Olbermann up 67%, Fox News still leads

Yes, once again, mike has demonstrated the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of your right-wing blog troll.

Step 1) Parrot the party line (though it's never good form to outright copy something without giving attribution)
Step 2) When called on said parrotting, threaten physical violence
Step 3) Profit!

Tim, how is Olbermann's show any different than anything done on FOX? It's the exact same schtick just with opposite politics.

Elf, why isn't it okay to criticize Olbermann's delivery? If people don't like smug arrogant talking blow hards (like O'Reilly and Olbermann) shouldn't they be free to voice that opinion?

wow elf, pretty tough stuff. I feel really bad about all of this. No, not really.

If it makes you feel better, it came from NRO. They seemed to sum it up perfectly.

Now, do you feel better? Or should I kick you in the balls instead and see if you are a man?

What's 67% of twelve?

As much as most people hate Fox, they pioneered the analysis/opinion show - and its working, albeit a bit less for them and a bit more for their competitor.

In saying that Fox has "nine of the top ten news shows" you're assuming that what they do is news. Everything they do in the evening is commentary and "analysis", using the loosest definition of that term.

However, it's the same on the other news/entertainment cable channels. And the broadcast news operations are moving in that direction.

BTW, Olbermann's show would be a lot better if they didn't stuff so many commercials into it. I'm wearing out the fast forward button on my TiVo remote. :-)

After 9/11 I started watched MSNBC all the time. I just kept the TV on in the background while I worked at home. But a few months ago I changed the channel to another news network. Not only has MSNBC thrown away any attempt at being nonpartisan, but they've gone so far to the left that it only appeals to the lunatic fringe. They sold their soul to the liberal extremists for a bump in the ratings, but it cost them their loyal longtime viewers.

As much as I hate to agree (and as much as I hate Bush), Olbermann has willingly become a caricature of himself over the past month or so and I can no longer watch him.

He is the nation's televised face of sneering, drooling Bush hatred. Olbermann's October has been a festival of long and feverish commentaries, repeatedly sending the message that we're presently living under a terrorist and a dictator. He's claimed "the leading terrorist group in this country right now is the Republican Party." That the Bush team "have institutionalized the terrorizing of the opposition. True domestic terror." Even talking about 9/11 is described as "gruesome, intentional, terroristic invocations yesterday of the horrors of 9/11." Olbermann is so feverish even Laura Bush is evil, as "the First Lady silently sticks the knife in Michael J. Fox's back."