Countdown with Keith Olbermann
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“Countdown With Keith Olbermann,” the landmark news and commentary program that reordered the world of cable news, returns as a daily podcast. Olbermann’s daily news-driven mix will include his trademark “Special Comment” political analysis, the tongue-in-cheek “Worst Persons In The World” segment, and his timeless readings from the works of the immortal James Thurber. The man who turned SportsCenter into a cultural phenomenon will broaden the content to include a daily sports segment, a daily call for help for a suffering dog, and a remarkable series of anecdotes covering a career that stretched from covering the 1980 Olympic Miracle on Ice a month after his 21st birthday, to anchoring the 2009 Presidential Inauguration and the 2009 Super Bowl pre-game show in a span of just twelve days, to rejoining ESPN as a “rookie” baseball play-by-play man at the age of 59.
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SERIES 2 EPISODE 177: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN
A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: A lawyer yelling "you're a liar" at a witness does not make him a liar, despite what Anderson Cooper says. The storyline before the Trump Trial began was: If Michael Cohen keeps his cool when Todd Blanche screams at him, he'll prevail. He did it, and yet the networks rushed to ignore it. Prosecutors have already said they'll only need about an hour of re-direct of Cohen next Monday, meaning that's all the time they expect to require to polish him back up. They are still winning - plus there is still the wild card that in his perpetual over-confidence Trump may testify.
And yet that's not where I start because sometimes the most important story and the most interesting one are not the same thing. The primary sidebar takeaway from Cohen's testimony was based on a poorly worded tweet that the author, Ron Filipkowski, deleted. “Cohen testified that his main media contacts to get positive stories run about Trump were Maggie Haberman, Katy Tur, and Chris Cuomo." Except Cohen DIDN'T say that. He was asked if he had good relationships with reporters. Haberman? "Yes," he replied. Tur? "Yes." Cuomo? "Yes." I am thus in the position of defending - in part - the transactional Haberman, my appalling ex, and the ridiculous Cuomo.
Having said that, they are all imperiled because of what Cohen DID say.
Plus we have a really great punchline to the day in the courtroom in which a would-be Trump Insurrectionist learned that loyalty to him is a one-way street, even if the only thing you wanted was a wave.
B-Block (29:43) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Exactly what American journalism needed: Chris Cillizza has authored a "Mission Statement." It is even more hilariously self-unaware than any actual article he's ever written.
C-Block (51:44) FRIDAYS WITH THURBER: A lot in this episode about the media, so let's hear from Thurber and how they tried to turn him into a radio star and instead turned him into a nervous wreck: "How To Relax While Broadcasting."
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Previous episodes
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437 - NO, THEY DID NOT DESTROY MICHAEL COHEN - 5.17.24 Fri, 17 May 2024
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436 - TRUMP TIPS HIS HAND: HE'LL BACK OUT OF THE DEBATES WITH BIDEN - 5.16.24 Thu, 16 May 2024
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435 - TUBERVILLE CONFIRMS TRUMP'S PLOT TO EVADE GAG ORDER; TIMES MUST FIRE HABERMAN - 5.15.24 Wed, 15 May 2024
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434 - WE NEED A "WALTER CRONKITE MOMENT" FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES - 5.14.24 Tue, 14 May 2024
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433 - TRUMP PROVES: NEVER HIRE A LAWYER WITH 3-1/2 STARS - 5.10.24 Fri, 10 May 2024
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432 - RFK JR'S WORM; TRUMP WORMS HIS WAY OUT OF ALL BUT ONE TRIAL - 5.9.24 Thu, 09 May 2024
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431 - TRUMP DIDN'T SLEEP THROUGH THAT, HUH? - 5.8.24 Wed, 08 May 2024
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430 - NOEM, TRUMP, AND MAGA'S BELIEF THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL - 5.7.24 Tue, 07 May 2024
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429 - TRUMP IS FULL OF SHIT. GAG ORDER DOESN'T PREVENT HIM TESTIFYING - 5.3.24 Fri, 03 May 2024
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428 - TRUMP MUST BE JAILED AFTER VIOLATING D.C. GAG ORDER AND BAIL TERMS - 5.2.24 Thu, 02 May 2024
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427 - TRUMP ALL BUT PROMISES 2024 ELECTION VIOLENCE - 5.1.24 Wed, 01 May 2024
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426 - WE NEED A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE THE SUPREME COURT - 4.30.24 Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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425 - ALITO SHOULD WAKE UP TOMORROW IN GITMO - 4.26.24 Fri, 26 Apr 2024
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424 - TRUMP'S ALREADY WON TODAY'S SUPREME COURT 'PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY' CASE - 4.25.24 Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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423 - TRUMP COULD FACE A MONTH IN JAIL FOR CONTEMPT - 4.24.24 Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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422 - NOW TRUMP WANTS HIS MOBS TO OCCUPY THE COURTHOUSE - 4.23.24 Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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421 - TRUMP MUST GO TO JAIL FOR IGNORING THE GAG ORDER - 4.19.24 Fri, 19 Apr 2024
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420 - TRUMP IS AN IDIOT WHO THINKS JIMMY KIMMEL AND AL PACINO ARE THE SAME GUY - 4.18.24 Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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419 - THE NEW NORMAL: NAP TIME WITH DON SNORELEONE - 4.17.24 Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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418 - DROWSY J. TRUMP FALLS ASLEEP AT HIS OWN TRIAL - 4.16.24 Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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417 - WE IN L.A. MEDIA LET O.J. SIMPSON GET AWAY WITH IT - 4.12.24 Fri, 12 Apr 2024
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416 - ARIZONA ABORTION BAN CAVES IN ON TRUMP - 4.11.24 Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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415 - TRUMP HINTS AT PROSECUTING BIDEN FOR 'STEALING' 2020 ELECTION - 4.10.24 Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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414 - TRUMP'S STUNNING UNFORCED ERROR ON ABORTION - 4.9.24 Tue, 09 Apr 2024
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413 - BIDEN 52 TRUMP 48 - 4.5.24 Fri, 05 Apr 2024
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412 - TRUMP LIED ABOUT TALKING TO THE GARCIA FAMILY. OR HALLUCINATED IT - 4.4.24 Thu, 04 Apr 2024
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411 - TRUMP: I WILL FEDERALIZE STATE AND LOCAL COPS - 4.3.24 Wed, 03 Apr 2024
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410 - TRUMP STOCHASTIC ASSASSINATION THREAT AGAINST BIDEN - 4.2.24 Tue, 02 Apr 2024
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409 - GOP THREATENS TO CUT OFF NBC ACCESS OVER RONNA - 3.29.24 Fri, 29 Mar 2024
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408 - REPORT: NBC TRIED TO THROW JEN PSAKI UNDER THE BUS TO SAVE RONNA McDANIEL - 3.28.24 Thu, 28 Mar 2024
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407 - TRUMP IS SO SICK HE'S NOW MAKING UP WORDS; RONNA, GONE-A - 3.27.24 Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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406 - TRUMP GOES NUTS, COMPARES HIMSELF TO JESUS - 3.26.24 Tue, 26 Mar 2024
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405 - VALET'S J6 TESTIMONY: TRUMP IGNORED ASHLI BABBITT SHOOTING - 3.22.24 Fri, 22 Mar 2024
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404 - TRUMP WON'T DENY TRYING TO GET THE $464M FROM RUSSIA OR SAUDIS - 3.21.24 Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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403 - TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON ORGY OF ANTISEMITISM - 3.20.24 Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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402 - TRUMP ATTACKS WITNESS, VIOLATES GAG ORDER. JAIL HIM. - 3.19.24 Tue, 19 Mar 2024
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401 - CHRIST! WILL SOMEBODY BRING TRUMP TO JUSTICE ALREADY? - 3.15.24 Fri, 15 Mar 2024
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400 - RFK JR'S VP CHOICE AARON RODGERS IS A SANDY HOOK DENIER - 3.14.24 Thu, 14 Mar 2024
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399 - RFK JR WANTS AARON RODGERS AS VP; HUR SELF-IMMOLATES - 3.13.24 Wed, 13 Mar 2024
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398 - WHO OWNS TRUMP AND HOW SICK IS HE? (HE MISPRONOUNCED 'PUTIN') - 3.12.24 Tue, 12 Mar 2024
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397 - BIDEN SOTU: I'LL HAVE WHAT HE'S HAVING - 3.8.24 Fri, 08 Mar 2024
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396 - THE SOTU ADDRESS BIDEN SHOULD GIVE: WE MUST KICK TRUMP'S ASS - 3.7.24 Thu, 07 Mar 2024
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395 - SCOTUS CREATES WAY TO DISQUALIFY TRUMP AFTER THE ELECTION - 3.6.24 Wed, 06 Mar 2024
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394 - TRUMP APPEARS TO HAVE "FLUENT APHASIA" - 3.5.24 Tue, 05 Mar 2024
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393 - WHAT HAPPENS IF THE COURT CREATES "PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY?" - 3.1.24 Fri, 01 Mar 2024
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392 - MY BROTHER RICHARD LEWIS IS GONE - 2.29.24 Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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391 - MICHIGAN: TRUMP UNDERPERFORMS, BIDEN OVERPERFORMS - AGAIN 2,28.34 Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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390 - BOB COSTAS NEEDS TO SHUT THE EFF UP ABOUT JOE BIDEN - 2.27.24 Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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389 - FBI BIDEN "INFORMANT" SMIRNOV ARRESTED AGAIN! - 2.23.24 Fri, 23 Feb 2024
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388 - I THINK THE FBI 'BIDEN INFORMANT' SMIRNOV IS FLIPPING - 2.22.24 Thu, 22 Feb 2024