Are Our Troops Well Deployed?

[Not Bill]

Olbermann is the worst, absolutely the worst. A disgusting, miserable creature. He is not a journalist by any stretch. There is shriller demonstration of Bush Derangement Syndrome than when Olbermann opens his pie hole. That said, I've no doubt that many enjoy that. I just don't want it passed of as news. It's not - it's invective.

[Reads with Scotch]

I concur NB.

[Rusty]

I just don’t know how guys like that can pass themselves off as journalists. There’s nothing wrong with being a political commentator – if that’s what you are, fine. Don’t claim to be something else.

[Reads with Scotch]

I think they should rename the cable news to rightwing/leftwing agenda opinions networks

[Cyril]

I don't watch much TV and never watch TV news anymore. One can get so much more information without the fakery online. I get most of my news from the New York Times online (yes, it's left-leaning but it's very well written) and BBC online. If I really want to torture myself I read the letters section of Dawn (the English language Pakistani paper) or, for even more fun, the comments on Huffington post.

[Reads with Scotch]

so you like sipping kool-aid from many bars huh?

[Not Bill]

Gawd Cyril, the HuffPo? Jeebus those folks are truly frightening. Sometimes I do need to go there but I always feel like I need a shower afterwards. Really bad 70s porn has more entertainment value.

[Kelly]

Olbermann is the Bill O'Reilly of the left. Well, check that, he made his career mocking O'Reilly, right along with Colbert. But he's exactly like him, only on liberal positions. I just happen to agree with his stances... if to a lesser degree. And he has delivered some fantastic smackdowns that I really enjoyed with my blood was boiling about something or other.

I just wish he didn't think he was the second coming of Edward R. Murrow. I'd like him better.

[Not Bill]

Well Kelly, Olbermann had to make a career of something after his sportscaster career bombed. Hey, if he wants to call the POTUS an asshole fine. Take it on the road as a comedy tour, don't do it on TV and call it news. Seems peoples primarily watch him for validation rather than information gathering.

[Kelly]

I know, I used to watch Sportscenter as a kid primarily because it was funny. One of the reasons I got into sports. I meant his /current/ career.

I do believe he should make his points in a more dignified way, when they're very serious. But I like him being funny when they're not, it lends color and gets people to listen. And honestly, people /should/ be outraged about a lot of things going on in the country, so I wouldn't want him /totally/ passionless. Just.. Edward R. Murrow wouldn't say the President was an asshole, however true that may be. If Olbermann's trying to be him, he's not doing it correctly at all. I wish he, and others like him, didn't feel the need to howl so loud. But I think that's a phenomenon, and can't fairly be blamed on him.