Big Media People

I want to write about big media people who go a little too far on the airwaves. Keith Olbermann got on my nerves for a comment he made last week.
Something had happened at the top of the news, which caused his live shot not to be ready - the director went to a fill-in host, or someone standing by until they had Keith ready... she did a nice job, and was only up for a minute or two.

Then, they went to Keith out of a soundbite. He made some comment like "we apologize for that unforgiveable technical mistake". Maybe he was just apologizing, thinking the mistake was unforgiveable for some ticked off viewer out there, but to me, it sounded like he was criticizing someone behind the scenes. Maybe a producer, or an engineer.. who knows why they didn't take Keith off the top of the show, but who cares. He was just going to criticize someone anyway once he started his diatribe of the night.

I do like some of what Olbermann does - he is highly critical of politicians with too much power (guess who I'm talking about here) and I appreciate that. The media should hold the powerful accountable, although I don't want to see 24/7 coverage of it, which is what we have today with all the cable news outlets.

Maybe I read too much into his comment about an "unforgiveable" technical mistake. Maybe not. If you're going to criticize someone behind-the-scenes for a mistake in getting you on the air, do it off the air. It's embarassing enough for that person, and sometimes, it's out of their control.