Wow. The 13 top threads on the Greatest page

[Jackpine Radical]

are all Olberman stories.

Shiny!

Meanwhile the wars continue, SocSec is being prepped for surgery, and Jeff Immelt, having sent thousands of GE jobs to China, goes to Washington to prove that what's good for GE is good for America.

[provis99]

1. and there's poverty, war, and starvation.

So what's your point?

[RKP5637]

2. These are very very bizarre times. More than ever KO is needed to untangle the web of

lies, misinformation, disinformation and deception that now abound all over.

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[aquart]

16. What is a "blue link"?

[Brickbat]

4. This place loves its heroes.

Even if they're TV personalities.

[uppityperson]

7. I remember getting blasted a few yrs ago when I didn't know who "KO" was

How COULD I claim to be a Liberal when I OBVIOUSLY wasn't?

[Brickbat]

11. Bwaaa! It amazes me, how many threads are dedicated to the talking heads.

[aquart]

17. Really? We had not one voice in TV media and then we got one.

And you think that's too insignificant to mention? And now we are losing it because of a merger that is entirely against the interests of the American people? And you think that's too insignificant to mention?

Really?

[Brickbat]

21. Please don't put words in my mouth.

Thanks.

[Fly by night]

23. Here's one that's not.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x250538

[Brickbat]

25. I saw that one.

Love John Prine. :thumbsup:

[Jackpine Radical]

32. Ultimately, it's something like that that inspired this thread.

I'm a country-dwelling, gardening non-TV-watching old fart who doesn't probably recognize the significance of KO since the only time I see him is when someone posts a Utube segment.

[Swamp Rat]

5. At least it draws attention to media consolidation and mega-mergers

In the end, we'll likely have just two 'news' channels on TV (good cop/bad cop; right/left; democrat/republican; Frick/Frack, et al.)

Then we'll have Endless War™.

[Jackpine Radical]

10. I think you mean

Bad cop/worse cop
Neocon/Paleocon
O'Reilly/Beck

etc.

[Swamp Rat]

18. Yeah, that's more like it.

After learning the hard way, I have little hope left.

The rest of America better wake the fuck up, and prepare for hard times (folks in places like Detroit know what I'm talking about).

[pacalo]

29. Yep, Swampy! I'm no fan of corporation-dictated propaganda, either.

And I believe the freshness of Keith's dismissal warrants heavy discussion, considering the timing & the unfair legal limitations put on Keith: MSNBC/Comcast can talk about their spin reasons for Keith's departure, but Keith is prohibited from talking about it. What are they afraid of?

This isn't an important issue? :eyes:

[William769]

6. It's part of the master plan.

Yea right.

[gateley]

8. And that bothers you, why? DUers want to talk about it, and that's

why we come here. Nobody has forgotten for a second about the wars, the fragile Social Security status, nor the questionable choice Obama made about his appointment of Immelt. If people are upset and angry, this is the place to come for support.

[elocs]

9. Well you can't accuse DU of not having their priorities in order.

Besides, it could be worse. The threads could be about the #1 DU person to obsess about: she who which will not be named.

[Jackpine Radical]

12. That was last week.

[elocs]

20. Yes, but it can pop back up at a moment's notice here. n/t

[hfojvt]

13. maybe we were counting on Olberman

to spread the word about the wars, to defend social security, and to tell more of the country about Immelt, and why his selection is bad.


What's good for Olberman is good for America.

[Codeine]

19. A bit over a million people watch KO on a good night.

There are over 300 million people in the US. We tend to overestimate the importance of cable news people around here.

[Tunkamerica]

14. and here's another one

[aquart]

15. What's good for General Electric is good for the USA.

Think he'll bring even one GE job back home? My best guess is that his goal is to make American workers accept 7 cents an hour or as close as he can come.

[Fly by night]

22. Hey!! Have you heard that Keith Olbermann is no longer on MSNBC?!?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x241491

Thanks, Jackpine, for this thread. We definitely are into batting the latest shiny ball around here (or rather, beating it to death with OP repetition).

[Poboy]

24. And KO is one of the only people who would report/present these type stories.

What the hell kind of post is this? We have lost a key FIGHTER on these issues and you whine about us expressing our loss?
Whatever dude.

[RufusTFirefly]

26. The San Diego Chicken syndrome

I've got nothing against Olbermann. In fact, I'm somewhat of a fan (especially since, like me, he's a huge Bob and Ray fan).
But our celebrity culture, this obsession with TV personalities who talk politics over the people who actually make things happen (or not) can be a great big (and often pointless) distraction.
Kind of like the people who cheer wildly for the San Diego Chicken but don't pay much attention to the actual game.

[yodermon]

27. it'll pass. n/t

[moondust]

28. Having strong voices in the media IS that important. n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

30. Because corporate totalitarian media control is so unimportant.

Maybe some people here think that free speech is an important issue? :shrug:

[Hydra]

31. I'm sorry to have to Un-rec

But this is NOT a "shiny." We don't have many voices like KO's, annd the fact that he got canned means that not only do we have 1 fewer, others will be afraid to speak the truth or get canned in ways that don't involve severance pay.

The larger issue is this- the fewer mainstream voices we have, the more underground we all go, and the further the lie goes that this is a "conservative" nation.

This is NOT a conservative nation- it's a nation that is spoonfed the agenda of a few power players and told that we all have to do it for the "good" of the country.

I never once believed that Democratic Underground would be truly driven underground again during a Democratic Administration...but that just shows that I did not grasp the seriousness of the situation.

[Bluebear]

33. I'm sorry to disagree with you, this is not a "shiny".

KO was one of the last media voices to actually speak on our behalf about the wars, SocSec, etc. :(

[Jackpine Radical]

36. Never be sorry to disagree with me.

Half the time I disagree with myself.

In this case, though, I gather that Olbermann was reaching maybe 0.5% of the voting population.

[Kalyke]

34. Ugh... not really "shiny" since the reason we're lamenting

Keith Olbermann's departure is because there will be one less person to explain to us that the wars continue, SocSec is being prepped for surgery, and Jeff Immelt, having sent thousands of GE jobs to China, goes to Washington to prove that what's good for GE is good for America.

[Stinky The Clown]

35. This will endear me to very few, but . . . . .

. . . . some say Olbermann is the left wing version of Limbaugh. Some of the behavior I've seen since Friday night indicate that, for far too many, this is true. You should see some of my e-mail.