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Olbermann takes on O'Reilly

by Bob Sassone, posted Feb 1st 2006 5:09PM

Keith OlbermannIf you're a regular viewer of MSNBC's Countdown, you know that host Keith Olbermann has no love for FOX News' Bill O'Reilly. Or like or tolerance, for that matter. He has (deservedly) ripped apart the Factor host, and named him a "Worst Person of the Week" more than once. Now Olbermann uses O'Reilly's own words against him in a pretty funny, blistering segment.

You watch, you decide.

(Great impersonation of Ted Knight too.)

 

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larry Thompson

Thank you Keith Olbermann for letting Oriley have a dose of his own medicine. I am so tired of Fox and the radical right spewing hate to anyone who didagrees with them. It's amazing that 1 or 2 thousand radio and tv stations spewing hate every day to destroy liberals and death to all Democrats. But with all that hate we are still here and getting stronger every day. Hey right wingers Hitler couldn't destroy his enemys either

September 26 2006 at 10:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
D.J.

Bill O'Reilly is one of the most repulsive hatemongers to pose as a journalist since the Allies strung up Julius Streicher. He has no credibility on any issue.

February 25 2006 at 10:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

It was great! I love it when he takes on O'Reilly--poking him in his weakest spot, O'Reilly's humor bone....

February 12 2006 at 8:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

KLRMNKY says
"That being said. O'Reilly has an open invantation for Olbermann to come on his show and debate or debate him wherever Olbermann feels safe at.

So why doesn't Olbermann put his mouth where his money is?"

Not being a steady watcher of O'Rielly, but watching enough to know how the show works, I venture Olbermann isn't going on Bill's show for the reason that as soon as a "guest" starts getting the better of Bill, Bill has the guest's mike turned off, just cuts away or yells over him.

At venues where Bill isn't in total control he doesn't seem to do as well.

February 02 2006 at 9:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark

LOL! That was hillarious. What was especially funny is that I often thought I heard Bill O'Reilly's voice somewhere before, but couldn't quite place it... and now Keith gave it to me - Ted Baxter!

To be serious for a moment, I don't think this is, for a second, very professional news casting by MSNBC, and in a way, it's shameful and indicative of the steady decline American media as a whole has been on.

On the other hand, O'Reilly and Fox have been the marching band leaders, twirling their batons at the lead of this steady decline. O'Reilly has done so many shameful and distasteful things in his broadcasting career on Fox that really, with Letterman, constant ribbing by Stewart, constant parodying by Colbert, and things like this by Olbermann, he's getting his due.

Actually, only may a quarter of his due. He's got a lot more of this kind of backlash owed to him.

February 02 2006 at 3:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KLRMNKY

I'll agree with several of the commentors. If I want FOX News bashing, or conservative bashing then I can go get my fill at DailyKos or one of the other liberal leaning websites. I come here for news and plot stuff on my favorite shows.

That being said. O'Reilly has an open invantation for Olbermann to come on his show and debate or debate him wherever Olbermann feels safe at.

So why doesn't Olbermann put his mouth where his money is?

Let the both of them duke it out instead of hiding behind his low rated show.

C'mon Olbermann what do you have to fear?

February 01 2006 at 8:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tom

Was it me or was that not funny at all? I want my 3 minutes back!

February 01 2006 at 7:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Big Al

That's the funniest thing I've seen this week. Olbermann is one of the few that put the performance artist that is O'Reilly in his place. In this ongoing war of wits between the two, O'Reilly is the equivalent of an unarmed man.

February 01 2006 at 6:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brent

I'd pay to see Olbermann without his hair piece.

If he can't report the news and make ratings, why not make news? Thankfully this jerk does not fill in for Paul Harvey, anymore. No, he helps that awful ESPN Dan Patrick radio show. He is a snotty liberal.

And MSNBC is awful. Changing the name of it will not help the ratings. MSNBC shows a lot of repeat crap everyday (weekends are a snoozefest). They put the most interesting show they have, Tucker Carlson's show, at 11pm ET. Rita Cosby a solution? I don't get it, and FOX probably didn't either.

February 01 2006 at 6:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jared

Mitch, I completely agree. BlueZoo, if you watched The Factor you would know that O'Reilly gives all the money they make on Factor Gear to CHARITY!!!! You're the one selling out for not getting your facts straight.

February 01 2006 at 6:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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