Posted by John Nolte Jan 22nd 2011 at 2:32 pm in Featured Story, Mainstream Media, Politics, Television, media bias Like most conservatives I am of course thrilled to see my political nemesis Keith Olbermann gone from his perch at MSNBC. His Angry Ted Baxter routine in which he hurled insults and dishonesty like a monkey hurls his own poop, was never a pretty sight. But that doesn’t mean I couldn’t at least somewhat respect Olbermann for flying his partisan flag. With Olbermann gone, the news media is somehow even more dishonest today than it was yesterday.
Olbermann stridently declared, “I’m coming to get you Righties,” and then hurled away. Fair enough. Politicio, Mediaite, Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, the rest of the broadcast networks, the New York Times, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum — they all do the same in the department of poop hurling, but without hoisting their partisan flag. And that is all the difference in the world.
And so, if for no other reason, I do credit Olbermann for not attempting to hide his agenda behind some sanctimonious veil of objectivity. The others, however, the so-called “objective” outlets are contemptible spies, out of uniform, and deserving of nothing more than our own brand of contempt. The whole idea of objective journalism is a lie, a conceit, a ploy for Leftists to declare what truth is and float above the debate.
Any day of the week, I will take a thousand Keith Olbermanns over a single Christiane Amanpour –I will embrace Olbermann’s Tokyo Rose over this endless parade of Walter Durantys.
Yes, there are exceptions, we are fortunate enough to benefit from a few truly objective journalists, chief among them Brett Baier, Jake Tapper, and Chris Wallace. But so few exceptions in a media ocean of willful dishonesty, only serves to prove the rule.
Keith Olbermann was my political adversary, a ruthless and determined adversary never above making a fool of himself or hitting below the belt. But I will at least stop for a moment to salute the smoking ruins of a career fought openly on the battlefield as opposed to the dark, cowardly, dishonest shadows of “objectivity.” It’s the difference between a “screw you” to the face and a stab in the back, the difference between a dirty player and a corrupt referee.
So long, Keith. I won’t say I’m sad to see you go, but I can say that unlike those in the profession you leave behind, you at least have one redeeming quality.
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