Andrew Malcolm apparently felt obligated to make sure that the correction of the truly offensive thing that his host newspaper (the LA Times) did was made as public as possible. I might normally raise an eyebrow at that, but in this particular case I can understand the impulse for damage control. It’s way over the top.
FOR THE RECORD:
TV listings: The Prime-Time TV grid in Thursday’s Calendar section mistakenly listed MTV’s “Jackass” show on the MSNBC cable schedule at 7 and 10 p.m. where instead MSNBC’s “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” should have been listed.
If I was one of the owners of Jackass I would be seriously considering a libel suit right now: I am not a lawyer, but I imagine that the damage that the LA Times has just done to the brand by maliciously associating it with Keith Olbermann would easily justify one. And then there’s the implied insult in the veiled suggestion that fans of Jackass might also like Olbermann…
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PS: Open thread.
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What do we call this?
Jack_Savage (Diary) Friday, August 21st at 8:37AM EST (link)A Freudian slip? An attempt to regain some jounalistic integrity (well, at least when they listed the shows the first time)? Truth in advertising?
This is really perfect.
I would've just assumed that it was the new name of his show. nt
mustango (Diary) Friday, August 21st at 10:09AM EST (link)“I just miss — I miss being anonymous.” — Barack Obama
I fully sympathize, Mr. President. I miss you being anonymous too.
LOL, Looking forward to TobyToons take on this one nt
djemi (Diary) Friday, August 21st at 8:51AM EST (link)“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
“With age, comes Wisdom, but only if you are paying Attention, son” my ‘Old Man’
RS Help files (h/t JLenardDetroit) Grassroots in Michigan
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Tempest in a teapot, Moe.
Loren Heal (Diary) Friday, August 21st at 10:40AM EST (link)Most people are very discerning when it comes to their television, and over the course of a segment or two should be able to tell the two shows apart.
And considering that ‘olberman’ has not yet made the transition from byword to metaphor, whereas ‘jackass’ has made the long journey from metaphor to slur to cliche, I don’t think the LA Times has any real legal concerns over this from the producers of Jackass.
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I know Johnny Knoxville. Johnny Knoxville is a friend of mine...
CSUFBomb (Diary) Friday, August 21st at 10:02PM EST (link)…and you, Mr. Olbermann, are no Johnny Knoxville.
Could Chris Matthews be Olby’s Steve O? Please?
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“We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.” – Colonel Henry Knox
Green Acres at the White House?
blooch Saturday, August 22nd at 2:11AM EST (link)–President Obama said on Thursday that he and the First Lady are looking into setting up a farmers market just outside the White House, which might sell food from the White House garden or from local farmers. The president said it could give the city of Washington, D.C., “more access to good, fresh food, but it also is this enormous potential revenue-maker for local farmers in the area.”–
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-08-20-obama-wants-to-set-up-white-house-farmers-market/
lol this guy is Carterizing before our very eyes.
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”