Mo Rocca has appeared on a bunch of shows, including 'The Daily Show,' 'I Love the 80s,'...
Posted Sep 12th 2007 6:52PM by Jeff Hoard
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Phil Griffin knew it would happen, he just didn't think it would happen this quickly. On Friday night, MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann was the top-rated cable news show in the 25-54 demo. That means Olbermann beat his cable rival, FNC's The O'Reilly Factor and its host Bill O'Reilly. That's a first...MoreHere is one segment from Olbermann's ratings winning evening.
The Olbermann/O'Reilly rivalry has been ongoing; here is a collection of clips that illustrate this media pie fight.
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Mo Rocca appears on a bunch of shows, including CBS News Sunday Morning (with the indescribably wonderful Charles Osgood), The Tonight Show on NBC, and NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! He's a sometime judge on Iron Chef and was featured on Telemundo's Amore Descarado. Last year he starred on Broadway in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. His expose "All the President's Pets" was published by Crown in 2004.
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16. Personally I dislike both O'Reilly and Olbermann... but I guess this doesn't totally because Olbermann's style and delivery has less of a pompous aura to it, and despite his blatantly left-leaning stances I think he has wider appeal... and is easier to take seriously. Bill O'Reilly is a joke.
Every time I see O'Reilly read off a viewer e-mail praising him, I cringe. Olbermann doesn't do this.
Tony Messinger at 11:17AM on Sep 13th 2007
17. Keith, just barely beats his meat.Al Bore Jr.
bigmarky at 11:31AM on Sep 13th 2007
18. I LIKE BILL, HE EDUCATES AND DOESNT STAND FOR THE SPIN. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DONT LIKE HIM, DONT WATCH, LIKE I DONT WATCH OLBERMANN. WATCH THE "RATING POLLS" AT ELECTION TIME AND SEE WHO WINS!
Kerry at 12:33PM on Sep 13th 2007
19. WOW, CALL UP THE MEDIA!!! OLDBERMAN BEAT BILL "ONCE" IN THE RATINGS!!! WOW, I'M SO IMPRESSED!! I'M GOING TO TREAT MYSELF TO A LATTE!! WOW!!! IDIOTS....
MARLA at 12:37PM on Sep 13th 2007
20. AM I SUPPOSE TO BE IMPRESSED? BIG DAMN DEAL.
SUSAN at 12:39PM on Sep 13th 2007
21. I think its funny that when another station beats fox (for once) in the ratings it deserves a headline! Just shows how pathetic the other news stations really are in their reporting. What a joke! As for Mariannas comments, yeah the culture has hit an all time low, know that the name calling is a sure sign someone has lost an argument on an issue.
Karen at 12:48PM on Sep 13th 2007
22. And given the vile, obscene killing of hundreds of thousands, in an invasion that is illegal, unwarranted,and totally without merit, you wonder why the American public talks about our president and 4 star generals like they do???? Lady you need to take a trip outside of dreamland and truly investigate what is going on out there. And it is not in the name of Jesus either. Start with depleted uranium, something our great country is using, totally against all rules of God, nature, and other countries. So many of our soldiers over there are serving a sentence of certain death or lifelong suffering, just like the so many Iraq I veterans, who have died (check the statistics, they are staggering)and/or are continuing to suffer from an uncomprehendable gamut of DU after effects. You may have heard of this called Gulf War Syndrome. Get your head out of your nether regions, wake up, and get informed. We will be living with this, for a long, long time....and it didn't even have to happen. We have our president, and the likes of 4 star generals to thank for this.
SONGTAEYI at 1:29PM on Sep 13th 2007
23. Keith Olbermann represents Common Sense and Common Decency. He is the best "Voice of the People". May he live long and prosper. GO KEITH GO!!
Sal Spataro at 1:29PM on Sep 13th 2007
24. Bill O's audience is made up of the 70+ year old demograpic. It's not built for long term success.
Larry at 8:06PM on Sep 13th 2007
25. All this fuss about ratings is amusing...I watch all of them and agree with some of them and disagree with others .... I've been through that useless liberal arts education process to accept different points of view and not a fanatic like some of these readers .... anyway we have a healthy bunch of news options at our disposal and let's be greatful.... we can make up our own minds because of it....
observer at 12:16AM on Sep 30th 2007
26.
can you take oreilly or olbermann serious?
If you can your a looser and your either a yes man for the right or the left.
-lp
lowerpower at 2:56PM on Oct 11th 2007