Is KO too passionate in his reporting?

[kentuck]

Sometimes I think he is going to stroke out. It's scary.

Does he need to turn it down a notch? For his own good?

:-)

[donheld]

1. Just what we need more milquetoast.

[kentuck]

2. Yep.

:-)

[HEyHEY]

3. Yes. It's hard to take someone seriously when they act like a raving lunatic.

[krispos42]

4. Recent events would indicate otherwise n/t

[HEyHEY]

8. I like my newsmen reserved and acting like adults. But that's just me.

[krispos42]

10. Welcome to the intellectual minority

:fistbump:

[HEyHEY]

12. ha ha

Go to youtube and type in "Charlie Brooker - US news"

Great sum up.

[Winterblues]

31. Maybe you could give an example of Keith "acting" like a raving lunatic?

While I admit he has great passion, I do not find his comments to be from a lunatic...Maybe I need to be instructed on the difference between lunacy and passion..:shrug:

[HEyHEY]

40. Okay....

"You're a fascist, get yourself a t-shirt that says 'fascist' on it"

Seriously, grow the fuck up, Keith

[napi21]

5. NO! It's damn about time there's at least ONE Dem who shows some passion

on specific subjects! What do YOU want? Another Harry Reid???

[CreekDog]

6. If he's too passionate for you, change the channel

the TV is filled with people who clearly don't give a shit about you. Keith is not one of those.

:eyes:

[kentuck]

9. Whoa!

The obtuseness. :-)

[HEyHEY]

Who the fuck do you think you are delicately offering constructive critizism

That'll learn ya!

[kentuck]

14. I said I was sorry.

No need to get all trapezoid on me. :-)

[CreekDog]

35. I simply disagree with you --don't give yourself credit by saying I'm obtuse

if you don't know the difference then don't give me a hard time about it.

[the redcoat]

7. What about Ed Shultz?

That man is one session of Congress away from foaming at the mouth and convulsing on national television.


But he sure is fun to watch.

[kentuck]

11. I like Big Ed...

Hell, I like Keith too. I wasn't trying to be critical.

[the redcoat]

18. I wasn't criticizing you,

I was just making an amusing obervation that Ed gets just as passionate

[kentuck]

20. I didn't mean to sound critical...

Just making an observation also.

[SoCalDem]

13. I have a feeling that as the repulsive ones take control, there will be more outcries

against MSNBC, and what never could be achieved regarding Fox, will happen.

MSNBC will be permanently labeled with the dreaded "L" word, and shows will start to disappear as the Comcast Weenies get "skeerd"..

Keith's will probably be the first to go, because of the obvious dislike of him by the big-brass, and he , of them.

He may be #!, but when he does not own the network, and relies on someone else to employ him, he IS vulnerable.

If he's told to overtly "tone it down:", he'll walk..they win.

Rachel's show would be next.. Lawrence is an old hand at politics & he knows just how close to that line is safe to tread.

Ratigan will probably be asked to stop vilifying the bankers & corporations, or else.. He will comply, and his show will probably stay on, since it's only an hour, and is not as highly rated.

Ed will be told to lay off the "unions are good" stuff... He's not a New Yorker, and would be just as happy doing his radio show from his fishing place, so he may end up walking..

The vanguard show of MSNBC is and will always be "Morning Joke"..

[kentuck]

17. Sounds like a very real possibility...

Ketith will be the first to go. He will be a martyr to the almost-defunct progressive part of the Party.

Keith will probably be the first to go. You are probably correct.

[delightfulstar]

15. Passion begets action...

Look at all the great events in society's history to prove it - behind almost every one was a person with a burning desire to make things right. I see so much of that in KO, and, yes, in Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow as well. But Keith, in particular, seems to care so deeply, IMO, and he's the perfect counter to "(un)fair and (un)balanced" Fixed News.

[treestar]

34. I don't think Keith will cause Congress to do a thing

all his passion might do is affect his own ratings.

[Radical Activist]

16. I don't care for his style.

That's why I don't watch him outside of the occasional clip. I prefer Stewart or Rachel.

[Skip Intro]

19. KO is KO. Don't put him in a box. Let him be. nt

[boppers]

21. Is Glen Beck too passionate in his reporting?

Sometimes I think he is going to stroke out. It's scary.

Does he need to turn it down a notch? For his own good?

---

Theatrics are a poor substitute for intellectual honesty.

[HEyHEY]

23. Glenn Beck is a fucking idiot, Olberman is not

So he shouldn't be acting like one.

[boppers]

28. Olbermann shouldn't be acting like an idiot.

On that we agree.

[donheld]

22. Would to the Gods Obama had 1/2 of Olbermann's passion about anything.

[DesertFlower]

24. keith is doing just fine.

[TheWraith]

25. Passionate no, overzealous, yes.

He sometimes succumbs to the same kind of monochrome vision, lacking in nuance, that we slam when it comes from the right. He means well, but he sometimes needs to check his own zeal against reality.

[John Kerry VonErich]

26. I know it's been many years, but still....

I still keep thinking of Olberman as a sportscaster (Baseball specialist for those new to him)

[Skittles]

27. he learned it made big money for repukes

works well for libs too

[socialist_n_TN]

29. Nope. Passion is what gets through to the people.........

in the 21st Century even moreso than fact and truth. The difference between Olbermann and Shultz and the RW spouters is that THEIR passion (KO and Ed) is fueled by FACT, while the RW is fueled by propaganda and lies.

As long as their passion is based in fact, they can be as passionate as THEY feel comfortable being.

BTW, that passion is the reason that they will be targeted by the RW. The RW can live with being on the wrong side of fact, but they can't live with lefties being factual AND passionate. It might actually make a difference with people.

[SOS]

30. In 1936, FDR railed...

"We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace: business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.

Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me – and I welcome their hatred!

Was he being too passionate?

[mstinamotorcity]

32. NO, NO,NO

he does not need to turn it down in my opinion it has not had enough fire to it to make it hot. I think its just started getting warm. I can't wait until the Republicans start with their Master plan of things. Then maybe the Democratic Party will start cooking in the kitchen!!!

[Poboy]

33. More navel gazing while the country burns. Go KO!

[AndrewP]

36. Keith doesn't need to change anything

[butterfly77]

37. No..

[Populist_Prole]

38. KO does a great job

Yes, he's passionate in his reporting/orating, but it is cerebral stuff a thinking person can wrap their mind's around.

[Orsino]

39. No. Just too undisciplined. n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

41. Actually, I'm much, much more concerned about Ed Schultz, and he has said

many times in his talk show that he needs to watch his weight and blood pressure. He gets to pumped and emotional that I fear he'll bust a serious head vein.