rsmith6621
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:38 PM
Original message |
HEY Keith O.....Stop IT!!!!......PALEAZE |
|
Stop the daily obsession with Barry Bonds.....Barry seems to be YOUR Natilie Holloway....
I dont care about Barry as long as our prez is lying and Soldiers are dying in Iraq.....
Baseball is a corporate biz lets stop giving any credence to this story.
|
Rick Myers
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:39 PM
Response to Original message |
1. Man, The Barry Bonds story is KO's Dead White Chick!!! |
|
I know he's a sports guy, but it's been every day for a week.
|
lonestarnot
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:39 PM
Response to Original message |
2. Shit I got home late! Anything there at all? |
DS1
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:40 PM
Response to Original message |
cynatnite
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:40 PM
Response to Original message |
4. Bonds comes on...TV goes off n/t |
Teaser
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:42 PM
Response to Original message |
|
So you don't care about it. Don't watch.
I like baseball. I care about this issue.
|
lonestarnot
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:43 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
8. There are other things in life besides baseball, especially here. Isn't |
|
democracy a little more important than baseball? Without it there may not be any baseball.
|
mondo joe
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:55 PM
Response to Reply #8 |
22. Oh for goodness sakes. Keith isn't a political show - it's news/ |
Teaser
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:58 PM
Response to Reply #8 |
23. You know FUCK about me |
|
Edited on Thu Apr-06-06 07:59 PM by Teaser
and what I have or have not done to defend our democracy. So until you do, shut yer trap about what should be important to me with respect to a few minutes of TV I watch a night to enjoy myself.
|
UCLA02
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:06 PM
Response to Reply #23 |
27. Shit, man, go watch some TV and have a beer or something. Relax. |
|
You're in the GD forum, and so it was a legitimate question as to what the issue should be, not that you were wrong.
Geez, throttle back a bit, Turbo.
|
lonestarnot
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 09:13 AM
Response to Reply #27 |
43. Heh heh heh throttle back. like that. |
lonestarnot
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 09:12 AM
Response to Reply #23 |
42. This is a political board not a fucking ballgame and I don't give a fuck |
|
to know about you and my trap never shuts so go watch your ballgame which I think blows as well as your comment.
|
TomInTib
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:49 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
rodeodance
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:42 PM
Response to Original message |
6. i don't watch it either but glad to see he is keeping the game clean |
ladjf
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:43 PM
Response to Original message |
7. Keith, listen to me. Most people don't give as s..t about Barry |
|
Bonds. We are worrying about bigger and more dangerous crooks.
|
NYCGirl
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:13 PM
Response to Reply #7 |
30. I'd bet that more people care about Barry Bonds than care about |
|
politics. DU is just a rarified world.
|
ThomWV
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:44 PM
Response to Original message |
9. He Has To Stick With It - That's Why He's Keith |
|
Its all part of what makes his show so great, it is him as the Sportscaster, him as the boy of games. Its all part of the deal and the show would just be another newscast without it or whatever his obsession of the moment is. Just fun, let it go.
|
WhiteTara
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:46 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
13. daily? I agree ...PLEASEEEEE |
|
stop with the Barry Bonds.
|
TomInTib
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:47 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
mwb970
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 07:03 AM
Response to Reply #9 |
40. Is the Bonds obsession better than the O'Reilly obsession? (n/t) |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:44 PM
Response to Original message |
10. I Say That With All That K.O. Has Done For Us, Repeatedly, He Deserves It. |
|
Let him have it. He has done more than enough for us, and we can give him this in return. He is a sports guy at heart, and if covering this story means that much to him, than I say let him beat it to death as much as he wants. Lord knows he's covered that ones that mean so much to us, I think we can reward him with patience while he covers one that means so much to him.
|
Viva_La_Revolution
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:44 PM
Response to Original message |
11. Steroids cause your balls to shrink and your attitude to grow... |
|
maybe that's what's wrong with O'Liely? :shrug:
|
TomInTib
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:46 PM
Response to Original message |
12. Just out of curiosity.. |
|
Edited on Thu Apr-06-06 07:48 PM by TomInTib
Why would Countdown limit itself to war and politics?
A very large slice of the audience watches because of KO's sports creds.
In the world of sports, the Bonds story is as big as the lying prez is in our world of DU. Maybe bigger. And certainly a lot more pressing.
You know, there are actually some people out there who do not care on whit about politics and war.
I live in one of the most politically aware places in the country and I know folks who read only the sports section of the paper.
|
Kurovski
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:47 PM
Response to Original message |
15. Try looking at it this way, maybe there are folks tuning in for the Bonds |
|
report who don't care about the rest, but who may nevertheless learn something.
I admit it's a stretch, but it's all I got.
|
OrangeCountyDemocrat
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:52 PM
Response to Original message |
17. Repeat....He's A Sports Guy At Heart |
|
He started out doing local sports at KTLA 5 in Los Angeles. He does an hour of sports on radio each day.
The Bonds story and the steroids in baseball issue is important and somewhat historic. If he covers the other stuff that's political, cut him some slack on having a segment or two to indulge his need for a sports fix.
|
fooj
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:52 PM
Response to Original message |
18. A whole lot of BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...Pretty funny, actually.... |
|
He's never even tested positive for the stuff. I know he did it...but WTF didn't? I think the owners need to step up on this one. Just my 2 cents...
|
madmark
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:53 PM
Response to Original message |
19. he's a sportscaster; he can't help that his sense of proportion |
|
is all out of whack on Bonds.
|
apollo56
(80 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:53 PM
Response to Original message |
20. Why do we have to complain about everything - |
|
others might want to hear about it even if I don't!
|
mondo joe
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 07:54 PM
Response to Original message |
21. Keith has a well rounded show. _eom_ |
KharmaTrain
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:00 PM
Response to Original message |
|
I don't care about Barry Bonds and the whole issue stinks...but it is an issue and one that does affect millions of people who do follow baseball as well as the overall ethics of this case.
Just because he's not covering your pet issue doesn't mean there aren't those watching who aren't paying attention. If anything, Olbermann's coverage is designed to bring in new viewers...those who listen to him on ESPN Radio...and generally aren't seeing the news the rest of us are. Now how would you feel if those people said "who cares about what Libby said to Miller"..."or every time they do a story on that O'Reilly dude, I'm clicking off".
There's a story in the corruption of baseball and sports that parallels what we see in politics. It's the concept of winning at all costs and how those who cheat to win try to get away with it. In many ways Bonds and steroids is no different than boooosh and his scortched earth politics.
|
Karenca
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:00 PM
Response to Original message |
|
And I HATE listening to sports news.
He's done so much for us......just compare him to all the pieces of crap out there who pretend to be reporting fair and balanced news.
Remenber after the election....he was the only one who listened to us, returned our emails and put our concerns on the air.
I love him for all he's done.....Let him have his fun.
|
Beelzebud
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:03 PM
Response to Original message |
26. I hate everyone that doesn't do EVERYTHING EXACTLY the way I want. |
Berry Cool
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:11 PM
Response to Reply #26 |
28. At least you're honest. :-) |
|
I look at it like this. I think Bonds is important because if we can't have honesty in sports, how can we have it anyplace else? I care about honesty everywhere--not just in government.
Second, even if I cared not a whit...I'd give this to Keith anyway. Baseball is the great love of his life. This story matters to him intensely. But it's not as if it's the top story on his show every night. His top story tonight was Libby, as it should have been. Heck, it wasn't even his second story. I think he has a sense of perspective about it that's just fine.
At the same time, it allows him to use his sports reporting experience and also employ some synergy between his work for MSNBC and his work for ESPN Radio, and bring in new viewers. Viewers who might have initially come in from his radio audience, for the baseball news, but in the meantime will also hear about other things going on in the world.
It's Keith's show. I'm perfectly happy with the agenda he's setting for it. If not every story thrills me, I wait for one that will. Because he's one of the good guys, and he deserves the generosity in my book.
|
MasonJar
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:12 PM
Response to Original message |
29. I have to agree; I got home late and turned on KO and immedi- |
|
ately turned it off because once again there was the Bonds issue.
|
Disturbed
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:16 PM
Response to Reply #29 |
|
I turn the station or turn off the tube.
|
blondeatlast
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:28 PM
Response to Original message |
32. Wow, I couldn't agree more. I've stopped watching KO because of it. |
|
I stopped listening to Mike Malloy because the other day I disagreed with him about CM.
Al Franken has that Limbaugh listener on--so I turn his show off.
The Daily Show made fun of Howard Dean once, I haven't watched it since.
South Park always disses LWingers and it isn't the least bit funny.
I've stopped watching and listening to 'em all--but I do enjoy a little Kool-Aid while I watch Hannnity and Colmes, Rita Cosby, and Joe Scarborough.
If only the Republicans demanded the purity from their guys the way we do...
:eyes:
|
gkhouston
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 08:41 PM
Response to Reply #32 |
|
:applause: I tend to tape Countdown, as we have a small person rocketing around the house during the early evening hours. On nights when the latest Bonds story sounds interesting to me, I watch it. On the nights it doesn't, there's always fast-forward. Works great for Britney stories, too. ;-)
|
wicket
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 06:20 AM
Response to Reply #32 |
SOS
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Apr-06-06 09:28 PM
Response to Original message |
34. Always watch the first 20 minutes |
|
But when the baseball/steroids/cat falling from tree/Berlusconi video/dumb crooks/TomKat/starts at about 8:20, I ruefully switch the channel.
|
Berry Cool
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 06:17 AM
Response to Reply #34 |
35. Oh well, I guess some people demand their news follow the |
|
Purity Directives.
Me, I'll take truth any way I can get it. And if I have a laugh somewhere in between over something dumb, so much the better.
|
SOS
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 10:28 AM
Response to Reply #35 |
44. No purity directive at all |
|
I enjoy his political and news coverage very much and appreciate him for his courage and honesty. But why should I watch something I have no interest in?
|
WiseButAngrySara
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 06:36 AM
Response to Original message |
37. K & R! Much as I love KO, he needs to WAKE UP on this one! |
fujiyama
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 06:55 AM
Response to Original message |
|
or atleast he used to be, so I don't blame him for being interested in it. His show isn't a straight up news show anyways.
I personally don't care about Barry Bonds, but I like his show otherwise. I'll just change the channel at that time.
But if you are so irritated by it, then email him. Maybe if enough people do, he won't focus so much on it.
|
mwb970
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 07:02 AM
Response to Original message |
|
I just turn the sound down and read the paper or something when KO does his baseball stories. Not only am I not interested, I don't think it's important enough to consume so much time on his program.
It's kind of like waiting for Ed Schultz to finish talking about huntin' and fishin' (and sports) although I like listening to him so I generally stay tuned through the digressions.
|
Jersey Devil
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 07:06 AM
Response to Original message |
41. More people relate to sports than to politics I would bet |
|
I don't know if you every caught his shows on Sportscenter on ESPN but they were the best damned shows I've ever seen on sports.
If he hooks a few more viewers by tossing in a sports story here and there, so what? Lots of times he mentions that he's doing stories only because the producers insist on it so it's obvious he does not have total control of the content of his show. Maybe it's his way of substituting something that he thinks is more interesting than some producer's idea to do an update on Natalie Holloway.
|
Hamlette
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Apr-07-06 10:29 AM
Response to Original message |
45. agreed, seems its becoming a sports show and I'm asportual. n/t |
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Tue May 07th 2024, 11:52 AM
Response to Original message |