Originally Posted By DAR I was listening to the morning show I always do on the FM side. They have a segment called the one question line and one of the callers mentioned something about Keith Olbermann doing his show from his regular studio and not at the RNC. I had my fantasy draft yesterday so I didn't watch any tv last night but can anyone confirm this.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yes, he stayed in NY to be the anchor for Hurricane Gustav, which took up the bulk of the coverage yesterday. Whether they send him to MN or not may depend on how big a story they think Hanna is going to be. Olbermann looked like he'd rather be anywhere other than where he was yesterday, and he expressed that he'd much rather be at the convention, which I'm sure is true.
Originally Posted By DAR I would hope that he does go to the convention it could look awfully bad on MSNBC's part to keep him in NY.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I would hope that he does go to the convention it could look awfully bad on MSNBC's part to keep him in NY.<< Only if one was determined to find something sinister in his absence. The explanation that he's anchoring a bigger story is perfectly valid. That said, even as an Olbermann fan I'm a bit surprised that he anchors their convention coverage. It seems a bit like Fox News in reverse to me. He should absolutely be on the panel offering his thoughts and criticisms. But an anchor? I'd rather see Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell doing it.
Originally Posted By DAR If one, not necessarily me , was looking for a potential bias this could be it. I sort of appreciate that he doesn't hide any of his bias which was clearly evident last week. Even Bill Maher thought so. He said on his show that it looked like Olbermann and Chris Matthews looked like they wanted to have sex with Obama after his speech which was kind of funny. And I'll say this as a positive for Olbermann he was part of the best Sportscenter anchor team with Dan Patrick.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>He said on his show that it looked like Olbermann and Chris Matthews looked like they wanted to have sex with Obama after his speech which was kind of funny.<< That was hilarious. See, and I don't mind Olbermann's bias, but I want anchors or newscasters to be a bit more moderate. Olbermann seemed to be incapable of letting someone make a positive comment about Republicans or a criticism of Obama without letting it pass. I agree with him most of the time, but I don't want MSNBC becoming Fox News in reverse. Put it another way, can you imagine the uproar if Fox News had Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly anchoring the Republican convention? I can acknowledge it ought to be a two-way street. An obviously liberal commentator shouldn't be playing the role of newsman. Olbermann needs to pick which he wants to be.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>He should absolutely be on the panel offering his thoughts and criticisms.<< I agree, and agree that his role should not be as an anchor. >>Put it another way, can you imagine the uproar if Fox News had Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly anchoring the Republican convention?<< Exactly.
Originally Posted By barboy Very good ecdc, particularly: ///can you imagine the uproar if Fox News had Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly anchoring the Republican convention? I can acknowledge it ought to be a two-way street. An obviously liberal commentator shouldn't be playing the role of newsman. Olbermann needs to pick which he wants to be.///
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I agree with these comments. Sometimes Olbermann can be a little too...I don't know...John Stewart? A commentator would be good, but the comments about him here are my feelings too.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>A commentator would be good, but the comments about him here are my feelings too.<< So far it's unanimous. I'm going to run for President of the Keith-Olberman-Shouldn't-Be-The-Anchor-Person-At-The-Conventions party. (No, I was never a member of the Disneyland Independence Party. Why do you ask?)
Originally Posted By gadzuux I think chris matthews is more openly partisan than keith - more annoying too. And both of them were hosting the MSNBC coverage - not the NBC network coverage. In fact, unlike brian williams up in the sky booth, keith and chris the rest of the pundits weren't even in the building for the DNC - it looked like they were set up out back behind the dumpsters.
Originally Posted By planodisney ecdc, did you actually say you don't want MSNBC to be FOX News in reverse? Are you seriouse? They have gone WAY past that. When they put a ticker that says,"how many houses will this add to the McCain ticket" upon that announcement of Palin, they put everyone on notice that they have no intention of pretending to be fair anymore.
Originally Posted By planodisney I think if they had Matthews and Scarborough as the anchors, they could have a very good team.
