# Has Keith Olbermann Jumped the Shark? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-keith-olbermann-jumped-the-shark/548341 "2010-07-28T18:19:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-keith-olbermann-jumped-the-shark/548341/1 "2010-07-28T18:19:31Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-keith-olbermann-jumped-the-shark/548341/2 "2010-07-28T18:22:44Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-keith-olbermann-jumped-the-shark/548341/3 "2010-07-28T18:40:11Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-keith-olbermann-jumped-the-shark/548341/4 "2010-07-28T18:53:58Z")
> [@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. I agree. The guy is basically just the liberal version of O’Reilly - in other words, a massive douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-keith-olbermann-jumped-the-shark/548341/5 "2010-07-28T19:35:00Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > 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.