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Keith Olbermann Is Asked to Apologize to Floyd Abrams
TV Newser ^ | March 11, 2010 | Kevin Allocca

Posted on 03/11/2010 10:28:16 AM PST by Beaten Valve

B&C reports that the First Amendment Advisory Council of the Media Institute has issued an open letter to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann asking him to apologize to one of its members, Floyd Abrams, for comments made on a January broadcast:

"Floyd Abrams is the foremost First Amendment advocate of our time. He also is Jewish. For any Jew to be compared to a Nazi collaborator is vile, but in the case of Floyd is simply beyond comprehension," they wrote. "But your offhanded inclusion of this ugly epithet points to a deeper problem that has degraded public discourse -- the breakdown of civility...." Not mentioned in the letter (which can be read here) or in the B&C article is the fact that Floyd Abrams' son is Dan Abrams, NBC Chief Legal Analyst, former MSNBC general manager, and founder of Mediaite.com. Olbermann has criticized Abrams and Mediaite in the past.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: keitholberman; msnbc

1 posted on 03/11/2010 10:28:16 AM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve

Well pick your day and he owes someone an apology!


2 posted on 03/11/2010 10:30:06 AM PST by Dead Eye Lane
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To: Beaten Valve

Olbermann’s come back?


3 posted on 03/11/2010 10:31:24 AM PST by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: Beaten Valve

“For any Jew to be compared to a Nazi collaborator is vile...”

####

A-OK though when it comes to a Christian, though?

As in BusHitler...


4 posted on 03/11/2010 10:31:48 AM PST by EyeGuy
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To: Beaten Valve

They just noticed that Olbermann has degraded the public discourse?


5 posted on 03/11/2010 10:37:56 AM PST by Carley (Are you better off now than one year ago? HELL NO!!!!!)
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To: Beaten Valve
Abrams is the premier First Amendment lawyer in the country and has been the go-to guy for the big media. In other words, he's on MSNBC's side. Leave it to IdiotOlbermann to bash someone who otherwise might be an ally.

I would say he needs to go back to calling sporting events, but I wouldn't want anyone that stupid giving me my baseball commentary.

6 posted on 03/11/2010 10:38:38 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Beaten Valve

How bad do the rating have to get before they send this idiot packing?


7 posted on 03/11/2010 10:40:27 AM PST by ontap
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To: Beaten Valve
Over the top hyperbole, do a Google search on "Kapo" and see what pops up...

It matters not the religion, Jew, Christian, Islam, Hindu, or whatever, there is always someone willing to betray his comrades for the opportunity to live just one more miserable day. A truly sad commentary on mankind...

Regards,
GtG

8 posted on 03/11/2010 10:43:40 AM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Beaten Valve
For any Jew to be compared to a Nazi collaborator is vile
What did Olberqueef do, compare him to George Soros?
9 posted on 03/11/2010 10:48:20 AM PST by tincanman
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To: Beaten Valve
For any Jew to be compared to a Nazi collaborator is vile

Why does the name George Soros keep running through my head?

10 posted on 03/11/2010 10:49:56 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: EyeGuy
What about the Jews that were actually Nazi collaborators?
11 posted on 03/11/2010 10:50:23 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: tincanman

Soros is lower than a Sonderkommando. He sent Jews to the camps while pretending not to be one of them. Before he goes to Hell, I hope he meets Moses, who’s staff will turn into a Cobra and shoves it up.....


12 posted on 03/11/2010 10:52:31 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: ontap
The irony is 'progressives' think Olbermann & guys like him are the answer to popular 'right wing' talk hosts.

They seem completely oblivious to the fact that there is not a single major broadcaster on the conservative side who comes even close to Olbermann in terms of vile loony nutiness.

13 posted on 03/11/2010 10:57:04 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Beaten Valve

KO’s parents owe us all an apology.


14 posted on 03/11/2010 11:01:16 AM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: exit82

As does ESPN for putting him in front of a camera.


15 posted on 03/11/2010 11:22:02 AM PST by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: skeeter

The fact is they agree with the idiot!!!


16 posted on 03/11/2010 12:34:14 PM PST by ontap
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To: Beaten Valve

Is there anybody Olbie hasn’t alienated? He even gets in pissing matches with his fellow lefties. Even when he’s ditching his own show, he’s off getting in a fight with some ESPN guy, and then claiming ESPN management is supporting him and thanking him for trashing their employee. ESPN had to step in and say Queef was lying. Considering the fact that Olbie isn’t allowed on ESPN property since they fired him, claiming he has ESPN’s support is a pretty obvious lie, even for Queef.


17 posted on 03/11/2010 12:49:28 PM PST by ozzymandus
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