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Bill O'Reilly Launches Nuclear War on Keith Olbermann

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Well, the war has finally gone nuclear. Bill O'Reilly has actually posted a petition on his website demanding that MSNBC fire Keith Olbermann -AND- bring back Phil Donahue to do a show on MSNBC instead!

http://www.billoreilly.com/petitions/viewpetition?petitionID=45714

Olbermann had an absolute field day with this on his show Friday night, going so far as to break into song -and- show him and several MSNBC staffers lining up to sign O'Reilly's petition.

Promising regular war communiques on what Olbermann is calling (and MSNBC is showing with new graphics) as "THE FALAFEL GUY FATWA."

Some of Olbermann's more amusing shots:

"The median age of viewers to this program is 58.7. The median age of viewers to Mr. O'Reilly's program is 68.6. If you want to be concerned about well being, Bill, be concerned about the odds of your viewers living into next week."

"Mr. O'Reilly has been good enough to start a grass roots movement, and as Leslie Nielsen once noted, 'there's nothing like a good movement,' which you already know if you've seen Bill's show...."

"Does this mean the MSN part of our company doesn't exist anymore?" -- As he flings away what looks like a memory card or piece of his computer running Windows.

"As a bonus when you fill out this form ... (you get) 20% off at Dave's Discount House of Falafels." (as he fills out O'Reilly's petition)

ABSOLUTE MUST SEE VIDEO: http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Countdown-FalafelBill-Petition.wmv
 
The amazing thing is people actually care about the moron know as Bill O'Reilly.
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> Well, the war has finally gone nuclear. Bill O'Reilly has
> actually posted a petition on his website demanding that
> MSNBC fire Keith Olbermann -AND- bring back Phil Donahue to
> do a show on MSNBC instead!
>
http:/> /www.billoreilly.com/petitions/viewpetition?petitionID=45714
>
>
> Olbermann had an absolute field day with this on his show
> Friday night, going so far as to break into song -and- show
> him and several MSNBC staffers lining up to sign O'Reilly's
> petition.
>
> Promising regular war communiques on what Olbermann is
> calling (and MSNBC is showing with new graphics) as "THE
> FALAFEL GUY FATWA."
>
> Some of Olbermann's more amusing shots:
>
> "The median age of viewers to this program is 58.7. The
> median age of viewers to Mr. O'Reilly's program is 68.6. If
> you want to be concerned about well being, Bill, be
> concerned about the odds of your viewers living into next
> week."
>
> "Mr. O'Reilly has been good enough to start a grass roots
> movement, and as Leslie Nielsen once noted, 'there's nothing
> like a good movement,' which you already know if you've seen
> Bill's show...."
>
> "Does this mean the MSN part of our company doesn't exist
> anymore?" -- As he flings away what looks like a memory card
> or piece of his computer running Windows.
>
> "As a bonus when you fill out this form ... (you get) 20%
> off at Dave's Discount House of Falafels." (as he fills out
> O'Reilly's petition)
>
> ABSOLUTE MUST SEE VIDEO:
http://> movies.crooksandliars.com/Countdown-FalafelBill-Petition.wmv
>

Well, it's a win win for everyone. O'Reilly and Olberman go to war and increase their ratings amongst their viewers. I'd rather watch last night's Colbert Report and Daily Show repeats on Comedy Central.
 
Is Olbermann that close to O'Reilly in the ratings that Bill has to go after him like this? Last I knew, MSNBC was running third behind CNN and FOX, and Keith was contemplating yet another career change...sports...oh..wait..Been there, quit that, lol.
 
> Well, the war has finally gone nuclear. Bill O'Reilly has
> actually posted a petition on his website demanding that
> MSNBC fire Keith Olbermann -AND- bring back Phil Donahue to
> do a show on MSNBC instead!

Normally, I would think this was a staged feud to boost interest in both shows, but we are talking about Bill O'Reilly here. The same Bill O'Reilly who once urged his viewers to boycott Fox's entertainment division because of "Method Man and Red" and boycott CNBC because they hired John Bradshaw Layfield (who, of course, had been a regular FNC weekend commentator until the week before).

One of these days, he'll get mad at Greta or something and start boycotting his own network...while still showing up for work.
 
Something went through my mind as I watched this on "Countdown" Friday night: Bill O'Reilly is actually shocked that someone like Keith Olbermann is calling him on the carpet and stealing his thunder. But try as he may to dismiss him, Bill just can't seem to shut Keith up. Instead, he pubicly desires, through a "petition," to go up against someone (Phil Donahue) he knows he can treat like a punching bag, both in ratings and publicity, instead of a show and a host that are quickly gaining on him.

The thing is, though, Bill O'Reilly isn't man enough to admit any of this. Simply put, he is desparate.

There was actually another thought that occurred to me on Friday: Donahue's MSNBC show came and went so quickly a few years ago. And when O'Reilly mentions he wants Donahue back, most people start to wonder, "Really? Donahue once had a show on MSNBC??"


> Well, the war has finally gone nuclear. Bill O'Reilly has
> actually posted a petition on his website demanding that
> MSNBC fire Keith Olbermann -AND- bring back Phil Donahue to
> do a show on MSNBC instead!
>
http:/> /www.billoreilly.com/petitions/viewpetition?petitionID=45714
>
>
> Olbermann had an absolute field day with this on his show
> Friday night, going so far as to break into song -and- show
> him and several MSNBC staffers lining up to sign O'Reilly's
> petition.
>
> Promising regular war communiques on what Olbermann is
> calling (and MSNBC is showing with new graphics) as "THE
> FALAFEL GUY FATWA."
>
> Some of Olbermann's more amusing shots:
>
> "The median age of viewers to this program is 58.7. The
> median age of viewers to Mr. O'Reilly's program is 68.6. If
> you want to be concerned about well being, Bill, be
> concerned about the odds of your viewers living into next
> week."
>
> "Mr. O'Reilly has been good enough to start a grass roots
> movement, and as Leslie Nielsen once noted, 'there's nothing
> like a good movement,' which you already know if you've seen
> Bill's show...."
>
> "Does this mean the MSN part of our company doesn't exist
> anymore?" -- As he flings away what looks like a memory card
> or piece of his computer running Windows.
>
> "As a bonus when you fill out this form ... (you get) 20%
> off at Dave's Discount House of Falafels." (as he fills out
> O'Reilly's petition)
>
> ABSOLUTE MUST SEE VIDEO:
http://> movies.crooksandliars.com/Countdown-FalafelBill-Petition.wmv
>
 
> Is Olbermann that close to O'Reilly in the ratings that Bill
> has to go after him like this? Last I knew, MSNBC was
> running third behind CNN and FOX, and Keith was
> contemplating yet another career
> change...sports...oh..wait..Been there, quit that, lol.
>

The last thing I could find puts Olbermann way behind O'Reilly- but that was from last July. Olbermann has improved his show and is learning a lot from Jon Stewart- but Jon is still the signature liberal on TV. IMHO O'Reilly is in far more danger from the DS/Colbert repeats than from Olbermann. This does great things for Olbermann as he gets more exposure (his fan base is still growing) While O'Reilly is about at his acme if not already on a downword slide. O'Reilly goes after AAR all the time even though his radio venture appears to be falling off the face of the earth. He forgets that Olbermann, Franken, Stewart and Stephanie Miller should be best dealt with by ignoring them- but he can't bring himself to do so. He needs to go after Mainstream Media, that's what made FNC number 1 in the Cable news business- not going after liberal pundits. It doesn't take much for liberals who fight back to expose the omissions and slants of FNC. MSM won't do that to them, so he makes a tactical error giving his real opponents free exposure.
 
> The last thing I could find puts Olbermann way behind
> O'Reilly- but that was from last July. Olbermann has
> improved his show and is learning a lot from Jon Stewart-
> but Jon is still the signature liberal on TV. IMHO O'Reilly
> is in far more danger from the DS/Colbert repeats than from
> Olbermann. This does great things for Olbermann as he gets
> more exposure (his fan base is still growing) While O'Reilly
> is about at his acme if not already on a downword slide.
> O'Reilly goes after AAR all the time even though his radio
> venture appears to be falling off the face of the earth. He
> forgets that Olbermann, Franken, Stewart and Stephanie
> Miller should be best dealt with by ignoring them- but he
> can't bring himself to do so. He needs to go after
> Mainstream Media, that's what made FNC number 1 in the Cable
> news business- not going after liberal pundits. It doesn't
> take much for liberals who fight back to expose the
> omissions and slants of FNC. MSM won't do that to them, so
> he makes a tactical error giving his real opponents free
> exposure.


Even with Olbermann's ratings bump, O'Reilly still handily beats "Countdown"...THAT'S the reason this feud is really funny. O'Reilly could take the Coke approach and simply ignore him, but his pomposity gives Olbermann & MSNBC free publicity. And MSNBC's primetime ratings have topped CNN's as of late...

O'Reilly's indignance could give "Countdown" all the buzz it needs to really raise it's profile in the cable news wars.

(Post #993 dedicated to WMFC-FM "Oldies 99.3" Monroeville, AL, my hometown!)

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> Even with Olbermann's ratings bump, O'Reilly still handily
> beats "Countdown"...

However, Olbermann's numbers are better in the younger (25-49) demos and O'Reilly has a median audience age in the upper 60s.<P ID="signature">______________


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> > Even with Olbermann's ratings bump, O'Reilly still handily
>
> > beats "Countdown"...
>
> However, Olbermann's numbers are better in the younger
> (25-49) demos and O'Reilly has a median audience age in the
> upper 60s.
>

It also gives MSNBC good reason to slant their evenings to the left instead of the current strange hodgepodge. They may never beat FNC but if Olberman is the main seller why not try two more hours of same? A liberal FNC may only get half of FNC's viewership numbers at best but still do well. I wonder if MSNBC would ever go up for sale, CBS could buy it for their news and do something along these lines. A Japanese company (sony?) might be a better fit as well. Idle speculation.
 
Lester Holt replaced Donahue on MSNBC, not Olbermann

...Donahue's last show on MSNBC was in February 2002. Olbermann's "Countdown" first aired on the last day of March. In between, the time slot was taken up by Lester Holt's cheerleading drumbeat for the approaching war on Iraq. As usual, O'Reilly can't deal with reality...<P ID="signature">______________
King Daevid MacKenzie
WLSU Wisconsin Public Radio, La Crosse
heard weekly on http://www.radio4all.net/
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> > However, Olbermann's numbers are better in the younger
> > (25-49) demos and O'Reilly has a median audience age in
> the
> > upper 60s.
> >
>
> It also gives MSNBC good reason to slant their evenings to
> the left instead of the current strange hodgepodge. They may
> never beat FNC but if Olberman is the main seller why not
> try two more hours of same? A liberal FNC may only get half
> of FNC's viewership numbers at best but still do well. I
> wonder if MSNBC would ever go up for sale, CBS could buy it
> for their news and do something along these lines. A
> Japanese company (sony?) might be a better fit as well. Idle
> speculation.

...what stash are _you_ smoking from?!? NO multinational -- Viacom, Disney, General Electric, Sony -- has any interest in programming material that inherently challenges the corporatist line. That's why Donahue got screwed like he did in the first place...<P ID="signature">______________
King Daevid MacKenzie
WLSU Wisconsin Public Radio, La Crosse
heard weekly on http://www.radio4all.net/
"Kill Ugly Radio." FRANK ZAPPA</P>
 
> That's why Donahue got screwed like he did
> in the first place...



That and the fact he only had 16 people watching a night.
 
> > That's why Donahue got screwed like he did
> > in the first place...
>
>
>
> That and the fact he only had 16 people watching a night.
>
Sure, in comparison to O'Reilly. And yet, all of his successors (save for possibly Olbermann) had dramatically worse ratings. Anyone remember "Nachman"?<P ID="signature">______________
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> > That's why Donahue got screwed like he did
> > in the first place...
>
>
>
> That and the fact he only had 16 people watching a night.

...you're short by about 445,984 on that tally...last I checked, that was more than what any of us here are getting...<P ID="signature">______________
King Daevid MacKenzie
WLSU Wisconsin Public Radio, La Crosse
heard weekly on http://www.radio4all.net/
"Kill Ugly Radio." FRANK ZAPPA</P>
 
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