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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
WFAA, Tom Leppert get razzed on TV by Stephen Colbert and Keith Olbermann
Big night for Dallas among TV pundits.
Two Dallas institutions got razzed on national TV Monday night: WFAA-TV and ex-Mayor Tom Leppert.
WFAA was the subject of a piece by Stephen Colbert, who complained that the Dallas TV station would not air an ad cheering on the NBA owners including Mark Cuban for the lockout that was paid for by his SuperPAC.
"WFAA, you have [bleeped] with the wrong people. We are Colbert superPAC. Our rage tonight is big and bright. What’s WFAA's excuse? According to this letter I received from their sales manager, quote, ‘Here’s an explanation of what happened,’ followed by, ‘I can’t explain what happened.’ WFAA, I call on you to air our ad on tomorrow on a prime spot like Good Morning America."
According to WFAA VP Dave Muscari, the only reason the station didn't air the show was "human error."
Two hours earlier, Keith Olbermann named Tom Leppert one of the "worst people in the world," awarding him the Bronze medal for criticizing the Occupy Wall Street movement.
"This would-be nominee has launched first political campaign centered on opposition to Occupy Wall Street exhibits the same flawed values that got our country in this economic mess. Leppert was chairman of audit committee at Washington Mutual Bank, lost 63 bill and got sold to chase and we had – so if anybody knows about the same flawed values that got our contry into this economic mix, it’s Tom Leppert cuz it looks like he invented most of them."
His other worst person nominees were Rick Perry’s wife Anita, and the winner, Glenn Beck.
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wingtipwalker, anonymous:
Keith Olbermann criticizes conservatives? What is this world coming to?
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AdrianKimberly, anonymous:
Oh, wingwalker, Mr. Olbermann doesn't just "criticize" conservatives, he properly skins 'em alive, as they so justly deserve.
He accurately points out how much so-called "conservatives" hate America and are working feverishly to to destroy the government that was created by the people and for the people.
Greed is the hallmark of the "conservatives" and I am among the 99% who are about to put the brakes on their traitorous activities.
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ray326, anonymous:
I was very upset Colbert left Izzy off the team.~
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lo9tta, anonymous:
What if Keith Olbermann criticized Tom Leppert and no one was there to hear it? Oh, that's right, no one ever is..
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
lo9tta, i heard it. since moving to Current TV, Keith Olbermann has had some ups and downs on ratings because Current is still working on its distribution, and has seen a change in management. but they seem committed to making sure he finds his audience. he had a good week at the beginning of September:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/k...
so there's some good news for ya
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Paragon, anonymous:
hey teresa, he had 46,000 viewers and dropping. much down from his launch of just over 100,000.
http://www.bnet.com/blog/sports-enter...
so there's some good news for ya.
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
Paragon, thanks! i do keep up with all that. appreciate you
if you read the story to which you are referring, it's rather dated - referring to period in September whose ratings drop they say could be attributed to a number of factors, including a repeat episode and a five-day absence by Olbermann who was suffering back problems.
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mikeguy, anonymous:
lol...love Olbermann.
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lisaltx, anonymous:
People care what Olbermann says? Since when?
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
it seems like he first became popular in the mid-80s when he was a sports anchor in los angeles. so maybe .. 1985? or thereabouts
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llovejim, anonymous:
i like keith's show, but i obviously don't agree with him all the time...but compared to the goons on fox or rush? you gotta be a real moron to be able to listen to that garbage. colbert is funny, the daily show is often brilliant and fox and rush are still spewing lies and half-truths for the dittoheads and sheep.
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Paragon, anonymous:
it's a bit dated? talking about septembers numbers on the 18th of oct. really? ok, however you want to spin it is fine.
"good lord, those numbers describing a trend from the onset of the show until now are like......2 weeks old, surely in those 2 weeks we have turned things completely around."
whatever.
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