Given all of the concern in some corners about nasty political rhetoric, I wonder if these folks will celebrate the fact that its level will go down significantly now that Keith Olbermann is out at MSNBC. Yeah, right! Of course, since few people watched his show, I doubt the rest of the world will notice very much. Let’s hope that Olbermann disappears from the political scene – but unfortunately this is very unlikely. I don’t have a problem with lefty journalism. I just can’t stand Olbermann’s nastiness, arrogance, and grating cadence, among many other things.
Your comment: “Yeah, right! Of course, since few people watched his show, I doubt the rest of the world will notice very much.” vs.
LA TIMES article comment: “Cable news channel MSNBC ended its turbulent relationship with its most-popular anchor, Keith Olbermann, ….” Author Meg James
Hmmmmmmmmm
From another part of the same article: “Olbermann, however, never quite matched the ratings of his longtime nemesis Bill O’Reilly, whose show, “The O’Reilly Factor,” on Fox News often beats “Countdown” by a 3-to-1 margin.”
That must be what you were saying. More people watch O’Reilly and fewer people watched Olbermann. That makes sense. Plus last night audience in the article was pegged at “1.1 million” who are “few people” especially when compared with the likelihood that O’Reilly had 3.3 million viewers on the same day. The O’Reilly audience could be referred to as “more than few people?”
In television, a million viewers isn’t very much – especially in the coveted 8 pm time slot. Even lame shows in the 8 PM slot get 5 million viewers. Then when you see the comparisons with O’Reilly, you see he wasn’t even close to meeting a large percentage of the demand for talk t.v.