It's no secret that Keith Olbermann is a blasted imbecile not worthy of covering politics in Lost Springs, Wyoming (population: 3), but the stunt he pulled tonight is taking that to a whole different level and then some.
To use the quotes of Olbermann himself, it's not a left and right issue. It's a matter of "professional journalism" and "professional integrity" of which Keith Olbermann has completely none of. Fuck, he has less than none.
Last night, Olbermann chimed in his 2 cents on the election with this "Quick Comment", which in it's own right is quite despicable.
Yes, he just did say that to the man that one of the most liberal states in the country voted for as Senator, but regardless, he can have his opinions, however misguided and misplaced that they are.
But, the stunt that he pulled today irks me to no end. Either out of request from many others or to try and prop up ratings so people can watch him eat crow, Olbermann advertised an apology to that Quick Comment.
Basically what Olbermann wants is proof that Scott Brown is not a homophobe and a racist and he is claiming that you can't do that.
WELL NO SHIT, SHERLOCK!
Of course you can't do that. You absolutely cannot disprove that accusation.
And do you want to know why. Because things are NEVER what they are not. You cannot define something or someone by what they are not. You can only define it by what it is, so when Olbermann makes the wild, sad, and pathetic accusations that Scott Brown is a "homophobic racist" and then asks you to show him that he's not, basically he is asking people to do exactly what you can't do. Define someone by showing us what he isn't. What Scott Brown isn't: Someone from Mars, born in Jamaica, grew up with 253 dogs. Do you get my point? There are an infinite number of things that something is not so it is not a valid argument to make accusations about someone and then as proof of your argument say that "oh, it must be true, because there is just no evidence to say that is not true". You can't tell us who they are by saying what they are not.
And what is he going to do to disprove such accusations? Go out and hug a gay black man? But then Olbermann will counter that it was fake and contrived and that it is not actual proof that Scott Brown is not a homophobic racist. And wait, he added sexist. Is Scott Brown supposed to go out and hug a gay black lady? Again, it will look contrived and Olbermann would call Brown out on that. Either that or somehow he will spin it into a case of statutory rape. He's already done the same type of thing to Scott Brown once, why not try to do it again?
My bottom line is this: It does not matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican, a liberal or a conservative, a far-left extremist or a far-right extremist, Keith Olbermann is the fucking scum of this earth and if you watch his show and think everytime Olbermann slams him you go in your mind "Fuck yeah, Olbermann rocks, he just slammed yet another douche bag Republican. He was such a great SportsCenter guy and now he is such a great Political Mastermind OMFG!!!!!!" then you are just as bad and are just as much scum of the earth as Olbermann is. No, I'm not being sarcastic and I am not exaggerating this. I am dead fucking serious. If you agree with this bastard and if you think it is okay to go on a national cable TV network and say the kind of shit that he spews then you are politically the worst of the worst of this country and if you never open your mouth again about politics, then this world will be better for it. If you want an intelligent liberal political show, go watch Rachel Maddow at 9 PM, on right after Olbermann's infamous Countdown.
Normally I would end this post with another call to Fire Keith Olbermann Now!, but seeing as NBC-Universal is run by a bunch of incompetent morons, that call would fall on deaf ears upon any NBC-exec that happened to stumble upon the ramblings of a 20-year old college student of no particular interest. Instead I'll just state that I am embarrassed that I share the title of American with this douche bag piece of shit and his staunch supporters.
Embarrassed.
JFein,
ReplyDeleteIf only you called out everyone in what passes for "the media" in this country for their ad hominem attacks, instead of just the lefty ones.
@ kt: No one is worse than Olbermann.
ReplyDeleteAnd if I did call out everyone for every mistake and bad remark, I would not have time in my day to take a pee, therefore I stick with the worst of the worst.
Besides, once being a fan of the guy and then coming to the realization of what kind of despicable person he truly is, you get angrier at his slip-ups then I do say a Sean Hannity, who I've always been indifferent on.
Agreed JFein
ReplyDeleteThe difference though Kris, you would never see an personal attack like this on any other network. And if an attack like this did happen, people would be calling for blood.
/I did love watching Olberman and Maddow look like they were ready to cry after it was announced Brown won.
@ kt: If it makes you feel better, I would have chided out Limbaugh and Robertson for their comments on Haiti after the quake, but there is no way that I am going to point focus of a natural disaster where hundreds of thousands died and lost loved ones on two people who opened their mouths and said too much.
ReplyDeleteA Massachusetts Senate election is no earthquake.
I will make this promise to you Kris, the second that Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Sean Hannity, Larry King, Glenn Beck, or Bill O'Reilly call a high-ranking/major Democrat Senator "a racist homophobe" on National TV, I be sure to get back to you and put up a post on it.......
O'Reilly is far worse than Olbermann. Limbaugh too and Glenn Beck. Come on now.
ReplyDelete@ Anon: Has O'Reilly or Glenn Beck ever said that Nancy Pelosi was a "homophobic racist?" Has O'Reilly or Glenn Beck ever suggested that Olbermann or anyone at NBC or NBC-U were abused by a child on national TV?
ReplyDeleteThe only one you might be right in putting on the same level as is Limbaugh then, and even then I judge him differently because radio is a significantly different medium than television.
Slightly off topic, but if democrats want a song that channels their emotions about losing the Senate seat in Massachusetts, I recommend "Simple Design" by Breaking Benjamin.
ReplyDeleteIt's not actually a political song, but there are some lines in there that could represent well the thoughts of Democrats and those criticizing them, with my favorite being, "you must be out of your mind, this was a simple design, you fuck it up everytime."
So true of the Dems anymore these days, ain't it?
Glenn Beck called Obama a racist....
ReplyDelete@JFein
ReplyDeleteYou're not a media criticism blog, so I really don't care who you do and do not call out. I'm just sick of the media and the rotation of bloviating pundits instead of, you know, covering the news and asking questions of people.
I don't like Olbermann's antics at all, but at least he hasn't said he'd like to poison the speaker of the house the way a certain someone did.
@ Anon: And what happened then? It became a national outcry. What is happening with Olbermann? Oh sure, a few right wing sites and bloggers have picked up on it, but is it near the story that Beck's comments were? And yes, Glenn Beck should not have said that but at the same time, he did not go near as far as Olbermann who called Scott Brown an "irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees."
ReplyDelete@ kt: Amazingly enough I had not heard about that Beck incident until now.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm not quite sure what to make of it. It was all just so bizarre......
There is a big fucking difference in calling a senator in Mass. as homophobic racist and the LEADER OF YOUR COUNTRY a racist against the white majority. If I call the mayor of El Segundo, CA a racist it won't get nearly the outcry as the President of the United States.
ReplyDeleteBrown did pose nude one time actually.