KO Checks Out of The Daily Kos

[MadBadger]

I didnt agree with his assessment of Obama's speech. However, I also didnt agree with the intense criticism of him. Its his opinion, but to boycott him because he doesnt like a speech? Thats a little ridiculous to me. That said, KO's reaction to a critical post of him and Rachel on Kos is over the top and makes him look very thin-skinned.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/keith-olbermann-checks-out-of-daily-kos-after-criticism-from-left/

After taking heat from some of his liberal fans on Twitter over his strong criticism of Pres. Barack Obama’s Oval Office speech Tuesday, Keith Olbermann stopped into another of his new media stomping grounds to find more of the same.

Now he’s leaving The Daily Kos after reading a “diary trashing first me and my colleague Rachel.”

Olbermann wrote a blog post, presumably his last for awhile, headlined “Check, Please”, as a response to the diary he found and one particular comment that insinuated his criticism came because attacking the President was good for ratings (a pretty strange notion when discussing MSNBC). “It can’t be verified because it’s nonsense, and it wasn’t checked because nobody bothered,” wrote Olbermann. “Unfortunately there’s been a lot of this here lately.”

According to Olbermann, this is symptomatic of a larger issue at the liberal site that he has been a part of for years now, and he’s ready to go his separate way:

"You don’t agree with me, fine. You don’t want to watch because you don’t agree with me, fine. But to accuse me, after five years of risking what I have to present the truth as I see it, of staging something for effect, is deeply offensive to me and is an indication of what has happened here.

You want Cheerleaders? Hire the Buffalo Jills. You want diaries with conspiracy theories, go nuts. If you want this site the way it was even a year ago, let me know and I’ll be back."

[berni_mccoy]

1. Hmmm, I wonder if Obama would Check Out of MSNBC because they were Critical of Him?

Guess KO has a very thin skin.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. He should start posting here

:)

[berni_mccoy]

4. LOL! The sad thing was, KO is not even upset about a Diary. He's upset about a comment

made on someone's diary. *ANYONE*, including Freepers, can take 5 minutes and create an account and start commenting on a diary.

KO has made a very embarrassing judgement here.

[berni_mccoy]

5. dupe

Delete

[Jennicut]

10. I would give him 2 minutes tops here if Daily Kos gets to him.

And I like KO.

[EFerrari]

13. That's what I thought, too.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

21. He would last negative 2 years here as random people have already said nasty comments about him.l

[EFerrari]

22. You're probably right. n/t

[asdjrocky]

3. I'm with KO.

The speech sucked eggs.

[berni_mccoy]

6. Whatever KO thinks of the speech, he made a serious misjudgment about DailyKos

He's upset about a comment someone posted on someone's diary. *Anyone* can do that. But he chose to make a deal about something some anonymous person said while commenting on a diary.

[tridim]

7. Sorry to see that Keith chose to dig his hole deeper

I'm not angry with him, just confused and kind of shocked at his reaction.

Good luck Keith, you'll need it.

[aquart]

9. Under the bus for not toeing the line. Poor KO.

I think I missed the DU threads trashing Jon Stewart for making mincemeat of Obama's civil rights hypocrisies.

[ShamelessHussy]

8. Don't let the political fanboys and girls get you down KO

I appreciate that you call'm as u c them.

Some are more concerned w/image than substance. This ongoing catastrophe goes way beyond politics and most want it treated that way.

[joeybee12]

11. I gave up on that jackass Kos in 2008...

huge ego, little of any importance to ever say.

[SidDithers]

12. Is KO new to the internet?...

A comment on a diary, and he's taking his ball and going home?

I like KO, but displaying petulance like that is going to do more harm to his "street cred" than if he'd just smacked down the commenter.

Sid

[EFerrari]

14. He's probably pretty buffered in his job.

The intertubes can be very democratic. lol

[SemiCharmedQuark]

20. I'm glad that Rachel doesn't let stuff like that get to her.

Sometimes people are real assholes on her FB feed, but she never lets it aggravate her.

[Bitwit1234]

15. I think Olbermann can dish it out but can't take it. Everybody is

criticized every once in a while. He should have taken it in his stride. It would show he is a real MAN.

[xultar]

16. It is very clear that KO has the personality that can dish but not take.

I bet he has an itty bitty penis too.

[WeDidIt]

17. HAH! A GBCW!!!!

[provis99]

18. why anyone posts on the DailyKrap is beyond me, anyways.

Today it's nothing but a fossilized monument to its founder's ego.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

19. It's sad that he has thinner skin than run of the mill DUers.

I've been called a shill for Big Pharma, a Republican, a RWer, a plant, a paid DLCer...who cares?

[Occulus]

23. Wow! DU's DLC crowd really, REALLY loves this!

What a shock!

[NJmaverick]

24. Sounds like he is no where near as good at accepting criticism as he is dishing it out

shame on him for setting up a double standard.