Olbermann speaks: why Dana Milbank won't be on Countdown any more

[mloutre]

(I just posted this in GD, but then it occurred to me that since Milbanks' misquoting of Obama last week was at the crux of the decision, I should probably point to that post from here as well...)


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3729843

[Faygo Kid]

1. Good riddance. Right decision.

Milbank was a horse's patoot long before this incident.

[City Lights]

6. Seconded.

I won't miss him. At all.

[Cha]

2. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, mloutre..I never

would have seen that if you hadn't cross reference from GD.

Mediawhores not held accountable are my Pet Peeve.

[mloutre]

3. (priceless response from KO on dKos thread right now)

Commenter posts:

Dan Rather is forced out

Dana Milbank takes a bigger and better offer. Milbanks narrative lives on, Rather's truth is buried. Thus is the tale of how poor sourcing works in American politics."

And then Keith Olbermann replies:

Who said "bigger and better"?

All I said was "another" tv offer.

I'll leave it for him to announce it, but if it's what I'm told it is, it ain't better.

"If you're going through hell - keep going!" -- Winston Churchill

by Keith Olbermann on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 03:23:37 PM PDT

Oooooh... *SNAP*!!

[Hope And Change]

4. K & R!

[Heather MC]

5. Gee I wonder what is his "Other Television Offer" Could it be

FAUX| NEWS?????
I don't know but it would see like his last article was clearly an attempt to get more money from somebody???

[me b zola]

7. I had a suspicion that Dana had something in the works

...that encouraged him (Dana) to go bat-shit stupid. Mmmmm...:blech:...smells like faux news.

[blondeatlast]

8. Starting to watch now; thanks for the heads up (and thank you for doing the honorable thing,

Keith Olbermann)

[mloutre]

9. KO coming on live right now! (in EDT zone, anyway)

Can't wait to hear what he has to say about this in real time.

How about you?

[samsingh]

10. IMPORTANT: THis is probably the first time since the bush piece of shit

entered the white house that a repug reporter has been fired or removed from a tv show. up until now, the more traitorous they are to America and more damaging to the COnsitituion, the higher they get promoted.

[AtomicKitten]

11. I am really impressed Keith gave him the opportunity to explain.

Milbank screwed the pooch on this one.

[Awsi Dooger]

12. Great news

Olbermann and Milbank were worthless together, smug and flippant squared.

Today he had a very good guest in Gerald Posner, one of the few authors/analysts who correctly evaluates the JFK murder, although that wasn't the topic tonight.

[Doc Blase]

13. Aloha, shalom Milbank

Better to weed out the garden, I think. BTW I don't see any difference between Posner's erronious conclusions about 11/22/63 Dallas than most others, Jim Garrison got it as right as anyone has.

[gaiilonfong]

14. Milbank is MoDo in drag

nuff'said