pm

    I liked him better with the early 1990′s Tom Selleck stash…..

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:52pm

    MSNBC has turned into the Howard Beale Network. The key is that the angrier you can get on the air the more valid your point is. Political discourse has been reduced to a couple of drunks fighting in a bar except that the drunks eventually get sober.

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  • thegr8restoration
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:52pm

    How are facts lies!?

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    • BigDadio
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:08pm

      Sgt Joe Friday would not be amused.
      Or when that congressman yelled “you lie”, he meant that Obama was just giving facts?
      Now even I’m confused…

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    • 2gether
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 1:23pm

      Thank you!!!! What does he mean when he says “All we got from Ted were the facts”? Is he, like his buddy Bill Maher, saying that Americans are stupid and he can’t make up our own minds? Give me the facts any day of the week and I will draw my own conclusions! At least we got the damn facts. When Tim Russert died I think we lost the last objective main stream media reporter. How sad. The only good thing is that we know it and can try to convince those who are still in lala land!

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    • mythbuster2
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 4:55pm

      I had to play it back. “When we needed truth, all we got were facts – most of which were lies anyway”. What?!?!? Facts apparently aren’t truth and even if they are, they’re….lies. (?) I don’t get it. This guy is nuts – I get that.

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  • nmb7401
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:52pm

    Keith, there is plan for a one way trip to Mars coming up…are you available? I have it on good authority they need someone like you there to tell everyone THE TRUTH as you know it to be…Don’t wait too long, those tickets are going fast!

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  • Steve Smith
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:52pm

    Olberwho?

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    • boomboom
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 11:15am

      KeithyPoo OlberWho

      The WHos down in WHoVille loved Christmas a lot
      But Keithy, who lived just north of Whoville
      was universally loathed excepting for the 4/5 members of his viewing audience.

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  • GodsDotr
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:49pm

    Why do we care what anyone at MSNBC says or does? They have no scruples, facts or audience, for that matter.

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  • VoiceofReason
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:44pm

    I think Olbermann needs some help! He as clearly drove into the deep end of a empty pool!

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    • SSBN_VET
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 4:06am

      I am sorry to say it but Olberman seems to exibit some serious self loathing attributes that leads me to believe that he may have suicidal tendancies. The poor fool needs prayer. I am going to start praying for him to be found by Christ and have his heart and mind set free from his obviously tortured state of confusion.

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  • dfree11552002
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:43pm

    you dont have to wait to be judged either, you are as wrong minded as anyone i have ever heard.

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  • fizix
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:42pm

    I’m so tired of listening to this Socialist sycophant.

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  • walkwithme1966
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:41pm

    “Unlike O’Reilly, Olbermann blindly delivers his unabated opinion” – you are joking right? Doesn‘t O’Reilly do his “Talking Points Memo” every night – and isn’t that just his opinion? I thought the people on this site who wrote the articles were real journalist but I guess I misunderstood what Beck said he wanted this site to be. Because saying that O‘Reilly doesn’t voice his unabated opinion is certainly not unbiased reporting nor good journalism. http://maboulette.wordpress.com

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    • where is JG
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:54pm

      libturded ***** says wat? You and Olberman are NON-THINKERS. Put your head back in the Koolaid Jar and go back to sleep or before you do so, you have olbermans permission to kiss your messiah HO-BUMMAs picture and then go back to sleep

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    • marklross
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:57pm

      The difference is, after his “talkng Points” memo, you’ll notice (or perhaps ignore as a rank partisan) that O‘reilly’s most common question to the guest he has invited is, “OK – so where am I going wrong?” The guest, who actually OPPOSES O‘reilly’s viewpoint then goes on to REBUT the talking points, and an argument ensues. Overblownman NEVER has guests that disagree with him. I know – I watched his show for over a year, so don’t try to deny it. O’reilly – interesting arguments – Overbllownman – boring, self-serving tripe that always goes unopposed. It simply makes for BAD TV…

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:14pm

      I am glad you still slither hee from time to time. I always get a good laugh from your posts. Since you seem to have missed it I’ll take a minute to point it out to you: There is more than one level to Bill’s show. The news and the facts are one part. Talking Points is opinion. Two different animals. You should try to be as objective as you want us to believe you are. You live in a glass house and throw stones. Your point of view is completely one sided with very little aforethought. I don’t completely agree with Beck, O’reilly or any of them. One of your shortcomings is that you have your mind made up before you ever hear what they have to say. A closed mind is an empty mind and from what you have posted here you have plenty of room above your shoulders.

      Beck can‘t and wouldn’t want to control the comments we post here. Try looking at the news stories more closely and understand the posts are just users personal opinions and not always a reflection on Glenn Beck

      I think the people here who attempt to “flame” you are silly. There is no sport in that because you make it too easy to do so. You seem to consider yourself a journalist…. Try acting like one.

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    • Equality 7-2521
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:35pm

      @walkwithme1966

      Your quote is incomplete and out of context. The entire sentence read, “Unlike O’Reilly, Olbermann blindly delivers his unabated opinion each night, convinced that his terse tone magically transforms it into “news.” What’s key is the part you (I’m sure mistakenly) left out, the last phrase. Of course O’Reilly gives this opinion, just as Olbermann does but O‘Reilly isn’t convinced that his opinion is equatable with news, while Olbermann clearly is.

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:47pm

      @82DAIRBORNE – are you talking to me? Why are you so disrepectful to me? Because I have different opinions than you? Is that it? Look, what I believe has evolved over a long, long time as I am old enough to be one of your grandparents. But just because my views are on the left is no reason for you to disrespect me or treat me as less than a human being. That happens a lot on this website which is one reason I don’t “slither” over as much as I use too. I am assuming you used the word slither to refer to me as a snake – very nice –thanks so much. As for the lesson on O’Reilly because I have been watching him for years but I appreciate the primer. I am not a journalist and have never advertised myself as such – unlike Glenn who said that he hired “journalists” for this site. By the way, I under that the posts are just personal opinion – such as you – but I was referring to the actually article that was written – see I can read.

      I am so glad that I offer you some laughs – and gees – go head and “flame” me – I don’t mind getting my feelings hurt once a day – it makes me stronger in my beliefs. You seem to have missed the fact that I do have a deeper more sensitivity side but I really do try to hide it. So have a great evening and thanks for the comments – and once again I go away thinking the no one in the Tea Party was raised with any respect for others but only bitterness and hatred. http://maboulette.wordpress.com

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 12:11am

      Where to start….?? Yes I was trying to talk to you. You will notice I replied to your post. I am a grandparent myself so another of your assumptions is false.

      You got “hate” from my last post????????? Very strong word. Also false. I have hated very few times in my life and you are not now or nor have you ever been a target of hate from me.

      I would like to know how/why you presume to read my mind? Yes I liken you to a snake. that much is true. I don’t want to flame you. I made fun of people who do. Maybe you should re-read.

      I simply posted what I think. Period – no hate there intended or otherwise. You expect hate and ill feelings here so that’s what you take from here. If my last, very tame post, hurt your feelings I don’t know what to say. I feel sad for you. Like a lot of liberals, not all, honest debate is not as important to you as your “feelings.” I don’t care about your feelings. I don’t care about my “feelings.” I care about the direction of our great nation and my grandchildren’s future.

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    • SSBN_VET
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 3:52am

      Reply to walkwithme1966

      O‘Reilly doesn’t brand his show as journalism. Bill brands his show as an OPINION show. However you obviously have overlooked the details in the story which were pointing out that unlike Bill, slobbermutt claims that he is delivering the news which implies that he believes that he is a journalist…
      “Unlike O’Reilly, Olbermann blindly delivers his unabated opinion each night, convinced that his terse tone magically transforms it into “news.” ”

      Perhaps a reading comprehension class would help you out. I suggest that you try reading a simple, easy to read, 6th grade level book like “Animal Farm” and if perhaps you can understand that, you might get a clue as to what the grown ups are talking about. I know that you ******** are remedial at best but you could at least try to comprehend the message that the ever so short article was trying to convey. Perhaps if it was written in crayon and had some pictures you would have been able to decipher the words. Of course if you knew what you were “talking” about when you try to slam O‘Rielly you might get some credit but you obviously haven’t watched his show enough to know that he doesn’t claim to be anything other than an OPINION show host. Can you comprehend that or do I need to get a 6 year old to explain it to you… moron.

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    • TrueGrit
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 1:40pm

      Hey Airborne, Vet, etc.,…
      Walk is just ‘raking the leaves’
      why not just ignore him/her/whatever….
      just take point and move on.

      Wolverine

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:40pm

    Olbermann is objective & fair. HaHaHaHaHaHaHa!! What a jerk.

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  • Anarcho Capitalist
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:39pm

    What? I missed something.

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  • grandmaof5
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:38pm

    MSNBC had better be careful, it sounds like the “golden boy” is losing it. They should have cut him loose when they had the chance.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:25pm

      I think maybe ‘lost it’ is more appropriate. People who think ‘facts’ are lies and ‘truth’ is objectivity always seem to breakdown in the end, especially when thier truth turns out to be falsehoods spun by corruption.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:49pm

      It is going to be interesting to see exactly what sends him over the line, or off the cliff or what have you. I find his ongoing bombastic manner to be mildly amusing.

      I don’t agree with Ted Koppel, but at the same time, I also recognize that Mr. Koppel is a veteran broadcaster and does deserve respect for all the years he put in. Apparently, Mr. Olberman doesn’t feel the same way. He believes that whatever he says becomes “news”. I guess in a way it does, because he comes out with these wacky comments and they immediately register on the Idiot-o-meter usually around an 8.5. I’d love to know how many people watch his show simply just to hear the latest “I can’t believe he said that” statement.

      The other factor that‘s driving this vehicle to the cliff’s edge is the fact that MSNBC’s internal warfare has apparently moved to center stage. Guess Olberman never heard of the old wag about dirty laundry. But, hey, who am I to knock transparency? In this case, the more the merrier.

      And like I said, it’s going to be really interesting to see what tips the cart. Stay tuned!!!!

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    • Fireguarding
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 11:35pm

      It’s desperation. He gets 100 times the exposure from people watching his nutty rants on youtube, led there by blogs and theblaze.com that he gets from people who pay to watch his show. This is something I just realized, and it’s making me a little queasy… Keep it up, Keith! The network is apparently not ready to fire you, so keep it up until they do! Cack!

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  • oriondma05
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:37pm

    First!

    Olbermann sucks.

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  • 123gone
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:36pm

    Another Socialist shoots himself in the foot?

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    • J.C. McGlynn
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 2:41pm

      Should have been his head. Then again, he’d probably would have missed it.

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:35pm

    Olbermann is clearly unstable. Are people watching him when he takes his bubble baths to make sure he doesn’t hurt himself?

    Picking on Keith is like picking on the handicapped kid in high school. There’s simply no challenge anymore.

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    • UrsaMajor
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:49pm

      I know what you mean. Two years ago I would get angry at his rants. One year ago I began laughing at him. Now, I’m just embarassed for him. It really is pathetic. To rag on Olbermann is like going to the local hospice, finding the sickest person there, grabbing their arm and doing the old, “Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!”

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    • Sharon
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 12:21am

      Olbermann……lol!!

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  • J.C. McGlynn
    Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:34pm

    An idiot who pretends to be a real journalist.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:42pm

      Liberal snapping at liberal…I love it!

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    • CloudNine
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:48pm

      I see and hear more when I flush my toilet!

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    • 2
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:16pm

      I say they both failed by not telling “The People” who Obama was.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:29pm

      One turd telling the other turd he stinks…..

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    • StMichelob
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:32pm

      If THAT was not a desperate animal snapping at the trapper, then I never saw it before. And I have. Obey-wan sure didn’t make it past his “Jedi Knight” test, that’s fo sho. Did he even graduate his journalism school? Look into that, Blaze…

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    • TruthTalker
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:32pm

      speaking of burying your own career….bitter irony indeed.

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    • BernieKittyCat
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:38pm

      Didn’t journalists fail to give us the truth about Obama? Just wondering.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 12:15am

      The MELTDOWN continues … boy this is getting fun to watch!

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 12:26am

      Why do we even bother with this band of Progressive jackel wannabees anymore? I mean aside from showing themselves who they really are, and the free entretainment.

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    • An Arizonan
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 1:12am

      The morons at MSNBC let him back on the air so that the 3 or 4 who stopped watching, would perhaps start again.

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 1:14am

      CatB
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 12:15am
      The MELTDOWN continues … boy this is getting fun to watch!

      YES IT IS!

      PatriotShops.com

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    • klstj
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 1:47am

      This is a “look at me” moment for ratings, nothing more. He’s a big baby with no content. Therefore, he has to pull publicity stunts to get viewers. No content, no character, zero substance and basically zero viewers!

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    • turniptruth
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 3:57am

      Compare the lies that Olbermann has reported to Beck’s. Google has it 1.180 million hits for Olbermann to 6.460 million hits for Beck.

      Beck is over six hundred percent better at lying than Olberman, according to Google.

      Beck is best.

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    • Robert W
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 4:21am

      Olbemann, or whatever his name is, is done.He can get a job with Grayson at Burger king.

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    • nacilbuper
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 4:39am

      Listen to what Keith says, he finds the one thing “The Iraq War” that he knows makes the liberals more angry than anything else and uses that agains Kopel. He is tottally playing his 5 watchers.

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    • nacilbuper
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 8:52am

      Keith is playing his 5 viewers. He knows that the Iraq war makes them angry, so he turns on Ted with that. I sure hope those 5 people are smart enough to see through it.

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    • Highland
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 9:08am

      We really shouldn’t mock Keith. It’s not nice to make fun of the mentally challenged or the emotionally disturbed.

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    • Rogue
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 10:11am

      Typical of D-bag Olberman, straight out of the progressive playbook. Rather than picking up the topic and discussing what Koppel said, and why he thinks Koppel was wrong, he goes after him personally. If you can’t win the arguement, discredit the source. Last I checked, Keith, your show debuted in March of 2003. I’m curious to know how much time you spent in your weekly 5 hours to talk about the war in Iraq. Not much, I’m guessing. War subjects are bad for ratings… oh wait, you have to have ratings to begin with for them to be affected.

      Keith’s bathroom always smells like roses, because apparently, he is the only “journalist” who’s $h!t doesn’t stink.

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    • tenring
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 10:19am

      I stopped listening to Rush, Hannity, O’Reilly and the rest of the right pundits and started listening to the lefties because they are in ragging anger and completely melting down. I have never enjoyed radio so much. The interesting thing is how many lefties are clamoring for violent revolution at the same time they are falsely accusing the Tea Party of advocating it.

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 11:01am

      Keith is right. We should look into the Clinton admin and find out how they came up with a policy of Regime change? How did the Clinton Admin come up with the warining of all the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I am finally relieved to know there is a news organization that will not let the facts get in the way of hypothisthised(sp?) truth.

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    • boomboom
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 11:11am

      he really thinks he’s hot poop

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    • pajamash
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 1:00pm

      Another Liberal Clown “working” and “trying”.

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on November 16, 2010 at 1:35pm

      It’s Dog eat Dog for those liberal loons. I love it when they attack……EACH OTHER!!!

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    • Chewee
      Posted on November 17, 2010 at 12:38pm

      He should go back to reporting sports on espn.

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