Countdown's Worst Persons: Freddie, Willard & The <i>Frank Burns</i> Of News
By Logan Murphy Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 5:23pm
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Worst Person In The World awards on yesterday's Countdown went to GOP presidential hopeful, Fred Thompson, who got the bronze for thinking he knows more about Iran's nuclear weapons program than all 16 of our intelligence agencies. The silver went Willard "Mitt" Romney for slamming fellow candidate Mike Huckabee for "religious intolerance" after saying he wouldn't have a Muslim in his cabinet, and the gold went to Ferret Face the "Frank Burns of news," Bill O'Reilly. BillO used the words of former CIA agent John Kiriakou as proof that waterboarding works and should be a regular practice -- even though Kiriakou wasn't at the interrogation session, didn't actually see the waterboarding and can't say if the intelligence gleaned from it was actually credible.
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oh billy!
frist
The Mormontron 5000 is just going to tell you whatever you want to hear.
Suggestion:
Ignore MSM, even those parts with which progressives agree.
The future is sites such as C&L.
Ignore the past.
Go forward.
Seriously, the Frank Burns reference is perfect!
Someone once joked that Guns N'Roses watched This Is Spinal Tap, and instead of understanding the satire, decided to model themselves on the fictional band.
I think Bull O'Really? -- not to mention the Republicans at large -- watched Larry Linville's portrayal of Frank Burns, and instead of recognizing him as the moral idiot of M*A*S*H, took all his arguments to heart.
Bill O and the rest of the idiots should relent to waterboarding then they would know if it torture or not.
Just name the segment "Worst Person in the World OTHER THAN BILL O'REILLY" and be done with it. Otherwise KO just looks uncreative and redundant.
It's perfect..both have the same eye moments, the eyebrows, no chin, whiny attitude, incompetence at every level, same reactions to teasing. Frank had Hot Lips, Billo's got Ann Coulter (I'd bet the house they've slept together)
I've been wondering this for a while now (and it's probably already been discussed here and I missed it), but why doesn't anyone file a class action lawsuit against Fox News for false advertising. Bill O'Reilly as a news anchor/reporter is provably biased as is most of what Fox does. Same with Hannity. However, they have their own shows while the "liberal" point of view has only the weak Colmes and the occassional Stephanie Miller on as commentator (go Mama!). Yet the slogan "Fair and Balanced" clearly advertises that it provides both sides of everything equally. Apparently to Fox it means "separate but equal," making it the Jim Crow of journalism. I bet that you could sue them out of business by now. So why hasn't anyone done this yet. It seems like it'd be an easy case.
his new word to describe other peoples arguments? theory!
TimV @ 9:
Simple, murdoch has big money and influence follows the money.
me and myself @ 11:
Jonathan @ 8:
I've got to say it before someone else. I apologize for being juvenile, but I've got to know.
Who was the "catcher"?
Frank Burns = Bill O'Reilly. I'm a huge M*A*S*H fan. I love it! KO 4 Prez!
then
ready the
waterboard for
bill...
take like a man bill
blub blub... heh...
TimV @ 7:
Maybe have a Bill'O Reilly award to the worst person of the year. He has earn to the most awarded for the worst person in the world.
We have a long list of unprofessional behavior from stalking people at their home for interview with security cop, and predatory sex harassment of former employee with a falafel comment on the phone. I think someone could compile the offense and make a compelling case to take this nutjob off the air.
aaron marin @ 12:
WTF? You're kidding right? In that case, I'm selling tap water and saying it'll make you poop money and citing that case if I ever get sued. God I hate Rupert Murdoch. The man even looks like pure evil personified.
paranoia @ 16:
Yeah but in a Murdoch owned venture it's all about the money. The only real way to get Bill O off the air is to get people to stop listening to him. The best way to do that is to get him into a hole that he can't dig himself out (just like Imus but worse).
Once again KO pulls me back from the brink of insane rage.
Thank you, Keith.
I hope that billo pic lives on forever, it makes me laugh every time he puts it up on the screen.
Olbermann's impressions are great.
I especially love his Jan Brady one:
"Well, all day long I hear how great Bill-O is at this or how wonderful Bill-O did that! Bill-O, Bill-O, Bill-O!
It's just not fair. I have a cable show too."
"Frank Burns eats worms."
I'm probably the only person that remembers that...
Deck the halls with Falafels and Loofahs
Fa-La-La-La, La-La-La-Fels
Here's the season for Billy to get kinky
Fa-Fa-La-La-La, La-La-La-Fels
By stickin the loofah up his Bunghole
Fa-La-La, La-La-La, La, La-La (EEEWWW!!!)
Now I'll just go to the bathroom and throw-up
Happy Holidays you big ol' Schmuck!!
If waterboarding has stopped multilple terrosrist attacks can we hear about an example?
I enjoy buying girl scout cookies, even tho they are way over-priced. Reason why, I can see how Mom's are making a positive influence on the girls. Maybe we should have girl scouts perform waterboadering out side grocery stores to show what great things are accomplished.
TimV @ 7:
Its not that KO is uncreative and redundant; its just that billo is such a complete and utter ASS that he wins the worst person in the world contest hands down all the time!! KO is just reporting the facts.
BillO= Frank Burns= Farret Face= Perfect...
Oh this killed me! Freddie and a butt load of other ReThugs thinks that they're smarter than the intelligence reports? Oh mercy I couldn't stop laughing. And Bill O? That's a novel, no, an encyclopedia in itself.
Decades from now, people will watch tapes of Keith Olbermann at work and will be in awe of this man. He just demolishes every windbag in and outside Washington. Thank the Deity of your choice (If you have one or even if you don't) for Keith O
gene214 @ 28:
Yep. He's damn good at what he does.
Ya know what I find REALLY ironic though?
All those "infotainment" types who claim they have to 'spice up' the news with stupid stories about Paris Hilton and other celebrity idiocy don't hold a candle to the entertainment value I get watching Keith.
That's on TOP of the excellent reporting and insightful commentary. I just find him fun to watch frankly.
There's something about the jokes he makes like "Bill'O, the Frank Burns of News" and things of that nature that just get a giggle out of me! Silly perhaps, but I enjoy it.
Ferd Thompson: Ahnhdundtkahr", is that Ferd speak for ' whadtevah"?
wow romney said there weren't enough muslims in the country to justify having a muslim in his cabinet? not only is that bigoted and illogical, there are way more muslims in the u.s. than...oh say...mormons.
Lurch Thompson's hubris knows no bounds
A nice summarization by Hawkeye Pierce, suited to fit Mr. O'Reilly:
I'd like to file a counter-complaint against Mr. O'Reilly impersonating a journalist and masquerading as a human being!
keith olbermann: just, true, and smart
bill o'reilly (and anyone whom has believed or sucked up to an ounce of his blow-hard horseshit):
vile, ignorant, devoid of any human value.
TimV @ 7:
But then again, Bill O'Vibrator is uncreative and redundant.
Uh - don't you mean "the C. Montgomery Burns of news"?
Lyrica @ 36:
My thoughts exactly!!
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Tabula Rasa Credits @ 37:
Major Frank Burns from MASH is a pretty spot on comparison also.
Oh yeah, NOW you liberals want to trust our intelligence agencies. Hipocrits.
Regarding Kiriakou, if anybody was fooled and believed this was an independent CIA act of patriotism. Think again GOP spokeholes.
If the usually boisterous right wing noise propaganda machine didn't go all balistic; guess what; he was just part of their game plan.
No one bought it; except Billo fools.
Zach @ 40:
NOW we didn't let Chaney/Bush pick and choose intelligence. DUH!
Dennis @ 21:
you know, olbermann is an intelligent man with great speaking skills. couldn't he just get on with his life and leave the petty comments and jokes to BillO? I mean, he's wasting his talent on some idiot. it makes me feel like im at recess with a bunch of 5 year old talking heads. olbermann should be above that; we already know BillO sucks.
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