Chicago Sun-Times: Olbermann factor boosts MSNBC

[Berry Cool]

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/elfman/499433,CST-FTR-elf07.article

He disagrees with the theory corporate leaders are too conservative to air more lefties.

"If tomorrow Rupert Murdoch woke up ... and it had come to him in a dream he could make twice as much money by turning Fox News Channel into a liberal operation, he would do it."...

As for tonight's debate, some liberal bloggers claim Republicans are fielding less contentious questions than Democrats are in this year's debates. But Olbermann disagrees. Voters are just a little touchy, like sports fans, he says.

"There's no fan watching a sporting event ... who believes their team is being treated fairly by the umpires, by the announcers at the game," he says. "A certain amount of suspended logic goes into being an enthusiast for anything."

(And the caption identifies him as the host of Hardball. *sigh*)

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Keith Is the Man......

This kind of coverage has gotta drive O'Reilly even more nuts than he already is. Keith is everywhere these days. Ferchrissakes, after watching his show last nite, I flip over to another great show, "Big Love", and who do I see on my teevee? It's Keith O. I really liked this part from the article:

MSNBC's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" is doing so well -- now with 72 percent more viewers since a year ago -- Olbermann was tapped to host tonight's AFL-CIO debate of Democratic presidential candidates at Soldier Field on MSNBC and WMAQ-Channel 5.

"Countdown" is a hit because its mix of politics and pop culture makes it the most entertaining newscast in America. One minute, Olbermann critiques politicians and pundits in the style of a witty professor; the next he flashes video of a man doing squats on the back of a giant elephant, or some such thing.

Thanks for posting BB......

[MaineYooper]

2. I hope O'Reilly gets several thousand copies of that headline!

You know that the Sun-Times used the word "factor" on purpose for ironic effect, and you that it will really get under BillO's notoriously thin skin.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!

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