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Old 10-02-2006, 10:32 PM   #1
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Olberman chooses liberal sites to do his advertising...

A few months ago MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann wouldn’t admit that he was a liberal:
“I find myself currently aligned, not in the sense of having membership, but being in the same part of the ballpark as a lot of liberals,” says the host of MSNBC’s “Countdown.”
In April of this year liberal blogs such as Crooks & Liars (which Keith’s book is being advertised on), former astrology site and liberal powerhouse MyDD, and AlterNet got their panties in bunch and started an uproar because advertisements for the movie United 93 appeared on conservative blogs and not liberal ones. John Amato at Crooks & Liars gets credit for noticing the U93 ad slant.
However, none of these bloggers, including Amato, is complaining that Keith Olbermann’s new book “Worst Person in the World” is only being advertised on liberal blogs. Below you will find screenshots of the ad on liberal blogs such as Daily Kos, Crooks & Liars, and Talking Points Memo:
I dont really know how anyone can take this guy seriously. He's nothing but a hack and its somewhat hard to call him a partisan hack because...well...he just a hack. He goes off on constant rants but rarely attacks issues just people. Its pretty ridiculous actually and to top it all off he admits to being "aligned" with liberals.
 
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Old 10-02-2006, 10:34 PM   #2
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so a guy that appeals to "liberals" is advertising on liberal sites? oh the horror
 
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Old 10-02-2006, 10:49 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by SoFlaJDM View Post
so a guy that appeals to "liberals" is advertising on liberal sites? oh the horror
The guy professes to be unbiased.

what little tiny bit of info you can squeeze out of his show is hardly unbiased.
 
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Old 10-02-2006, 10:49 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95 View Post
The guy professes to be unbiased.

what little tiny bit of info you can squeeze out of his show is hardly unbiased.

so wait... he buys the advertising himself?
 
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:06 PM   #5
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i know you didn't say my name but don't look at me, motivez loves the guy but I don't take anyone from ESPN seriously
 
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:09 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Thorgrim View Post
i know you didn't say my name but don't look at me, motivez loves the guy but I don't take anyone from ESPN seriously
I wasn't really thinking of anyone specifically but this last week seems like we had a thread blow up about how good olberman was...I just found it funny that he's wanting to get his name out almost exclusively on liberal sites.
 
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:13 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95 View Post
I wasn't really thinking of anyone specifically but this last week seems like we had a thread blow up about how good olberman was...I just found it funny that he's wanting to get his name out almost exclusively on liberal sites.
Well that's smart marketing on his park, O'Reilly haters flock to his show and O'Reilly haters are overwhelming liberal or don't watch TV...no sense in advertising to those who don't watch TV
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 12:12 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Thorgrim View Post
i know you didn't say my name but don't look at me, motivez loves the guy but I don't take anyone from ESPN seriously
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 01:07 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95 View Post
I dont really know how anyone can take this guy seriously. He's nothing but a hack and its somewhat hard to call him a partisan hack because...well...he just a hack. He goes off on constant rants but rarely attacks issues just people. Its pretty ridiculous actually and to top it all off he admits to being "aligned" with liberals.
he is only a hack for saying things you dont like. it doesnt mean he doesnt tell the truth, or that he has no right to voice his opinion.

i dont think anyone chooses to be a conservative or liberal really. i think alot of it is how we are raised, events in your life, and just overall personality that really determines which side of the fence we reside on. (just my opinion)
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 01:09 AM   #10
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im probably concidered very liberal, but i dont read liberal news sites. atleast not one i would concider liberal.

would you be outraged at bill o'reilly for advertising on a conservative site?
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 01:11 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by SICKGUY View Post

would you be outraged at bill o'reilly for advertising on a conservative site?
Of course not.
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 01:24 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95 View Post
The guy professes to be unbiased.
So does O'Rly.
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 01:25 AM   #13
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I think Olberman is the only blatantly left leaning mainstream TV newscaster these days. Wait, scratch that, on TV and radio. There used to be left wing radio with Air America, but they're on the way out.
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 01:26 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by SpicyMcVoodoo View Post
So does O'Rly.
Helloooo...the no spin zone?

They don't call it that for nothing. FNC wouldn't let someone lie about that on their station.
 
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Originally Posted by Scrumtralecent View Post
Helloooo...the no spin zone?

They don't call it that for nothing. FNC wouldn't let someone lie about that on their station.
For real...O'Reilly is the no-spin zone, why would he profess to have spin?
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 08:21 PM   #16
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Like him or not, his rants of late have been right on target.
 
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I like him for what he has the balls to say. I don't know anything about the man on a personal level, and I don't watch ESPN, never saw him there.. so I'm not going to let that cloud my judgement of what he's doing now.

Kat is correct. His comments as of late have been dead on the money and it's nice to finally see what a large section of the country is feeling said plainly without pussyfooting around some of the tougher language by another network worried about losing some conservative viewers to Fox.

He's currently, as far as I know, the only person in the "main stream media" on television who's been willing to say what he has.

You can say he "rarely attacks issues, just people", but I don't think that's the case, he attacks peoples handling of certain issues.. just like it needs to be done.

I'm not sure any avid viewer of O'Reilly's smear machine has much credibility trying to brand someone else as a hack, though.
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 08:51 PM   #18
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Who cares?

Is there ANYONE left in America who watches MSNBC for more than 10 minutes?

Didn't think so.
 
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Old 10-03-2006, 09:47 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by archangel003 View Post
Who cares?

Is there ANYONE left in America who watches MSNBC for more than 10 minutes?

Didn't think so.
i never watch any of the 24 news channels. i just read their websites

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Old 10-03-2006, 09:53 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by archangel003 View Post
Who cares?

Is there ANYONE left in America who watches MSNBC for more than 10 minutes?

Didn't think so.
 
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