If Lemon were one of my kids, I'd spank them and send them to their room. For life. And I'd like to note that since the KO-fanatics couldn't attack the facts of my posts they decided to attack me instead. I really feel sorry for you people, if this idiot is your hero, no wonder you're such bitterly unhappy individuals.

But note that it was still Murphy and Couric who scored the business class seats while the rest of the NEWS division cooled their heels in coach. If that isn't a metaphor for what's happened to the news business, I don't know what else is.

My name is indeed Alison. See, I don't feel the need to make up fake names like some here. Just like I don't feel the need to make up false conclusions after reading this article. The truth usually speaks quite nicely for itself. As in this sentence, "Keith Olbermann continued his pattern of insulting his coworkers in his interview with Radaronline.com, capping off a year in which he hurled similar slights at Rita Cosby, Tucker Carlson, and Joe Scarborough."

Thanks Brandon for your spirited defense of me. I know why they used the "" around my name and they can make fun of me all they like, it still doesn't change what Olbermann said in this interview. Too bad I can't post my family's picture here for you all to see but my husband Todd, my son Christian (9) and my daughter Kadie (7) say hello! It's so sad that Olbermann's fanatics don't have time to have a personal life, they're too busy inventing up bogus excuses for mocking someone they simply don't agree with. Or too busy trying to make something he said look good when it was anything but. That's a full-time job, batting clean-up behind him isn't it? You poor "dears" must be so tired of constantly having to do that and of course, trying to think up excuses for your own boorish behaviors. Sex fantasies with Olbermann? Ick. That's pathetic enough without me really having to add anything else to it and really, again tells me all I really need to know about how utterly pathetic their miserable little lives of desperation must be.

And P.S.: He still insulted Abrams in this interview. Just like he insulted Rita Cosby, Tucker Carlson and Joe Scarborough earlier in the year in other interviews. Just like he insulted coworkers going back to his ESPN days. You can't change what he said. You can't change what he's already said, all you can do is worry about what he'll say next because you know it's coming. He can't help himself from doing it. And that's why he's the train wreck that he is.

Of course I keep coming back to read the comments here because now I'm being attacked for posting here for merely stating my opinion. Well have at it, make fun of my husband, make fun of my marriage, make fun of my two kids, make fun of my use of the term LOL if you like. But it doesn't change the fact that Olbermann most certainly did insult Abrams here and all the frantic spinning and crazy accusations against anyone who dares to suggest otherwise won't change it. You want me to stop posting about Olbermann? Just admit as all the other media blogs and websites did that he was insulting Abrams. Go ahead and admit that he has a history of doing this to co-workers that dates back years. Go ahead. Admit it. You can't because you people are incapable of admitting he's anything less than perfect and that says more about you than it does about me. Do you have any idea how crazy you appear when you make accusations like we're all the same person or it's some sort or organized plot to discredit Olbermann? He's an egotistical, arrogant ass who goes around insulting coworkers and who thinks he's better than any and everyone else on air. AND THIS INTERVIEW PROVES THAT! And his fans are delusional, deranged, and obsessed to the point that they obviously don't have a life outside of him and his ratings-challenged show. AND YOUR POSTS HERE PROVE THAT! Good luck, you richly deserve one another.

LOL. I'm been happily married for 10 years and have 2 kids. I assure you I'm not Karma! Or a Republican operative for that matter.

Perhaps the Olbermann-fanatics might be interested in seeing this editoral about Olbermann's comments regarding Dan Abrams which came from Huffington Post, hardly a bastion of right-wing thinking. Apparently I am not alone in my assessment that Olbermann was dismissive of Abrams, to put it mildly:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/12/04/fightin-words-from-keith_e_35516.html

Fightin' Words From Keith Olbermann With Diss On Bossman Abrams

What is Keith Olbermann thinking? As the ratings of his show as well as those of his network are on the climb, and the middle of contract negotiations, he goes on the record with Radar dissing his boss, MSNBC General Manager Dan Abrams. See how Olbermann seems to bristle (and go pointedly off-topic) in response to questioning by Tyler Gray:

RADAR: Dan Abrams said recently that your program "could become a model for the newscast of the future." Are you a role model?

OLBERMANN: I don't know what Dan has to do with it frankly. We've never had a conversation about the direction of the show.

RADAR: He's actually the--

OLBERMANN: The general manager [of MSNBC], right, but we rarely interact. As far as I know he works on dayside programming. Phil Griffin runs the network. He is the vice president of NBC [News] and my original producer in television.

RADAR: What the hell is Abrams doing giving quotes about you to everyone from the Washington Post to the LA Times, then?

OLBERMANN: You got me.

Wow. "As far as I know he works on dayside programming?" Olbermann must not read the papers, since they all detailed Abrams' sweeping prime-time shakeup back in July, which included shelving Rita Cosby: Live & Direct, moving Tucker Carlson to the 4 and 6 pm slot, and rocking the doc-bloc in the 10 - midnight slot. This left Olbermann, Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough in place in the prime time, building on the ratings success of Matthews and Olbermann (which Abrams made a point of noting with praise at the time)(and which Scarborough's ratings are reflecting). Meanwhile, it's working: Under Abrams, MSNBC's ratings are climbing steadily, not only for Olbermann but across the board. This is not to say that Phil Griffin doesn't share in responsibility for MSNBC's progress; as the NBC Senior VP overseeing the network, his role is to collaborate with Abrams on the network's progress. But Griffin is big-picture, and Abrams is the day-to-day manager of almost 600 employees — including Olbermann, whether he likes it or not. He's the guy sending memos and getting quoted, particularly saying nice things in articles about Keith Olbermann. It is churlish — not to mention highly unprofessional — that Olbermann isn't doing the same.

Uh, motive? I read Radar, Huffington Post, Inside Cable, TVNewser, and Gawker daily. That's it. It represents at most 15 minutes of my day. And how could I miss Countdown, it's my favorite Comedy show.

There is no denying (although some of you have tried) that this interview is part of an ongoing pattern Olbermann has of saying absolutely nothing complimentary about either his coworkers or his network management. There is also no arguing that this pattern of non-complimentary statements about co-workers and management exists with Olbermann all the way back to his ESPN days. Perhaps Olbermann needs to ask himself why he believes he's always right and everyone else is always wrong. That seems to be an ongoing issue with him. There is also no denying that if you or I said this kind of thing about a prominent member of management at our companies, there would be hell to pay for it. I don't imagine it's any different at Olbermann's workplace than it is at any other workplace across this nation, or in this World for that matter. Although ahem, some of you seem to have create an alternative universe in which anything Olbermann says or does is just hunky dory and not questionable or actionable.

And the statement "legally true" says it all. He couldn't sue over anything said about him because it was in fact true, and he admits here it was "legally true". But it's fun watching him, very cleverly, parse his language very carefully to create doubt. Watch the technique of asking more questions to avoid having to answer the original question that was posed to him. It was an especially nice touch trying to challenge the validity of sourcing anything that originally came from a website but someone needs to remind KO that this interview was going to be posted on a website and that he himself until recently had his own blog. So does that mean that neither this interview or anything he ever posted on his blog were journalistically valid? Nice try but no cigar. Again, I guess it's only "journalistically valid" if he tells us it is and that all gossip about him should be considered "not journalistically valid" while any gossip he repeats is. Also, he regularly reports gossip sourced from tabloids and in fact, did it on last night's show,citing a British tabloid as a source. Again, I guess it's only untrue when it's about him and it's all true when it's not.

My special favorite statement in this interview however remains his assertion that he doesn't do anonymous stories about himself. I guess even he isn't that self-absorbed but he fails to share with us how exactly someone could do an anonymous story on themself.

This inteview is so full of spin I'm surprised he doesn't put down the title "whirling dervish" as an occupation on his income taxes.

And p.s., I don't have to "drip poison into the atmosphere at the time of his contract renegotiations", because as you can see clearly see from the interview above, Olbermann is perfectly able to do that all by himself.

Alrighty then there poster with the long name. You seem to have very strong feelings about Olbermann. Are you the president of his fan club? Or some deluded fanatical fan who believes they "know" him? Because I don't know how you can say for sure that this hasn't damaged him, the insulting of his coworkers, unless you are either him or you work with him. So which is it?

And sorry to burst your bubble or impose upon your rather uhm, paranoid(?) ramblings but I'm one person here and one person only. It's not my fault if more than one person agrees with me. Funny, I don't really see anyone agreeing with you however.

I'm "tarring" Olbermann? No, Olbermann is doing that himself. No review of ancient history is necessary. This year alone he's managed to say less than complimentary things about Rita Cosby, Tucker Carlson, and Dan Abrams in at least three different venues other than this one, including GQ, the NY Post, Jossip, and now Radar-on-Line. You don't call that a pattern? Even if nothing else existed on his prior pattern of doing this elsewhere (and there's a long history of it), this alone would tell me all I needed to know about Olbermann's "hooray for me and to hell with everyone else" attitude. You may find it charming, I don't. And I'm guessing his employes won't either.

No, I can't stand O'Reilly. And I never watch Fox. But Olbermann is as egotistical, boorish, overbearing, and every bit as self-serving as Bill O'Reilly is. His remarks here about Abrams were really beyond the pale. Isn't he supposed to be renegotiating a new contract? And what does he do? Take swings at management. He's a real prince.

And I'm just saying that every single time I've gone to Radar today, this story hasn't been on the front page, it was there first thign this morning and hasn't been there since and I've visited several times to check. When I click on Features and click on Q&A, the one from last week comes up, not this one, which I had to go search for, from a link at ICN.

It's no longer on the front page of this website, a story from 11/30 is featured instead. It's a legitimate question apparently without an answer.

So why was this story featured front and center early this morning but off the front pages by noon today? Is Olbermann pissed you caught him slamming his employers again? Or is it because he confirms the KarmaBites blog business in this interview? Whatever the reason, this has got to be one of the most ungracious, self-serving interviews I've ever seen out of him and that's really saying something since he has a long history of slamming fellow employees and management types.