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Monday, September 11, 2006 12:00 AM

The Olbermann factor

The MSNBC maverick gives Salon the countdown on his anti-Bush orations, battling with Bill O'Reilly, and the nauseating truth about cable news.

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  • Monday, September 11, 2006 05:21 AM

    Ok so no one wants actual news anymore

    They just want to see whichever smarmy talking head reflects their own rage. Ok I can appreciate that. After all, everyone wants to be part of a mob. But let's not start pretending there's any news going on here. If you want news or at least information you'll have to watch Carl Quintanilla on CNBC. Because otherwise, everything on CNN, FOX and MSNBC is loud mouthed assholes. If it were me, I'd open a show with just punching a guest in the face and laughing hysterically.

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