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Joe Scarborough leaves Keith Olbermann speechless after KO shows his bias and interupts Scarborough during his commentary.

h/t Larry Johnson

Labels: Joe Scarborough, Media bias, Olbermann

Netroots Try to Label Fox News as Opinion - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog

It may be the blogosphere’s equivalent of the scarlet letter, and the organizers of Netroots Nation, a gathering of liberal bloggers that is taking place this week, say they will be more than happy to pin it on Fox News.

Planners of the conference want to force representatives of the cable news network to wear credentials identifying them as opinion media rather than providing them with the regular press passes other news outlets will receive.

“Fox News calls itself fair and balanced, but it’s not,” Josh Orton, political director for Netroots said in an interview. He accused the network, which is popular among conservatives, of misrepresenting itself.
The Netroots, however, may not get their way.

A spokeswoman for Fox News said the network would not be sending anyone to cover the four-day conference that kicked off in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.

But if anyone from the network shows up, Mr. Orton said they would have to wear a press pass with the words “Opinion Media” printed on it. The credential would not restrict Fox’s ability to cover the conference, but Mr. Orton said that journalists from other media organizations like Air America, the liberal radio network, and the National Review, a conservative journal, would receive regular credentials. The difference, Mr. Orton said, is that those outlets are “explicitly progressive or explicitly conservative. They don’t have a branding problem.”

Fox News has long been a lightning rod for liberal criticism, especially in the opinion-charged world of blogs, and the move by organizers to, as they put it, re-brand Fox News is just another sign of continuing friction. The idea to label Fox journalists as opinion media is, in fact, not a new one. It’s been tossed around on blogs, and MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann also floated the idea on his show last summer.

Labels: Fox propaganda, Media, Media bias, Netroots, Olbermann

Here's Keith Olbermann last week, with another Murrow impersonation, urging Obama to take advantage of a "second chance" on FISA. Since Obama didn't take his advice, I wonder what he's going to say now. What possible defense can Obama's no. 1 cheerleader come up with now? I'll have to wait for another clip since his show is banned in my house.

Labels: FISA, Obama, Olbermann

Keith Olbermann tried his best tonight to slam Sen. Clinton. He threw his best pitches but she kept hitting out of the park. Since he couldn't do the job in person, after the interview he brought in his favorite Obamabot, Richard Wolfe, to start slamming her. They even pointed out among other things, her chuckling about the Richard Mellon Scaife question.

And to the media who keep bringing up the ad that flashes Bin Laden; the ad clearly is about the challenges the next president will have to face. Is the American public supposed to forget Osama? Are we supposed to forget 9-11? This is a typical Obama supporter and Obama media tactic to paint the Senator as a fearmonger.

During the interview, KO brought up our little protest outside his office. It's obvious we got his attention. Here's a clip of that protest:

Labels: Election 2008, Hillary, Olbermann

A media critic by the name of Gene Weingarten was recently on an NPR episode of On The Media and didn't have anything nice to say about Mr. Olbermann.

BOB GARFIELD: Mm. Now, you identify yourself as a card-carrying liberal in the piece, but the extremity is not confined to the political right.

GENE WEINGARTEN: No. It was mostly confined to the political right, until I had the honor of listening to Keith Olbermann. I only barely knew what Olbermann was up to, but he was as over the top as anyone else in the opposite direction. He was busy calling George Bush a fascist and comparing his stance on this relatively minor issue to the Alien and Sedition Act. He was simply a sputtering lunatic, and I hadn't been ready to expect that.

Labels: Media, Olbermann

Remember when Keith Olbermann was one of the good guys? It wasn't that long ago. Here we see KO defending Hillary back in July 2007 against attacks from the Bush administration that she was helping to reinforce enemy propaganda. KO clearly proclaims, "This sir, is your war!"

Oh, the irony. Somebody really needs to play this back to him.

Labels: Hillary, Olbermann

Keith Olbermann interviewed by Bill Moyers, discusses the country's "Bush Fatigue" and partisan politics.

Labels: Media, Moyers, Olbermann

Another "Special Comment" edition by Keith Olbermann. Today he comments on the Libby commuted sentence and the "La Cosa Nostra" presidency (my tag).

Labels: GOP Hypocrisy, Libby Trial, Olbermann, Plamegate