That Was Fast: Lou Dobbs Named A “Worst Person” By Olbermann
Shortly after Lou Dobbs announced his decision to leave CNN, he received his first going-away present: a “Worst Person in the World” bronze medal, courtesy of Keith Olbermann.
At 6:21 yesterday, Media Decoder broke the news that Dobbs would be leaving the network to “engage in constructive problem solving.”
Amid early speculation that that meant he might be leaving media entirely (since when has media been constructive?), CNN President Jon Klein released a statement that Dobbs had decided ”to carry the banner of advocacy journalism elsewhere,” which revived old rumors that he might be headed over to Fox Business. Yesterday, a spokesperson for FNC and FBN told Mediaite that they had not had “any discussions with Lou Dobbs for Fox News or Fox Business.”
So … how is a career decision that might not even result in Dobbs’s winding up under the Fox umbrella (though that result is still the odds-on favorite) Worst Person-worthy? After reading Dobbs’s press statement in his trademark ’spooky voice,’ Olbermann justified it thusly: “you’ve just denied me that impression? How dare you, sir!” Olbermann also passed on the rumors that for the time being, CNN would do two hours of their 8pmET show (that would be Campbell Brown), and that Dobbs would be poached by Telemundo.
Broadcasting at 8pmET, Olbermann did not mention Klein’s statement — which Mediaite posted at 7:45pmET — but the “Worst Person” segment still showed some pretty quick turnaround in incorporating something that had happened less than two hours before the show began.
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17 comments
StewartIII says: Olbermann is such a hate-filled LOSER. He cannot respect anyone whom doesn’t have his twisted liberal ideology.
I could care less about Olby and his rather nice toupee but isn’t he getting a little ridiculous with all this “Worst Person in the World” routine. PMSnbc doesn’t realize it but he’s become a caricature of himself now.
tedneb says: In fairness, the real reason Lou Dobbs left is probably that he wanted an audience, something that CNN doesn’t have.
An audience is good. Keith Olbermann should try to get one some time.
If Dobbs leaving means that Olbermann will never get to do that impression again, everybody on Keith’s staff and all of his regular viewers shpuld send Lou a big thank you card.
That performance was pretty much, the definition of god-awful.
NewHampster says: KO is still trying to out Fox his old friends like Bill’O. I’d call it p…. envy but if I remember, no I won’t bring up old crap.
Obiwanabe is really a ratings hunting ass. Nothing more.
libra blue says: If Lou is considered the “Worst Person in the World” by Olbermann, he must be doing something right! Someone should send that tiresome old Eugene Levy lookalike back to the 60s, his15 minutes were over long ago.
Kevin says: Who’s Keith Olbermann? Is he that guy EPSN fired because he was so full of himself? Is that the guy SNL made fun of because he always looks like he is about to explode? You’d have to be a pathetic loser to be a liberal and still get slammed by SNL. He’s an idiot only the extreme, hateful left could possibly stomache. I watched his interview with candidate Obama las fall and his questions were all big softballs….one he actually asked what he thought of the “nasty” attacks by the republicans. I think a 9 yr old asked the same question this summer during one of his canned town hall mtgs.
spartacus92007 says: Ha! Eugene Levy look alike – and act-a-like-
Olbermann is one of the reasons for the significant decline of what was once a “reasonable” news agency.
He is much better suited as a periodic mad blogger for Huffington Post
ImNotBlue says: Well, KO would know something about leaving a job before the contract was up. Let’s not forget it was KO would left MSNBC the first time, because he didn’t want to talk about the Lewinsky scandal… so he quit. KO is known for storming out when he doesn’t get his way. Finally, a topic on which KO can speak intelligently!
Dottie from Pa says: Jealousy is what this is all about. Olbey is so jealous of FOX, Dobbs, Beck and any other media person other than who is on CNN that it must hurt him so much that he has to say all these terrible things. If he would just stick to the news and tell it truthfully he might start feeling like a human being. Poor slob!!!
Olbermann also passed on the rumors that for the time being, CNN would do two hours of their 8pmET show (that would be Campbell Brown)
Completely wrong, as this morning’s announcement shows. Shouldn’t Olbermann be reporting news and commenting on it, not passing along rumors?
ExShultzSux says: Have you ever noticed that K. Loserman only has the same 5 guests each and every show. His little posse of lowlifes. And he spends half of every show bashing FOX and Billo. He is truly pathetic.
Nachi says: Ahh. The Little People are assuredly here today! That quivering mass of ignoble sadness and blighted phlegm. Their inner-rage seethes to be be set free – and here they are. Yup.
Tacoma Chuck says: Now we get to see if Lou Dobbs can carry on the tradition of leaving CNN and doing well on another network.
If the problem with the Dobbs program was the same as with Glenn Beck, where the self beloved honchos at CNN did not allow Dobbs to do the program as he saw fit. Now, Dobbs can go elsewhere and do his program his way and become as successful as Beck. It will be interesting to see if Dobbs can get between 2 and 4 million viewers per night on a competitive network such as FNC or if he really has gotten stale. I suspect that it is the network that had become the problem.
libra blue says: I wonder if CNN continues to have Lou under contract to prevent him from taking another job or spilling the beans about CNN for a specific amount of time like they did to Aaron Brown when he was pushed aside for Klein’s now tarnished “Golden Boy” Anderson Cooper?
TfT says: A much more appropriate title for this article would have been:
“That was Stupid”.
Tater Salad says: Next on the agenda:
Olbermann will name Olbermann as worst person , he deserves it. This guy is in left left shagging right field fiy balls.
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