Comments on: Bearing the mantle of Murrow: Keith Olbermann http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/09/09/bearing-the-mantle-of-murrow-keith-olbermann/ Life, people, and Kultur Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:43:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ken http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/09/09/bearing-the-mantle-of-murrow-keith-olbermann/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Ken Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:15:30 +0000 http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/09/09/bearing-the-mantle-of-murrow-keith-olbermann/#comment-184 LOL. Yeah, Olbermann's a real intellectual there. The guy has a BA in sports management from some commmunity college. Oh, and he's a former sportscaster - a regular Edward R. Murrow (a person Olbermann desperately wants to be compared to - as indicated by his pitiful and somewhat hillarious, roll-your-eyes "good night and good luck" signoff - even though he's not close to anything resembling a journalist - In fact, most real journalists - e.g., Tom Brokaw - appear to be somewhat embarrasssed to be seen on-air with him). Olbermann's only "talent" is being shrill on a nightly basis - as hysterical, humorless and angry as the far-right's Michael Savage - all while carefully reading off a teleprompter in a sanctimonious tone and surrounding himself with "yes men" guests. His politics and all-consuming anger aside, the guy's one of least educated and least thoughtful people you'll find on any news outlet. Can you imagine him sitting down to discuss middle east politics with someone like Christiana Amanpour or Tim McGirk? Would be hysterical. Olbmermann would have absolutely nothing to contribute, unless a teleprompter were 2 feet in front of his face. Funny to watch the left embrace him as their "hero". Pathetic. Telling. LOL. Yeah, Olbermann’s a real intellectual there. The guy has a BA in sports management from some commmunity college. Oh, and he’s a former sportscaster – a regular Edward R. Murrow (a person Olbermann desperately wants to be compared to – as indicated by his pitiful and somewhat hillarious, roll-your-eyes “good night and good luck” signoff – even though he’s not close to anything resembling a journalist – In fact, most real journalists – e.g., Tom Brokaw – appear to be somewhat embarrasssed to be seen on-air with him).

Olbermann’s only “talent” is being shrill on a nightly basis – as hysterical, humorless and angry as the far-right’s Michael Savage – all while carefully reading off a teleprompter in a sanctimonious tone and surrounding himself with “yes men” guests.

His politics and all-consuming anger aside, the guy’s one of least educated and least thoughtful people you’ll find on any news outlet. Can you imagine him sitting down to discuss middle east politics with someone like Christiana Amanpour or Tim McGirk? Would be hysterical. Olbmermann would have absolutely nothing to contribute, unless a teleprompter were 2 feet in front of his face.

Funny to watch the left embrace him as their “hero”. Pathetic. Telling.

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