Media Notes: The Anti-Bush Anchor (on Keith Olbermann)

[brooklynite]

By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 3, 2006; 8:09 AM

Night after night, President Bush is being kicked, punched, slapped, poked, stomped and otherwise disrespected in one small corner of the cable television world.

And Keith Olbermann doesn't deny it has been good for ratings.

"I find myself currently aligned, not in the sense of having membership, but being in the same part of the ballpark as a lot of liberals," says the host of MSNBC's "Countdown."

Is Olbermann catering to the anti-Bush crowd? Since Hurricane Katrina, he says, a growing number of people have "had their eyes opened" to the administration's failings and do not see their points of view reflected in television news. "We have to be responsive to an audience's perception of the world or they will ignore us."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100587.html

[Atman]

1. "We have to be responsive...or the audience will ignore us."

Keith is a sharp guy!

Ask FOX News and Bill O'Lielly how well their schtick is holding up!

Rock on, KO!

[Botany]

2. No what he does is report the news.

and if you have done what bush has done the FACTS can't
be good.

His ratings are growing is because people are tired of being told lies.

[SoFlaJet]

3. love the KO

if I miss it at 8 on MSNBC I'll always find the best parts either on crooks and liars or open up a can(ofun) of whoopass

[Rose Siding]

4. Does Kurtz even KNOW what a press means to a democracy?

This:

"Night after night, President Bush is being kicked, punched, slapped, poked, stomped and otherwise disrespected in one small corner of the cable television world."

(pejorative invectives aside) should extend to every area of government in ALL of the media.

[Uncle Joe]

5. I believe it was Harry Truman

that said something to the effect of "I am not giving them Hell, I am just telling the truth about them and it sounds like Hell".

Ditto for Keith Olbermann

:kick:

[Minnesota Libra]

6. I like Keith Olbermann and Lou Dobbs - I try to watch both daily nt

[msgadget]

7. Oh, puleeze, I can't be the only person to remember cable news

during the Clinton terms - 24/7 president bashing. Yes, there are a few anti-administration shows but they've got at least one dedicated channel and most of the others deferring to him in ways unknown to democrats EVER. No mention of the call for censure on the evening broadcast news...gimme a break.

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