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Nutroots Sudden Discovery: Olbermann is a Hack

Olbermann Watch surveyed the reactions at DailyKos to Keith Olbermann's apparent belittling of Barack Obama's win last night. Some of the printable comments include:

  • Half of Keith's audience watches him on Crooks and Liars. He's got to stay in good with the netroots types, even if it means rooting for the loser.
  • never even say Obama's name on the air----maybe a couple brief mentions in passing, usually framing something about him in a dim light. He has never given Obama fair coverage. His truthtelling never included honesty about Obama. You would never have known he was running for anything, let alone President, by watching his show. I lost respect for him for that reason.
  • I do detect a pro-Hillary bias in his reporting on the Democratic nomination process - at all times. I never see him interviewing any of the other candidates on Countdown, but I've seen him interview Hillary. I'm going to be interested if he does get those interviews how he acts, or if he'll ever ask Hillary a tough question.
  • Olbermann is a Hillary hack. The guy never even mentions Obama. Any "host" that never brings on a guest that disagrees with him has their agenda. Go do another horrid "Special Comment," Keith.
  • I'm a Clinton supporter, and I have never detected a bias for Clinton from him. Bias for Democrats, yeah, sure.
  • Seriously, we have big problems if progressives are going to go ballistic on a guy like Keith Olbermann. He's literally the only person on TV who's worth a s*** in terms of attacking Bush and defending progressive principles.

Better prepare yourself, Keith; it sounds like the love affair may be over. If you continue down this road, the next step is to get 'Liebermaned,' after which you're likely to experience respect and success--two words that haven't really been associated with you since your SportsCenter days.

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