Congratulations to Olbermann and Congratulations to the News (Huff Post)

[NYCGirl]

Worth a read!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/congratulations-to-olberm_b_18086.html

Though he might be personally be more liberal than, say, Sean Hannity, I've always seen Olbermann as an old school news anchor with one foot in the realm of Edward R. Murrow, and the other in modern New Media; an anchor who can at once be funny, insightful, and deadly serious. And if Olbermann is the professional I think he is, he keeps his personal politics on the sidelines as much as possible and simply reports on the news that we truly need to know.

And again -- I can't stress this enough -- if the Republican-controlled government continues to implode, taking the Constitution with it, then that's the news. And reporting this kind of news should in no way be construed as liberal bias.

But no matter how you slice Countdown, it's not a pundit show. And it shouldn't be regarded as a "liberal" counterpart to O'Reilly because they're two very, very different types of shows. Countdown is the closest thing we have to a real news show. O'Reilly is almost 100 percent semi-fictional demagoguery.

The Countdown approach is what we ought to be demanding more of. Not more punditry which only serves to perpetuate endless debates about bias. The problem of bias in cable news and, subsequently, the Cuckoo's Nest psych ward that's passed off as our national discourse will only worsen if cable news programming continues to skew into some kind of Spy vs. Spy quid pro quo.

[Singular73]

1. lol@Olbermann not being liberal

Oh come on.

I watch the show religiously...it is certainly the most liberal show on cable news.

[NYCGirl]

2. I watch it every night too, and I have no idea what Keith's personal

political views are. That's the way it should be.

[Cassandra]

4. Mostly because he hates being lied to...

which makes him a liberal these days. I suspect that he's personally more conservative than some of us but the repukes have so debased the concept of conservatism that it has little meaning.

[reichstag911]

5. Facts have no political bias.

Attacking conservatives because of their persistent disregard of facts shows a respect for the truth, not necessarily any liberal bias.

[Nite Owl]

3. Right on

We don't need bias we need the truth no matter which party is in office. It so happens that the truth is on our side!
If you don't consider O'Really and those like him what the news programs seem to aim for is covering anything that isn't really news, it's more a sin of omission which is just as bad as the others. It's their job to tell us what is happening and they don't, they just don't report on stories that really affect our lives. Keith reports on all the news not just pieces that this administration and the big bosses ok.

[NYCGirl]

6. KICK.