20060711 KDDC The World According to Keith Olbermann

"The World According to Keith Olbermann"
(c) Kevin Dayhoff
July 11th, 2006

Although I am not preoccupied with Mr. Olbermann, I was amused with today's post by "Expose the Left." I have watched Mr. Olbermann's show before and figured if his benchmark was Fox News, then why watch the critizism - I'll just watch Fox News and decide for myself.

In all candor, I don't really gravitate to folks with no original thoughts who otherwise wish to be relevant by harshly criticizing those who do think about the issues and work hard at their craft. As my Mom always said, you can't get to heaven based on the sins of others. Well one cannot spin themselves to success by criticizing the success of others...

And I have grown suspect of anything the New York Times prints.

Anyway, Expose the Left says:

NY Times Fluff Piece On Olbermann Has No Mention Of Actual Ratings

The New York Times (who else?) ran a story on the “success” of Countdown and how it has become the “centerpiece” of MSNBC’s lineup.

Throughout the article, columnist Bill Carter writes about Countdown’s ratings only by it’s growth and not by actual numbers. An ignorant reader would come away thinking Olbermann is some television star who is a real competitor in the cable news race. The only indication Carter gives of Olbermann’s actual ratings is when he calls Countdown a “dot in the rearview mirror of Fox News.”

Read the rest here.