Olbermann: "Fox News Is Worse Than Al Qaeda"

Hot Air:

That's not the line that's going to get him in trouble, though. This one is:

Al Qaeda really hurt us, but not as much as Rupert Murdoch has hurt us, particularly in the case of Fox News. Fox News is worse than Al Qaeda -- worse for our society. It's as dangerous as the Ku Klux Klan ever was.

I question the timing. No, wait -- I mean, I celebrate the timing. His pals at Think Progress spent this weekend affecting phony piety at the right's willingness to note that Osama's leftist rhetoric is, in fact, leftist rhetoric. "Considering bin Laden's threat yesterday to 'escalate the killing and fighting against' America," intoned TP, "Brooks and his fellow conservatives' attempts at humor -- and that's a charitable reading of their words -- are especially insulting..." Okay, grandma: if it's unfair to compare killers to non-killers -- which Brooks et al. weren't doing morally, although Olbermann clearly is -- let's see you bring down that rolling pin of indignation on Olby for this one. They won't, of course, and not just because they're hypocrites who agree with him here. As Johnny Dollar has often noted at Olby Watch, Countdown relies heavily on TP and Media Matters for story ideas. They're not about to alienate a jackass who helps promote them by calling him a jackass.

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Comments

[smartstuart]

05:34 PM on 09/12/2007

Fuck them over HARD, Keith!!! The liars and cheats at Faux Noise ARE more dangerous than Al-Qaeda because we expect them to be HONEST news brokers-NOT the sons and daughters of Joseph Goebbels!!! We EXPEXT AL- QAEDA to be full of crap. Sadly ,they BOTH are! Olberman gets it! Why doesn't everyone with an IQ above 80????

[toochie]

09:30 AM on 09/12/2007

Keith, you are going off the rails. You belittle the victims of the groups that you compare to Fox News. Come on, Keith. Wise up and go after your political and ideological foes point by point. Defend your position with honor and class. Don't lower yourself to 5th grade tactics. You just handed O'Really the sword that he will ram through you. I know this world can be maddening. I sometimes have to wipe the foam coming from my mouth.

[PoliticalPolyanna]

03:27 PM on 09/11/2007

Oh,good gravy! Hannity, Limbaugh and O'Reilly will have to be sedated when they hear this. They don't have a problem calling names and making outlandish statements about those politically opposed to them, but let one of those opponents do the same . . . EEGADS! They'll be running around nekkid with their hair on fire.

Keep it up, Keith. Fight Faux fire with fire.

[baygirl]

02:42 PM on 09/11/2007

This toe tapper is such an embarrassment. I don't know how anyone can spend any time listening to him or giving him any credence. And shouldn't he be in Playgirl, not Playboy? Just asking. You know he has a bathroom scandal in his future.

[drblack]

02:41 PM on 09/11/2007

Bush is certainly worse then Al Qieda,so I guess his cronies are as well: and Fox is nothing but neoCON cheerleaders.
You don't have to kill someone yourself to be a killer. One of the worst types of people is the quiet guy who eggs on others to do crazy stuff for their amusement.
Keith is defiately doing his job when those on the right get so upset at his words. His is a counter to O,Really and Limpdo

[protagonia]

11:36 AM on 09/11/2007

Look at who has a problem with Keith's statement.

Always the same.

[johnnyjust]

11:22 AM on 09/11/2007

Where does K.O. stand on the Fairness Doctrine?

[grimm]

10:48 AM on 09/11/2007

I'd sign up over at Hot Air and troll for chum, but that would be juvenile. That and I'd have to delouse my hard drive.

Linking FOX OOZE with the Klan is an insult to pointy-headed bigots everywhere.

[Witchitalineman]

06:15 AM on 09/11/2007

Keep up the good work Keith. I love you.

[Macready]

05:48 AM on 09/11/2007

Good for Olbermann . . . now it is time for the FCC to stop this monopoloy of the news by murdoch inc . . .

[CarolynSpectorGillis]

09:00 AM on 09/11/2007

Yes this is key to the future of our country and the world.

[totalliberal]

03:29 AM on 09/11/2007

["I bet all of you get your news from Olberman, Mahar, Stewart, Letterman and Leno."]




And your point being?

[zizyphus]

02:10 PM on 09/12/2007

They are the antidote to the vile propaganda spewed by the Right.

[dexxjones]

02:21 AM on 09/11/2007

the oddest thing of all is that faux skews very old. bill's ratings can go nowhere but down. his audience has one foot in their mouth and the other on a bananna peel, LOL

[Hallucinocynic]

02:01 AM on 09/11/2007

Faux News...al Qaeda. Faux news...al Qaeda. Al Qaeda...Faux News...nyah, Al Qaeda's still worse, but only barely. They're both pretenders though...

One main difference is that al Qaeda pretends to be a beneficent organization that is fighting for the forces of good.

Faux News pretends to be a news organization that understands the pretend news it shares with a demographic stuck somewhere between 1947 and Oz.

[dexxjones]

01:39 AM on 09/11/2007

judging by the wingnuts working overtime to bash keith, i would say he hit a nerve

note to wingnuts: if you're going to slay the beast make your shot count. karl and W and gonzo tried to kill our democracy, they missed and now they are all running for the hills. why dont the wingnut trolls follow?

it isnt working any more.....

[Gary47]

12:03 AM on 09/11/2007

A little hyperbole never hurt anyone. Faux news certainly tells boatloads more lies than any other organization on the planet.