Olberman Apologizes for telling Freeper Moran to Kill Himself

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/426803p-360015c.html

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Olbermann's antagonists, who asked not to be named, repeatedly claimed in their June 8 E-mails that dead Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was Olbermann's "hero," prompting the television star to advise: "Hey, save the oxygen for somebody whose brain can use it. Kill yourself."

After I forwarded that and other E-mails to an MSNBC exec, Olbermann wrote: "I apologize to anyone who might take offense at my part of this correspondence. It goes without saying that I should not have replied to these abusive and hateful E-mails, but I wonder how many of us could receive literally hundreds of them questioning our patriotism, religion and ethnic origin, without succumbing to the natural wish to confront such hate?"

Other Responses by Olbermann.

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"Given how far you are from knowing your a- from your elbow about my industry, you couldn't be stupider, wronger, or dumber ..."

"Go - your mother."

"You 'Americans' still watching that evil f- O'Reilly?"

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. This gossip muckraker is either getting a bonus from his editor

or his girlfriend.

[RamboLiberal]

4. Or "Ted Baxter" O' Reilly

But KO has to watch those emails. He hung himself and is not denying he wrote them. KO's too damn honest for that industry.

[unpossibles]

2. of course he will be burned at the stake for this

never mind that no one (but us) minds similar language from O'Lielly, Coulter, Cheney, Bush, etc.

[itzamirakul]

3. Well, there the media goes again...

Attack a liberal on ANYTHING and elicit an apology and it is all over for that liberal. That's all they want...to show libs apologize because they can then be made to look weak.

Of course, on those rare occasions when a conservative apologizes they are praised and lionized and made into heroes.

[Minnesota Libra]

5. Yeah, got to keep those MSNBC neocon loving execs happy, god forbid.......

.....someone should actually tell the dam truth, can't have any of that.:banghead:

[AX10]

6. This is such BS!!! Why is it that ourside always has to say their...

"sorry" but the right wing never does? :wtf:?

[Rocknrule]

8. Because the RW is never wrong and God is on their side

:puke:

[nxylas]

24. He was right to apologise, though

Someone in his position needs to be able to rise above the hate mail, and he should have kept his opinions about Cosby to himself, IMO.

[RamboLiberal]

9. Our side has more f'ing class than the other side

I can understand KO apologizing for what he said about Rita Cosby - no matter how he feels she is a coworker. In fact I've heard of newspeople in local media serving a suspension for such remarks. H'mmm wonder if KO is really on vacation this week.

On the emailers - he should just say they're idiots and move on.

[Clark2008]

34. Nevermind

I read what you were talking about further down the thread.

But, it's the truth. She is dumber than a box of rocks.

[tanyev]

13. Keith needs to learn the RW apology.

"It was just a joke," said in a whiny, affronted voice. A few tears is always a nice touch, too.

[AX10]

14. Exactly!

[Marie26]

22. Or...

I'm sorry you misinterpreted my remarks. Classic.

[Ganja Ninja]

37. Or "Did he really kill himself?"

"If not no harm no foul."

[wordpix2]

50. OR "I wasn't aware of this"

[progressivebydesign]

38. did the people who threatened to kill the Dixie Chicks apologize?

Did Glenn Beck apologize for his statements?? No.. he was given a fatcat job at CNN. fuck those people. Apologize to NO ONE!!

[Blue Diadem]

7. Hmmm...they sure seem to be after KO the last few days

between Rita being dumber than a suitcase of rocks and now this..

[RamboLiberal]

11. Well again he did hang himself

He's not denying the emails. Someone is out to get him though. Maybe it's the infamous Faux Security! :sarcasm:

[AX10]

12. "He's not denying the emails." What does that mean?

[RamboLiberal]

17. It means he's not denying he wrote those words

He's living by what he said.

People Harass Keith Olbermann; He Responds; And Lloyd Grove Prints The Responses
When individuals insult and taunt Keith Olbermann, he responds.

Lloyd Grove says: "Olbermann's antagonists, who asked not to be named, repeatedly claimed in their June 8 E-mails that dead Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was Olbermann's 'hero,' prompting the television star to advise: 'Hey, save the oxygen for somebody whose brain can use it. Kill yourself.'"

Here is Olbermann's apology: "I apologize to anyone who might take offense at my part of this correspondence. It goes without saying that I should not have replied to these abusive and hateful E-mails, but I wonder how many of us could receive literally hundreds of them questioning our patriotism, religion and ethnic origin, without succumbing to the natural wish to confront such hate?"

> An e-mailer says: "Let me get this right: Two people keep emailing Keith Olbermann in order to harass him, and then send his equally insulting responses back to Lloyd Grove. And Grove will not reveal the antagonists' names?!?! Way to be balanced."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

[ComerPerro]

10. Life is short and hard, like a bodybuilding elf

so save the planet and kill yourself

[LoZoccolo]

15. Notice they didn't print the emails he /recieved/? n/t

[fearthem]

26. ..."source of this trash is the Daily News, owned by Rup Murdoch"

[RamboLiberal]

27. It's the NY Post that's owned by Murdoch

The Daily News doesn't strike me as conservative - last week they were blasting Coulter for her remarks.

Owner of NY Daily News is Mortimer B. Zuckerman

[fearthem]

42. Oops -- got it from Huffington (cut/paste) sorry folks!

[WiseButAngrySara]

16. This has me very worried. IMO he is being set up. Apparently Raspy

brainless Rita was the subject matter of another KO e-mail, and she's not too happy about it. Last night I checked out the KO site to find reference to IMUS, who was literally drooling over KO's substitute the other morning. I found it unusual, and worrisome. He mentioned that this guy should take Abrams spot, but my antennas were up. I never listen to that jerk (ANUS) so I just accidentally caught a small portion of his vile program. I didn't find reference to the IMUS remark, but did find out about the Rita remark. I'll post the link in a tad.

Anyone else know about this Imus remark? If so, are you concerned?

[RamboLiberal]

20. Sure with a change in management at MSNBC

I'd be worried. And Zucker has said he wants more crime covered on MSNBC - that's sure Rita's speciality. Though remember she's not getting ratings and they moved Scarborough's show to her old time slot cause she was losing viewers off the Countdown leadin. Note that Scarborough even though he's an ex congressman covers a lot of crime as well. And on Fridays they blow off Scarborough and Rita for crime/prison shows. I also hate they do force Countdown to spend the 2nd half of the show covering the celebrity or light news crap - I usually do other things that half hour till Worst Person in the World bit.

[WiseButAngrySara]

29. What do you make of the Imus remark? I can't remember the name

of KO's stand-in, but I'm sure that Scarborough was almost solicitous to him last night when he ended the program and led into Joe. He seemed much more friendly than he usually is with Keith. I might just be paranoid.

[wordpix2]

45. with Dan Abrams taking over, he's a lawyer & won't want MSNBC to get sued

[PA Democrat]

54. I've heard Imus make snarky remarks about Olbermann on the air.

We'll see if there is a set of double standards. BTW, do you guys recall Rita's racist remark on Hardball about the Democrats in which she linked "African Americans" with "hoodlums" and "convicted felons"? Want proof that she is stupid?

COSBY: And I also like what the Democrats are doing. I mean talk about a wacky thing. They are going after the, quote, “hoodlum vote.” I mean, that I think is very racist. Clearly they are going after the African-American vote, and I think on both sides it's pretty offensive.

MATTHEWS: Back up a notch. Going after the hoodlum vote?

COSBY: Yes, they're going after the felons. They are going after the convicted felons. They are going after these rosters saying that some of these felons should be able to vote.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11590540/

[WiseButAngrySara]

56. OMG! she really is 'dumber than a suitcase of rocks!' K.O. should

be rewarded for his gentility of restraint and composure in responding about Raspy Rockhead Rita!

Thanks for clarifying about my suspicions concerning Imanass. If this is a repeat pattern for him, I'm not as concerned.

[WiseButAngrySara]

18. Here's the snip and the link for the Rita "dumber than a suitcase of

rocks" KO e-mail...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x49004

NYDN gossip: Olbermann: Rita Cosby "dumber than a suitcase of rocks"
NY Daily News "Daily Dish," Lloyd Grove
It's 'Putdown With Keith Olbermann'

Now that Dan Abrams has given up his MSNBC show to run the third-place cable news outlet, he might want to focus on the rising tensions between two of his prime-time personalities: Keith Olbermann and Rita Cosby.

Olbermann, whose "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" airs weeknights at 8, apparently has precious little respect for Cosby, whose "Rita Cosby: Live & Direct" airs at 10 p.m.

"Rita's nice," Olbermann wrote to a fan from his MSNBC E-mail account, "but dumber than a suitcase of rocks." Yesterday Cosby retorted: "Keith got it wrong. I'm not that nice."

But a Cosby intimate gasped when informed of Olbermann's E-mail. "That's incredibly disappointing," he said.

An MSNBC spokesman didn't dispute the authenticity of the months-old E-mail, which came to light this week after the recipient shared it with this column on condition of anonymity....

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/426477p-359629c....

[Marie26]

19. He should

It's one thing to rant on DU, but that's pretty nasty for a national news figure. Maybe he can hire someone to screen out the hate mail?

[WiseButAngrySara]

25. Nasty compared to who? Coulter? Limpballs? O'Lielly? ....n/t

[Marie26]

41. Nope.

Compared to a decent person.

[fearthem]

21. Please write MSNBC in support of Keith...

[e-mail] <[e-mail]>

I told them I support Keith, unconditionally -- and I agree, it's a set up, do doubt -- Faux and O'Reilly understand that Keith's supporters will be voting for a long, long time, unlike O'Reillys and they are out to destory his career!

[fearthem]

23. [e-mail]

[fearthem]

47. KICK!

[wordpix2]

48. my email to [e-mail]:

To Whom It May Concern:

In the past week or so, I have wondered where Keith Olbermann, my favorite news anchor, has been. I have been a big fan ever since he started covering serious news concerning the Iraq War, White House, Congressional corruption and more. Today I have learned that Keith is in hot water due to some unfortunate emails he sent in response to Free Republic types (freepers) who were apparently abusive and antagonizing to him. This is the article I read: http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/426803p-360015c.html.

Note that there are no emails from KO’s antagonists for the public to read what he was responding so vehemently to, so the public is getting only one side of the emailed story.

Most of us know to be careful with our emails, especially in the workplace, in terms of tone and content. Apparently, KO was not too careful. That being said, I hope that KO’s apology will suffice and he will again be restored to his Countdown anchor post to provide viewers with important news coverage.

Please let Keith know I support him wholeheartedly. He makes MSNBC an interesting place to be.

Sincerely,

Wordpix in CT

[fearthem]

53. KICK

[WiseButAngrySara]

28. K & R for Keith! Let's keep this kicked, and see #'s 21 & 23 to send

support for K.O.! Also, please let me know if anyone heard the Imus remark in its entirety...

[Avalux]

30. KO is being targeted by the Reich. I hope he's smart about it.

Otherwise, they'll swiftboat him until he loses his show. I despise those assholes.

[AlCzervik]

31. FU Lloyd Grove, this is the most ridiculous piece of tripe i've

seen in a long time.

[Clark2008]

32. Why didn't they name the e-mail senders?

If they're messing around with celebrity, stalking him to the point of pressing his buttons, then they've foisted themselves INTO the spotlight and need to take the heat.

Cowardly bastards. Just like all Republicans now days.

[unpossibles]

57. yeah, it's like they can politicize and be above anyone being able to

respond to them... :puke:

[Cha]

33. Olbermann has to

apologize and coultergeist doesn't?

I guess cause Keith's got his own show on msrnc?

[The Stranger]

35. PAGING THE DICK DURBIN.

Poor stupid Dems and Progressives always apologizing.

Never learning, never never never apologize.

[Fleshdancer]

36. What's with all the Olberman email stories lately?

Why is this one gossip columnist receiving this stuff? Odd.

You know, instead of having his emails leaked, Olberman should just compile it all into a book. That way, people will be "shocked" by his language but won't think an apology is necessary because he's politically "commenting" on people who's politics/beliefs differ from his. What would he call this book? Godless? No, already taken. Brainless? Yes, Brainless will work just fine.

:sarcasm:

[WiseButAngrySara]

40. LOL! This is good...but Brainless AND Godless would be more apt!

n/t

[RevCheesehead]

39. Hmmm.... attack a man while he's on vacation & can't respond...

right away? What is this? The Swiftboat Reporters?

[Fleshdancer]

43. well if it looks like shit and it smells like shit....it must be O'Reilly

You can practically see the loofah markings on this. :rofl:

[Coexist]

44. it doesn seem like an orchestrated attack, doesn't it.

[Beacho]

46. My response to this Grove turd

In regards to your hit piece on Olberman, you get emails from people harassing Olberman with hate mail and you only print Olbermans responses?

I bet you won't reveal who they are because they either have a .foxnews.com or .nydailynews.com address, amirite?


So how much does an imbedded GOP operative in the press make these days?


Here's hoping you find your soul one day

[wordpix2]

49. "how much does an embedded GOP operative in the press make these days?"

LOL :rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

51. As a public personage, he was wrong to say that...

... and right to apologize.

*I*, however, am not in the public eye, and am beholden to no one but myself.

Hey freeper moran! Save some oxygen for those who might make good use of it! Go kill yourself!


huh. looky-that. That really DOES feel good.

[grateful581]

52. there was one good thing in that story

Olbermann is scheduled to return to work on Monday.
:)

[lies and propaganda]

55. have they fraking killed him

where the hell has he been for the last 20 shows. I barely like Unger.

[blogslut]

58. Lloyd Grove is a big old whiny cow

"Unnamed sources" harrass KO with hateful emails and he responds in kind. Big f@cking story Lloyd. What a pussy.

[rman]

59. The freep pushed Olberman's buttons, Olberman responded as desired

It's one of the things the bullies do: provoke you into throwing the first punch (if only metaphorically), so that you are made to look like the bad guy.

Don't let them drag you down to their level for they will beat you on experience. They've got a lot of experience on that level.

[npincus]

60. I guess his boss made him do it.

[Vidar]

61. I'm sorry Olbermann apologized, though I can understand the

need to save his job.