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MSNBC is much less likely to start a third prime-time news show because its executives are pleased with how well a repeat of Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" is doing at 10 p.m. ET.
The General Electric Co. called a Fox News Channel report about the company supplying terrorists with material used in bombs "irresponsible and maliciously false" on Wednesday as a feud between Fox's Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann kept sizzling.
Keith Olbermann's offer for a donation if Sean Hannity undergoes waterboarding is off the table, the money gone instead to radio host Erich "Mancow" Muller's charity of choice after Mancow's disquieting experience with the interrogation technique.
The debate over torture is getting personal for two of cable TV's prime-time hosts.
MSNBC will continue airing Keith Olbermann's talk show twice each weeknight in prime time, putting on indefinite hold a search for a new 10 p.m. program.
Barack Obama, the presidential candidate Keith Olbermann championed this fall, just won a four-year term. So, too, has Olbermann.
Watch Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann on the same night and you'll swear they're talking about two different presidential campaigns.
MSNBC is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators.
BET starts a weekly news program on Friday described as a cross between Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher with a black perspective.
Much to Bill O'Reilly's annoyance, Keith Olbermann will be a two-term news host on MSNBC. At least. NBC News announced Thursday that Olbermann had agreed to four more years at the MSNBC prime-time show "Countdown." He began the show in 2003, and his contract was due to expire in March.
Keith Olbermann's tipping point came on a tarmac in Los Angeles six weeks ago. While waiting for his plane to take off he read an account of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's speech before the American Legion equating Iraq War opponents to pre-World War II appeasers.
If someone at Fox News Channel wishes you well, watch your back. The seemingly benign sentiment is a creative signature of Fox's public relations, usually accompanied by a kneecapping. It's something like a kiss from a Mafia don.
Keith Olbermann was eagerly anticipating his first meeting with Bill O'Reilly. It didn't happen. The feuding cable TV personalities both attended a charity fundraiser thrown by New York Yankees manager Joe Torre last November. Olbermann picked up his name tag and spotted O'Reilly's tag on the table.
Teabagger (n) a runner-up for Oxford's 2009 Word Of The YearKeith Olbermann delivers the news that among the finalists for The New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word Of The Year was "teabagger."
Exodus 22:18 "Suffer not a witch to live." (Bible reference and quote courtesy of Jim Butcher from "White Night"--a novel from the Dresden files. "Skip, you can't possibly dare go THERE." Oh, you poor innocent. You have no idea of the things I dare.
The Flying, Fickle Finger of Fate spins madly, and then stops every week pointing at a conspicuous example of stupidity/evil in the previous week.
Limbaugh's fetish? Mentions "anal poisoning" 13 times in 2 yearsMSNBC's Keith Olbermann named Rush Limbaugh one of the world's worst people Thursday evening for saying that an HBO special about President Barack Obama should get "anal poisoning."
To MSNBC the Least Important Thing about Killer Army Doctor is He was a Muslim Who Compared Suicide Bombers to Soldiers who Throw Themselves on Grenades to Protect Others: Meltdown with Keith Olbermann Part 14"While every other news channel at the top of the hour led with the mass murders committed by Army psychiatrist Major Malik Nadal Hasan, Keith Olbermann led Countdown with a hysterical rant about the health care demonstration at the Capitol, implying it was treasonous, seditious …
Olbermann goes awol at 10 p.m. in last night's election coverage"MSNBC boasted that on election night they would present a "special live edition of Countdown" at 10:00 pm. But with bad news for the Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a funny thing happened on the way to the bonus Hour of Spin.
John Tantillo's Winner and Loser of The Week: Fox News and The Global Warming MovementFox is leading CNN in the ratings. Is this a product of how they have handled the Obama Administration's reaction to their channel?
Pray for Liberals: "Helping Restore Poor Leaders to Right Thinking"I heard the guy behind this "prayer in action" being interviewed on the BBC World Service over night. He's serious. This is another example of how the right wing takes a good, time-honored idea -- praying for others -- and turns it into a political-religious farce.
Chris Matthews muses on killing Rush LimbaughCall this the opposite of a tingle up one's leg. No surprise here from the classiest cable network to drag anchor in the ratings, but consider if someone on Fox had offered this kind of fantasy musing on air about a liberal show host — say, Keith Olbermann or Matthews himself.
Olbermann: Without "Fascistic Hatred," Malkin Is Just a "Mashed-Up Bag of Meat with Lipstick"On Tuesday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann spewed bile at conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, accusing her of possessing "fascistic hatred," and comparing her to a "mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick on it." During his show's regular "Worst Person" segment, …
Health care: The fight against deathOlbermann reaches across the partisan divide and almost begs Americans to join together for meaningful health care reform.
Media Matters' Eric Burns on MSNBC: Fox News Is "No Longer A News Organization. This Is A Political Organization"From the September 29 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Since we now have a totally corrupt mainstream media that regards itself as part of the Obama team, Glenn Beck is doing some valuable stuff. He was obviously handicapped (as anyone would be) at CNN, and moving to Fox has set him free.
Keith Olbermann Documents Racist Attacks on Obama [Video]I agree with President Carter that racism is playing a role in recent outbursts against President Obama. During President Obama's speech on the status of health care reform, some members of congress engaged in a public display of disrespect.
Keith Olbermann's Special Comment: Joe Wilson's Great Crime Was Not So Much Rudeness As Unfathomable StupidityOn the night after Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You Lie" at President Obama during an address to Congress, Keith Olbermann devotes a "Special Comment" to the Congressman, and mocked his apology. "You embarrassed your district, you embarrassed your nation... and you were wrong!"
Big Oil Lobbyist Was Behind the Van Jones Witch HuntPhil Kerpen from "Big Oil" funded lobbying firm "Americans For Prosperity" was the main instigator of this assassination of Van Jones' character that eventually led to him leaving his position of President Obama's Environmental Adviser.
Countdown: Dan Savage on the Dangers of the GOP Pandering to the Religious Rightexcerpt: ""Olbermann: How do they twist the idea of say, just pick a figure out of a hat here that Jesus Christ and the golden rule, taking care of particularly the sick and turn this into opposition to health care? In a sense if they're trying to emulate Christ, if they can …
Health-Care Debate Goes AwryThe Health-Care debate has gone awry and steered in the wrong direction. Lies has diluted the debate, and it has taken over the conversation. Many prominent people has continue telling lies to the public and scaring them.
Surprise! Former Head of Homeland Security Tom Ridge says that the Bush government "Terror Alerts" were politically motivated.
Joe Wurzelbacher Dems. Fighting WordsJoe Wurzelbacher incites violence against Nancy Pelosi. He says things that should never come out of someone mouth. He should watch what he says because the subject of health-care is already very touchy.
Sarah Palin and Chuck Grassley Death Panel Insanity Sarah Palin take pride in lying about the death panel. Chuck Grassley and Arlen Specter get into a twitter argument.
Michele Bachmann Eats Her WordsMichele Bachmann son makes her regret what she said. She talked about a program called AmeriCorps saying that it is paying people to do work on behalf of the government.
Is Eric Holder about to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate claims of CIA torture?I discussed the latest reports about the pending appointment of a torture special prosecutor with Keith Olbermann. Here's the video:
Keith Olbermann Special Comment On Scare TacticsKeith Olbermann speaks on how many people are using fear tactics to kill health-care reform and destroy the President.
Well That Didn't Last Long: Fox and MSNBC Are Back At Each Other's Throats After Short-Lived Cease FireFox News executives felt that MSNBC had broken the deal when Keith Olbermann, in an apparent show of independence, insulted his 8 p.m. rival, Bill O'Reilly, and the News Corporation's chairman, Rupert Murdoch, on Monday. On his show, "Countdown," Mr. Olbermann called Mr.
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