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Keith Olbermann

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Video: Jimmy Fallon's Tebowie reprise even before Tim Tebow trade to New York Jets

    If you weren't amused by Jimmy Fallon's Tebowie skit the first time around, tough luck -- because you're about to see a lot more of it. Even before The Chosen One was traded to the Jets, Fallon reprised the gag to reflect the Broncos' Peyton Manning signing, complete with lyrics such as "Tebow got s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Doug Lamborn's shmucky tantrum results in a sorry state of the union

    It probably shouldn't have been a surprise that Doug Lamborn, Republican congressman from Colorado Springs, decided to boycott President Obama's State of the Union Address on Tuesday. Lamborn, after all, is the same guy who referred to Obama's economic and debt-reduction policies as a "tar baby" in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Occupy Denver's Ben Meyer discusses 'fiery raid' on Countdown with Keith Olbermann

    Ben Meyer.​Two nights ago, Occupy Denver protester Ben Meyer woke up on the sidewalk of Broadway, put on his shoes and spent the rest of his evening with the Denver Police Department. The next night, he spoke on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Last night, the fire-forged raid on Occupy Denver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Occupy Denver gets national platform during Jeannie Hartley interview by Keith Olbermann

    Video below.​Occupy Denver may not be among the largest of the Occupy Wall Street spinoffs, but increasing violence and the growing number of arrests have gotten the national media's attention. Witness the appearance last night on Countdown with Keith Olbermann by Occupy Denver's Jeannie Hartl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Mike Rosen on his best behavior during Battle of the Talk Show Hosts, says David Sirota (VIDEO)

    David Sirota.​Last October, a public debate involving KOA's Mike Rosen and AM 760's David Sirota went national after Rosen called for hijackers to crash a plane into the so-called Ground Zero mosque; he insisted that he was being satirical. But Sirota says Rosen didn't let loose with any simil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Ken Salazar's move to restrict drilling rejected by federal judge

    Ken Salazar.​Since his appointment as Secretary of the Interior in 2009, Ken Salazar has been the point man for the Obama administration's efforts to put the brakes on the drill-baby-drill energy policy of the Bush years, often facing stiff opposition from congressional leaders and the oil and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Doug Lamborn named Keith Olbermann's Worst Person in the World for tar-baby line (VIDEO)

    Doug Lamborn.​Yesterday, a Colorado Springs Gazette editorial and a big percentage of online poll takers deemed Congressman Doug Lamborn's line that compared being associated with Barack Obama to touching a tar baby no big deal. Keith Olbermann begs to differ. On his Current TV show last nigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Ken Salazar pushes renewable energy "on steroids"

    Ken Salazar.​Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced federal approval of four large renewable energy projects in the West today, touting the new jobs and clean power that those projects and others in the pipeline will bring -- and described his department's approach to renewables as so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Rhonda Fields creates teen advisory council, wants students to help make Aurora better

    Rhonda Fields.​Representative Rhonda Fields is out to put a positive face on the youth of Aurora. After hosting the first Teens Turning Political Summit at the Community College of Aurora earlier this month, Fields and her team have created a teen advisory council, composed of eighteen stude ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Ken Salazar's salary at center of David Vitter ethics complaint, CREW tells Keith Olbermann

    Ken Salazar.​During last night's sophomore edition of Countdown on Current TV, Keith Olbermann featured an extended segment about Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filing an ethics complaint against Louisiana Senator David Vitter. But the man in the middle of the cont ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    American Comic

    Ken Salazar.​During last night's sophomore edition of Countdown on Current TV, Keith Olbermann featured an extended segment about Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filing an ethics complaint against Louisiana Senator David Vitter. But the man in the middle of the cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Ed Schultz can tell David Sirota to go to hell, but can't call Laura Ingraham a right-wing slut

    Ed Schultz.​Is Ed Schultz coming unraveled? A week after telling fellow AM 760 air personality David Sirota to "go to hell" during a splenetic on-air spat, the syndicated yakker has been suspended from his MSNBC program for calling conservative mouthpiece Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut" and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Ed Schultz tells David Sirota to "go to hell" over questions about Osama bin Laden hit

    David Sirota.​AM 760 host David Sirota recently said his growing ratings were due in part to the fact that "when we do politics, it's not just 'Democrats are great and Republicans are terrible'" -- and he proved it today during a fiery on-air disagreement with Ed Schulz, a progressive favorite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    David Sirota post-Jared Loughner attack: "Fight Club Friday" becomes "Festivus Friday"

    David Sirota.​Jared Loughner's murderous attack in Arizona last weekend has prompted soul searching among assorted media types, who wonder if the polarized political climate somehow made such an act not just likelier but inevitable. That includes columnist and AM 760 radio host David Sirota, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Ted "Golden Voice" Williams has a better voice than these ten celebrities

    It's so much better with Ted.​It's hard not to love Ted Williams, the Ohio man who was homeless, found redemption from drugs and alcohol and now has a job offer with the Cleveland Cavaliers. His voice really is amazing, which got us thinking of celebrities who have voices that are grating, ann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    David Sirota introduces world to son Isaac -- and special AM760 guest host Jonny 5 of the Flobots

    Isaac Sirota.​Update: Yesterday, we shared with you AM760 host David Sirota's announcement about the birth of his son Isaac. As for who'll be filling in during his current leave, we know who'll be rockin' the mic today and tomorrow: Flobots frontman Jonny 5. Jonny is so progressive that he mak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Study says republicans like winners, dems like losers, everyone likes their politics fed to them

    Are YOU watching Dancing with the Stars?​Republicans are flag-flying rubes who drive enormous pickup trucks and lap up mass-produced reality dreck like it was a case of shitty domestic beer. Democrats are effete, pasty elitists who drink tea with their pinkies up and prefer "sophisticated" TV ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Glenn Beck might move to Colorado if Tom Tancredo elected governor (VIDEO)

    Glenn Beck.​While Tom Tancredo's campaign thinks the Denver Post is trying to drag John Hickenlooper's carcass over the finish line in the guv race, Tanc has honor rally organizer Glenn Beck in his corner. On his radio show, Beck recently declared that if Tancredo was elected, he might move to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Ken Buck & Michael Bennet, South Park-style: Who's the douche and who's the turd sandwich?

    ​KOA's Mike Rosen accused AM 760's David Sirota of being humorless after Sirota circulated a Rosen line from a debate about crashing a plane into a thus-far-unbuilt mosque near Ground Zero -- a joke, according to Rosen, but one that still led to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann branding him the worst p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Mike Rosen slams David Sirota for distorting his "satirical" mosque-destruction comment

    Mike Rosen.​Last week, AM 760's David Sirota circulated a comment made by KOA's Mike Rosen during a debate, in which the latter appeared to call for hijackers to crash a plane into a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero -- a bon mot that later prompted MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to brand Rose ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    David Sirota apologizes to Mike Rosen -- but not for attacking comments about NY Islamic center

    David Sirota.​KOA's Mike Rosen unloaded on AM 760's David Sirota earlier today, arguing that Sirota's claims about Rosen's comment regarding an Islamic Center near Ground Zero, which got Rosen branded the worst person in the world by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, twisted what was obviously a satiri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Mike Rosen (of the Denver Post?) named Keith Olbermann's worst person in the world

    Mike Rosen.​Last week, we told you about KOA host Mike Rosen's call for a hijacked plane to crash into a proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero -- a remark from a debate with fellow Clear Channel yakkers Peter Boyles and David Sirota, of KHOW and AM 760, respectively. Sirota spread the audio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Colorado Rockies aren't dead yet in NL West, but even Ubaldo Jimenez is on life support

    Ubaldo Jimenez.​Want three Denver blog posts? Got 'em for you. Purple Row's Russ Oates has the sad task of recapping the Rockies' second loss to the Diamondbacks in a row. Eeesh. Colorado Pols notes that Ken Buck was MSNBC personality Keith Olbermann's second worst person in the world the ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    CU Obama basher Zach Lahn gets shut down on MSNBC

    Zach Lahn on MSNBC.​Since asking the most confrontational question at President Barack Obama's healthcare town hall in Grand Junction on Saturday, ultra-conservative CU student Zach Lahn has extended his face time by going on a tour of cable-news talking-head broadcasts. Predictably, Fox News ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Headlines with a keen grasp of the obvious

    ​Today's Denver Post includes an article topped by the banner "Businesses Like Their Tax Breaks" -- a revelation that few observers would have guessed (unless they were awake and paying attention). Here are ten other similarly shocking headlines: 10. "Most Men Find Angelina Jolie Attractive" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    "Gunny" Bob Newman leaves KOA for mysterious new assignment

    Bob Newman.​As a former Marine gunnery sergeant, KOA radio host Bob Newman comes by his combativeness naturally. When politically liberal Colorado Media Matters, staffed by some of his most persistent critics, collapsed in March, Gunny Bob gleefully kicked the organization when it was down (an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    The Yuk Stops Here

    Christian Finnegan keeps comedy indie.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    KOA's Bob Newman dances on Colorado Media Matters' grave

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 9, 2008

    Mediamockracy takes aim at the politics of the news business

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    MSNBC's Pat Buchanan in time out at the DNC

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    MSNBC's Pat Buchanan in time out at the DNC

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Eavesdropping on Dems on the 16th Street Mall

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Wife to husband: 'I want to make out with Keith Olbermann'

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Barack Obama Post Speech Analysis

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    Spammers move from death to comedy

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    The Rocky Mountain News's Obama-Kenya Mea Culpa

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    The Rocky Mountain News's Obama-Kenya Mea Culpa

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2008

    When MSNBC Comes to Denver, Be Very Afraid

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Pundit Watch: Glenn Beck

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2007

    The Broncos' Todd Sauerbrun is the Worst Person in the NFL

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2007

    Gunny Bob Named Worst Person in the World

    Bob Newman. Today's blog "Bill Menezes on the Closure of Colorado Media Matters" notes that KOA's Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as "Gunny Bob," was often blasted by CMM prior to its demise on Tuesday. And to put it mildly, Newman won't miss having the organization to kick around anymore. ... More >>

  • Music

    July 26, 2007

    Lordi Goes From Zeroes to Heroes

    It took a songwriting contest for these Fins to earn respect in their homeland.

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2007

    More O'Reilly Love

    It took a songwriting contest for these Fins to earn respect in their homeland.

  • News

    March 22, 2007

    Progress?

    With troubles at Air America and sluggish ratings, AM 760 struggles to convince liberals that they have a place on talk radio.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2006

    More Messages: The Berg Legacy

    With troubles at Air America and sluggish ratings, AM 760 struggles to convince liberals that they have a place on talk radio.

  • News

    October 26, 2006

    Blogs 2.0

    Colorado Confidential tries to give blogs a journalistic upgrade.

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2006

    More Messages: Incredible Feat

    Colorado Confidential tries to give blogs a journalistic upgrade.

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    The Prize Patrol Returns

    Westword winners

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    Head to Head

    Fox Sports Net wants to beat local TV stations at their own game.

  • Film

    February 4, 1999

    Sermon on the Mount

    Fox Sports Net wants to beat local TV stations at their own game.

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