--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <groups@> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.alternet.org/
> 
> Wow. Edward R. Murrow would be proud.
> 
> Who is this guy?

Name is Keith Olbermann.

 Does he actually have a forum
> on broadcast TV? (You have to remember that I
> live in France and don't get American TV unless
> it's been put on the Web or made available for
> illicit download.)

He has a one-hour news program on the cable channel
MSNBC, of which about a third to a half is pure fluff,
and the rest very hard-hitting journalism.  I believe
the program (called "Countdown") is MSNBC's highest-
rated prime-time program (but that's not saying much).

He has a blog on MSNBC's Web site:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240

He was originally a sportscaster (and still has a
show a couple of times a week on ESPN, I think).
Then he had a news show during the Lewinsky mess
but quit in disgust at having to do all Lewinsky,
all the time.  Went back to sportscasting, then
eventually got the "Countdown" show, which started
out as a primarily humorous news program (he's a
very witty chap) and slowly morphed into a more
serious show, and lately into one of the very few
programs to be consistently sharply critical of the
Bush administration.

He's only recently started doing these commentaries.
The first one made a huge splash among progressives,
and he's been doing them regularly ever since.  Most
of the transcripts are linked to from his blog page.

The show is on weeknights at 8 p.m. EST and is
rebroadcast at midnight.







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