I cannot imagine I am the only viewer who is basically simpatico with Olbermann's worldview, but who had come to find him and his show utterly insufferable. The glibness, the pomposity, the narcissism -- all these foibles had, of late, reached gut-wrenching proportions.
No, you are not the only one, Niall. I couldn’t stand to watch him, and therefore didn’t. That kind of attitude should be left on the right with Beck and Limbaugh. Acting like them won’t make them join your side or share your views or change their minds about anything. It just gives them another ironic complaint: that you’re a shrill ass, which is true, of course, even though saying so is the height of irony coming from the right.
And, while we’re on the subject, Rachel Maddow needs to go back on radio or tone down the attitude. I already can’t watch her, either. She used to make sense with some class. The world does not need a leftist Ann Coulter, so don’t go there, Rachel. Leave the snark for print.
[...] …the impression that Olbermann had morphed into a mirror image of those he so often attacked.
An accurate reading.
In any case, for me at least, Olbermann’s act has long been threadbare. Goodnight and good luck, Keith -- and good riddance.
Amen. It was the height of presumption that he used Edward R. Murrow's signature sign-off. Murrow was a rare class act for journalism, a man with courage and integrity who went out into the real world and came back with an accurate report, bowing to no force intending to intimidate or stamp it out.
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