Imus slams Matthews, Olbermann & MSNBC "Freak Parade"

MSNBC | 1/5/2007 | Nickatnite2003

[NickatNite2003]

Anyone else catch it?

I was flippin channels, and caught one of the co-hosts talking something about O'Reilly ragging on NBC & MSNBC for being so "leftist".

And Imus replied, well that's because Matthews and Olberman are allways attacking him.."because they are so insecure"! "What?..Olbermans' got an audience of a couple hunded thousand?" 'Maybe a million?"

"He has no impact!".

"He Couldn't sell his book to save his life".

"I've been here forever, and i've seen 'em come and go".. "The whole Freak Parade..."

It continues..Imus just slammed Matthews & Olberman for running their mouths, "all over" the coverage of President Fords' funeral coverage.

Man, what caused *this*?

(snicker)

LOL!

[RabidBartender]

It's what we alcoholics call a "moment of clarity".

[norge]

I recorded it on Pocket Dish, but haven't seen it yet. Any idea where in the program it comes?

[DainBramage]

Pot to kettle...pot to kettle...your black

[roses of sharon]

Imus is a liar and a punk, he believes nothing of the sort.

[Always Right]

It is disgusting anymore with the likes of Olbermann what passes as journalism. Nothing but diarrhea of the mouth spewing anti-American hatred. It is just sickening where they are trying to take America.

[WBL 1952]

It is no secret these guys (Olbermann & Scarborough)on MSNBC are after the two percenter hate Bush hate conservatives fringe crowd. For that matter; all of MSNBC is targeting this bunch in an attempt to keep these viewers in their column on the ratings.

There is a plan at MSNBC that revolves around the freak show aspect of all of their hosts, including Matthews.

You can almost here the two percenters cheering Olbermann et al on to keep up the Bush bashing.

[dmw]

Exactly!

[dmw]

The best I can say is it was about 45 minutes into the program, give or take ten minutes.

[roses of sharon]

It's NBC "News" who produces this enemy propaganda, Russert and Williams encourage and abide it everyday.

Their un-American crap gets spewed here word for word.

[Falcon4.0]

Imus knows if he pokes these guys with a stick, so to speak. They'll be calling his show and he'll have something to talk about.

[sono]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[Doc Savage]

Freaks? This guy ever look at himself in a mirror! They're all gargoyles!

[period end of story]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

I'll have to write that one down.

[norge]

Thanks. I'll check it out.

[finnigan2]

"Imus knows if he pokes these guys with a stick, so to speak. They'll be calling his show and he'll have something to talk about."

- I've watched Imus several times and I must admit that he can be entertaining in small doses. After he spouts a few of his gratuitous insults I have come to realize that it's all theater designed to titillate, enrage or encourage the audience in their prejudices. Imus is a cynic who will say anything to keep his ratings and I doubt he really believes half the things he says. If you accept his outbursts for what they are, he can be entertaining in how well he "acts" out his little performances.
However, the real reason that I seldom watch him is the way he treats his staff. He is a real bully and shuts them up or puts them down regularly in the full knowledge that they can't respond without the threat of dismissal.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Joe Scarburough is one of em too!Joe is just another cowardly republican that praises democrats and trashes Bush.I am glad that jerk is out of congress!

[ishabibble]

Don't any of the "Freak Parade" want to talk with Imus about ways to hang VP Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al? Imus and Mike Barnacle, plagiarist, sure had fun only a couple of days ago speculating on how VP Cheney would act if he were to be hanged from a gallows. It must have been so funny!

Keith Olbermann looks exactly like someone who would be a high ranking official in Hitler's Nazi Party. The hair, the glasses, the suits, he even looks sorta iffy in the masculinity department. And then he starts talking...

[Suzy Quzy]

Amen to what you said about Keith Olberman.

[Alberta's Child]

For all his faults, Imus is one of the best on-air hosts in the history of talk radio. He and Rush Limbaugh -- despite their different styles -- tower above the rest of an industry that has become polluted with too many half-@ssed copy-cats who would be considered marginally employable in any other field.