Keith Olbermann Sticks Tongue Out At Fox Van (PHOTO)

Keith Olbermann is getting the hang of Twitter.

In his first weekend using the service, Olbermann has mastered the "@-reply," as it's known, and used it to completely engage with Twitter users. He's also grown fond of the Twitter photo.

One such example is below, in which he sticks his tongue out at the local Fox affiliate news truck in the background.

"Venturing out for tea. Expression owes to vehicle on your right," he wrote.

"Following up: yes, that's the local Fox not FNC. I interned there 900 years ago. Nearest available prop," he quickly followed up. "More Followup: Glasses are by Mr Free of Cheap St. Uni is '98Todd Van Poppel, which is actually much funnier than the Fox van," he added, referring to his PIttsburgh Pirates uniform top.

Of course, having Olbermann on Twitter is catnip for conservatives. One self-described libertarian named Doug Mataconis responded to Olbermann's tweet of the Fox affiliate truck saying, "Dumbass Keith that's the news van for the local news station, not Fox News Channel."

Olbermann's response?

"Dumbass Doug: I tweeted that two minutes before you bitched. Be seeing you."

Also of note: Olbermann told one Twitter user that Jay Leno called him after his father died.

"He phoned me, at home. Talked to my sister, whom he did not know. Very solid human," Olbermann wrote of Leno.

Comments

[Rocco Rizzo]

10:41 AM on 05/14/2010

I love it! I was tempted to do the same thing when I was in NYC, near FOX HQ.

[powerflowernewyork]

04:02 PM on 04/15/2010

I know why Keith did that.Fox was approaching.I love Keith.At least he has the guts to spit Fox on the floor during his show.You go Keith

[Middleman420]

04:04 PM on 04/21/2010

The exact same face when he pulls his face out of Obama's sphincter......

[blizb]

02:29 PM on 04/13/2010

I guess sticking his tongue out about the "Fox" van is better than the "ambush" "gotcha" journalism when the O'Reilly show ambushed Gore for an interview.

Funny how Fox thinks it's okay if they do "ambush" journalism but bash Michael Moore for the same.

[pjones006]

04:48 PM on 04/13/2010

Who cares what they do? Even ign0rance needs a leader.

[clearthinker2008]

06:56 AM on 04/14/2010

"Who cares what they do?"

Too many.

[JazzyJim]

01:28 PM on 04/13/2010

BOYCOTT ALL MURDOCH BUSINESSES - Including the local Fox station here in New York. None of what he does can be condoned. And for God's sake - END AMERICAN FREAKIN' IDOL.

[carrot-top]

12:39 PM on 04/13/2010

What a Richard head.

[Poorsarah]

05:45 PM on 04/13/2010

At least he is not a richard whiskey like the faux noose gang.

[Bearangaria]

12:39 PM on 04/13/2010

I will not ever succumb to tweet
I do not wish to incessantly peep
I fear we're all a bunch of sheep
subbing text for something deep
For me the "me" noise totally creeps
and makes me cling to bed for sleep
Oh Keith, take care of what you say
and live to comment another way

[Republitarian]

12:15 PM on 04/13/2010

I can see Keith being desperate to get his face on Fox, so more than just his immediate family will see him on TV.

[myblueohio]

12:34 PM on 04/13/2010

I can see you getting desperate to communicate with real people, so you can stop talking to your walls.

[pewty]

03:43 AM on 04/14/2010

I saw your face on a milk carton today....kinda cheered me up...

[Veronica Francis]

11:42 AM on 04/13/2010

I just wanted to big up my cable channel for adding MSNBC to my area...Love MSNBC don' t watch anything other than that since they sarted airing in my area...no more cnn...Ed, Keith & Rachel rock love them. They just rock each night....

[carrot-top]

12:38 PM on 04/13/2010

You are one in a million.

[CynAnne]

07:19 PM on 04/13/2010

"You are one in a million." - Much like the "Lil' Orphan Annie on 'Ludes" look you're sporting in that...'attractive' photo there, Carrot...yikes.

[TheGripester]

10:52 PM on 04/13/2010

Statistically incorrect. More than 333 people watch MSNBC nightly programming, and there are 333 million Americans, so "one in an million" (333 X 1,000,000) is far off the mark. One in 385 is more like it (MSNBC audience is 864,000 people).

[floridagal2]

01:01 AM on 04/14/2010

I also love Ed, Keith and Rachel. Rachel I consider to be the smartest woman on television.

[Jeff317]

10:54 AM on 04/13/2010

What is Random real time Olbermann musings.

I will take things the universe doesnt need for $ 400 please Alex.

[Corpsman Up]

09:47 AM on 04/13/2010

More people have commented on this thread than have watched KO.

[JazzyJim]

01:30 PM on 04/13/2010

Actually, unlike FAUX - American's don't have to worry about any rantings by the next Furhor from the other media outlets - on Fox - Beck could be Adolph, Limbaugh, could be Rove, Hannity is the KKK - so you see - some American's are keeping an eye on KKKrazy - that is Fox.

And they should be watched and stopped. Propaganda is something the Veterans of the 2nd WW would not be pleased about. Brainwashing should p*ss them off too if they haven't been lost to the party of lies and little minds - the GOP.

[ZGuile]

03:57 PM on 04/13/2010

"Police come lookin for....Jimmy Jazz, Jazz, Jazz, Jazz....

[AnnC0725]

08:12 AM on 04/13/2010

Can you blame him...his show is irrelevant and blown to bits everynite..almost the world knows that MSNBC is more like MSDNC and is totally unbelievable...at least the intelligent ones do.

[solid]

08:51 AM on 04/13/2010

Oh yeah, all the intelligent ones are watching Hannity and Beck. Hahahahahaha!

[MidRoaderTurnedLeft]

08:55 AM on 04/13/2010

Are you suggesting folks like Hannity and his ilk are "believable?"

Last year it took a Fresno TV reporter less than three minutes to show -- with a little video and some common sense -- that Hannity's claims that water wasn't being pumped to California agricultural areas and that the Valley was a "dust bowl" were completely bogus:

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7020050

Care to counter that -- with facts?

[Devilslakewoman]

03:33 AM on 04/13/2010

Oh, if only I would tweet,
But no, i'm not there yet -
So Hello here
Keith my darling;
I would kiss you
When your mug faced mine,
The very next moment -
So sweet.

[Slash14]

03:30 AM on 04/13/2010

KO just saw his ratings...for the first time. And he is not happy SIR!

[CynAnne]

07:28 PM on 04/13/2010

Ah, it's Slash...boy-wonder of lamea** one-liners, desperately trying to pass themselves off as 'witty'...

[mdemploi]

03:24 AM on 04/13/2010

to have tea
a great euphemistic idiom, meaning to play fluffer to a right wing mob

[KIVPossum]

02:50 AM on 04/13/2010

At least we know where the tro//s have gathered this morning.

[solid]

08:52 AM on 04/13/2010

Olbermann and Michael Moore are like lightning rods to d@@fus thunderbolts.

[LiberalDemIda]

12:26 PM on 04/13/2010

Yep. Heard their bitter laughter all across another topic.