I don’t believe in Heaven, Hell, Judgment Day, or any sort of afterlife. But if I did, I’d say that, if Keith Olberman were to die today, this impassioned plea in favor of gay marriage was going to earn him a spot in the celestial choir.
It’s incredibly wonderful. Not merely for his arguments, which are cogent and well-spoken, but for the passion of his delivery. If there is a God, I’m sure he watched the clip in question, turned to Gabriel, and said, “Make a note. He gets a ‘well-done,’ on the big day.”
Anyway…that’s just me. What moments in TV news & punditry stand out in your mind especially well-accomplished? Conservatives are as free to respond as liberals.
It is, of course, your right to have that opinion. I might observe, though, that I asked one question and you answered a completely different one that, so far as i can tell, nobody asked.
The Hindenburg Explosion comes to mind.
IIRC Walter Cronkite was virtually in tears at the moon landing, that was pretty intense.
Edward R. Murrow taking on Joe McCarthy.
True, but surely part of the value of this thread comes from discussing the punditry, yes? With that in mind - I thought Olbermann’s monologue was clearly sincere, and deeply felt, and I liked much of it - “What is it to you?” is, indeed, a fine question to ask the Prop 8 supporters. But this thing could have been tighter, and Olbermann needed to sound less close to tears.
This is sort of anti-punditry, but the approximately 10 minutes that MSNBC spent not talking at all, just showing people celebrating across the country (especially at Spelman College and Ebenezer Baptist Church) after Obama’s win was more powerful than any words could have made it.
Meh. That wasn’t even one of Olberman’s top 20 rants. Now his “Special Comment” about the Bush Administrations’ F***-up of Katrina, now that was a rant!
Heh… that one is really good. Must’ve watched that 10+ times on youtube. “I’m not gonna sit here and be your little monkey boy.” is probably my favorite line.
Boyo Jim, I agree with you re the Apollo Moon landing… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QS3JSRGk3o It was an awesome moment. In the middle of the cold war, it was wonderful to hear that, “the Eagle has landed.” Then to hear it in many different languages! “And the world waited…” How wonderful!
More seriously, I think that Letterman’s first show after 9/11 was remarkable. No jokes, no celebrity guests. Just him and Dan Rather sitting there talking about what happened.
