Clash of the titans: Olbermann vs. Maddow, which do you prefer?

[Seen the light]

Poll question: Clash of the titans: Olbermann vs. Maddow, which do you prefer?

I think I know where this will go, but I just want to see for sure.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Olbermann's been around longer

[opihimoimoi]

2. He got the Monster HEAD

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. Oh. n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Maddow is ok, sometimes.

[MrSlayer]

5. Keith.

I like Maddow's show too but Keith is way better.

[IndianaJones]

6. Olbermann does ok on the football show. nt.

[Stand and Fight]

7. Olbermann. n/t

[FredStembottom]

8. O's prose is full of "fluffy nothings"........

...that he seems to think makes him more Murrow-y. This drives me up the wall.

Rachel is fun, slyly smart and not only connects the dots - but convincingly connects to "dots" I hadn't even noticed, yet.

I love it!

[elleng]

11. She's truly a smart reporter and a muckraker,

while being coherent and pleasant.

'connects the dots - but convincingly connects to "dots" I hadn't even noticed, yet.'

[truedelphi]

16. Word. n/t

[phaseolus]

9. I love 'em both

I like Maddow's show for its levelheadedness. And, for that frequent redheaded guest whom I adore.

Olbermann sometimes overreaches & gets apoplectic over things that aren't very significant, but when he really nails something he's unsurpassed.

[Donnachaidh]

10. she got me when she said her Mom was a Newfie.

I'm VERY partial to Canadian folks. Might even send her a box of donairs for christmas. :evilgrin:

[Prophet 451]

12. Keith but there's almost nothing in it

They're both fantastic and if there was an option for "equal", I'd take it.

[XOKCowboy]

13. Both

equally. No vote.

[meowomon]

14. Rachel

She's so fucking cool and smart. And may I add that she is a femme's dream come true. I'm thinking of sending her a tool belt and asking her to pose in it for me.

[StreetKnowledge]

15. Rachel is great, but Keith is better

Not much else to say. They both own anything the lunatic right can put up, though. Keith I swear is trying to retire Bill O'Reilly. Keep socking it to him, Keith. :D

[knixphan]

17. Masculine & Feminine side of the same coin...

Love 'em both. But voted Keith.

(Rhymes with 'teeth')

[Radical Activist]

18. Olberman feels like I'm watching the liberal version of an angry talk radio host.

That's not what I want. Maddow by far.

[Greyhound]

19. Tough choice, Maddow is better on the facts and putting it together,

but Olbermann has a better screen presence.

[rucky]

20. Neither of them would want to do me.

But if I had my choice, it would be Rachel.


edit: We ARE playing "Who Would You Do?", right?

[bunkerbuster1]

21. If I have to choose, Maddow, hands down.

I appreciate all that Olbermann has done to bring unpleasantness to light, and I certainly appreciate his role in bringing Ms. Maddow to light.

But Maddow is much more explicitly progressive in her mindset; she is far more likely to bring up such things as labor issues (has Olbermann EVER really done pro-labor segments, beyond the usual "Wal*Mart sucks" stuff?), she's just plain better informed about national security issues, and I think her show makes a much stronger effort to air opposing views.

It's not a knock against Keith to say this; he's a better entertainer, Rachel's a better reporter.

[Mudoria]

22. The last while neither...

Olbermann's show basically has the same guests every night, all repeating his talking points back to him. Maddow, I liked at first, now she just bores the hell out of me. Rather watch Matthews or Shuster than KO or Maddow.

[moondust]

23. Divisive much?

:eyes:

[Malikshah]

24. Thanks. My thoughts exactly. Nothing like the internets to bring

out the poorly thought out topics of discussion.

:)

[morningglory]

25. I love them both (kiss,kiss,kiss) but they are covering the same ground.

Now that the election is over, they need to dig up some new material. After we have seen Pat Buchanan on Morning Joe, CNN-at-noon, McLaughlin Group, Road to the White House (or what you call it), Tweety, and Keith, it gets a bit much to see him again on Rachel saying "Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, Socialist, etc" God, please deliver me from him and his ilk.

[anonymous171]

26. I like them both equally. Maddow brings me down to earth, Olbermann gets me properly outraged

[kevinds13]

27. Rachel is great, but "Talk Me Down" kills me.

I voted Keith.

[bobbolink]

28. Why does there have to be a preference? They are both good journalists,

they are BOTH working hard to bring TRUTH to light.

They both have a valued place.

These kinds of horseraces are beyond silly, they are harmful.

[Bryan]

29. Olbermann by a considerable margin

I appreciate Keith's seriousness more, even though it tends to slop over into fustian; too often, I feel that Rachel is overcompensating for her impressive education with joviality and cutesiness. I especially dislike her frequent descent into Jon Stewart-like casualness ("Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State; change we can believe in, except, maybe... not so much on the changey thing?").

[psychmommy]

30. i agree.