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‘More McCarthy Than Murrow’: Fireworks as TV Critic Blasts Olbermann on CNN
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Comments (189)
clockwatcher
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:22pmPut him on a death list. He may hurt him self. He is so crazy he may do something nuts.
Report Post »philm1
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 6:59amI think you mean a suicide watch. :-)
http://www.halfuhmind.com
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:18pmIts funny to see them eat their own………………..
Report Post »As I See It
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:16pmIt’s very interesting, don’t you think, that the liberals all over the media are discussing (and dissing) Olbermann – everywhere except FNC. It’s like sharks in the water when it comes to liberals – they feed on their own.
Report Post »OHSAYCANYOUSEE
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:11pmFor Schuster to say that he considers Olbermann a friend is akin to Ziegried saying that he considers Roy a friend.
Report Post »vinnymac46
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:11pmDavid Shuster works for who???? Of course he will defend Keith O because there on the same “we are idiots and we got fired team” They just don’t get it, we the audience are tired of thier childish antics and are glad they have been put on timeout…
Report Post »cliKKer
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:02pmno journalism going on at Fox…. has he watched Beck’s show. EVERY night he tells his audience to check out his facts. He puts them online – in the peoples on words, video, writings. He has this website which links the actual video of what they say. He has a phone directly linked to the White House allowing them to call if he has something wrong. This guys means JournOList ism not journalism. What a fraud…
Report Post »cliKKer
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:02pmno journalism going on at Fox…. has he watched Beck’s show. EVERY night he tells his audience to check out his facts. He puts them online – in the peoples on words, video, writings. He has this website which links the actual video of what they say. He has a phone directly linked to the White House allowing them to call if he has something wrong. This guys means JournOList ism not journalism. What a fraud…
Report Post »B4B
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:59pmCan someone please tell me who are the people that were inspired to violence by Beck?
Report Post »This tool throws that charge out there but what the hell is he talking about?
NickDeringer
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:54pmOlbermann was the poster boy for Left wing journalism. He slandered people without facts and engaged in petty ad hominem attacks. People at CNN trash conservatives all the time. Remember Bob Novak?
Olbermann was a high priest of the fever swamp. He lost control and simply vented for an hour every night.
Report Post »Volsense
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:54pmCHICHI, I would agree with you, but there is Bill Maher.
Report Post »OHSAYCANYOUSEE
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:46pmI wish Ohbermann would stay on the air. I think it is good for the nation to witness his open hatred. He needs to be heard so that people understand everything that is wrong with the radical left.
Report Post »Whostolemypig
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:46pmhmmmmm, Glenn gets thrown under the bus again. The real problem for the liberals is that Glenn presents verifiable facts. It’s not the tone but the facts that upsets them. If Glenn did his show in a robotic monotone they’d still be upset.
I expect an executive order soon, outlawing truth. After all, truth sure causes a lot of problems for the Obama agenda.
Report Post »Bunk
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:43pmThat guy on the far left (pun intended) has never watched O’Reilly or Beck. He just spews the far left talking points written by some basement bloggers. Both of said FOX personalities have wonderful researches and speak predominately from facts rather than off the cuff opinions like the MSNBC crowd.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:51pmAmen bunk!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »jordy 2010
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:43pmGlenn Beck has more viewers than all these CNN lunatics combined………
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:39amTrue! Glenn Beck has far more viewers in mid-afternoon than Olbermann had in prime time!
Report Post »jeckelmyhyde
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:41pmWho are these people that Shuster is saying that carried out acts of violence because of Glenn Beck. I have not seen any evidence of this happening. This looks like another case of Media Malpractice where they just throw something out there in hopes that it will stick. Typical lefties if they don’t have any facts they just make some up.
Report Post »CaryF
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 6:17amJust remember the mantra: Say it enough times, and it becomes truth.
Report Post »M. Deane
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:41amYet another undereducated fan of the crazy Glenn Beck.
Report Post »patriot1770
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:07pmPoint is that there IS al teast one case that can be called back to something Beck has said, the intended attack on Tides in Ca. However, you also have to look at the left. 99% of thier “demonstrations” end in violence of some kind, with polie involment. How many tea party demonstrations end that way? Were is the violence ther? If it happened, it would most certainly be on the air and repeated every 30 seconds.
Report Post »There are loons on the right, but most stay home and build bunkers, on the left, they are out burning things down. I watch beck, I have yet to hear him call for violent demonstrations to overthrow the government, but why is the media not saying anything about Piven, or rev. wright, or the new black panthers, or calyipso louie, or bill ayers….the names go on and on.
grandmaof5
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:39pmDon’t know who Shuster is/was but Glenn Beck has never passed his show off as a news show. They still can‘t get it right because they don’t watch the show they just parrot what the left says. It will be good news if Comcast starts putting “fair and balanced” news on. Maybe then they will have viewers.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:48pmGrandMa
Report Post »Like O‘Reilly always says Don’t excuse bad behavior with former bad behavior
David Shuster is just another example of the loonyleft/moonbat journalism
Yikes I dislike using the word journalism with any of those MessyNBC’ers
Ditto for Courack at CBS
starboard
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:37pmPlane and smiple, this man became an embarassment.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:38pmI think we got your point the first time.
Report Post »starboard
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:37pmPlane and smiple, this man became an embarassment.
Report Post »starboard
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:37pmPlane and smiple, this man became an embarassment.
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:56pmI think I used a plane and smiple in woodworking class..ha.ha
Report Post »Canuck GB Fan
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:46pmLmao!!
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:36pmSeeing Olbermann leave like he did was a good feeling. You know, kinda like finally having a bowel movement after 10 days of trying. Yep, that’s what losing Olbermann feels like. LOL…
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:57pmHaaaaa haaa haaaa that is just to funny, but Ouch 10 days? mercy that had to hurt,lol
Report Post »jctunink
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:02pmDiscusting to picture but OHHHH SOOO TRUE!
Report Post »RestoreCapitalism
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:49pmYeah, that’s quite an Olbermann in the bowl there…
and @grannyatl – Don’t bet your diapers on Fox firing Glenn Beck! Glenn has something called viewers… Olbermann just had his seething hatred.
Report Post »Stacey
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:36pmbye-bye!…..NEXT!!–(please let it be Ed!)
Report Post »7.62AirMailComeGetIt
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:35pmYou all need to watch FACTS & TRUTH
Fall Of The Republic : The Presidency Of B H ODUMBO
youtube.com/watch?v=VebOTc-7shU
And i promise you will WAKE UP
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:44amAlex Jones’ stuff – but it is where Glenn gets most of his ideas! Jones comes up with the conspiracy theory first and then Glenn models it and make it suitable for TV. What a pair!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-wR
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 3:03amit was “ok”. Nothing really new. Got it when it came out, but it felt like a poorly made cable show that keeps repeating the same stuff over and over.
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:04am@walkwithme1966
BS. Alex Jones is a throwback from the Clinton era, “black helicopter”, Militia crap. Compared side by side, Beck backs his stuff up with fact. He invites you to prove him wrong. Try it sometime.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:33pmYeah blame Beck for this loon .
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:01pmNo there was a loon in CA that was going to the Tides Foundation HQ with weapons in his car and he said that listening to Glenn Beck is what led him to do what they were arresting him for. Attempting to attack the Tides Foundation HQ in SF.
I believe that Glean dealt with that last year as soon as it came out. I have been a viewer of Glenn a couple of times when CNN had him on their prime time programming and thought that this guy deserves a show on CNN. Then I checked out Mr. K and the MSNBC crew for a few months, but it was when Mr. KO would always rant against Mr. BO that I went to watch Mr. BO to see if Mr. KO was correct. I initially thought Mr. BO caustic to some of his guests but as I continued to watch I just noticed that there was a stark difference and I liked Mr. BO better, plus my head stopped spinning because of the “NO SPIN ZONE”. LoL
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:32pmI believe Joe McCarthy had more than just some “conspiracy theory”, but unfortunately he will always be known as a conspiracy theorist. As for everyone else they are harping on, yes they do have facts and they do do their research. Funny how everything they argue about/complain about, is exactly what they themselves do.
Report Post »byehlik
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:43pmJoe McCarthy a conspiracy theorist? I think he has been vindicated by all the Communist/Marxists running around Washington these days. I think he was ignored and stamped a crazy man now proved correct in his theories. Albeit some decades later but back then they were in hiding, today they stand proud in their destruction of the country. Some folks just know in their gut that something is wrong but…. History has proved old Joe McCarthy correct in his assumptions of the past. The scum were in the government all along, not Holly Wood.
Report Post »keithh1981
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:44pmMcCarthy wasn’t all that innocent. He said actors like John Wayne was a communist, and if anybody knew John Wayne, he wasn’t a communist. A lot of McCarthy’s names was true however, but where he went wrong for some reason he also put in names of people he might have not liked in general, like John Wayne. John Wayne was one of the most American actors along with Reagen.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:01pmi agree, KEITH… McCarthy was right that commie subversives were alive and well and needed to be saught after in the United States, but his “obsession” went way to far with his accusations. I believe he started calling out anyone who may not have been an extreme “conservative” and was on a witch hunt. I think if he had stayed sane and continued a good, thoughtful search of the American enemies, he would have not only been successful in his day, but could have prevented what is happening now, and would have been remembered as one of America’s greatest heros.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:12amGood point, it turns out McCarthy was mostly right, but unfortunately he will always be falsely labeled as a false accuser. Glen Beck is following in his footsteps and exposing the commie scum among us. Keep up the good work, and keep driving them nuts.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:50amAhhhh, remember back in the McCarthy days when a commie was called a commie and they pooped their britches worrying about the Senate hearings? Now they can talk about violent overthrow of the government without impunity! Ahh, those were the days!
At least that is how the conversation will roll in a few years when I am on my front porch swing with my grandkids….
Semper Fi, and …..whatelse was I supposed to say? ehh,. screw it. Where’s my SSI check, dammit!
Report Post »bigbud
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:28pmSee ya!!!! I’m gonna miss him, ,,,, NOT!
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:33pmI am the same.
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:45pmWatch how fast they demand that Fox do likewise. They fired their Firebrand. Now Fox needs to fire Beck.
Just watch….
Report Post »101
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:46pmCNN still don’t get it, clueless fools look at your ratings…If you don’t get? You’ll never get it!
Fox is so superior over any other news station & they can’t figure it out.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:47pmDavid Shuster must have suffered greatly, the time he spent at Fox News… Why doesn’t anybody ever call these jerks out when they accuse Glenn and others of causing all the non-existent attacks on people? Where’s the proof?
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:01pmGlenn call for violence? Huh? I’ve watched Beck for years and he is about as anti-violent as you can get. About the only thing Beck did was over at CNN with the “pitch forks and touches” but even that was in jest. I don’t get it. I guess like the Palin stuff, the left believes if they say it enough people will think it is true.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:09pmBathtub boy….you can only laugh at Ogerbum…More Bozo than Moron maybe???
Report Post »Aither
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:53pm@John 1776
Exactly right. I have listened to Glenn since 2000 on the radio and while I miss some of the jokes he used to do, he never once called for violence on his program. He may have done a GOMP or two but that was out of comedy. Now he has to watch every little thing he says or the leftists will blow it out of proportion.
This is why CNN fails at news, they should of asked that guy who was saying Glenn had called for violence what examples he could of given without taking it out of context. Where are the real news casters now a days without Glenn or Bill?
Report Post »BarCalliyon
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:58pmI really miss the GOMP moments…… Oh well we got Pat now.
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:02pmOlbermann is more Homer Simpson than broadcaster.
This animated short satire exposes the insanity of the Progressives with ridicule, the weapon of mass-insurrection against totalitarian PC. See Keith hooked up to the Soros brain-washing machine. http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:55pmSo sickeningly exhaustive….”Yeah, Keith Obermann was over the top, but what about Fox news guys???” Like a bunch of 4 year olds. The difference between the two, (Sean Hannity excluded….he is a schill) is that while MSMBC guys (Olbermann, Matthews, Schultz, and especially that one guy, Maddow) are telling outright LIES and spinning propaganda to their will, the Fox guys, (Beck and O’Reilly) are giving their opinions based on truth, and are EXTENSIVELY telling their audiences where to do their research and BEGGING them to see for them selves.Even if you are a socialist and truly, fundamentally disagree with Beck, you MUST know this is true if you have seen even 1/10th of his shows or heard his radio show. If you are here posting as a robotic operative and disagree with me, then you will fail. We who watch/listen to Beck know the truth, so don’t even waist your time trying to tell us how stupid we are. The game is up, boys. Start throwing your rocks and cocktails or shut your mouths. Either is as good to us, and we are ready to roll.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:02pmHe’s gone now so we can all just forget about him and his poison,…
Report Post »just like former congressman “farts” grayson.
The world is a far better place now…
82dAirborne
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:27pm@ cnsrvtvj – Do you EVER post without a plug for that show????? I don’t & won’t go there because of your posts. I sincerely hope others here also avoid that site.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:05amWon’t miss his mean spirited hate speech in the least. Sack to lot of them at MSNBC. At least 1 guy on the panel has a clear thinking brain.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:44amLOL
Those marxist/socialist media leftists really live & breath their talking points and use them every other thought. Bitter frightened angry leftists. So very angry. They should all go through the HS-airport-style nudie scanner in case they become “mad as hell” on set.
LOL
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Report Post »sheriff BART: “And they was right.”
-Blazing Saddles
My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:56am@ *************************
Report Post »I have a great big beef with you. i am a movie quote geek of the highest degree, annoying even friends and family members, but there is one thing never in dispute. I ALWAYS get the quote right with the topic at hand, normally with conversation. You, on the other hand, NEVER get your Blazzing Saddles quotes right, and just seem to randomly post a quote whenever you decide yourself to post. Can you PLEASE, at least post a quote-appropriate quote when you post here? You are a disgrace to all us othe movie-quoters who know where to place an appropriate movie quote, so “pretty-please, with sugar on top, clean the effing car”
The Wolf, “Pulp Fiction”
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Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:06am@My Sacred Honor
Ditto!
HEDLEY LAMARR: “My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention.”
Report Post »boss TAGGART: “Ditto.”
HEDLEY LAMARR: “Ditto? Ditto, you provincial putz?”
-Blazing Saddles
My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:47amOH ffs, BADGES…
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 5:53amIn the clip, D Zurawik is typical of far-left zealots. He talks over anyone who wants to make a valid point, and just will not shut up. How he compares Fox to the one-sided trash that is on Msnbc is proof again of Progressive fanaticism.
To imply that Fox (O’Reilly and Hannity) don’t allow the other side to be heard is insane. They both have the other side on their shows on a regular basis, and allow them to make their case.
Glenn presents the history of our country, how and why our Rebublic was founded and, of course, how the Progressive movement is very real. Of course the Progressive left doesn’t like him. Why else would they link him to Az? They’ll do anything to shut him up. Glenn’s case against the Left is based on historical facts. Progressives hate him for speaking out against their policies, at the same time, they have no knowledge of history of which he speaks.
Report Post »Just ask your Leftist ‘friends’….”so tell me, what would your version of the US look like”? They’ll have to expose their socialist views, if they are even able to explain it.
This Republic
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 6:18amI‘m glad he’s gone. He’s the most arrogant news twit out there.
Just wonder where he’ll surface next.
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 7:24am@ GrannyATL
Who are “they”? Another network? Oberman a “Firebrand”???? Fox needs to fire Beck??? WOW!!! By your rhetoric you are acknowledging “collective salvation” between networks! MSNBC fires a bigot so FOX needs to fire a patriot? I don’t think so GrannyATL…have you listened to the message? One of prejudice and the other of peace! I don’t need to be saved from the truth GrannyATL. If you need to have all of your news sugar coated and you go along with things just so you won’t make waves; it is your choice of burying your head in the sand, I choose to be informed! I do not lean forward in life, I MOVE FORWARD!!!
If anyone should be fired it should be the one who hired Keith in the first place.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion GrannyATL, but if you don’t have any facts to back them up…well…they just don’t amount to a hill of beans. I will keep you in my prayers.
Report Post »Chasvs391
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 7:39amMiss who?
Report Post »WTH
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:54amI thought this was about Olbermann and of course some leftie has to bring up FOX news. He tries to bag on FOX after they just said that Olberdeuche only brought in people who agreed with him. Ratings don’t lie and people are sick of PMSNBC having nothing but personal attacks and no real journalism or research (besides a couple clip of video) and seeing Al Sharpton who seems to be their only guest anymore. It will be really fun to watch how attitudes and programming change with Comcast there now. Come on O’Donell is their main guy now. Good luck with that socialist leading the way.
Report Post »jerry1945
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:57am82nairborne Agree with you wholeheartedly, when cnsrvtv and snow leopard continue to post these links not only would I not go to that link I will not read any of their post.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:41amCan’t you spell? It’s spelled O-L-B-E-R-N-U-T-S!
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:17amYou are both wrong, it’s Slobberman.
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