tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post4821262934228980133..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: Olbermann Resusitated - Surprise, SurpriseLeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-439572456940642792010-11-11T14:05:16.278-06:002010-11-11T14:05:16.278-06:00That Smedley Butler piece should be read and discu...That Smedley Butler piece should be read and discussed at some point in k-12 education. It highlights an aspect of misuse of the military that's all but ignored in public education, and shouldn't be.<br /><br />Of course, that will never be allowed because the radical right would go ballistic. Limbaugh and Hannity would love to have it to demagogue about. The Texas School Board would S.W. Andersonhttp://wpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-59847828643460816032010-11-09T20:52:52.560-06:002010-11-09T20:52:52.560-06:00TAU: LOL - I think you're right. LOL.
SW: Any...TAU: LOL - I think you're right. LOL.<br /><br />SW: Anybody who makes 75 million bucks a year who doesn't have at least three good attorneys can't be too bright. I'm sure he has several that read every contract with a fine tooth comb before he signs any of them. Repeat: "NBC, MSNBC, Newsweek, the New York Times, Reuters, ABC, CBS, NPR, Dow Jones, and U.S. News & World Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-66605419212573306762010-11-09T18:51:21.850-06:002010-11-09T18:51:21.850-06:00I also wonder if MSNBC didn't set this up with...I also wonder if MSNBC didn't set this up with Olbermann to give them an excuse to eventually throw out their own rule. Theirs is only a pretense of "news" in prime time. I think they'd really like to cash in more blatantly on the same shtick FOX makes the big bucks for. Maybe they could front their own candidates, too; there seems to be big money in it.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-70063433266650906132010-11-09T17:41:38.477-06:002010-11-09T17:41:38.477-06:00tnlib, with all due respect, I don't agree wit...tnlib, with all due respect, I don't agree with you. I have no idea if Olbermann knew about the rule and decided to take a chance, once knew it but forgot about it, knew about it but assumed it wouldn't apply to him, or never knew about it.<br /><br />I fail to see how having this come up gives Olbermann or the network a PR boost, especially since the suspension lasted just two work days.S.W. Andersonhttp://wpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-16311876552763576602010-11-09T17:11:40.572-06:002010-11-09T17:11:40.572-06:00Remember the story about Tammy Wynette being abduc...Remember the story about Tammy Wynette being abducted from a parking lot by aliens? <br /><br />This story fits in that category.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-3778870521883754122010-11-09T14:14:32.400-06:002010-11-09T14:14:32.400-06:00I'm sitting here wondering what the likes of E...I'm sitting here wondering what the likes of E. R. Murrow, Roger Mudd, Walter Conkrite, Daniel Shore, Chet Huntley, and many, many more, are thinking as they watch this three-ring circus from above.<br /><br />For KO to blame NBC is beyond the pale.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-67230834433570450532010-11-09T12:19:15.716-06:002010-11-09T12:19:15.716-06:00You just wait for Olbermann’s performance – or “Sp...You just wait for Olbermann’s performance – or “Special Comment” – tonight. (Not to mention ratings.) It’s going to be “we are more ethical than Fox News, because I was punished for what I did.” PR stunt. Case closed. BJB.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-18574676307493540152010-11-09T12:06:03.795-06:002010-11-09T12:06:03.795-06:00Suzan---You're too generous! You mean, Robin H...Suzan---You're too generous! You mean, Robin Hood stole money from a rich man just to start a public conversation about the importance of rich people helping the poor? Nahhhh...I don't think so.paulanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-16402886998864499132010-11-09T12:03:40.408-06:002010-11-09T12:03:40.408-06:00It will be interesting to see what, if any, Olberm...It will be interesting to see what, if any, Olbermann has to say on the topic himself.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-35791179604622932242010-11-09T11:09:17.865-06:002010-11-09T11:09:17.865-06:00I thought KO was making a more subtle point myself...I thought KO was making a more subtle point myself.<br /><br />He knew he'd be penalized somehow for it, but he wasn't worried that it meant the end of his job, and what he really wanted was to start the conversation about Fox and CNBC's outright funding of the righties and get it going bigtime before another big-money-being-spent-to-elect-fools election occurred.<br /><br />Mission Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-65375895960232139282010-11-09T10:23:36.805-06:002010-11-09T10:23:36.805-06:00Nameless: Had to cut it short there. You say, &quo...Nameless: Had to cut it short there. You say, "This might just be the most obvious chunk of protest out there. Openly break the rule, and then publicly make a stink about it, so that the brass gets embarrassed and changes the rule."<br /><br />You could be right but it's still a PR stunt. And it's still disingenuous of KO to claim he didn't know about it. And aren't Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-41555648746553193462010-11-09T09:50:48.468-06:002010-11-09T09:50:48.468-06:00Paula. Thanks. Was beginning to feel a little lone...Paula. Thanks. Was beginning to feel a little lonely. ; )<br /><br />Nameless: I don't think I ever implied that NBC was part of this. It's totally KO's show.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-51645234003501401372010-11-09T09:36:12.746-06:002010-11-09T09:36:12.746-06:00You're leaving out another alternative altoget...You're leaving out another alternative altogether. Perhaps it's, to an extent, PR, but not on behalf of NBC.<br /><br />Olbermann, after all, is a man of strong opinions. This NBC policy has not actual purpose, except to provide a thin veneer of "balance" on the reporters and pundits. It's too easy to get around, if NBC were actually concerned about their reporter's Nameless Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963921060024737712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-27323291713303642932010-11-09T09:34:46.148-06:002010-11-09T09:34:46.148-06:00Well said. It was stupid and unforgiveable, if he ...Well said. It was stupid and unforgiveable, if he claims to be a journalist. If not, wear clown suit, as I suggested on Citizen K.paulahttp://www.birdsonawireblog.comnoreply@blogger.com