Did Keith Olbermann chicken out?

[FightingIrish]

On Wednesday's Countdown there was a lead-in for a Thursday story on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors impeachment resolution. I didn't see anything about it last night. Did Brittney's baby abuse trump a real story or did the brass at NBC lay the law down?

[slor]

1. After his show last night...

you can dare to suggest that he might "chicken out"?

[FightingIrish]

13. Don't get me wrong. I love KO.

I think he has proven that it takes a sportscaster to cut through the crap that other supposed journalists won't deal with. I was just diappointed that what was suposed to be the feature story did not air. I'm amazed that he is still going strong on same network that harbors Tweety, Tucker and Rita.

[tlsmith1963]

2. Britney? Ugh!

Why is the Britney story such a big deal? It's not like the woman has ever demonstrated any real intelligence. Her only real political statement was "Like, we should support the President" while chewing gum!

Tammy

[Greyhound]

14. Just look at the shiny object, pay no attention to the man behind... n/t

[Botany]

3. No he had too much major breaking stories

The shoe bomb terrorist stories, Brownie, & Libby rolling on Cheney .......

He kicked ass and took names last night.

[bigscott]

4. i dont think so

his producers regularly make him change his stories to celebrity bullshit - he even says so on the air

AND - his sign-off last night was something to the effect of - Have a good night - the 1015th day since the Mission Accomplished declaration in the War in Iraq - definitely paraphrasing there but he used the 1015 days since mission accomplished - and I had to ask my partner if he heard it to! KO rocks

[gkhouston]

5. neither would be my guess

the fake terror story and the Libby/Cheney stuff probably crowded it out. The only times he drops the fluffier stories are when there's breaking news or when he spends the whole hour on a major story.

[hang a left]

6. What did that air head do to her baby?? n/t

[gkhouston]

7. went for a drive with the baby on her lap

the child is unharmed, other than having Britney for a mother.

[hang a left]

8. Thanks...

BFD

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. With all of her millions, one would imagine that she would be driven

around. :shrug: She doesn't have people to do that for her? :yoiks:

[Debi]

9. Decided it was safe to drive down the interstate w/her baby in her lap

[NJ_Lib]

10. Awww, C'mon... Didn't you hear her? She was...

... trying to keep her baby safe from the Paparazzi... I guess in Britney's world, this would be keeping your baby safe... I guess anywhere out of Papa KFed's hands would be safer...

[rocktivity]

11. Preventing her baby from from being photographed

versus preventing him from not going through the windsheild--that's a tough decision, all right. Notice, also, that she's not wearing her seatbelt!

:headbang:
rocknation

[MissMarple]

15. Good catch.

I wonder why so many people think seat belts and car seats are totally optional if not even necessary. Perhaps we could term them the thoughtless class.

[Debi]

19. Couldn't she have had her bodyguard strap the little lad in

as she sped off in the getaway vehicle????

[Greyhound]

17. Hmm, manufactured popwhore drives her own car with her offspring

in her lap, risking both of their lives should something happen. Where's the problem?

[adigal]

16. Keith stunned me with his courage

When he looked down, kind of sighed, and went into this exchange:

"OLBERMANN: We have talked before, with deep sadness, about the politicizing of counterterror measures here. You have just put this into a political context. My stomach is queasy as I ask this. In the context of this today, and what you have seen, are we far enough removed from that component of the novel “1984,” the part where the government turns a kind of terror faucet on and off to scare the public into acquiescing to whatever it wants to do?

POSNER: Lookit, I‘m afraid we are, unfortunately, at that point, where—we are in a real war, there‘s no question about it. We have fundamentalists out there who would love to kill more innocent Americans in vast numbers. They‘d love to pull off a weapon of mass destruction attack.

But at the same time, the government is also very effective, the Bush administration, at using terror as a political weapon and making sure that it does turn on the fear spigot when it wants to and turn it off at other times."

Keith, the Courageous One.

[donkeyotay]

18. Oh yeah. I heard that loud and clear

"the part where the government turns a kind of terror faucet on and off to scare the public into acquiescing to whatever it wants to do?"