Keith Olbermann often read James Thurber to his dying father. We’re pretty sure that if we could get our hands on Dad Olbermann’s death certificate, the cause of death would be listed as “Boredom.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cebLwzbr58
Keith Olbermann often read James Thurber to his dying father. We’re pretty sure that if we could get our hands on Dad Olbermann’s death certificate, the cause of death would be listed as “Boredom.”
Knee slappers. Real knee slappers. If by “knee slapper” you really mean stuff designed to drive viewers to the remote control.
The only possible answer for this remarkably self-indulgent presentation is that Olbermann has photos of NBC executives at that bestiality farm in Washington. The only possible answer.
MSNBC’s Alex Witt graduated from the University of Southern California, but apparently slept through her geology class. In this clip she interviews a geologist and is shocked – absolutely shocked – to learn that an eruption can last for a year or more.
MSNBC’s Alex Witt graduated from the University of Southern California, but apparently slept through her geology class.
In this clip she interviews a geologist about the Iceland volcano and is shocked – absolutely shocked – to learn that a volcanic eruption can last for a year or more.
As Planet Gore said, “It’s always illuminating when the people who tell us nightly about the absolute certainty of anthropogenic climate-change demonstrate their ignorance about how the Earth works.”
And as IHateTheMedia.com says, “We wish we’d said that.”
Democrat Xavier Baccera of California embarrassed himself by going on Neil Cavuto’s show and blaming everyone but the Democrats for the fact that Congress’ unwittingly eliminated its own sweetheart healthcare program when it approved ObamaCare.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCzl2psJFN8
Socialist Democrat Xavier Baccera of California embarrassed himself by going on Neil Cavuto’s show and blaming everyone but the Democrats for the fact that Congress’ unwittingly eliminated its own sweetheart healthcare program when it approved ObamaCare.
But we seem to be making progress. At least he didn’t blame George Bush nor Ronald Reagan.
George Lopez says he’ll move to Mexico if Sarah Palin wins the presidency in 2012. This, of course, would give Lopez the rare opportunity to be the unfunniest comedian in two countries. Seriously, has this guy ever made you laugh? Even once? Don’t let the door hit you in the culo on the way out, pinche puto.
George Lopez says he’ll move to Mexico if Sarah Palin wins the presidency in 2012.
This, of course, would give Lopez the rare opportunity to be the unfunniest comedian in two countries. Seriously, has this guy ever made you laugh? Even once?
Don’t let the door hit you in the culo on the way out, pinche puto.
(This is the first time we’ve ever been able to use the extensive Spanish vocabulary we picked up during our childhood years on Southern California playgrounds.)
Eliot Spitzer, MSNBC host. It had to happen and we are, quite frankly, embarrassed that we never predicted it.
Eliot Spitzer, MSNBC host. It had to happen and we are, quite frankly, embarrassed that we never predicted it.
Our fantasy: Ashley Dupre, MSNBC weather girl
Former New York Governor and Client Number Nine Eliot Spitzer has landed himself a new gig – guest host on MSNBC. And what better place for a lying, whoring, cheating lowlife?
Spitzer and Monica Novotny co-anchored for Dylan Ratigan. Mediaite reports that, “Through several interviews based on finance, but also foreign policy and more, Spitzer held his own, was engaging – and certainly proved this may not be a random occurrence.”
You know what would be perfect? If MSNBC hired Ashley Dupre to be Spitzer’s weather girl.
“The forecast calls for chilly temperatures. So make sure you wear your socks to bed again tonight, Eliot.”
Call us Client Number Ten. Because we’d pay to see that.
Reader Alert: Please have someone standing by with smelling salts in case you don’t make it through the next pararaph without passing out. OK, ready?
Reader Alert: Please have someone standing by with smelling salts in case you don’t make it through the next pararaph without passing out. OK, ready?
Uber liberal news magazine 60 Minutes has produced a segment that praises President George W. Bush.
Seriously. No kidding. For real.
60 Minutes actually credits George Bush with saving millions of lives in Africa thanks to his AIDS efforts. Here’s how the segment is introduced and you can view the entire segment above.
Simon: As President, George W. Bush did something momentous that few of you may know about, something so momentous that it is saving millions of lives and generating goodwill for America around the world. Millions of Africans who`d been dying of AIDS are now living with AIDS, thanks to the Bush program. The U.S. is providing pills to more than two million people with HIV/AIDS, people who could never afford them and who were condemned to die. The medicine not only saves their lives, it permits them to live full lives. We went to Uganda, where AIDS has ravaged the country, killing more than a million people. And where Doctor Peter Mugyenyi, a pioneer against AIDS, told us how grateful he is to Americans for saving his fellow Ugandans.
Mugyenyi: We thank sincerely the American people. They are the people who are saving lives. They are the people who can be proud that lives are being saved on this continent.
Of course, it’s well known that Bush developed his affinity for the Dark Continent while hiding out there to avoid serving in the National Guard.
Larry King, Charlie Rose, David Letterman and Barbara Walters all turned thumbs down on interviews with celebrity biographer Kitty Kelly, whose unauthorized bio of Oprah will soon be released.
The media protect their own by refusing to interview Oprah biographer Kitty Kelley
And considering Oprah’s current girth, a very wide circle it is.
Larry King, Charlie Rose, David Letterman and Barbara Walters all turned thumbs down on interviews with celebrity biographer Kitty Kelly, whose unauthorized bio of Oprah will soon be released.
Odd, one might have to conclude, considering the gleeful receptions Kelley received from those same hosts when she penned a scandalous bio of George Bush a few years ago.
Margo Howard reports the hypocritical headlines:
“… most of the kingpin interviewers in the mainstream media were astonishingly up front about saying they would not help Kitty Kelley promote her book because they didn’t want to offend Oprah! They didn’t even make up excuses; they flat-out said they didn’t want to offend Oprah. It was surprising, to say the least, that interviewers such as Larry King, Charlie Rose, David Letterman and Barbara Walters all shut her out. Walter’s turn-down was especially interesting in that she said she wouldn’t even have Kelley on “The View.” I mean, that’s a show with four or five babes nattering on, where no guest is on for more than maybe seven minutes. Walters told Random House publicity she didn’t want to “upset” Oprah. Letterman said he didn’t want to “disrupt” his détente with Oprah. And ABC, whose name might as well now stand for “All ‘Bout Cowards,” made an across-the-board decision that Kelley’s book would be boycotted by all ABC shows. Even second-tier people like Joy Behar followed suit. And Rachael Ray! A cooking show, no less.
Much to our surprise, Kelley has booked an appearance in one unexpected place.
… To their credit, the top show for people flogging books, “The Today Show,” will be Kitty’s first publicity stop when the book is released. Bill O’Reilly will be the second. I find all this really interesting. What is it, I wonder, that has major television people so afraid of Oprah? It is a question whose answer I look forward to finding in Kelley’s book. I will get back to you when I’ve read it.
To his credit, Matt Lauer actually gave Kelley a pretty good grilling when she appeared on the Today Show to hype her bio of George Bush.
Our advice? Don’t bother with Lauer and the Today Show. Wait until Kelley appears on Fox.
You know what? We’re not even going to bother with a transcript on this one. It’s just so damn much fun to watch that you should invest the 5:46 and watch the whole thing.
You know what? We’re not even going to bother with a transcript on this one. It’s just so damn much fun to watch that you should invest the 5:46 and watch the whole thing.
Then pause for another minute or so to imagine how this clip is making the lunatics’ hair stand on end at the Huffington Post.
How bad are things at CNN when they turn to MSNBC’s David Shuster for ratings salvation? The New York Times Media Decoder blog has the details of Shuster’s disturbing disloyalty.
CNN wants to recreate the ratings magic that got David Shuster demoted at MSNBC
How bad are things at CNN when they turn to MSNBC’s David Shuster for ratings salvation?
The New York Times Media Decoder blog has the details of Shuster’s disturbing disloyalty:
David Shuster, an anchor on MSNBC, recently participated in a test of a new show. But not for his own network.
MSNBC executives were highly displeased when they learned about his test for the competing news channel CNN through a New York Observer article Friday morning, and they are now contemplating their response.
“If true, this is unacceptable and David will be punished appropriately,” an MSNBC spokesman, Jeremy Gaines, said Friday afternoon.
Reached for comment, Mr. Shuster referred the call to his agent and said he could not confirm or deny the Observer report.
The Observer said CNN’s “in-house team shot a pilot for a news show featuring David Shuster of MSNBC and Michel Martin of NPR as co-anchors.”
Mr. Shuster is under contract to MSNBC, raising questions about the appropriateness of the CNN pilot. Two people with knowledge of Mr. Shuster’s contract said it is set to expire at the end of this year. They requested anonymity because Mr. Shuster and MSNBC would not comment on the contract’s length.
Now we’re no David Shuster fans, but we actually think CNN could do a lot worse that hiring the bellicose Shuster. In fact, MSNBC is already doing a lot worse.
Rick Sanchez had the day off and T.J. Holmes was filling in for him when correspondent Jeanne Meserve did a live report. Problem is, Meserve couldn’t tell the difference between Holmes and Don Lemon, CNN’s other black anchor.
Just imagine if this had happened on Fox News. The libs would once again be howling the word “raaaaaaaacist.”
Rick Sanchez had the day off and T.J. Holmes was filling in for him when correspondent Jeanne Meserve did a live report. Problem is, Meserve couldn’t tell the difference between Holmes and Don Lemon, CNN’s other black anchor.
Holmes attempted to laugh about it after the incident by saying, “Yes, I’m T.J. It’s alright. She knows who I am. It’s okay.”
It’s an easy mistake to make. Kind of like we watch CNN and sometimes think we’re watching MSNBC. You know how it is when they all look alike.
Poor Ed Schultz. The loud-mouthed MSNBC host tried to use Democrat talking points (or in Ed’s case, shouting points) on the Heritage Foundation’s Ernest Istook.
You know, we seem to start all our Ed Schultz stories with the words, “Poor Ed Schultz.” This one is no exception.
Poor Ed Schultz. The loud-mouthed MSNBC host tried to use Democrat talking points (or in Ed’s case, shouting points) on the Heritage Foundation’s Ernest Istook.
It didn’t work. Poor Ed ended up looking even more foolish than usual, which is quite an impressive accomplishment.
Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink, assaulted Karl Rove and attempted to place him under citizen’s arrest at a book signing. Megyn Kelly interviews the lunatic and gives her hell.
Was our headline offensive? Have we gone too far? Good. Now let’s get on with the story.
Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink, assaulted Karl Rove and attempted to place him under citizen’s arrest at a book signing. Megyn Kelly interviews the lunatic and gives her hell.
The contrast between the two couldn’t be more stark.
On a completely unrelated note, have we mentioned lately how hot Megyn Kelly is?
CNN’s idea of balance? In a discussion on Afghanistan, one guest says everything that’s gone wrong in Afghanistan is Bush’s fault, but the opposing guest insists that Obama be given credit for everything that’s gone right in Afghanistan.
CNN’s idea of balance? In a discussion on Afghanistan, one guest says everything that’s gone wrong in Afghanistan is Bush’s fault, but the opposing guest insists that Obama be given credit for everything that’s gone right in Afghanistan.
And that, my friends, is what passes as a balanced discussion on CNN.
At what point do the geniuses up in the executive suites at MSNBC look at the latest ratings and ask themselves the reasonable question, “Why are we paying Olbermann $7 million a year?”
Uh-oh. Looks like Olbermann rantings do not translate to Olbermann ratings
At what point do the geniuses up in the executive suites at MSNBC look at the latest ratings and ask themselves the reasonable question, “Why are we paying Olbermann $7 million a year?”
We call it reasonable because Olbermann’s Countdown show got higher ratings while he was off the air.
MediaBistro reports the bad news for the oleaginous Olbermann:
As we reported, yesterday was Keith Olbermann’s official return to MSNBC after being away for more than a month. And with the March ratings period now complete (it ended Sunday), Olbermann’s substitute host, Lawrence O’Donnell, helped give “Countdown” its best month of the quarter, but still down — 21% — compared to March ’09.
Admittedly, “higher” ratings is a relative term at the ratings-challenged network. And a 21% increase doesn’t translate to a lot of additional viewers.
Nevertheless, think of all the additional limos and champagne and caviar the MSNBC execs could afford to buy if they weren’t paying Olbermann’s exorbitant salary. And don’t think they’re not thinking the same thing.
Jerry Rivers was was shocked – absolutely shocked – that conservative Marco Rubio “wasn’t foaming at the mouth” during his Florida senate debate with Charlie Crist.
Jerry Rivers was was shocked – absolutely shocked – that conservative Marco Rubio “wasn’t foaming at the mouth” during his Florida senate debate with Charlie Crist.
“In fairness to our audience I have to say that my family loves Charlie Crist. We were at his wedding. He came to our mom’s house. He’s a wonderful guy. I’m not endorsing anybody. It’s not my job. But, it seemed to me he held his own. But, Rubio was surprising. He wasn’t foaming at the mouth. He wasn’t radical. He seemed poised in his own way so Charlie’s got his hands full.”
Geraldo said it on that damned biased Fox News, but it sounds like something that would have been said on impartial MSNBC.
Coming soon! They admit Van Jones is a communist. They admit that “comprehensive immigration reform” really means amnesty. They admit cap-and-trade is just one giant tax. And who knows? Maybe they’ll even admit that Obama was born in a manger in Bethlehem.
Coming soon! They admit Van Jones is a communist. They admit that “comprehensive immigration reform” really means amnesty. They admit cap-and-trade is just one giant tax. And who knows? Maybe they’ll even admit that Obama was born in a manger in Bethlehem.
In this clip, Craig T. Nelson appears on the Tonight Show and tells Jay Leno that he wouldn’t be all that opposed to a second American tax revolt. In fact, based on this clip, it sounds like he may be willing to lead it and the audience may be willing to follow.
Craig T. Nelson better watch his Ps and Qs or they’ll revoke the visa that allows him to work in Hollywood.
In this clip, he appears on the Tonight Show and tells Jay Leno that he wouldn’t be all that opposed to a second American tax revolt. In fact, based on this clip, it sounds like he may be willing to lead it and the audience may be willing to follow.
O’Reilly simply asks which federal government agency will be in charge of fining people who don’t buy health insurance. Getting an answer proved more difficult than O’Reilly anticipated.
Step One: Bill O’Reilly asks a simple question. Step Two: Guest answers. In theory, that’s the way it’s supposed to work, but that’s not quite how it turned out when Bill O’Reilly quizzed incredibly annoying New York Congressman Anthony Weiner.
O’Reilly simply asks which federal government agency will be in charge of fining people who don’t buy health insurance. Getting an answer proved more difficult than O’Reilly anticipated.
We be surprised if anyone can watch this clip without asking the same question we did:
Keith Olbermann broke out in a nervous sweat last night when Newsweek’s Ron Fineman sounded as if he had become one of those dreaded birthers.
Keith Olbermann broke out in a nervous sweat lthis week when Newsweek’s Howard Fineman sounded as if he had become one of those dreaded birthers.
Fineman explained how ObamaCare got passed:
Fineman: Persistence by President Obama, who comes from a country of long-distance runners and was one; persistence in canniness by Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emanuel…
Olbermann: You just said that the President comes from a nation of long-distance runners. You mean he`s descended from them.
Fineman: Descended from them, excuse me.
Olbermann: Otherwise, the headline is, “Fineman, birther.”
Fineman: Birther, yeah, no, descended from.
Fineman was this close to never being invited back on the Olbermann show. This close.
France is reeling from a documentary about a psychological experiment disguised as a game show. The fictitious game show had all the trappings of a real TV quiz show, including a beautiful and well-known hostess, and a raucous audience. A group of contestants posed questions to a man sitting inside a box in front of them in an electric chair.
Only the most despicable nation on earth (read the United States) would do something as horrible as waterboarding terrorists. Especially with a flimsy excuse like “Maybe we can get information to keep them from blowing up more buildings and killing more innocent people.”
But as we’ve been told by President Obama, great nations don’t torture.
Take France, or example. Now there’s a civilized nation. They don’t torture people unless it’s for a really good reason. Like maybe winning a TV game show.
According to NPR, “France is reeling from a documentary about a psychological experiment disguised as a game show. The fictitious game show had all the trappings of a real TV quiz show, including a beautiful and well-known hostess, and a raucous audience. A group of contestants posed questions to a man sitting inside a box in front of them in an electric chair.”
The players were urged by both the hostess and audience to send shocks into the man in the box when he gave a wrong answer.
Even when the player screamed out in pain, begging them to stop, 80% of the contestants continued zapping him.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, and now, électricité.
You have to feel sorry for poor Ed Schultz. No one watches his television show. No one listens to his radio show. If it weren’t for websites like IHateTheMedia.com, no one would know he exists.
But Big Eddie has a solution for that problem. Socialize the airwaves. Give him as many stations as Rush Limbaugh.
You have to feel sorry for poor Ed Schultz. No one watches his television show. No one listens to his radio show. If it weren’t for websites like IHateTheMedia.com, no one would know he exists.
But Big Eddie has a solution for that problem. Socialize the airwaves. Give him as many stations as Rush Limbaugh.
The only problem with that theory is that no matter how many stations Ed was on, he would still have no listeners.
According to Cole, the Canadians are simply trying to develop a “safe place to think and learn” and she doesn’t feel “Ann Coulter contributes to” such an environment. In other words, this safe place to think and learn does not include thinking and learning about conservative points of view.
Think of us as equal opportunity haters, because we hate the Canadian media, too. Here’s why.
Susan Cole, a Canadian communist columnist explains to Megyn Kelly on Fox News that it’s good to stop Ann Coulter’s potential hate speech by massing protesters and threatening physical violence.
According to Cole, the Canadians are simply trying to develop a “safe place to think and learn” and she doesn’t feel “Ann Coulter contributes to” such an environment. In other words, this safe place to think and learn does not include thinking and learning about conservative points of view.
So not only are Canadians suffering through nationalized health care, they have to deal with the freaking liberal media also.
Our condolences to our friends in the Great White North. And we apologize in advance if calling it “white” is interpreted as hate speech.
