Keith Olbermann just Outed the White House

[sampsonblk]

He had Joe Wilson on this evening, and he told Wilson "You do know they are still after you, right?"

Then he pulled out a stack of emails from the White House complaining to MSNBC about Wilson's appearance and giving talking points for Olbermann to use when talking to Wilson tonight.

K. O. has guts. The White House probably does this to every host who has Wilson and other truth-tellers on their programs. Why don't other hosts mention that as well??

[xray s]

1. who were the e-mails addressed to ?

Not olberman directly it appears. Who gets them? And isn't it interesting they have exposed this pressure tactic tonight?

[sampsonblk]

5. I didn't see who they were addressed to

I assume it was the network. He did say that they were pretty much form emails.

[billybob537]

2. They will now

It's a tipping point. Now people will know about the corruption of shrubco. You know it will sell newspapers.:toast:

[Amerpie]

3. Not surprised

There will be people after Wilson, Clarke etc. even after Bush is defeated. Look at the visceral hatred of all those associated with Clinton, three years after he left office.

[Catch22Dem]

4. Did he say what the talking points were?

Just wondering. Would love to read some of those e-mails.

[sampsonblk]

7. He read one or two of them

One was a statement by McClellan saying that none of the three men (Rove, Libby or Abrams) was responsible. Wilson called it a "non-denial denial."

[drfemoe]

11. Known unknowns and unknown knowns

they didn't do it .. but it is unknown who did ..

Again .. on my forehead -- "Stupid American" ?

[rocktivity]

6. PUT 'EM ON THE WEB, KEITH!!!

Send them to The Smoking Gun! LET'S SEE 'EM!

:headbang:
rocknation

P.S. Hmmm, maybe Keith heard about Gore's buying that new TV network, and this is his way of applying for a job!

[salinen]

8. rock?

Is that a missile with it's tongue hanging out? I like it.

[rocktivity]

10. My new avatar is from "Buster,"

my favorite Mark Fiore cartoon. He even made a sequel.

:headbang:
rocknation

[liarliartieonfire]

9. Take Lou Dobbs with you too, Al !

Dobbs must fight tooth & nail every day with CNN, just to speak out as he does.
Dobbs and Olberman are the best.

Info on KO's interview as well as exerpts from Wilson's book can be read on MSNBC/Olberman website.


Olberman did some serious White House ass-kicking tonite.

[sampsonblk]

12. Lou Dobbs Sucks

He tried to get Wes Clark fired from CNN because Clark's analysis of the "war" didn't match that of other so-called experts - who were all wrong.

[Shopaholic]

13. Transcript of KO's interview with Joe Wilson is now up

You can go here and read what he said about the e-mails from the White House--apparently one went to the network, one went to one of his producers--didn't say who the other one went to. They wanted his show to contact this ASAP before they interviewed Wilson and attached a list of "talking points" and suggested questions for Keith Olbermann to ask Wilson! Why is he the first journalist to mention this-you know damn well he's not the first they've sent them to--watching CNN will tell you that much! Anyway, the link for the transcript is:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4907409

Please thank Keith for outing Bushco by going to

countdown.msnbc.com

His show is getting killed in the ratings by O'Lielly-we need to throw all the support we can his way.

[NJCher]

14. you gotta' be kidding me

People would rather watch an ugly, pimple-scarred gasbag like O'Lielley when they could watch a nice looking broadcaster with some integrity like Keith?


Cher

[pleiku52cab]

17. says who - when - where

[johnfunk]

15. In the exact words of Keith and Hammerin' Joe Wilson:

KEITH OLBERMANN: You do know that they are still going after you, right?we received three separate copies of the same e-mail with talking points from the White House, one asking a contact here "Can you please get this to the Olbermann people. Wilson is on the Olbermann show." Misspelled my name, by the way, but that's neither here nor there. Another one asks one of our producers, "I understand you have Mr. Wilson on. Can you please call me on this?"Are you surprised by that?

AMB. JOSEPH WILSON: No, I'm not surprised at all. I tell you -- this administration has tried to manage and direct the news from the very beginning. As I point out in the book, they have made the lives of journalists very unpleasant. One journalist said he was afraid to go to print because he might end up in Guantanamo, which I take to be a metaphor for being cut out. Another journalist said I've got kids in a private school and a mortgage to pay. So I'm not surprised at all.

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. I'm going to take a stab at another possible explanation

in the vain hope of preserving my sanity. (These tactics are driving me crazy).

Is it possible that the emails were from Freepers (or some other extreme conservative commando group)? I mean, is it clear that KO is saying the emails came from the WH, or is it that the talking points that the WH distributes were cut and pasted into emails from a unit of the Borg?

(edit...Never mind. I just read the transcript. :grr: :grr: :grr: ...about...to...go...over...the...edge...)