Olbermann named American Spectator's Tyrrell "Worst Person" runner-up for saying Limbaugh apologized
During the October 4 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann named American Spectator founder and editor-in-chief R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. the "runner-up" in his "Worst Person in the World" segment for, as Media Matters for America documented, asserting that Rush Limbaugh "already apologized" for his September 26 "phony soldiers" comments "in the event that he offended anyone." As Media Matters noted, while Limbaugh apologized "to all of the members of the United States military, both in uniform and out, active duty and retired, for Media Matters for America," he has not apologized for characterizing service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq as "phony soldiers."
Olbermann said that "Emmett Tyrrell Jr., the editor-in-chief of the lunatic fringe publication American Spectator ... visited the Fox News whorehouse to defend comedian Rush Limbaugh in the 'phony soldier' cover-up, insisting that Limbaugh's, quote, 'already apologized in the event he offended anyone.' " Olbermann continued: "No, what Limbaugh said was, 'Since you won't get an apology from Media Matters for America ... I want to apologize to you for them. ... I apologize to you on their behalf since they won't.' Now, to be fair, if Limbaugh had to apologize every time he made a mistake or uttered a horrific insult, he would have to be on the air 24 hours a day."
From the October 4 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann:
OLBERMANN: The runner-up tonight: Emmett Tyrrell Jr., the editor-in-chief of the lunatic fringe publication American Spectator, who visited the Fox News whorehouse to defend comedian Rush Limbaugh in the "phony soldiers" cover-up, insisting that Limbaugh's, quote, "already apologized in the event he offended anyone." No, what Limbaugh said was, "Since you won't get an apology from Media Matters for America ... I want to apologize to you for them. ... I apologize to you on their behalf since they won't." Now, to be fair, if Limbaugh had to apologize every time he made a mistake or uttered a horrific insult, he'd have to be on the air 24 hours a day. He'd probably have to take stimulants or -- oh, sorry.
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Well of course Brock would want to feature American Spectator's Emmett Tyrrell Jr as Keith's recipient of the WPITW Award.
It's called sticking it to his old employer ;-)
I just don't know how this country can go on till Rush apologizes. Did MoveOn.Org apologize? Well I just don't see how this country can go on till they do.
sarcasm off
MoveOn: no apology required! We told the truth about a scumbag's numerous past lies fitting the pattern of the lie he had advertied he would tell to Congress. When (Gen.)BetrayUs was moving up the command, he lied to Congress and the nation in 2003, in 2004, and in 2005. I personally suspect he lied in 2006, but do not have the data to hand to make that new assertion. Now he has lied in 2007. With a pattern of that length, and that strength, calling him a liar is almost a prerequisite to discussing whatever snakeoil he now has to sell.
If it helps, "advertised" does include an "s".
Fox News Whorehouse...
That's a nice turn of a phrase there. Well done Keith!
So, the General lied all those years. Did he lie because YOU SAID he lied? Or did he really lie? If he did...what were those lies?
Amazing how Keith never even brings up the smear book Brock made toward Anita Hill? I guess character does not matter to Keith.
Wow, you got to zing KO AND DB all in one post. You can pick up your medal from the Rovian Rangers.
Character in cable news? Hey, why stop at Keith's tapping of a political turncoat?
When it comes to the character of guests and sources, no one has higher standards than Fox News:Convicted felon G. Gordon Liddy.
Tax dodger and adulterer Dick Morris (also a political turncoat, like Brock)
Alleged money launderer Tom DeLay
Compulsive gambler Bill Bennett
but don't forget sueeld is a progressive. she told us so.
But she didn't say a progressive what....
Jeter, Rush doesn't have to apologize yet. Although I secured the Surrender of the Dittoheads last night, I have handicapped the Rush Army , giving them until Sunday Midnight to avoid humiliating defeat.
Maybe you can help them out, you seem like a sharp lad.This item's been here more than a week, and as far as I know, not one of them has been able to lay a foundation for their case.
I'd hate to see them go down without a fight. ;0)
I'd hate to see them go down without a fight. ;0)
There's a joke in there about limpaugh, the soldiers, and make-up sex, but I refuse to be the one who brings it up.
Beach,
I don't think Rush needs to apologize. Interpretations to his remarks are clearly split depending on one's side of the fence. Quite frankly I would have preferred to pass over this silly controversy without comment, but now 375 threads later here we still are.
I think Rush just beat out Imus & Billy-Boy.
There's so many more important topics out there BUT thanks to all the players involved, that won't shut up about it, we continue to be bombarded by this foolishness. And having the Congress join in was just beyond ridiculous not to mention a colossal waste of time.
May I add here that the uproar over MoveOn.Org was also stupid.
Cleveland is stupid.
The Red Sox are stupid. The Angels are really stupid.
I like that word. I'm gonna use it around here more often ;-)
You can call me a stupid pinko commie if I can call you a stupid neocon bastid. :-0)
Deal.
Those can be our "pet names" for each other as we coo & woo ;-)
I see you wrote that post before your beloved Yankees went down 0-2. You really must be surly now.
grrrrrrrrrrrrowlllllll. rrrrrrrrrruff! rrrrrrrrruff!
Snoop you ok? Do you need your meds?
;-)
Snoop is still my favorite. Good doggy. (petting fondly).
I'm protecting my new master. She rubs my tummy unlike the last one who just threw me a dry bone once in a blue moon.
Jeter,I will not dignify your smear of the Angels with a response, good sir.Until you apologize.
In and of itself, this whole incident is no more stoopid than anything Rush says on a daily basis. I just decided to have fun with it.What it did demonstrate, is how gullible and faithful the Dittohead audience is.And how much of their understanding of these silly items is filtered through Rush homself.
As a reasonable conservative, you must enjoy the posts by the visitors who come here whenever there's some extra publicity, Jeter. I mean that as, you're secure enough to know that you're in a different group, and others know that.
The part of this issue I've been amusing myself with is this; the whole premise of Rush, and his fans, is that the "phony soldier" remark was about a group of anti-war frauds who have been displayed by the media as representative of the troops.
For more than a week, several other posters , and I, have been asking for any examples of these. Zilch.It's completely made-up BS that Rush has conned his monkeys into believing, and they're using it as a basis to post here.
That's funny. And it's also the death blow to Rush's army, as the hour of their disgraced surrender draws near.
(still more than 48 hours, I hope they're working away) ;0)
Not related, but I'm just dying to post this video of this "enraged vet" who thought he was real manly cutting down a mexican flag with his k-bar and then wadding up the american flag and stealing it. Just love how Fox is promoting his criminal activities as "patriotism"!
That's good, Snoop. My favorite part- apparently the Vet cut the cord, lowering the flags to ground level, but Cavuto seems to think he climbed the flagpole, resulting in this (paraphrased) exchange;
Cavuto: How did you get up there?
Vet: I drove my car.
Snoopy,
Of course he shouldn't have broken the law, but you left out that the Mexican flag was being flown above the American flag in violation of U.S. Code.
The following is from ushistory.org
The laws relating to the flag of the United States of America are found in detail in the United States Code. Title 4, Chapter 1 pertains to the flag;4. When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the right of the flag of the United States (the viewer's left). When the flag is half-masted, both flags are half-masted, with the US flag at the mid-point and the other flag below.
but you left out that the Mexican flag was being flown above the American flag in violation of U.S. Code. AA
No he didn't, that info was in the article he linked to.
Did I edit the video to take that out? ;)
But you missed the real point. What's so difficult about just calling the restaraunt and telling them that they are flying the flag wrong? Instead fox manufactures fake outrage, gets a willing sucker to march off half cocked with a knife and a threat, and they film it for their frothing masses.
But Snoopy, that wouldn't help the drama queens (kings?) who need a macho adrenaline rush. Who says women are more emotional than men. Ha. ;-)
AA, you also left out that the owner said he did not know there was a proper way to fly the American flag and then his Mexican flag.
That nut could have been a decent human and informed and educated the owner on the proper way to fly both the American flag and Mexican flag.
Well Pearl, 2 hours later and still no reply from AA about civility vs. ratings. No surprise there!
The true sequence is a corporate logo flag on top, the US flag upside-down underneath.
Thanks MMFA for showing us with that last statement what a class act Olbermann is.
(Way back when I enjoyed watching him on ESPN, but I still think he's bombing on Sunday Night Football.)
who visited the Fox News whorehouse
It is offensive to any female who works for FOX News.
Barney and Sue, you delicate flowers. Which euphemism would've prevented you from getting the vapors? Brothel? House of Ill Repute?
Which euphemism would've prevented you from getting the vapors? Brothel? House of Ill Repute?
None, its offensive to women, but again Olbermann gets a pass , he can say anything offensive and get away with it. We get it.
Sueeld, I have to disagree , this is not a "insult to women" issue. I think you are looking for something that is just not here.
I didn't take this to describe any women at all. The men are the whores over there. Don't make this a phony women's issue.
Not that I think any women are phony (ala Rush). Just thought I might need to clarify for the settee fainters.
maybe it was offensive to whores?
It is offensive to any female who works for FOX News. Sueeld.
Sue, some of those woman who work at Fox know they are being hired for their looks. Fox is even creating a show to compete with CNBC business and according to this headline those women knew they had to looks.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/02/fox-business-network-hire_n_66840.html
Ops.. "women knew they had to have looks before brains".
Tyrrell basically prostituted himself out to Fox News to lie on-air and defend Limbaugh. So Olbermann's description of the place is dead-on accurate.
Tyrrell's the real class(less) act.
Right, Dave. Just like "Nazi", if you're really tired of being called (xxxx), maybe stop behaving like a (xxxx).
A well-deserved "honor", Tyrrell. Nice work as usual, Keith. Keep it up!
I agree, Keith should get a pass on almost anything.
But to pursue the "whorehouse" matter a bit further.
No question, because of the history of what I might gingerly call oppressive patriarchal hegemony, it would probably be better had Keith avoided the word "whorehouse," even with Fox Noise, which nonetheless gives a whole new layer of meaning to the term.
But how about we simply expand out to describe the complete context over at Fox as follows:
O'Reilly, Hannity, Cavuto, Gibson, et al regularly "pimp" for wingnuts who are more than willing to ideologically "prostitute" themselves on Fox.
This way we have an equal opportunity gender dis.
I'm not sure if my good friends on the left know this, but Olberman's(sp.?) "Worst Person" gimmick is a favorite joke for conservatives. I mean, it started as an act of desperation for a rating's challenged hack to get more viewers, but now it's turned into a kind of a badge of honor for anyone on the right. I mean, if you are a leader in conservative politics and you have not been smeared by Olberrman(sp.?) as the "Worst" person, what are you doing wrong, for God's sake!!!
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sorry for the spelling errors, but I haven't really had the time or the interest in memorizing Ollbernamm's(sp.?) name.
Do you and your conservative friends brag to each other about who got called a douchebag the most times in a given day? If so, the joke would really be on those douchebag-noticers.
Have you noticed what a douchebag(sic) Ollbermman(sp?) is!
No but I have noticed what a MORON you are
I ony get to see him on Sunday Night Football. Seems nominally good looking. I'm sure you have a more creative mangling of O.K.s name somewhere in you. Do your fellow Dittoheads proud. Show some imagination.......Oh.
Sorry for not getting back to your clever rejoinder sooner.... but my fax machine is broken and I haven't been able to receive my talking points from Rush.
All us Limbaugh fans are just mind-numbed robots, you know!
(At least this is the argument that people on the left keep making as they get their marching orders from George Soros through his money laundering organizations such as MMFA!)
Somebody is trying to bore us to death. And his name rhymes with hillyhob.
I like the part about being a numbskull robot that he immediately follows and supports with some Rush "facts".heh.
It's in his programming.
Medic!
I think he bit me!
My mistake, wardrobe malfunction.
I'm sure that sounded reasonable when the Oxymoron sent the talking point down to his Limborg minions. Only a brainwashed hiveminder would take it seriously. You are truly brainwashed. Keep pushing the Limborg talking points it is definitly amusing. The left is famous for not agreeing on ANYTHING the idea WE are taking marching orders from anyone would be laughed at by anyone with two functioning braincells to rub together. YOU have been assimilated.
I spent an hour reading "hits" on "Petraeus"+"2006", and the conclusion is that the reason I cannot readily produce evidence of a lie (to parallel his 2003 mobile bio-weapons lab confirmation; 2004 "tangible progress" and "Iraqi leaders standing up" & his WaPo editorial endorsement of Bungle for Preznit; 2005 "very substantial momentum" in standing up Iraqi forces & a slide-show presentation at the St. Regis in DC with an implication that we were [within moments of deploying] "the battalions, the brigades, the divisions" . . . "that process is moving along quite well" at the very same time that the GAO was unable to find any functional units even of battalion size; and now, 2007 whoppers); is that he was essentially silent for most of that year?
They finally found the Westmoreland-type general for Iraq-Nam.
I think Glen Beck characterized Olbermann best when, in reference to Olbermann's presence on Radar magazine's most overrated list, he referred to the MSNBC character as a "waste of skin."