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Nbadan
03-01-2006, 05:04 PM
The viewership numbers don't lie...

* O'Reilly down 21%

* Olbermann up 55%

...and that's just in one year.

Source (http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/feb06vs05.pdf)

http://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/images/guests/2005/olbermann_140.jpg

O Reilly can always go into the porn industry...

http://www.weighttrimmers.com/pervert.gif
SA210
03-01-2006, 05:06 PM
:lmao
Oh, Gee!!
03-01-2006, 05:07 PM
I guess people can't handle the truth.
Peter
03-01-2006, 05:26 PM
And now Olbermann has 2,000 viewers. Oh well, I watch neither.
RobinsontoDuncan
03-01-2006, 06:57 PM
when bill oreiley has no audience at all i will be happy
xrayzebra
03-02-2006, 10:05 AM
Who is Olbermann? Never heard of him. Do I want to?
RobinsontoDuncan
03-02-2006, 10:22 AM
He's the best sportscenter anchorman ever and now he has a rival news program oposite Bill O'Reiley's. Olbermann rips on Riley a lot
xrayzebra
03-02-2006, 10:27 AM
Sportscenter anchorman ripping O'Riley(?). Why? What has sports got to
do with an opinion show? Seems strange to me. I don't watch either. Wrong
time of night for my viewing habits.
RobinsontoDuncan
03-02-2006, 10:40 AM
He has a news show on MSNBC now, he was a sportscenter anchorman for like 10 years back in the 90's
Sec24Row7
03-02-2006, 10:41 AM
O'Reilly is a Douche

And I'm about as conservative as they come.
gtownspur
03-02-2006, 01:00 PM
O'reilly is ok.

I just hate it when he goes on his personal crusades.
Sec24Row7
03-02-2006, 03:12 PM
He represents everything that is wrong with today's media.

Fucking ex Hard Copy John Tesh wannabe.
Spurminator
03-02-2006, 06:03 PM
John Tesh was Entertainment Tonight. Jury's still out as to which news genre is more harmful to society.
Winnipeg_Spur
03-02-2006, 09:14 PM
O'Reilly is probably the biggest reason that the Colbert Report exists, so for that reason alone I'm ok with him. I bet O'Reilly doesn't even believe half of what he says (no one could be that stupid), he just does it to get ratings, and it works. More power to him.
Peter
03-02-2006, 09:25 PM
O'Reilly probably owes about 3/4ths of his success to those who hate him so that they watch, read, and listen to his opinions habitually, make notes about what he says and then post about it on the internets.
Nbadan
03-03-2006, 01:19 AM
O'Reilly probably owes about 3/4ths of his success to those who hate him so that they watch, read, and listen to his opinions habitually, make notes about what he says and then post about it on the internets.

:rolleyes

O'Reilly isn't worth the effort. This is why we have sites like Media Matters that list the outrages behavior and lies put out by these administration propagandist like Insannity, Limpballs, and Falafel-boy.
Nbadan
03-03-2006, 04:29 AM
Speaking of blow-hard propagandists on AM radio...

Check this out:

A bully gets bullied (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnLNDpDQgQk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epanopticist%2Ecom%2Farchiv es%2F187%2Ehtml)
Oh, Gee!!
03-03-2006, 09:49 AM
Speaking of blow-hard propagandists on AM radio...

Check this out:

A bully gets bullied (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnLNDpDQgQk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epanopticist%2Ecom%2Farchiv es%2F187%2Ehtml)


funny video, now we know why Rush sticks to a radio show where he controls everything.
Peter
03-03-2006, 12:49 PM
:rolleyes

O'Reilly isn't worth the effort. This is why we have sites like Media Matters that list the outrages behavior and lies put out by these administration propagandist like Insannity, Limpballs, and Falafel-boy.


You're still worried about what he and the rest of them say. If they didn't court controversy no one would know who they are. That controversy is created by those who disagree with them whining about it all the time.
101A
03-03-2006, 01:47 PM
funny video, now we know why Rush sticks to a radio show where he controls everything.


Rush did a TV show for a few years after that (that was in '99 I believe). The TV show was cancelled because of ratings.

I actually saw that show live back in the day; had never heard of Rush Limbaugh (hardly anybody had outside of California), but was stuck in my girlfriend's apartment in College Station - and the only station available was CBS - so that is what was on.

That was the first instance I EVER heard anybody say anything THAT conservative over the airwaves. I thought it was a put-on, or big joke. This guy in a suit and tie was on TV saying things alot of people thought, but NOBODY would say out loud, for fear of EXACTLY what happened to Rush.

Seeing it now reminds me of how different the political climate is now.

Not a big Rush fan (went through that in the early '90's - again in Bryan/College Station) - but if I tune him anymore, he's saying the same stuff, and you can tell he doesn't do much research, it's just one guy with an opinion (and not a particulary well-versed or bright one at that).

But he DID open the airwaves up for conservatives, and for differing points of view - and for political discourse in general - outside of Paul Harvey there was NO nationally syndicated radio programs pre-Rush.
Oh, Gee!!
03-03-2006, 01:51 PM
Rush did a TV show for a few years after that (that was in '99 I believe). The TV show was cancelled because of ratings.

I actually saw that show live back in the day; had never heard of Rush Limbaugh (hardly anybody had outside of California), but was stuck in my girlfriend's apartment in College Station - and the only station available was CBS - so that is what was on.

That was the first instance I EVER heard anybody say anything THAT conservative over the airwaves. I thought it was a put-on, or big joke. This guy in a suit and tie was on TV saying things alot of people thought, but NOBODY would say out loud, for fear of EXACTLY what happened to Rush.

Seeing it now reminds me of how different the political climate is now.

Not a big Rush fan (went through that in the early '90's - again in Bryan/College Station) - but if I tune him anymore, he's saying the same stuff, and you can tell he doesn't do much research, it's just one guy with an opinion (and not a particulary well-versed or bright one at that).

But he DID open the airwaves up for conservatives, and for differing points of view - and for political discourse in general - outside of Paul Harvey there was NO nationally syndicated radio programs pre-Rush.

I remember that show. From what I remember, it was filmed and produced entirely from his EIB Network Studios. Which explains why the audience was well-behaved.
smeagol
03-03-2006, 02:35 PM
I remember that show. From what I remember, it was filmed and produced entirely from his EIB Network Studios. Which explains why the audience was well-behaved.
Talking about annoying audiences, check out the ones that go to Bill Maher show and to the Daily Show. They cannot be more skewed to the left.
boutons_
03-03-2006, 02:41 PM
Maher and Stewart are comedy shows.

O'Reilly takes himself seriously.
Oh, Gee!!
03-03-2006, 02:43 PM
Talking about annoying audiences, check out the ones that go to Bill Maher show and to the Daily Show. They cannot be more skewed to the left.

I don't watch either show really. I've seen the Maher show once but was not at all impressed. Jon Stewart, IMO, is a lot funnier in sitcoms and movie roles. I pretty much watch reality shows cuz that's what my wife watches.
smeagol
03-03-2006, 03:15 PM
I don't watch either show really. I've seen the Maher show once but was not at all impressed. Jon Stewart, IMO, is a lot funnier in sitcoms and movie roles. I pretty much watch reality shows cuz that's what my wife watches.
Reality shows?

That sucks!
Darrin
03-03-2006, 04:37 PM
Maher and Stewart are comedy shows.

O'Reilly takes himself seriously.

And that is why Stephen Colbert has a career. He satirizes news personnel who take what they do - commenting on the news - way too seriously. Bill O'Reilly, Joe Scarborough, that obnoxious lawyer on MSNBC, Neil Cavuto, they all have the same format for their show, and a supreme arrogance that they can influence the masses, or they have a pulse on what the masses are thinking.

I love watching Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, and Keith Olbermann. But I don't rely on them for hard news (if on television - Jim Leher, Charlie Rose, etc), and have a heavy distain for those that do. Find out what the story is before you hear some jokes or commentary on it.
Nbadan
03-03-2006, 04:39 PM
From another forum:


Bill O'Reilly's head of security called me 'cause I mentioned Olberman saying that I made a harassing phone call to O'Reilly today. I called to Bill O'Reilly today to talk to him about Alito, but mentioned that I like Keith Olberman. As soon as I mentioned Keith's name, O'Reilly hung up on me.

I just got a call on the phone I used to call him from the head of Fox News security. He said that harassing phone calls were coming from my phone. I asked him how many? He did not know. I asked him what was said that was harassing? He said that he did not know but that it did not have to be what was said, but how many calls were being made. He tried to make like I made 20 phone calls instead of one, and that I cursed O'Reilly out. All I said was that I was grateful to O'Reilly for turning me on to Olberman. Then he hung up.
Nbadan
03-05-2006, 04:09 AM
Check this out: Olbermann rips O'Reilly (http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/KOFalafelfatwamarch306.asx)



http://webpages.charter.net/micah/foxcop.jpg

:hat
Peter
03-05-2006, 12:26 PM
So Olbermann's trying to boost his fortunes by ripping O'Reilly who's made his ripping others. BFD.
AlamoSpursFan
03-09-2006, 04:48 PM
http://www.sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.com/