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It's 'Putdown With Keith Olbermann' [Rita Cosby dumber than rocks]
New York Daily News ^ | June 14, 2006 | Lloyd Grove

Posted on 06/14/2006 9:43:36 AM PDT by Quilla

Now that Dan Abrams has given up his MSNBC show to run the third-place cable news outlet, he might want to focus on the rising tensions between two of his prime-time personalities: Keith Olbermann and Rita Cosby.

Olbermann, whose "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" airs weeknights at 8, apparently has precious little respect for Cosby, whose "Rita Cosby: Live & Direct" airs at 10 p.m.

"Rita's nice," Olbermann wrote to a fan from his MSNBC E-mail account, "but dumber than a suitcase of rocks." Yesterday Cosby retorted: "Keith got it wrong. I'm not that nice."

But a Cosby intimate gasped when informed of Olbermann's E-mail. "That's incredibly disappointing," he said.

An MSNBC spokesman didn't dispute the authenticity of the months-old E-mail, which came to light this week after the recipient shared it with this column on condition of anonymity.

In his E-mail, Olbermann was also dismissive of then-MSNBC President Rick Kaplan, who left the network last week with six months to go on his three-year contract.

"And Kaplan?" Olbermann wrote to his fan. "He was the producer of that special last night — now known as the Kanye West Show." It was a reference to an embarrassing incident during NBC's Hurricane Katrina telethon on which the popular rapper departed from his script to claim President Bush "doesn't care about black people."

Olbermann, who didn't comment yesterday, was said to be on vacation — though he managed to turn up Monday night at a book party for Al Gore at the American Museum of Natural History.

There, the media blog Jossip.com asked Olbermann — who was accompanied by "his self-described 'friend' Katie" — if he'll now be answering to Abrams.

"I don't answer to anybody," Olbermann insisted.

We'll see.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2obscure2care; keithwho; msnbc; olbermann; pmsnbc; ritacosby; who
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Thank God for her sources. ;-)

1 posted on 06/14/2006 9:43:38 AM PDT by Quilla
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Olberman comes off much worse than Cosby in this story. It seems he has quite an unjustified opinion of his own intelligence.


2 posted on 06/14/2006 9:46:00 AM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: Quilla

With Karl Rove off the Fitz List KO has run out of material.


3 posted on 06/14/2006 9:46:01 AM PDT by SamAdams_Lite
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To: Quilla
a book party for Al Gore at the American Museum of Natural History.

Where Al was indistinguishable from the stuffed dodo.

4 posted on 06/14/2006 9:46:44 AM PDT by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: Quilla
I hope Dan Abrams deals with this loser appropriately. Maybe Keith can join Gore's campaign team where all the "brilliant" folks are!

Olbermann, who didn't comment yesterday, was said to be on vacation — though he managed to turn up Monday night at a book party for Al Gore at the American Museum of Natural History

5 posted on 06/14/2006 9:47:07 AM PDT by Neverforget01
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To: Quilla

Yeah, I was wondering if she is still lurking here at FR. She broke a couple of stories based on info from here, including one from me.


6 posted on 06/14/2006 9:48:20 AM PDT by TommyDale
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I hope Dan Abrams deals with this loser appropriately. Maybe Keith can join Gore's campaign team where all the "brilliant" folks are!

He's too much of a moonbat for even the Gore campaign. He should work for Dennis Kucinich.

7 posted on 06/14/2006 9:49:09 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: atomicpossum

Now, I'm no fan of Rita, simply because I am not a fan of her style or her voice. But that comeback was pretty good Rita!

And it makes me wonder which one of them is actually dumb. Well, no it doesn't.


8 posted on 06/14/2006 9:49:50 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: Neverforget01

I was thinking he might do well on Cindy Sheehan's campaign--didn't she say she would run against Hillary? ;)


9 posted on 06/14/2006 9:50:21 AM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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She was probably lurking at DU just before announcing the Supreme Court decision on Bush v Gore in 2000. Man, did she blow that one.


10 posted on 06/14/2006 9:50:36 AM PDT by Quilla
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book party for Al Gore at the American Museum of Natural History

Is that where the dinosaurs are exhibited?

11 posted on 06/14/2006 9:50:58 AM PDT by SamAdams_Lite
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To: Paleo Conservative

Excellent point. Dennis should have about the same Star Trek IQ as KO.


12 posted on 06/14/2006 9:51:13 AM PDT by Neverforget01
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To: pollyannaish

I don't think Rita's dumb, just incredibly self-serving. But then, that's most of the media, isn't it?


13 posted on 06/14/2006 9:51:19 AM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: Quilla

My prediction is that his days are numbered..


14 posted on 06/14/2006 9:53:09 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: TommyDale
She broke a couple of stories based on info from here, including one from me.

With attribution, of course.

And she is dumb as rocks. Her whole act is the bobbing, nodding and weaving delivery. Made me dizzy, when she was at FOX. All breathless appearance; no substance. Wannabe actress, talk about aiming low...

15 posted on 06/14/2006 9:53:42 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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The one she broke of mine what when Clinton pardoned Rick Hendrick, after Hendrick's buddy Hugh McColl of NationsBank (Now BankofAmerica) donated a huge sum to the Clinton Library.


16 posted on 06/14/2006 9:54:38 AM PDT by TommyDale
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To: Quilla

Olbermann continues to burn every bridge on cable television...soon enough he will be hosting a show on how to paint yourself into a corner on the DIY Channel.


17 posted on 06/14/2006 9:54:55 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache ("Scientology is dangerous stuff,it's like forming a religion based around Johnny Quest and Haji.")
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To: Quilla

I suddenly have some newfound respect for Ms. Rita. I hope she uses that gravel voice of hers to publicly bitch-slap that twit.


18 posted on 06/14/2006 9:56:28 AM PDT by paddles
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With attribution, of course.

Of course NOT! I did get it to Congressman Dan Burton, however, and he included in in his investigation, which went nowhere.

19 posted on 06/14/2006 9:56:38 AM PDT by TommyDale
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To: Quilla

Oh, come on! These two are doing the nasty with each other!


20 posted on 06/14/2006 9:57:48 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Ninguna tarjeta verde. Ningún Inglés. Ningún servicio.)
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