Mr. Olbermann, Please Stop

Keith Olbermann turned himself into a liberal journalist sometime in late-2004 after George Bush won re-election in a bitter fight for the White House (that being unless he undermined the system and cheated again). I was originally flattered by his style of journalism–which was frankly, leagues ahead of what anyone had seen on FOX News or CNN (then again, anything was better than the monotone approach of Paula Zahn and the hypocrisy, racism, sexism, and gullible approach of Bill O’Reilly)–but now I realize that Mr. Olbermann is misrepresenting the Democratic party, liberal base, and the liberal media.

He has turned what was a fact-check on the conservative media into an all-out firestorm against Mr. O’Reilly as both an individual and anchor. His refusal to end this obvious ratings-ploy that seems more like name-calling between two kindergarteners is tarnishing his reputation as a serious journalist. In the process, he is destroying his own network, MNSBC and its much more respectable parent, NBC News.

Also, his 10-minute “special comments” have transitioned from a smart, carefully-worded approach at exposing crooks and liars to an all-out attack that is baseless and undeserving. His recent special comment on Hillary Clinton’s RFK-assassination baffled me. I don’t agree with what Mrs. Clinton said, but it wasn’t newsworthy. His neverending rant didn’t focus on a particular issue, like how Katrina victims are still deprived of resources, or how the United States is going full speed ahead to the Olympics in Beijing despite China’s mistreatment of the people in Tibet and Darfur, but rather an unsignificant comment made by a candidate that was hardly worth discussing.

The liberal media’s reputation was spotless before Mr. Olbermann’s sudden transformation in late-2004. Much of it was known for quality reporting, researched content, and informative insight into the world of politics. These days, the liberal media is about attacking everyone who attacks them in sight, not coming up with solutions but rather assuming and coming to false conclusions, and not willing to compromise for the good of the people.

Isn’t that what we continue to accuse the conservative media of doing?

edit: I hope to make myself clear here. I am a DEMOCRAT. I stand for DEMOCRATS. BUT, I will speak out when one of our own misrepresents our base, our ideals, and our values. When it comes to the media, I stand for an UNBIASED media that is not opinionated on any subject. That way, we can all make our own VALID conclusions based on the FACTS.
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Shane runs the youth-based blog, The Young Democrat.