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Playboy Receives "Overwhelmingly Negative Response" To Olbermann Interview

Either Relevant Or True   |  Becky Liebowitz   |   January 14, 2008 02:45 PM


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I'm sure you all remember the Playboy interview back in September. Shortly after the release of the magazine (and after a couple of discussions of it here on ERT) I was contacted by Playboy editor Chip Rowe via the site's contact form.

He said that they were getting overwhelmingly negative response on the interview* - mostly for the Fox Noise remarks, though some were just general anti-KO sentiment - and that he'd like to balance that with something positive from someone with my "expertise." (No, really, that's the word he used. I quickly denied being an expert on a man I'd never met.) After exchanging several emails, I wrote up a couple of hundred words for him to use on the "Letters to Playboy" page. The letter appears in the January issue, along with this blog's address.

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- Dannydel I'm a Fan of Dannydel 19 fans permalink
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I live in hope that Bill O, watches K.O. and that the nightly "worst person in the World' segment will FINALLY drive B.O. over the edge.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:52 AM on 01/18/2008
- Jeffomil I'm a Fan of Jeffomil 3 fans permalink

You want to read someone who really takes the bushies apart, read Jack Cafferty's "its Getting Ugly Out There." He says in "plain" english what KO can't on the air!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 PM on 01/16/2008
- Felicty I'm a Fan of Felicty 31 fans permalink
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We should try to be a little bit more understanding of Fox viewers. Picture, if you will, 300,000 fat, ignorant, drunken Republicans pulling their tiny puds to the one magazine their wives will ALLOW them to buy, and then they stumble upon a Real Man like Keith -

They may begin to get aroused, and then it's a beeline to the airport toilets. Or some childrens' playground.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:21 PM on 01/16/2008
- LeonBNJ I'm a Fan of LeonBNJ 24 fans permalink

I like to and often watch Keith Olberman on his evening 'Countdown' show. I may not agree with all of his beliefs, but I do like his news style. He presents an alternitive to all of FoxNews with their far right from mainstream news presentations. He isn't just a news reader, but someone who is concerned with presenting a broader range of views then most MSM news programs. He brings on people who represent more progressive or critical views of the Bush/Republican administration. His Countdown is an important balance badly needed vs. Rush, O'Rilly, Lou Dobbs and others who present very narrow and reactionary views of the news. Yet, KO doesn't ignore the junk news of celeberties and general society, but does so in a way that is very critical of those people.
I hope he can be on MSNBC with Countdown for many years. We need him

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:30 PM on 01/16/2008
- imfedup I'm a Fan of imfedup 45 fans permalink
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Fox is more dangerous than AQ because it's broadcasting neocon propaganda 24/7.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:46 AM on 01/16/2008
- sugarmoes I'm a Fan of sugarmoes 19 fans permalink
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olbermann rightly rips bush and the o'reilly types to shreds WITH FACTS intelligently delivered and displayed... the gang of pedophiles can't handle that. makes 'em screech.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:24 AM on 01/16/2008
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Keith Oberman rocks...

I find it interesting that so many of cable channels do not put MSNBC in their "packages"

I get depressed if I do not get a chance to watch MSNBC...for Oberman and ABrams ...sometimes the only voices making any sense...
Arriana rocks also !!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:39 AM on 01/16/2008
- bookon I'm a Fan of bookon 4 fans permalink

Republicans Love Porn.

I can take nothing else from this story.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:03 AM on 01/16/2008

Great bunch of comments. Shows the full range of people. Playboy has a list of interviews that ranks with any other. It has been quite a few years since I last bought one but they seemed to have the ability to sit people down for quality, long interviews. Bill Gates, Malcolm X,Bob Dylan,Dr King,John Lennon just to name a few. The list is huge. By his interview Keith is listed as a person that influences society. He should be proud to be on the list. This magazine always struck me as trying to add to life. Better clothes,cars,etc. As for the women, I for one think that a good to look at woman is one of the finest things in life and I hope never to lose this appreciation. I do not like porn stars because they are to hard and course and I do not like the way that Penthouse and similar magazines depict women. The girl next door is just fine by me.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:19 AM on 01/15/2008
- johnnyjust I'm a Fan of johnnyjust 6 fans permalink

What kind of loser actually likes Olbermann?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:44 AM on 01/15/2008

Man, I feel bad about all you people hating on playboy. I have a subscription, and I am (so far as I know) an normal fuctioning male with a healthy relationship with a significant other.

Oh, I'm also a straight-up card carrying liberal progressive (I donated to ACTblue candiates this month- did you?).

There is nothing wrong with playboy, and I was ESTATIC to see an article with Olbermann in it. I love Playboys articles- it is a magazine with a more liberal slant than conservative, and thier coverage of olbermann was hilarious, and painted him in a great light. THAT's why the fundies wrote to playboy en-masse. BECAUSE THEY DID A GOOD JOB COVERING HIM.

It drives them crazy to see him getting credit. Apparently, I should have written a letter in support- I had no idea the article was going to be so controversial!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:59 PM on 01/14/2008
- Lindy222 I'm a Fan of Lindy222 13 fans permalink

Translation: Republicans jack off to Playboy.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 PM on 01/14/2008
- dax49 I'm a Fan of dax49 18 fans permalink

a bunch of sex less mastubating republicans don't like keith olberman- what a shock

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:56 PM on 01/14/2008
- Nutcase I'm a Fan of Nutcase 50 fans permalink
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So, Playboy readers are experts on some subject, any subject? Playboy readers are composed primarily of teenagers and men who suffer from arrested development at the teenager stage.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:17 PM on 01/14/2008
- junglejane I'm a Fan of junglejane 2 fans permalink

Playboy is sexist. Anyone, male or female, who appears in Playboy in any form is helping to perpetuate sexism. It is one thing to print up pornography. We have freedom of the press in this country. It is quite another to have a hybrid magazine that pursues cultural relevance, while at the same time discouraging women and non-heterosexual men from the readership by featuring a naked woman right in the middle of it. And their tagline "entertainment for men" - I think that says it all. Women are more than just "entertainment for men."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:54 PM on 01/14/2008
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