NBC should promote Keith Olbermann to boost Nightly News

keith olderman like o'reilly is not a reporter he is an editorialist and would complete n b c's decline in credibility

Likeability matters. Olbermann isn't occasionally obnoxious, he is consistently obnoxious; and he isn't mildly obnoxious as, say, is Andy Rooney; he is overwhelmingly obnoxious. That's fine if you are looking for a niche audience of people who live in the lefty blogs and believe Bush flew the 9/11 airplanes via remote control into the WTC towers so that Halliburton could profit from a war in the Middle East, but it will drive away the rest of us.

OBERMAN WOULD BE GREAT AND I COULDN'T WAIT. BECAUSE MSNBC MAKES ME VOMIT AND HE WOULD BE THE FINAL NAIL IN THERE COFFIN.

I agree Rob. You cannot turn on Olbermann's show without hearing him blasting some Republican or Bush for something constantly.He doesn't ever have one objective guest on. They all sing the same tune as him. Boring. He's seems to be obsessed with Fox news and O'Reilly. He can't do one show without mentioning them or him. He is way to Left for Primetime Network News. He would make me change the channel as he already does.

I used to watch MSNBC's Countdown but since Olbermann's swung so far to the Left I change the channel. He is obsessed with O'Reilly and FOX and can't seem to do one show without mentioning him or them and has become so obnoxius and unobjective I can't watch him anymore.His guests all sing the same tune bashing Bush or some Republican and are quite tiring.To bad because he used to be pretty funny.If NBC moved him to Primetime Network News it would be the biggest mistake they ever made.

As it happens, NBC is way ahead of you. Keith's already signed up to do occasional short essays on the Nightly News as past of his spiffy new FOUR YEAR CONTRACT. I'm surprised you didn't know. It was in all the papers. ~Dorrie

rather than Olbermann why not hugo chavez or Rosie O'Donnell? same clear thinking with IQs approaching near normal. Why not????

Dorrie:

If that's true, that's a start. My point is that Olbermann would be a welcome breath of fresh air in the plain Vanilla world of network news. The broadcast will need more than an occasional essay.

Jonathan Berr

I meant as part of his new contract. Please excuse the typo. (And the duplication if this posts twice.) ~Dorrie

Olbermann's progressive belligerence has already changed my viewing habits. Instead of Williams, I now watch Gibson; instead of Olbermann, I now watch O'Reilly.

Keith is a sarcastic and negative man with how many viewers - 200,000 - on a good night? Most likely those flipping through the channels to find "Deal or No Deal'

Personally, I'd prefer my stock to go up - would be better to sell MSNBC to Microsoft and invest the twenty dollars received.

Olbermann would be the nail in the coffin for NBC Nightly. He is the most obnoxious man on TV--no wait, that would be Bill Maher--Olbermann is second most obnoxious.

Most of you people wouldn't know news reporting if it bit you on the butt.

The reason you think Olbermann is editorializing is because all the other conservative anchors DO editorialize. Keith tells his audience before he begins to give a editorial, making it clear that's what it is. The rest merely mimick the White House's talking points. That's not reporting - that's reading.

Keith's not obnoxious - he's truthful. Learn the difference.

And his numbers are up in the money demo - 25 to 54. O'Reilly's average viewer's age? 74.

Guess that's why he's so popular.

Yes, put that idiot one dimensional person on the news, he isn't news he is an attack dog with the CNN.

People like to hear diverse views not only one, if you want one view, go to Rosie, cnn, or HBO and you can get someone who crys for the enemy and attacks us constantly without any answers.

The grinning buffon makes my skin crawl, ask him for answers not questions. Any child can ask questions only grown ups can make a decision.

My stock is going to hell and with this idiot in the news, maybe NBC can find the paperwork that bush wasn't really in the military.

Get rid of your stock or do you forget the diverse katie Korek has done to her station and stock.

Mr. Berr,

It would seem you would like to make NBC NPR, would you have all of the advertising revenue come from the government and tofu manufacturers? I would love to see the Army ad on an Keith Overbite Show, "Don't grow up to be a Putz like the guy you're watching, be a man. Join the Army".