We need to welcome Keith Olberman's Staff to DU!!

[Jacobin]

Earlier today there was a thread about the ABC affiliates that owned seven or so stations who refused to air the reading of the war dead on Nightline tomorrow night.

One intrepid DUer googled opensecrets.com and found that they were big repuke contributers.

Olberman brought it ALL up and said they were repuke contributers!!

woooohooooo!

:hi: Keith, et al

[w13rd0]

1. Hey Keith!

I've written you before, and I'm taking the opportunity now to say (BIG THUMBS UP). Proud to TIVO your show...

[whistle]

2. Way to go Keith....

...welcome :toast:

[kentuck]

3. K.O. Rocks !

:)

[Forkboy]

4. One of the few reasons I miss cable

:thumbsup:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. If in fact they did find it here and reported it, then it does validate

my impression that we ARE a form of media.

Either way I am glad they reported it.

[Jacobin]

6. I don't usually jump to conclusions, but this was

toooooo close to the DUer's post this morning and the research he did.

I mean, you could have lifted it almost word for word.

I'm thrilled to see that they are breaking loose, even a little from the junta.

[BeFree]

16. Form of media?

Definetly. I'd even go so far as too say that DU is a form of Free Press, a right the constitution says congress shall pass no law abridging.

[AlCzervik]

7. these dumbass

republicans have no idea with whom they are dealing. we are not the wussyass liberals they think we are, liberals, hell yes, wussies? hell no.

[terrya]

8. Fantastic!. This is the way it should be.

Those evil sons of bitches in the White House and their minions do something excreable. The brilliant people here at DU find out about it. Pass it along to the media: voila! Not a secret anymore!

So, so cool! :-)

Actually, thanks to the intrepid DU'er who discovered this! :thumbsup:

Terry

[SoCalDem]

10. With us doing the legwork and research, they barely need writers

and the best part?? They don't have to pay us :(

[sampsonblk]

9. Ah Dun Toll You!

KO kicks big ass!

[Lex]

11. Smartest most alert place on the web

right here at DU.

A news show like Olberman's would do well to check DU from time to time to get the real story.

[SiliconMethod]

12. Good Job! ((n/t))

[VolcanoJen]

13. I Heart Keith.

We all should, really. He represents the antithesis of "Media Whore."

And, besides, he makes for good eye candy. }( Easily the hottest fella in network news. ;-)

[Pallas180]

14. I never miss Keith Oberman. One of the few. Go Keith!

:kick:

[doni_georgia]

15. WTG Keith's staff! Keep up the good work! n/t

[fearnobush]

17. Keith Rocks by breaking this story.

The Repukes pull shit like this all the time, I was talking to my CNN neighbor tonight and got some interesting opinions on how CNN execs. argue over what shade of red they ought to show for the masses. I asked "GOP red, and my neighbor agreed. I told her the truth tonight, how much I was tired of CNN lieing to me. (Lou Dobbs Excluded) and my neighbor totally agreed with me and told me it's all about mass market and public puppeteering for corpwhoretion. Real news doe's not sell. And when it's too damaging politically, It can hurt unless they spin it to appease the leadership party (who come down on them, such as the case with ABC).
Keith did a very brave thing tonight. They will hound him, death threat him, smash is car and home windows if givin a chance, and scare his love ones. That is what they do, that is what we are up against. Don't wimp out if you are targeted, fight back harder.

[grasswire]

18. I think they had the figures wrong, though

If I heard Keith correctly, he said that totals of $16,000 and $100,000 were donated. Wasn't the list of donations way, way larger than that amount? I saw that just one person made a $25,000 donation to the RNC.

[GoBucksBeatBush]

23. the totals are almost $250,000 to repubs

a token amount, about $5000 to dems. some pretty hefty donations, some of $25,000, and one of $80,000.

[liarliartieonfire]

19. If the "outing" of these ABC Affiliates by DU & MSNBC's Olberman

cause george's ratings to drop a few more points, it will be an honorable day here on DU.
And a big fat "in your face' to Sinclair Broadcast Group et al.

Ironic that their repuke bias and censorship would cause their beloved god-george MORE negative press.
LOL Sweet!

[City Lights]

20. You rock Keith!

:toast:

Love your show!

[LandOLincoln]

21. Welcome Keith & Co.! Hope this DU lovefest

doesn't cause you too much trouble...

[liberalhistorian]

22. Fascinating, isn't it?

The repigs just LOVE to paint Dems and other "libruls" as unpatriotic, un-American, treasonous, etc., and that we hate the troops and don't support them, blahblahblahblah.

Yet not only have most of them never bothered to spend one fucking day in a uniform (while trashing the records of those Dems who HAVE served), but they're doing everything they can to fuck over the troops and think nothing of sending them off to an illegal, unneccesary war under bullshit pretenses, then cutting their benefits and charging them for food during their recoveries!

And this is in addition to doing everything they can to make Americans forget about the troops and forget about those who are daily losing their lives for a blatant and deliberate lie, from refusing to allow photos and media coverage returning casualties to firing those who do take such pictures to this particular instance of refusing to air a reading of the names of those who've made the ultimate sacrifice for the Bushista's oilmen and imperialistic political ambitions. I AM SO FUCKING SICK OF THE REPIG HYPOCRISY IN THIS MATTER!

[atre]

24. We need to do everything we can to get Olbermann ratings

As long as he gives voice to our concerns, we owe him that.

[Lugnut]

25. Way to go, Keith!!

The one bright spot on MSRNC!!! :hi: :thumbsup:

[proud patriot]

26. Awesome ....

I missed tonight's show darnit

[West Coast Democrat]

27. I didn't realize there was anything on MSNBC worth watching

besides the ocassional appearance by Democrats on Hardball.

[kodi]

28. its pretty obvious from keith's show that they have been here a while

olbermann has made it past one year? those of us watching those early days would not have taken that bet.

one year, when his show was the only one around that was even hinting at the lies of the bush administration.

yes, as an other poster mentioned, olbermann's approach has been to become akin to a sly version of mediwhoresonline.com for the cable crowd.

his show supplies so much backstory to current topics, that the right wing spin looks ridiculous.

however, of all the things on his show, the best was the court room tape of the man accused of robbing a bank who indignantly insisted that he was no bank robber, but instead, and in front of a judge, proudly proclaimed that he was a drug dealer.

as bill o'reilly would have suggested to the guy..."SHUT UP, JUST SHUT UP!"

[Oddman]

29. Don't forget how much Keith Olberman loves Pat Buchanan!

"We always think alike" Olberman always tells him . . . Why would he admit that on TV????

[DaveSZ]

30. MSNBC

is the only half-decent cable news channel.

[Arugula Latte]

32. Are you kidding?

Olberman is the only bright spot in that sorry line-up. Joe "intern killer" Scarborough and the rest of them make me sick.

[revcarol]

40. Don't leave out Fineman.

He's one sick puppy.

Welcome,staff.:hi: Feel free to use our research. Lots of brilliant people here.

[Trajan]

31. Keith Olberman ...

Former Sports Reporter for KTLA in Los Angeles ... He did a great local sports program ....

Then: he went on to lead the sports department at KCBS TV in LA ....

Keith was a wonderful sports guy ....

His droll, dry wit was missed when he went national ...

NOW look at our boy ....

[Shopaholic]

33. Keith & Pat Buchanan & Countdown transcripts

I think Keith likes Pat Buchanan because Pat -as has been discussed here before--has a good sense of humor about the whole political scene. And he will usually answer a question honestly. Yeah, yeah, I know he's a Republican right-winger and all of that--and I know that he often has some way-out ideas--but at least he's got some common sense--unlike Bush & Co. Buchanan also has been around a very long time and he knows a lot of the players in DC--if nothing else he usually provides a good history lesson.

And if you miss Keith's show--you can find Countdown transcripts for the last week up at countdown.msnbc.com--sometimes they also post video clips of past show segments too. Yeah--I'm a big fan of the show too!

[gasperc]

37. he was great, I missed him when he left the LA market

he was a blast, and had tons of funny bits

[robbedvoter]

34. Randi Rhodes covered this in real time as well

I love DU, but chances are, he listened to Randi....

[Walt Starr]

35. I watch Countdown every night except Thursdays

Sorry, I'm a Survivor addict, but once the season's over it'll be Olbermann ALL THE WAY!!!

[redqueen]

36. It's the only thing worth watching on MSNBC.

Love that show. And it doesn't hurt that he's easy to look at, either! :)

[MallRat]

38. Searching opensecrets for Sinclair... my gosh, was that ME?

Honest to almighty God... was that ME?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1494449&mesg_id=1494617&page=

If so, this is a humbling experience... and very empowering for all of us.

-MR

[Zinfandel]

39. The Site you are looking for "http://opensecrets.com/" is not available.

[MallRat]

41. Try opensecrets.org. (eom)