Every time I hear Keith Olbermann bash Hannity, O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, or anyone else on Fox news, I wonder why I never hear the same coming from Fox about Olbermann or the other hosts. I’m not saying it never happens, but it must be rare if it does because I don’t remember hearing it, at least not within the last year. With Olbermann, it’s almost every night. Well, there is a very good reason he attacks Fox News so much…and I’ll get to that in a moment. First, let’s look at a graph that I created:
Let me tell you a little about this graph. I chose to only graph the top two news agencies. I am assuming that the unit for viewers is in thousands, however I didn’t see anything denoting that from Mediabistro, so I left it off the graph. But I think that’s a safe assumption. This is all 2009 data, and I excluded days when events were aired in the place of the nightly shows (like State of the Union, etc.). The reason I started on Jan 21 had little to do with Obama, and much to do with the fact that Glenn Beck and David Shuster were both in place and this gave the data continuity. So for average viewers per night, see who’s number 1? Yeah, O’Reilly is really kickin some network news hiney. How about number 7? Yes, it’s Keith Olbermann. The thing I love about this graph is that MSNBC’s best effort is still less than the worst effort of Fox News in the nightly time slots. So while Keith Olbermann is number one among his MSNBC peers, he fades quickly behind Fox News. But this is just an average; what about total viewers. Perhaps he fairs better there? Let’s take a look.
Nope, no better, and it actually looks a little worse.
So this should give you some insight into why he spends so much time attacking Fox News and it’s hosts. Like most losers, he spends a lot of time trying to make himself look better than everyone else instead of actually using that time to do his job and report on the news. It really reminds me of grade school, and it must be killing him that O’Reilly is winning the popularity contest. Well, I love it!
Here’s some comedy gold that Hot Air picked up on today.
As an aside, have you noticed how many of his attacks are ad hominem?