Comments on: Political Culture: Keith Olbermann — As Bad as Bill-o? http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/ your daily dose of pop culture Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:02:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dean van wart http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-42515 dean van wart Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:57:32 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-42515 Conservative shows always have someone representing the Left's views. Olbermann does not. When you say his ratings are on the rise, what are you referring to? No matter how you slice it, 50% fewer people watch his show compared to O'Reilly's in the same time slot. Period. MSNBC's highest rated show attracts HALF the audience of Fox' show in the same time slot. People don't want to watch incredibly negative views. Plus, as a jounalist, one should be objective. Olbermann clearly is not. Conservative shows always have someone representing the Left's views. Olbermann does not. When you say his ratings are on the rise, what are you referring to? No matter how you slice it, 50% fewer people watch his show compared to O'Reilly's in the same time slot. Period. MSNBC's highest rated show attracts HALF the audience of Fox' show in the same time slot. People don't want to watch incredibly negative views. Plus, as a jounalist, one should be objective. Olbermann clearly is not.

]]> By: dean van wart http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-23406 dean van wart Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:57:32 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-23406 Conservative shows always have someone representing the Left's views. Olbermann does not. When you say his ratings are on the rise, what are you referring to? No matter how you slice it, 50% fewer people watch his show compared to O'Reilly's in the same time slot. Period. MSNBC's highest rated show attracts HALF the audience of Fox' show in the same time slot. People don't want to watch incredibly negative views. Plus, as a jounalist, one should be objective. Olbermann clearly is not. Conservative shows always have someone representing the Left's views. Olbermann does not. When you say his ratings are on the rise, what are you referring to? No matter how you slice it, 50% fewer people watch his show compared to O'Reilly's in the same time slot. Period. MSNBC's highest rated show attracts HALF the audience of Fox' show in the same time slot. People don't want to watch incredibly negative views. Plus, as a jounalist, one should be objective. Olbermann clearly is not.

]]> By: jefito http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-23405 jefito Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-23405 Most of what you said could be just as easily applied to O'Reilly's show, or Limbaugh's show, or any other right-wing gabfest on the dial. The only difference is that Olbermann's ratings are on the rise, and the shrieking right's are on the wane. Enjoy your last few moments of relevance, dittohead. Most of what you said could be just as easily applied to O'Reilly's show, or Limbaugh's show, or any other right-wing gabfest on the dial. The only difference is that Olbermann's ratings are on the rise, and the shrieking right's are on the wane. Enjoy your last few moments of relevance, dittohead.

]]> By: dean van wart http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-23404 dean van wart Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:43:12 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-23404 What show are you watching? It isn't funny, or even remotely clever. Olbermann <br>has half the viewership that O"Reilly has. If he were that great, wouldn't more people tune in to hear what he has to say? He is all about hatred, and never says anything slightly positive. He is joined on the show by yes men and women who are also haters, and washed up hosts of failed Air America. He is a complete hack, and his low ratings compared to his competition gives us the proof. What show are you watching? It isn't funny, or even remotely clever. Olbermann
has half the viewership that O”Reilly has. If he were that great, wouldn't more people tune in to hear what he has to say? He is all about hatred, and never says anything slightly positive. He is joined on the show by yes men and women who are also haters, and washed up hosts of failed Air America. He is a complete hack, and his low ratings compared to his competition gives us the proof.

]]> By: DwDunphy http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-23384 DwDunphy Sun, 18 May 2008 22:32:11 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-23384 He thinks it's classy. Akira Kurosawa did it and everybody loved him! He thinks it's classy. Akira Kurosawa did it and everybody loved him!

]]> By: 1Py_Korry1 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-23403 1Py_Korry1 Sat, 17 May 2008 06:59:47 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-23403 It could have been the a conflation of talking heads on 24 hour cable news and my inability to distinguish them after 2 1/2 hours of watching, but I could have sworn Chuck was doing some analysis on CNN that night. It really doesn't matter, though. Most of what I saw that night was not that amazing from Todd. It's possible he wasn't on his game during the segments I watched (about an hour), but he really had nothing of substance to say. His analysis amounted to a recitation of data flashed on the screen. But to be fair, he was given some pretty inane questions from the hosts to answer, so he was probably just responding to the level of intelligence of who was asking the questions. It could have been the a conflation of talking heads on 24 hour cable news and my inability to distinguish them after 2 1/2 hours of watching, but I could have sworn Chuck was doing some analysis on CNN that night. It really doesn't matter, though. Most of what I saw that night was not that amazing from Todd. It's possible he wasn't on his game during the segments I watched (about an hour), but he really had nothing of substance to say. His analysis amounted to a recitation of data flashed on the screen. But to be fair, he was given some pretty inane questions from the hosts to answer, so he was probably just responding to the level of intelligence of who was asking the questions.

]]> By: JonCummings http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-23402 JonCummings Sat, 17 May 2008 01:10:18 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-23402 You're talking two different networks, dude. Wolf is on CNN, Todd is on MSNBC. On primary nights, John King has been doing the same sort of thing as Todd, but King's a douchebag and CNN's technology is too clunky.<br><br>Todd is an amazing source of knowledge about counties and congressional districts that, if you read that Post story I linked to, it seems he just has in his head permanently. You're talking two different networks, dude. Wolf is on CNN, Todd is on MSNBC. On primary nights, John King has been doing the same sort of thing as Todd, but King's a douchebag and CNN's technology is too clunky.

Todd is an amazing source of knowledge about counties and congressional districts that, if you read that Post story I linked to, it seems he just has in his head permanently.

]]> By: 1Py_Korry1 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-23401 1Py_Korry1 Fri, 16 May 2008 21:49:05 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-23401 I can’t watch these shows anymore – not even for the political porn they are. Rarely is anything of substance said, and the whole “angry host” thing is so transparent as a rating grabber that you can almost set your watch to the angry outbursts. Also, I think I could probably appreciate Chuck Todd more, but the only time I’ve seen him was during the Indiana primary where he and Wolf Blitzer were trying so hard to add some analysis to the vote count as it was happening. Wolf, in his usual stumbling manner, would say something stupid, and then toss to Chuck who looked like he was supposed to comment on the sinking of the Titanic as it was happening -- and say something analytical at the same time. I can’t watch these shows anymore – not even for the political porn they are. Rarely is anything of substance said, and the whole “angry host” thing is so transparent as a rating grabber that you can almost set your watch to the angry outbursts. Also, I think I could probably appreciate Chuck Todd more, but the only time I’ve seen him was during the Indiana primary where he and Wolf Blitzer were trying so hard to add some analysis to the vote count as it was happening. Wolf, in his usual stumbling manner, would say something stupid, and then toss to Chuck who looked like he was supposed to comment on the sinking of the Titanic as it was happening — and say something analytical at the same time.

]]> By: JonCummings http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-23383 JonCummings Fri, 16 May 2008 19:37:40 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-23383 Well, I don't think that's an issue--Olbermann obviously is highly intelligent and holds very passionate left-wing beliefs--it's more a matter of which issues (or pseudo-issues) he chooses to emphasize. His show is definitely aimed at viewers with more education (or at least a much higher GPA) than the Fox shows. I still, after all these years, find it unbelieveable that O'Reilly puts his "talking points" on the screen even as he's saying THE EXACT SAME WORDS!! Is it that he believes half his viewers are either deaf or blind, or that they need the dual visual-aural stimuli in order to process his lies? Well, I don't think that's an issue–Olbermann obviously is highly intelligent and holds very passionate left-wing beliefs–it's more a matter of which issues (or pseudo-issues) he chooses to emphasize. His show is definitely aimed at viewers with more education (or at least a much higher GPA) than the Fox shows. I still, after all these years, find it unbelieveable that O'Reilly puts his “talking points” on the screen even as he's saying THE EXACT SAME WORDS!! Is it that he believes half his viewers are either deaf or blind, or that they need the dual visual-aural stimuli in order to process his lies?

]]> By: Dan http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/comment-page-1/#comment-23382 Dan Fri, 16 May 2008 18:19:16 +0000 http://popdose.com/political-culture-a-tale-of-two-blowhards/#comment-23382 Olberman was great on ESPN. <br><br>I can't figure out if he believes any of what he says. <br><br>He seemed pretty intelligent on ESPN. <br><br>So perhaps it's all a ruse - since O'Reilly's already got the<br>right and center sewed up, Keith can only target what's left. Olberman was great on ESPN.

I can't figure out if he believes any of what he says.

He seemed pretty intelligent on ESPN.

So perhaps it's all a ruse – since O'Reilly's already got the
right and center sewed up, Keith can only target what's left.

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