Long Term Trend of O’Reilly vs. Olbermann TV Ratings:
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Olbermanns numbers were due to McClellan being on. I guarantee next week Olberdopes numbers will shrink again. The same McClellen Olbermann called a fascist a couple of years ago is now kissing his rear end. PATHETIC!!!!!
Olbermann should just be Obamas running mate. While he constantly calls out McCain he never says anything bad about Obama ie 57 states and his uncle liberating auschwitz. those were 2 gaffes but Olbermanna gives Obama a free pass
Looks like Olbermann has some tax trouble.
http://www.olbermannwatch.com/archives/2008/05/...
They WERE fascist views, because Cheney was the one telling him to SAY those things., YFD.
If MCClellan didnt agree with the whitehouse or Cheney he should have resigned on the spot. Face it Olberdope is a hypocrite and a fraud
Barack Obamas 57 state comments were no joke He screwed up
I noticed Olbermann is now consistently beating O’Reilly in the crucial 25-54yo category.
Shawn-what is your definition of “consistently”? KO is consistently losing in all categories, however, he did top BO in 24-55 age demographics twice…5/23 and 5/29…not exactly “consistently”.
Why does Slobberman have that boy toy Rachel Madcow on? Shes a failure at talk radio. Mark Levin and Michael Savage destroy her in the ratings
Olbermanns numbers will be pathetic again this week. I garan-fcukin-tee it!!!!!!
I am on a crusade to expose Olbermann as a fake phony fraud. Hes a racist. He made racist comments about Bill Richardson. Remember pass the guacamole?
Egg=Bert and guacamole. Sounds good. Preach on my brother.
Hey all you Olberdork fans…..why wont he go to Iraq to report the actual news, instead of reporting on ” heresay” . Oreilly is still and always will be kicking Olberdorks butt in the ratings…
olbermanns also are for two showings a day
anyone also notice that on any given worst et al segment at laest one of the following is mentioned o.reilly hannity of limbaugh almost with out fail . think he has a narrow tracked mind. also remeber he was let go from espn for bad behavior and also from foxsports for same things.
Why wont Olbercrap ever name Jeremiah Wright worst person in the world. Olbercrap bows at the altar of Obama
Wow. . . a whle bunch of Billo lickers. What strange and simple life they must lead.
By-the-way. . .I tried guacamole and Egg-Bert, it sucks.
Why are there no right-wing commentators as viciously-biased against Obama and the Democrats as Keith seems to be against President Bush and soon-to-be elected President McCain?
Whats the weather like on the planet kamorfds. Where do all these right-wing , bible thumpin,Billo lickers hail from? We now know, the large avacado shaped planet Kamorfds. I undersatand they have large quantities of People Magazines, Readers Digest and an uncontrollable desire to watch police car chases and teacher student sex tales. Really are well rounded kamorfdsites.
Wow Keith Olberdope is such a left wing loon is not even funny. He coddles and cuddles Barak Obama. He is such a pathetic little twirp its sickening
Olbergeek and his boy toy rachel madcow are perfect together. One is a failure on tv the other one gets her ass kicked on the radio
RS: No need to shut down all comments because of a few idiots…simply ban the repeat offenders and allow the dialog to continue.
The numbers remind me of Pepsi attacking Coca-Cola. When you aren't #1, you have to try anything you can to get to #1. Olbermann rants about O'Reilly to get the ratings. That's America for you.
humiliating yourself every night just to stay in front of a camera says a lot about Keith….there are some things even crack whores won't do….btw, his tax woes are mounting as mentioned in Business Week yesterday…poor guy …I'm sure he'll blame Fox News for not paying his taxes
substance on Olberman……what ,to hear him bash bush another 100 ways…i get it,Bush and the republicans are bad…that's olberman's whole show and don't forget the i hate O'reilly segement.i think bill has to stop stooping down to nbc's level taking about them.But the great american culture quiz,pinheads and patriots,the kelly file,geraldo,dennis miller….the battle of the sexs with the guy and girl segemnt.O'reilly has the way better show.<br><br>If you think best persons,worst persons…His OBAMALOVING self……they don't even ask obama if he's had a bad day they are so in the TANK for him.<br>Oddball is suppose to be funny or even entertaining??<br><br>IK'm just curious when obama is elected and bush is out of office.Will he continue to do Bush is bad material?when the dems get the house and senate….will he show the same VITRIOL to the dems that he showed the repubs……NO!!!<br><br>That's Journalism……?That's fair and balanced right?<br><br>So he says fox isn't fair and balanced but HE IS ?HYpocrit!!!!
Hey chris……I got a question,If i tell you the world as i see it,with my own spin and USE yes men to help analyze it….are you gettinhg the total truith?Is that a trustworthy source of info?<br><br>So you watch olberman tell you the same things and use his yes men(maddow,robinson,alter,wolffe,the rest of the NBC pundits and washed up comedians to relay his points.)<br><br>There are no …ZERO dissenting opinions,Zero DEBATE……He hasn't said @ bad words about OBAMA.<br><br>SO the second Question i have for you is…..honestly is olberman BIASED?Now if you say no,your not telling the truth and if you say yes…Then you are watching a program that's biased.So the same things he accuses fox news of…he does?Is that not being a HYPOCRIT?
Not a big fan of O'Reilly, but geez, compared to that closet-Marxist Olbermann, (that's not the only thing he's in the closet about) he's a genius. I guess that's why O'Reilly still doubles Overbite's audience.
I'm sorry folks but everytime I watch the Countdown with KO I feel the need to take a bath, the guy spews hate. Being a Democrat KO is embarrassing atleast when you watch the Factor, Bill IS FAIR AND BALANCE!!! KO should have sticked with sports, I'm sorry he was annoying at that to.
I think the logic in the "KO has no dissenting opinions on" point is flawed. There are certain shows that have that format and some that don't. Some may remember there was a show called "crossfire" and that was the whole premise of the show. Because O'reilly has people on and tells them to shut up or yells over them when he doesn't agree with them I don't see that as being enlightening. His interview with Scott Mcclellan is a perfect example. He tried his best to turn it into a shouting match but Scott stayed calm and made BillO look like an idiot. It also showed that BillO doesn't really know what he's talking about when it comes to the actual issues. Yes BillO nuclear weapons are WMD's….dumbass. Maybe he should stick to the unimportant things that he's good at like the "war on christmas" and let Keith handle the bigger issues. For all of the flack that people give KO for coming from ESPN I think BillO's style and the stupid issues he often brings up are very reflective of his tabloid/gossip roots from Inside Edition. People tuning into Countdown do not and should not expect an unbiased show. He never claims to be. That's why it's not hypocritical. BillO is exactly the same- quite biased in the other direction. But since he claims "no spin zone" and "fair and balanced" 220 times a show that would make him a huge target for the bullshit police. That's why he's on "worst persons" every night, because not only is he hypocritical but he proves that lots of times he doesn't really know what he's talking about. Keith does an excellent and entertaining job of pointing this out.
Olbermann is very talented, quick and whitty – he is also dishonest. I used to watch his show because I'm a political junkie. I can no longer stomach his show, and I'm surprised that a (supposedly) respectable line-up of jounalists continue to appear on it. He's a pompous a__hole, I don't think there is a more appropriate example of the definition of that coloquialism in all the land.<br><br>Olbermann obviously thinks he is the second coming of Edward Murrow. Although their politics might be similar, I think Murrow would take offense to being compared to such a premeditated liar. I have never seen a show that considers its content news – to be so dishonest and one-sided. <br><br>I wouldn't want to pal around with Bill O'reily either. But, at least his show has some fairness in its coverage. He just yells at people who get him mad.
O'Reilly is a bias commentator or a bias network.
The reason Olberman is not a hyporcite is he does not claim his show is "Fair & Balanced" – his show is left leaning and he does not deny it – that is also the reason he does not have conservatives on the show to debate that is NOT what the show is about. That is like asking why Rush Limbaugh does not have liberals on his show.<br><br>The issue with O'Reilly is that he poses as an "Independent" but he is actually a conservative. As a true independent I actually watch and enjoy both O'Reilly & Olberman's shows but for O'Reilly to claim he is not a conservative is just silly. I once did an experiment and kept track every time O'Reilly mentioned the "Far Left" in negative terms and "Far Right" in negative terms. Far Left won 14 -0. It is not rocket science.<br><br>Anyway – that is my two cents. My fave commentators shows are O'Reilly, Olberman, S. Hannity and R. Maddow – can't stand the Ann Coulters/Limbaughs/Randi Rhodes of the world….
Fox viewers cannot complain about another network counter-programming against the GOP news channel. Thank God Olbermann is here to let us know that ED Donahey is running segments on her show about Barack and Michelle Obama's fist tapping as being a possible terrorist signal. The only true liberal Fox News ever had was Neal Gabler, and O'Reilly ran him out of there. News Flash, Fox viewers: Juan Williams and Mara Liasson are not liberals.
Please, if you’ve lost your freakin’ brain somewhere along the path of life please dont leave comments. Let me make this as clear as possible for you pre-schoolers out there….PLAIN & SIMPLE, MSNBC LEANS LEFT, FOX LEANS RIGHT. Thats it! BillO leans totally to the right, if you dont see that, that means your a moronic republican that has no brain. Fair and balanced.. use your heads. If Fox was actually fair and balanced, all you KO haters wouldnt watch the freakin channel. MSNBC leans left, if they didnt, I wouldnt watch them. So dont come on here and try to spew how Fox is fair and MSNBC is not, there not suppose to be, either are the hosts. Now, all you billo buttkissers out there, go cry to your momma because you actually have something to contemplate you wack offs. And dont get me started on Hannity, he’s fair & balanced too, right? Now go open a book for once.
Wow! I have never read more illiterate commentary on any other blog. Do any of you morons work? Or did you pass basic English?
KO, he is a pompusssssssy.
“MSNBC LEANS LEFT, FOX LEANS RIGHT.”
er.. NO.
MSNBC PUTS OUT EXTREME FAR-LEFT SOCIALIST/MARXIST PROPAGANDA and FOX leans right.
NBC leans far left
NPR leans far left
CBS leans left
ABC leans a little left
CNN leans a little left
PBS leans a little left
Get your facts straight.
Bill O’reilly show has nothing in it. He rants 95% of his total show and you hardly get anything out of it. One of the reason i quit watching his show 3 years back. It is more like a reality show> Ya Paris hilton porn video also has millions of viewers. That doesn’t make her any better. Much the same can be said about Bill O Reilly.
O’Reilly leans conservatively, no doubt, and he has a big ego, but at least he has people on his show that disgaree with him, and doesn’t just let them sit there and spew without challenging them. Olberman and his ilk by contrast never have anyone on that doesn’t agree with everything he says, and in the rare instance that they do, it’s always three or four against one. That is why KO’s ratings are terrible. He’s boring and he might be the world’s biggest jerk. If he said the things he says to people anywhere but on TV, sooner or later he’d be picking up his teeth with his broken fingers.
Okay, you people saying that MSNBC, i.e., KO’s show, promotes Marxist Socialism are about as intelligent as Rush Limbaugh stoned out on oxycotton.
True, Keith never has anyone on the show that doesn’t disagree with him, but he’s not just sitting there spewing garbage at them either. They are sitting there discussing issues they feel the same about.
Okay, why would Keith waste his time talking about that pesky preacher of Obama’s when there are better things to talk about, like that pesky preacher of Sarah Palin’s that no one wants to talk about?
Bill-O the Clown is a total idiot. Never do you hear him say anything in regards to Bush’s numerous constitutional violations, or the errors of the War in Iraq, or the economy.
Instead, he and Sean Insanity have been slamming Obama for everything their candidates of choice were guilty of.
Fair and Balanced my ass. Keith Olbermann has quite possibly the only fair and balanced show on cable TV.
this is why the country wil not pull out of this mess we are in. nobody is going to give in for compromise
oh I forgot to say that Rush is an addict. He ALWAYS will be an addict and I have NEVER listened to addicts