Olbermann gives Limbaugh worst person "gold" for running with fake Obama thesis

"Could this little emberassing moment in Fathead's life have been the reason for his absence today?"

No, because that would be assuming he is capable of embarrassment, shame or any self-reflective qualities.

if that interesting analysis by rushbo embarrasses him, and would cause him to take days off, he wouldnt even have a job with all the garbage that comes out of his mouth.

hell, for all we know, he probably spits out garbage (literally) from his mouth that's stored in that fat rotund body of his.

excuse me... *BLAAAHH*

:)

Well put. I see you've got two thumbs down, but no attempts at rebuttals. That's the neocon mind-set in a nutshell.

Except for the fact that I am sure a large percentage of Limbaugh's audience would today claim that Obama wrote that thesis. The mis-information fed to them would become truth, if it is anti-Obama enough, in a certain percentage of the voting public.

You know, I find it terribly interesting that people whip out ratings over and over to try and make the point that proof of Fox News as an accurate, fair, and unbiased news organization is because there are alot of people that watch them.

Just answer this question. If Fox News is unique in its programming from all the other shows, i.e. everything else is just liberal biased media, then why should we be suprised that they get higher ratings?

Who watches this idiot anyway?

Oh, I rather think there are many of us intellectual types who enjoy watching Olbermann every night. I know I do. Much better than the rest of the drivel playing nightly.

Gee, ratings! What a rebuttal! You've smoked Olbermann on the facts!

Oh, right ... or should I say right wing uninterested in debate over facts again. Or is any debate with only facts and no name-calling and childish insults beyond you?

"Olbermann should be put out of his misery."

What, exactly, do you mean by that, bvb?

first of all, so what? they're ratings. jerry springer gets high ratings, too. is that something to brag about? no, its trailer trash entertainment... i cant hesitate to say the same about most of fox news, either.

second, its easy to be a fox news viewer and for them to get high ratings when you fully rely on being fed propaganda talking points from a network filled with hate. maybe olbermann's viewers dont need to watch because they are already informed and dont need to drink the kool-aid from people who are set out to damage and harm anybody and anything they disagree with. beckbots and hannity nutjobs tune in every day just to hear them yell and scream about socialism, marxism, communism, and they dont even have the decency to explain what any of those things really are. they just say them as a punchline, put it on a label for the president, or some liberal that actually has the nerve to be liberal, then those stupid teabaggers make signs with the same things repeating the same BS.

i mean, please... can you actually deny that this happens?

One of the reasons the ratings are so low is that Keith wasn't there on Friday. His ratings for the day before, when he was in the chair, insteading of Larry O'Donnell, were 1.2 million viewers. But, again, ratings don't make something better, just more popular. McDonald's sells more food than any other restuarant in the whole world, but I don't think that anyone would say that the Big Mac is the greatest thing to come out of a kitchen.

Ratings are NOT representative of quality nor are they indicative of actual market shares in this case. Fox is carried in every cable/satellite market on basic cable. MSNBC is not. In most markets, one has to pay EXTRA to get MSNBC. Therefore, the fact that MSNBC is beating out CNN [which is also carried in every cable/satellite market on basic cable] is quite remarkable.

As for who watches this "idiot" anyway? People who aren't watching O'Reilly or any of the other programming in that time slot. Which brings me to the point of "who ISN'T watching cable opinion networks, including O'Reilly" at that time? The overwhelming majority of the population in this country. Most folks are watching things like NCIS, Bones, Survivor, etc. They aren't watching opinion programs.

I will watch Fox News and listen to Rush, just like I read the book "State of Fear". It's kind of fun and scary in a sense to see how they will somehow twist almost anything to blame liberals. Like "State of Fear", you knew where it was going before even reading the first page, it's just a question of how will they get there.

Jon and Kate plus eight also get big ratings. Does that make the show intelligent programming? Then there was Jerry Springer, Big Brother, Americans Next Top Model...well you get the picture. Unfortunately, there are a great deal of people who like watching stupid individuals.

You are so right bvb720
Higher ratings makes Fox lies truth and KO's pointing out the lies false <sarcasm>.

To me it just points to the fact that conservative viewers are so desperate for validation that they flock to Fox like a pulpit for Right Wing lies. It's like the womb of everything crazy...

btw... KO is an idiot for pointing out the basic fallacy of Rush and everything that Fox does...but Rush is right for not performing any research... ranting about the fake premise... and then refusing to apologize for his mistakes....

curiouser and curiouser

But what about the WWF .. that is popular because it is real. Isn't it?

from Idiot America, by Charles P. Pierce ISBN 9780767926140
0767926145

The three premises presented in the book:
1) any theory is valid if it sells books, soaks up ratings or otherwise moves units.
2) Anything can be true if someone says it loudly enough
3) respect for the effort required to develop and promulgate nonsense somehow bleeds into a respect that validates the nonsense itself.

Total true. I like Olberman and Rachael. If any make an error in reporting, they do correct themselves. I've yet to see any one on the Fox network apologize for any misstatemens made.

Right on RonG0731.

Whose the idiot? So it's OK for the media to use made up quotes and not fact check things when it is aimed at Limbaugh...BUT it is, of course, not OK for Limbaugh to use made up information against Pres. Obama. Yeah, no double standard there. In truth neither is OK but in hour #1 Limbaugh made a big deal out of the thesis then in hour #2 or #3 he reported that the supposed thesis was a satire, which is a hell of a lot better than the press treated him with thier made up quotes. Then, he adds 'we all know he thinks it anyway' about Obama not believing in the free market system. That is exactly the excuse that the press gave when trying to legimize the fake quotes against Limbaugh.

Yes that is satire AND irony that you smell...or maybe it's just the media.

Which is the exact same accusation thrown at Rush when it was found he did not make those false racist statements. "Well, we KNOW he thinks it"

Rush's irony seems to be above your pay grade sir. And your hypocrisy is glowing.

HELLO! Satire/irony bites again. That was the same thing that the media did to him about a week or two ago.

Fifteen hours later, two drive-by downward digits, nada word.

Mr. Limbaugh was punked and won't admit it. Great.

The problem is that most posters here fancy themselves to be a part of some "elite" culture, probably due to some internal self loathing. "We don't care about ratings, about FOX, that's for the masses, the great unwashed"

There's your problem. The reality is, the "great unwashed" IS the mainstream in this country, a collection of hard working, honest folks who are only trying to not get screwed by a government they see as getting more and more intrusive into their daily lives. And I am proud to identify myself as one of them.

If you any of you listened to Rush today (and I wouldn't expect any of you to do this) you would learn this was one of Rush's media fishing expeditions, and Keith O. bit on it, and bit hard (along with many other "esteemed" media talking heads).

Rush knows the Obama story was fake. He said what he said to provoke the dimwitted. And Keith speaks up to be counted with the dimwitted.