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January 16, 2007 10:23 AM

News Scrap (It's On!) The battle between O'Reilly and Olberman, the remix. From the always wonderful On the Media.
posted by timsteil (16 comments total)

I heard this this weekend... lame.

On the Media should be doing much more work like the excellent:

Counterspin:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=5

and comparing Olberman with O'lielly is kind of like comparing Clinton and Bush... hardly two sides of the same coin.
posted by specialk420 at 10:28 AM on January 16, 2007

Gut instinct: Oh, thank god. More of O'Reilly and Olbermann. Can't we just salt both of them to watch them wither?
After listening to the piece: This was tremendously unfunny. Let's salt Brooke Gladstone too.
posted by boo_radley at 10:30 AM on January 16, 2007

The prospect of listening to O'Reilly fight with Olbermann is like watching Britney Spears fight with Paris Hilton. Water seeks its own level.

And RealAudio sucks.
posted by cribcage at 10:31 AM on January 16, 2007 [1 favorite]

cribcage: That's not water.
posted by boo_radley at 10:35 AM on January 16, 2007

specialk420, thanks for the Counterspin link.
posted by blucevalo at 10:38 AM on January 16, 2007

I just hate hate hate the On the Media theme song. It is so dissonant it makes me anxious.
posted by ao4047 at 10:38 AM on January 16, 2007

Something funny possibly could be put together from the audio bits on this feud, but that wasn't it.
posted by tula at 10:39 AM on January 16, 2007

does anyone else see these two bickering like when Ice Cube and NWA used to?

MC O'rly should lay down some phat trax with the vomit he spews

::ricky rick:: no...no...NO SPINz...::ricky rick::
posted by Hands of Manos at 10:49 AM on January 16, 2007

Oh, God, white people...

/was on this show once
posted by Kirklander at 10:54 AM on January 16, 2007

O'Really is a limp falafel of a parody. Wonder how long it will take him to recover those millions he spent to shut up the sexual harassment lawsuit?

Olbermann is more of a news man than 99% of the other talking heads on the tube. That means you Katie!
posted by nofundy at 11:36 AM on January 16, 2007

That means you Katie!

I'll bet she reads MetaFilter.
posted by cribcage at 11:46 AM on January 16, 2007

I for one cannot wait until the O'Reilly/Colbert smackdown scheduled for thursday. I think they might actually trigger a fusion reaction when they meet. I am prepared to see O'Reilly divide into 6 parts and disappear.
posted by fourcheesemac at 12:30 PM on January 16, 2007

What's next, Olbermann taking on Geraldo and O'Reilly?
posted by fenriq at 12:53 PM on January 16, 2007

I don't get the Olbermann *H8!*. I think Countdown is a well-executed news-hour, and he certainly doesn't attain the levels of hysterical shout-hype like the rest of the cable mannequins.
posted by ninjew at 2:16 PM on January 16, 2007

Terrible. That was so white I feel black.
posted by Skygazer at 5:40 PM on January 16, 2007

I'm putting 2 to 1 odds on Olbermann kicking O'Really's ass.
posted by nofundy at 11:19 AM on January 17, 2007