Has Keith Olbermann Jumped the Shark?

[Paul in Qatar]

I was a big fan of Keith. A couple of years ago, he was the Source of Truth. Then came Rachel Maddow who is so much better than Keith ever was.

Further, Keith has gotten worse. I stay somewhat current on Keith and Rachel on YouTube, and Keith is hardly worth my time anymore.

I mean the pseudo-conservatives write their own comedy, does a commentator really need to resort to name-calling and funny voices? The Daily Show's Jon Stewart was spot on in his commentary on this.

I do like the Thurber stories. I like the Worst Person in the World, I do not like the daily countdown of days.

Olbermann comments on the news, Maddow makes the news and darn near sets the agenda.

Has Olbermann jumped the shark?

[RikWriter]

How can someone who started out as a parody of himself jump the shark? He was on the far side of the freaking shark from day one.

[El_Kabong]

Gotta confess Olbermann's pompousness and annoyingly mannered dellivery get up my nose. I hate it when Limbaugh and all those FOX douchebags resort to the name-calling and silly voices; equally so when Olbermann does it. I really am not looking for that sort of sophmoric 'entertainment' from news commentators at all.

I'm not really sure what the point is of MSNBC having three commentators in a row (Mathews, Olbermann, Maddow) essentially covering the same stories anyway. Of the three I currently find Maddow consistently the most interesting, with Mathews a distant second.

[joebuck20]

How can someone who started out as a parody of himself jump the shark? He was on the far side of the freaking shark from day one.

I agree. The guy is basically just the liberal version of O'Reilly - in other words, a massive douchebag.

[boytyperanma]

I agree. The guy is basically just the liberal version of O'Reilly - in other words, a massive douchebag.

I agree with this. I disagree with many equivalency arguments right wingers try to make but when the argue Obermann is just as bad as O'Rielly I think that is spot on. Both are terrible partisan hacks. Nothing makes me want to sit down and watch them. After I do I'd have to fact check anything they said anyway as I don't believe either to be honest.

I probably see just as much O'Rielly as Obermann. I let YouTube filter out the more interesting/controversial things they have to say. My opinion being if it didn't make it to YouTube, it is probably just the standard partisan BS I have no time for. Chances are the clips making it to YouTube are the same category but at least people are talking about them and when I hear the conversation I have an idea of whats going on.

Rachel on the other hand I love her.