Keith Olbermann's Dan Rather moment

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | 11/14/04 | Bill Steigerwald

[OwnershipSociety]

Keith Olberman Kneels at the alter of Cronkite/Rather

[OwnershipSociety]

The recovering sportscaster is openly liberal and his irreverent, run-and-quip offense is easy to detest. But I kind of like him and his fast-paced infotainment show, which has the fatal misfortune to occupy the 8 p.m. time slot opposite Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor."

Olbermann, however, really made a Dan Rather of himself last week.

He never directly charged that Republicans stole the election or demanded that Karl Rove should be picked up for questioning by the U.N. But for 15 minutes on Monday, Olbermann pointed to a "small but blood-curdling group of reports of voting irregularities and possible fraud" from across the country, topped it with some vague partisan innuendo from Democrat Congressman John Conyers, and acted like he deserved a Peabody Award for Civic Journalism.

[The Right Stuff]

Olbermann is a nut.

[OwnershipSociety]

And gay too! (along with O'Donnell)

[Arnold Zephel]

[OpusatFR]

He's, gosh darn it, as squidgy as a teenager with his pants in a wedgey.

[JennysCool]

He and Dan Patrick had some classic broadcast moments, tho. Too bad things turned out like they did.

[OwnershipSociety]

Yeah, he was great on ESPN. That's where he belongs.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Keith Olbermann's Dan Rather moment

[OwnershipSociety]

You're up early or late!

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[OwnershipSociety]

Gotcha.

[VaBthang4]

"But I kind of like him and his fast-paced infotainment show"

Oh please. He's a dumbass and any nitwit that "kinda likes him" prolly needs to turn his/her credentials in on the way out the door.

[OwnershipSociety]

Wrong guy.

[conservativecorner]

MEGA BUMP!!

[Admin Moderator]

Thanks.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

When your a super sized ego of intelligence like Doberman, never let things like facts get in the way of your superior intellect.

[jcwky]

Bump!!

[whitey righty]

I'm glad that I was not the only one who found Olbermann's behavior to be pathetic. Keith's hack colleague David Shuster actually referred to Olbermann's reporting on this non-issue as "courageous."