Maddow and Stewart discuss Keith Olbermann (11/11/10 )

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John Stewart: Keith…was like a voice in the wilderness…Then you came along, then Ed (Schultz)…I’m talking about weather versus climate…

Rachel Maddow: When Keith spoke out the way he did, he essentially came out of the closet as a liberal, and nothing bad happened. I think it gave network executives some courage…

Stewart: …(C)ourage? I think what they did was went, “Why is Fox News kicking our asses? We need to fight this with (something) similar (or) more sensational"…This is an arms race.

Maddow: ...That never happens. What happens is, “Look, Keith’s making money — how can we do more of that?”

Stewart: ...I don’t think you can separate the atmosphere at Fox and think that network executives don’t look at that. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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Sorry, but neither of you have it exactly right.

On August 30, 2006, Keith "came out" as a REAL journalist doing his proper job of projecting the entire spectrum of an issue rather than stenographically marketing the Bush regime line. If he came across as a voice in the wilderness, it was because his comment's roots in reality (as opposed to mere "liberalism") was such a salve against the poisonous media atmosphere the Rethugs had created.

I was aware of Keith's strong following on DU, but it was only curiosity about his so-called "special comment" that made me watch him for the first time. His ratings rose 76% that week, and I've been a regular ever since. He STARTED making money for MSNBC when he STARTED kicking Fox News' asses--THAT'S how Rachel and Ed got in the door!

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[Coyote_Bandit]

1. A real journalist?

Give me a fucking break.

It was obvious during the last Dem Presidential primaries the KO clearly preferred one candidate over all others - and one in particular. Real journalists report facts and events and refrain from attempting to influience their audience. Sorry. I refuse to defend KO for doing the same shit that Fox News does. Same shitty journalism. Different agenda.

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5. It's not Keith's fault that the most morally repugnant thing Obama did during the campain

was bowl in the thirties. And he hasn't hesitated to dump on Obama since then.

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2. Many that denigrate Keith now forget after Phil Donahue was fired

that there were no voice for the liberal or progressives in this country. The darling of NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, FOX and MSNBC was the psycho that wrote a "bestseller" advocating taking a baseball bat to liberals and progressives if they disagreed with W and the Republicons. I am forever grateful for the voice Keith Olberman provided in the sea of conservative violence that was M$M.

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3. And remember that Donahue was fired precisely BECAUSE

conservative violence dictated that there be no liberal voices on national television.

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4. He had to have two conservatives on every show to shout over him, and

they still fired him.

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6. Evening kick

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