Olbermann Rules...The NEW Face of News!

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What had been one of TV's best kept secrets isn't so much of a secret anymore! MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann is starting to make some real noise in the ratings and its host is starting to finally get the recognition he's long deserved. The current issue of The Nation (www.thenation.com) contains an article by Martin Kitman that does a much better job of reviewing the show and its host than I could but I will say Kitman's right on in saying Olbermann is changing the face of news. You don't have to agree with him on the issues to recognize his talent or his passion not to mention the fact that he does his homework very thoroughly. The "alphabet soup" networks would be wise to to take note of Keith's brand of reporting and analyzing the news. He manages to make the top stories of the day entertainng and interesting and he speaks TO us, the viewers now DOWN to us. There is humor to lighten things up instead of a full hour of doom and gloom, and when he's giving his opinion you KNOW it's his opinion not something disguised as objective reporting. Keith's "Special Comments" have been the highlight of this show on several occasions and, as I said, you may not agree with him but you can't deny his passion and conviction. I'm an admitted lefty so I tend to agree with much - if not ALL - of what he says but this format would work with a conservative host as well. It worked back in the day of Ed Murrow, before news anchors were supposed to have no opinion; in the Murrow air Fulton Lewis Jr. and Walter Winchell were also on the air. Could I suggest to any of you who haven't seen Countdown to give it a try and tune in? Hey, you righties can either DVR O'Reilly (Keith's champion "Worse Person in the World at the moment) or catch him on the reruns later! Just check the show out and I dare you to me you didn't find it both informative and entertaining! Annie