Keith Olbermann just apologized on behalf of all of MSNBC

[Berry Cool]

for David Shuster's remark. He managed to convey both his own respect for Shuster as a reporter, his personal dismay and upset at the remark, and his understanding of the outrage and upset of the Clintons, as well as the regret of MSNBC, soberly and straightforwardly.

Keith Olbermann is a class act.

That is all.

ed. to clarify and fix typos

[AX10]

1. I accept it.

:kick:

[RamboLiberal]

2. KO is a class act

I've seen him apologize for what he said and for what others have said on his show w/o there being a firestorm. Remember him apologizing for a remark Allison Stewart made about Wendy Vitter's leopard skin print dress?

[Captain Hilts]

14. I don't think that was Allison Stewart. It was a rt. wing blond-hair substitute. nt

[Berry Cool]

28. Actually, it WAS Stewart. I recall it well.

But whether or not it was her idea, I do not know.

And the funny thing is, the print wasn't leopard at all, it just looked that way on TV.

[Captain Hilts]

29. It was a blond-haired woman who substituted for Stewart. nt

[RamboLiberal]

36. Video proof it was Stewart

Sorry, you're wrong, it was Stewart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An1bi48zJZI

[blondeatlast]

38. It was Stewart, I saw it at the time and was pretty surprised. nt

[Botany]

3. What the world needs now is love, sweet love .....

[jgraz]

4. Wow, he didn't say boo about the whole Imus affair.

I'm surprised he did that, given his professed personal rule about criticizing his colleagues.

[MessiahRp]

9. Actually he ripped Imus hardcore and seemed to be vocally for his departure at MSNBC

So yeah he did say boo.

Rp

[jgraz]

13. Really? I distinctly remember an interview where he explained why he was silent.

Did he rip Imus after he got fired? I'd love to read that if you have a link.

[stray cat]

25. I think he blasted him on the air after the firing

Prior to that he was campaigning inside NBC to the higher ups to can Imus because it wasn't a one time event but was a common complaint among staffers. Sorry no link.

[spooky3]

32. I don't know if you can access it on their website, but

he talked about it with Dan Patrick on their ESPN radio show in April or May? of last year.

[Berry Cool]

37. Here's a link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x653129

Sorry, I didn't have time to look it up at first.

[spooky3]

39. Thanks, Berry, I remember your wonderful transcript!

[havocmom]

40. Not only blasted Imus, KO fired off some good shots at station heads who kept cutting slack for him

KO pointed out a LONG history of complaints about Imus from other employees who he had also offended and been abusive to. Imus had an earned reputation, in-house, for being a pig and KO pointed that all out. It was beee-uti-full to watch.

[lonestarnot]

5. What did Shuster say?

[Orangepeel]

8. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Long day at work?

[lonestarnot]

10. Yes.

[Orangepeel]

16. Click on any other GDP thread

The odds are very good you'll click on one about it


(he made a comment that the Clintons were "pimping out" Chelsea by making her call superdelegates and the press)

[lonestarnot]

20. Hoy boy.

[Bluzmann57]

17. He said this.

He said that the Clinton's were "pimping out" Chelsea for the campaign because she has been calling some of the super delegates on her mothers behalf.

[lonestarnot]

26. Well he busted his own chops. Too bad as I think Shuster is a good man.

[keep_it_real]

6. I don't see anything wrong with Shuster's statement

It was raw and the wrong choice of words but there is truth in what he said. I think this is being blown way out of proportion.

[lonestarnot]

11. Well what did he say?

[RamboLiberal]

19. What he said - check out this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3174507

The "pimped out" reference is about a comment Shuster made while filling in for Tucker Carlson yesterday. He was talking about Chelsea Clinton's role in her mother's campaign. Shuster said, "Doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?"

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

[HuskerDU]

22. Shuster made a comment that went something like, 'the Clintons

are pimping out Chelsea.' I'm sure that the actual quote is around here somewhere.

[Lerkfish]

27. Even if what you said were true, the point is no other family member of any other candidate

was singled out as being exploited, even though all family members are utilized by the various campaigns. Romney's sons were blatantly used. Why were they not the subject of his comment? because they have penises?

[Skittles]

34. so it's OK to call Chelsea a whore

while accepting that other kids - Romney's Bush's - candidate on behalf of their parents. RIIIIIIIIIIIGHT.

[hlthe2b]

7. agree.... Well done Keith. Classy & Sincere

[Swamp Rat]

12. I stopped watching Olbermann because I am SICK OF THE FUCKING PRIMARIES!

There's a hell of a lot of other NEWS out there. Sheesh! :eyes:

What did Shuster say that was so bad anyway?

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. He said the Clintons were pimping out Chelsea

and he got suspended for it.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/08/msnbc_suspends_shuster_over_cl.html?hpid=topnews

[Swamp Rat]

24. That was a dumb thing to say for a 'reporter'

thanks.

[spooky3]

31. here's the whole story if you want to read it

http://mediamatters.org

[johnnydrama]

15. cool

The one thing that I always regretted about his show is that he couldn't give worst person status to Matthews or Russert for all their stupid comments. So I am pretty glad he did this.

Maybe it is the fact that Matthews & Russert are the top guys there, and Shuster isn't that he was able to, but it's good that he did.

[RamboLiberal]

23. Same here - too bad he can't smack Tweety and Timmy

I bet there are times he wanted to. And Russert has a ton of power at NBC - remember it was he who the WH people like Rove and Libby called to complain about Tweety's rants against them and the war.

[Xipe Totec]

18. Much better n/t

[spooky3]

30. He was great. Now I hope MSNBC will demand CHANGES

in the standards of behavior from all MSNBC people. Neither sexism nor racism should be tolerated.

[JohnyCanuck]

33. Maybe he'll apologize next for ignoring the Sibel Edmonds story .n/t

[Hekate]

35. Keith is the reason I watch MSNBC. His is a class act. nt