Very Bad Moves
I have never watched Keith Olberman's show, but have seen a few video clips. My opinion of him? He's a jerk on the make. He thinks he can build a name for himself by playing to the left and being more and more extreme in his anti-Bush diatribes. Some share my opinion, some think he's wonderful, some think he's good, some think he's bad. None of which gives anyone the right to send the man a packet of powder in the mail and attempt to terrify him.
None of which gives the NY Post license to make fun of him, either.
I'd guess that if a packet of powder, even harmless powder has the Olberman packet turned out to be, showed up at the home of the Post reporter who wrote the article, the tone of the report would be a bit different. This is nothing to laugh at or make fun of.
There is absolutely no way at this point to make a judgment as to who sent this. It could be a partisan on either side of the political divide. One to scare Olberman, the other to make false accusations about the other side trying to scare Olberman. It could be a jerkoff with a sick sense of humor. Whoever it is, I sincerely hope he or she gets caught and sent to prison for a long, long time.
Olberman may be a jerk, but he still has a right to say what he wants without someone trying to terrorize him. Or without the NY Post making fun of him for being frightened by this. These are both very bad moves.
UPDATE: Others: Done With Mirrors, RWNH, A Blog For All, Patterico, TMV, Political Pit Bull, Hugh Hewitt,
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By Quilly Mammoth, Wednesday, 27 September , 2006 @ 11:45 pm
Keep making posts like this and people might think you’re not an eviill conservative.
OTOH, I didn’t see the same reaction on the “other side” when Deb Frisch made her threats.
Ah well.
By TC@LeatherPenguin, Thursday, 28 September , 2006 @ 1:50 am
I’m sorry, but I don’t buy this story. It reeks of a stunt. If it was truly legit it would have been wall to wall covered by every media outlet based in Manhattan. They all have someone monitoring NYPD’s radios. Even Olby’s own MSNBC didn’t run hogwild with it.
By Roland Hesz, Thursday, 28 September , 2006 @ 7:58 am
What would you expect from a Murdoch paper?
By TC@LeatherPenguin, Thursday, 28 September , 2006 @ 2:05 pm
Roland, you’re an idiot. Do you really think Murdoch is going to take time away from his global ambitions on the media frontier to give a rat’s ass about a no-account, ratings failure like Olbermann? If he truly cared he could just approach GE and BUY MSNBC, then cancel Olby’s show.
You got to get away from the “Darth Rove/Murdoch/Pick Someone” juice, skipper. Gilligan’s getting worried.
By Roland Hesz, Friday, 29 September , 2006 @ 3:05 am
Nope, leather penguin.
I never said Murdoch done it.
But this year the papers in Murdoch’s property - from Sunday Times to this fine piece - has spouted a lot of sick stuff.
It is a general quality of the papers he owns. Sorry for that.
It goes for profit, no matter what trash and sick stuff it takes.
Did I say that Murdoch wrote it?
No.
Stop reading your delusions into other people’s writing.
Thank you
I won’t offend idiots calling you one