Keith Olbermann Predicts Ed Schultz is a Goner
October 27, 2011 at 9:00 PM 3 comments
MSNBC moved The Ed Schultz Show to 8:00 p.m. ET this week, the show’s third time slot since it debut in April, 2009.
Yeah, it’s only been a week but it isn’t bringing in the big buckaroos the corporate media counts on:
I can’t defend Schultz. I have no idea what he’s thinking. He led tonight with a long segment about Paul Ryan (R-WI) and his speech yesterday at the Heritage Foundation during which he said (in essence) that President Obama is waging class warfare and oh, something incoherent about jobs. The point is, Schultz gave Paul Ryan — a sociopath whose policies will never fly — a whole bunch of time and attention and frankly, I don’t give a rat’s ass about Paul Ryan and I don’t think anybody else does either…other than maybe the beltway pundits.
As a matter of fact, I’m willing to bet that most Americans have no idea who Paul Ryan is.
I changed the channel.
Schultz seems to be fixated on Ryan because he seems to be fixated on defending President Obama and the DNC. I mean, the guy has repeatedly said of late that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are “frustrated,” a word Obama and his Press Secretary, Jay Carney, use all the time.
We aren’t “frustrated” Ed, we’re FURIOUS! We’re furious but we’re trying to hold it together.
Ed Schultz’s time has come and gone. If he continues to side with President Obama and the Democrats – who have failed the 99%ers as tragically as the Republicans have — he’s done. His ratings will continue to lag and hey, he’ll bore an audience that’s willing to die, almost literally, to buck the establishment. Again, we aren’t frustrated, we’re furious. But Ed can’t deliver because he’s owned by the corporate media and because he just doesn’t seem to get what’s going on around here.
Keith Olbermann is right when he tweets:
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Janet | October 27, 2011 at 9:12 PM
Hi!
TeamOlbermann is not run by Keith. According to the profile — “Account operated by Fans and Friends of Keith! #FOK”
When I saw it I first thought Keith said it too, but it’s not him.
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Say It Ain't So Already | October 27, 2011 at 9:20 PM
I hear ya’.
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Janet | October 27, 2011 at 9:28 PM
I have mixed feelings about Ed Schultz, but I had a rather significant discussion about him at Costco about 2 months ago. One of the sample distributors was talking to an older male customer and telling him about this guy “Ed Schultz” she saw on MSNBC and “he was explaining how the Republicans really don’t want to help us average folks, and you should watch him. He makes sense.” She continued to present Ed’s arguments with the zeal of the newly converted. It was exciting to me to see people’s eyes being opened to the lies of the right.
If he can reach a new demographic with his message, then I say let him have a go. I think he can get through in ways that Keith, Rachel and Lawrence can’t. I am glad to see him in his new time slot.
How it plays out ratings/revenue-wise for MSNBC, well, I’m not in a position to address that. I guess I don’t really care.