YouTube: The Beginning of the End of America. ⇒
19 October 2006, early evening
How popular is Olberman down in the states? Are his editorials actually doing anything effective?
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I watch them and love them, but I see them on Reddit. His ratings are inproving and he is becoming competitive with O’Reilly, so that’s a decent start. It’s hard for me to imagine him becoming a huge deal, though. Honestly, Jon Stewart is the big voice of reason here, and even he would admit that that’s a little crazy, given that he does a comedy show. He and Colbert are actually big guns down here, no matter how much anyone downplays them.
by Ben on October 19 2006, 8:04 pm #
i wish he would take on a less angry tone.
by martha on October 20 2006, 4:09 am #
Really? But he should be angry. All of us should be so angry. The administration blatantly lies all the time, is making a successful effort to dismantle national and international laws, and almost no one in the media here is standing up and saying a word about it. It’s insanity. If we can’t take on an angry tone about that, what is there for us to be angry about?
by Ben on October 20 2006, 10:34 am #
I’m with Ben; what’s going on in the states is hardly something to be calm about. These editorials are great stuff.
by ramanan on October 21 2006, 3:20 pm #
Olberman sometimes sounds as zealous as O’Reilly. That makes me uncomfortable.
by martha on October 23 2006, 6:02 pm #
He’s usually not inaccurate in what he has to say. He also doesn’t yell at his guests. I think he’s got a long way to go before you can compare him to O’Reilly.
Here is a transcript of the video.
by ramanan on October 23 2006, 8:40 pm #