Beck, Olbermann
filbert Thursday, July 22 2010 @ 09:36 PM CDT Views: 261
Now, I'll admit I have not actually watched very much of Keith Olbermann's MSNBC show lately (although I ought to, every once in a while, I suppose) but I have, just in the past week or two, been watching Glenn Beck fairly regularly.
One observation is that Beck is very funny. Another is that Beck does his homework.
I have this rather uncomfortable feeling that Beck is pretty much on the nose regarding what's going on in this country. A really uncomfortable feeling.
I also have a feeling that Olbermann isn't anywhere close to being in Beck's league--either in terms of humor, of entertainment, or of accuracy and incisive commentary and trenchant comment on the day's news. An example:
(For a while, when I first heard this, I thought that Olbermann was talking about the demonization of the Tea Parties. But then, "of course," the Tea Partiers and the eeee-villlle right-wing are the villains of Olbermann's piece, even when they're completely, utterly, totally out of power, barely hanging on in a few, isolated media venues. OK. Sure. Right.
But I'll go ahead and DVR Olbermann for a week and (try to) watch him, side by side (or front-to-back?) with Beck. I'm not sure where this will lead . . .
One observation is that Beck is very funny. Another is that Beck does his homework.
I have this rather uncomfortable feeling that Beck is pretty much on the nose regarding what's going on in this country. A really uncomfortable feeling.
I also have a feeling that Olbermann isn't anywhere close to being in Beck's league--either in terms of humor, of entertainment, or of accuracy and incisive commentary and trenchant comment on the day's news. An example:
(For a while, when I first heard this, I thought that Olbermann was talking about the demonization of the Tea Parties. But then, "of course," the Tea Partiers and the eeee-villlle right-wing are the villains of Olbermann's piece, even when they're completely, utterly, totally out of power, barely hanging on in a few, isolated media venues. OK. Sure. Right.
But I'll go ahead and DVR Olbermann for a week and (try to) watch him, side by side (or front-to-back?) with Beck. I'm not sure where this will lead . . .
