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Topic: Olbermann Doesn?t Let Facts Get In Way of Story
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| Olbypocrisy | Posted – 12/6/2007 4:26:04 PM | show profile We dig Keith Olbermann?s daily ?Worst Person in The World? segment, which closes his 8 p.m. program on MSNBC. Since NBC News fired Don Imus in April, it?s the best thing going on MSNBC. Case in point ? Tuesday?s clip exposing CNN anti-immigration apostle Lou Dobbs, who Olbermann calls a hypocrite since the ?elitist? horse show jumping industry ? supported by Dobbs and his two equestrian daughters ? employs countless illegal immigrants to shovel manure. Olbermann is entertaining, and he is no doubt one of the most talented writers in the TV news business. But he may need to double check some facts before he trashes the competition in his ?Worst Person? segments. Last Friday, Olbermann aimed his cannon at Fox News Channel, citing an incorrect report in MCN sister Variety that Fox courted CNBC star Jim Cramer for its Fox Business Channel before CNBC renewed the contract of the Mad Money host. Olbermann was peeved that Fox responded to the report by criticizing Cramer?s CNBC ratings, and noting that Fox had fired Cramer years ago. ?They [Fox] would kill for Cramer?s ratings,? Olbermann said in the ?Worst Person? segment. ?Oh, and by the way,? Olbermann added, ?Alexis Glick, Liz Claman and Neil Cavuto ? the heart of a Fox Business machine being watched by literally dozens of investors ? each of them dropped by NBC and CNBC.? That?s where Olbermann got it wrong. Cavuto, one of the first employees hired at Fox News in 1996, had the highest rated program (Market Wrap) on CNBC before he jumped ship to Fox along with dozens of other NBC News staffers. That?s how The Washington Post reported it when Cavuto joined Fox in September 1996. Eleven years later, Liz Claman was one of the most popular anchors on CNBC ? with a large fan following ? when she quit the network over the summer. Claman joined Fox Business Network in October ? after a three-month non-compete clause expired -- and landed an interview with Warren Buffet for her first day on the job. CNBC morning anchor Becky Quick tried to top Claman a week later by flying to China on Buffet?s private jet for a series of reports on the mogul. The facts surrounding Glick?s departure from NBC News last year are fuzzier. Glick was passed over as a replacement for Today anchor Katie Couric by NBC, which instead hired Meredith Vieira. But was she canned? No. The best way to put it would be to borrow a term from Variety?s slanguage dictionary ? she ankled the place. Posted by Steve Donohue on December 5, 2007 |
| Iron Eagle | Posted – 12/6/2007 4:53:05 PM | show profile Christ - cuff this troll. |
| Olbypocrisy | Posted – 12/6/2007 4:57:40 PM | show profile Another example of Olby getting it wrong!!Does he care??Or is he like crimedog--blinded by his hate of Fox News and BOR?? |
| newfrickinshow | Posted – 12/6/2007 5:09:57 PM | show profile I wouldn't know about that, because I don't know what the negotiations were like. 'Dropped' merely means let go. It doesn't necessarily mean fired or cancelled. It's possible that Cavuto and Claman were both let go because they had relatively high ratings and wanted more money than NBC was willing to pay them. There are other possible reasons, but this is a semantics argument. 'Dropped' only means that Cavuto, Claman, Glick used to work here, but now they don't. It pays to pay close attention to language and how it's used. |
| Olbypocrisy | Posted – 12/6/2007 6:57:02 PM | show profile Olbermann never lets the facts get in the way of his hate for FNC and BOR. |
| Nunyourbizness | Posted – 12/6/2007 9:20:37 PM | show profile Neil Cavuto Although many would like to think Fox hired so-called "CNBC rejects", Neil Cavuto , one of the most talented and likeable people at CNBC, most definitely left on his own to be part of the Fox launch team. Next topic, please. |
| ayesp2 | Posted – 12/7/2007 2:31:01 PM | show profile Dobbs I don't care if Lou Dobbs is married to a Hispanic women to me that doesn't prove anything. It is irrelevant; However, As a many generation American I do care about the future of my country. There are several problems that this nation faces not just illegal immigration. Lou Dobbs and CNN have betrayed their audience, their self promoting agenda and ambitions should not be allowed to breed hate and tarnish our political process. How do the republican candidates feel about the other issues facing this country? Since George Bush became president and sent us in a wild goose chase to Afghanistan and Iraq the problems facing our country have gotten worst. We can't afford to spend eight more years trying to govern Mexico. |
