As The Dust Settles...

[Babylonsister]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archive...027646.php

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As the dust settles, it's worth emphasizing just how important Olbermann has been in American media in recent years. When he returned to prime time after a four-year absence, Olbermann offered news consumers something we couldn't find anywhere else: an honest, sincere, unapologetic liberalism. Olbermann helped shine a light on important stories that were ignored by other shows and other networks, helped give a voice to a perspective that was discounted throughout the mainstream media, picked fights with those who too often went unchallenged, and featured guests who were frequently and needlessly left out of the larger broadcast conversation.

Olbermann did all of this, of course, while racking up big ratings (and big profits for his employer), proving that there's an audience for on-air commentary and analysis from the left, and clearing the way for others.

In the time Olbermann is off the air, he will be sorely missed.

Sign-off video @ link~

-Steve Benen

[There Is No Spoon]

(01-22-2011 07:15 AM)Babylonsister Wrote:  http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archive...027646.php

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As the dust settles, it's worth emphasizing just how important Olbermann has been in American media in recent years. When he returned to prime time after a four-year absence, Olbermann offered news consumers something we couldn't find anywhere else: an honest, sincere, unapologetic liberalism. Olbermann helped shine a light on important stories that were ignored by other shows and other networks, helped give a voice to a perspective that was discounted throughout the mainstream media, picked fights with those who too often went unchallenged, and featured guests who were frequently and needlessly left out of the larger broadcast conversation.

Olbermann did all of this, of course, while racking up big ratings (and big profits for his employer), proving that there's an audience for on-air commentary and analysis from the left, and clearing the way for others.

In the time Olbermann is off the air, he will be sorely missed.

Sign-off video @ link~

-Steve Benen

Thank you Steve Benen - I couldn't agree more.

Let's not forget the day when he was a innovator and the ONLY liberal host on MSNBC. Keith Olbermann put MSNBC on the map

[Hekate]

Olbermann's ego might have been his undoing with his bosses, but who can say for sure. I admit I was starting to tune him out of late, preferring Rachel.

Nonetheless, I will always appreciate his lifeline to sanity during the Bush-Cheney years. I agree with what Steve Benen said of him. I hope very much that Keith will not be long absent from the airwaves -- we need a passionate liberal voice.

Hekate