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| Olbermann's sinking ship |
| 2010-02-04 |
| Has the countdown begun for the end of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann?" With his ratings in free-fall, and his hateful histrionics reaching new highs, even Olbermann's former supporters on the left are tuning out. Bloggers at the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio noted the uberdork's 44 percent drop in listeners ages 25-54 from January 2009 to last month. "Olbermann's showboat is sinking," one LA Times blogger noted. "Listing in you-know-which direction." Jon Stewart ridiculed him on "The Daily Show" for calling Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown a "racist." "There are creeping indications that the world may not have quite as much need of -- or patience for -- Olbermann and his shtick as it once did," Jeff Bercovici wrote on DailyFinance.com. Olbermann struck back at Bercovici, naming him as one of the "Worst People in the World" and mischaracterizing the Web site as "right-wing." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Cable Viewers 2/2/10 8PM ET/5 PM PT O'Reilly 3,597,000 Olbermann 950,000 |
| Posted by: BigEd 2010-02-04 15:49 |
| #6 This one... Some of Affleck's finest work... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-02-04 13:35 |
| #5 Regardless of his politics, the guy is an arrogant, effeminate, douche. Nobody likes him except the rabid liberal fascists he's thrown his lot in with. The reality is that MSNBC's strategy of being the anti-FNC is failing miserably. Which casts tremendous doubt on the meme that FNC is some uber-convservtative, right-wing organ of the Republican party. Americans in general do not care for extremism or radicalism in any form, hence the reason why FNC continues it's long-running and impressive ascendancy and MSNBC continues to decline in near direct proportion. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2010-02-04 12:29 |
| #4 Would that be this one: |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-02-04 12:27 |
| #3 I remember Ben Alfleck's monologue goofing on Olberdouche during a SNL show a couple yrs back - pretty damn funny. "Mrs. Precious Perfect..." |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-02-04 11:02 |
| #2 Thought Oberputz' ship went down long ago. MSNBC just didn't realized (or didn't care) he was moribund. In fact, Oberputz was never approaching death in the ratings; he was DOA. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-02-04 10:21 |
| #1 The man has really worked hard to earn the Julius Streicher Award for Distinguished Journalism. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-02-04 09:18 |