MSNBC has sunk so low in terms of journalistic "standards".  Don't bother to watch any of that crap.  The mainstream media is rotten to the core.  

Yes, what a shock to hear KO expressing an editorial viewpoint. Unheard of.

I guess he's part of the cult now too.

With your GBCW... er, GBCMSNBC diaries.

Get over yourselves...

how Democratic debates have there been this season?  Anyone know?

Way too many debates.

Hillary  is just being a stinky smarty-pants.

Just because she is better on policy and thinking on her feet.

Just because she has real knowledge and serious positions, and can talk to those positions in a debate format.

If she gets the chance to really talk issues with the Obama (our one) she smokes him. Can't let that happen. No substance or we are toast.

Just because she knows her stuff.

That's why she wants debates!

I say enough with debates. Stiff her.

Little miss smarty pants.

Who does she think she is demanding discussion?

Thank you very much. We've talked enough. All the time in fact, in high rhetoric.

Why have debates, which would just give an advantage to the candidate that knew the most shit and had a total grasp on what it takes to get stuff done in the Washington cesspool.

Debates suck. Issues suck!

Give me sweet bromides everyday!

So it took you this long to figure out that the high and mighty Mr. Olbermann is just another shill?

I haven't DVR'ed him in weeks.

It was nice having a "voice" for our side (during Bush), but he's off the deep end now.  He should have stayed above the fray, you know that coveted neutral position that nobody cares about LOL.

Won't be watching his show again.

Yeah one debate between the two candidates for the Democratic nomination is REALLY pushing it...

While we're at it, let's annoint Mr. Olbermann as the worst.....person...... IN THE WORLD!  From what I've seen of him, he has never offered even the pretense of neutrality; KO is a commentator, not a journalist.  While he is definitely less somber than Lou Dobbs, in both cases, we will have occasion to agree with their commentary, and occasion to disagree with equal passion.  

Let's not give Olbermann or any of the others more due than they deserve.  They're just commentators.  

Keith is 100% correct.

Keep the MSNBC hate train rolling guys. The backlash against the crusade vs. MSNBC is going strong and will continue to grow the more Clinton supporters whine and complain.

There have been eighteen debates already. Even politics wonks are sick of debates. Then they go off on a second topic.

It's another example of the Clinton campaign not being effective. They should have stuck with a single theme in the spot. focussing on a single topic would hae made ofr a more effective ad.

I suggest that everyone read Joan Walsh's column at Salon regularly.

Her most recent post is about Shuster's "pimp out" mistake, but it's also about MSNBC's "frat-house atmosphere".  Walsh is always reasonable, fair, and calm in her analyses.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/elect ion_2008/2008/02/12/shuster_msnbc/index. html

Well, they have had alot of debates.  Despite the fact that there were a few other candidates in the other ones, they still count.  Every debate since right before NH just had three participants.  Both Hillary and Obama spoke alot in those debates.

Wow, they've really gotten to you.

When the last bastion of progressive thought on cable news is completely shunned by a group, simply because he doesn't toe the line of that groups annointed candidate, I think its fair to say that that group has lost is moral compass.

The way everyone agrees in unison that Keith Olbermann is now Public Enemy #1, it kind of reminds me of a, well, a cult!

lol

Your diary is misplaced. Olbermann is not a journalist. I am sure none of you Clinton supporters were complaining about Keith during his nightly attacks against Dubya (which are very warranted). Journalists don't do that. The Clintonistas are just mad because Keith is not on your side. You people sound like O'Reilly now. Pathetic.  OBAMA 08.

People who think there have been enough debates are under no obligation to watch any more of them. There have been many topics hardly touched in the debates so far - mainly Constitutional issues, but also the environment.

Of course Obama supporters don't want him to debate anymore - he goes down in polls after every one of them.  He's just not very good answering questions off the cuff.

As for KO, I also stopped watching weeks ago, mostly because his smug mannerisms are getting annoying.  I hate the way he asks his questions.  It is all about himself and showing how smart he is. I think he let the positive response to his first few 'special comments' go to his head.  

God... when are they going to get some female anchors on there.  What a disappointment Olbermann has turned out to be.

Should someone start a list of potential female anchors for them to hire, a website about this??

How about Alessandra Stanley from the NYT - isn't it about time they replaced Maureen Dowd with Stanley on the oped page?

You are aware that MSNBC execs were waiting for a chance to fire KO in the past. He was even screamed at by one of the execs one day. It was his ratings that saved him.

He has always been opinionated. You are making a federal case out of his perceived bias to one candidate after all the years of good shows he has done? That would be like me saying Wes Clark is a tool for going to bat for Hillary.

You guys are too much.

Normally, a harmless comment. But imagine if an equivalent comment was made about Hillary. You get trollrated by the same strandards you Hillarybots apply to others. The only way to combat the overreaction on this blog is probably to start overreacting ourselves to tasteless comments.

I especially loved this comment:

There were unborn children at the time of the first debate, who are walking now.

My question to you now is, when do you start the attack on:

Stephanie Miller
Randi Rhodes
Ed Schultz
Tom Hartmann
Rachel Maddow
Laura Flanders

???????