That Mr. Olbermann is considered “so far in left field” shows how dangerously far to the right some folks in this country are trying to define “center.” While he may not have Murrow’s gravitas, these may be different times, as the writer indicated–times when some of the most informed news audience has migrated to the “fake news” of Stewart and the satired "truthiness" of Colbert. See Annenburg Center’s 2004 results: http://web.archive.org/web/20050308165738/http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/naes/2004_03_late-night-knowledge-2_9-21_pr.pdf and Pew’s 2007 results: http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=319

As the article emphasizes, the shared trait of Murrow and Olbermann is passion. They believed there was truth not sides. Mr. Kitman touches on these qualities to make his point. To be a reporter, passion and expertise used to be valued.

one man's opinion comparing the network news media of today with espousing an alternative as embodied by edward r. murrow, and keith olbermann. there are no contrary opinions here, but he makes an appealing case for overt non-objectivity (and a point that there is no such thing as objectivity) as a motivating force for watching the news.

I watch Keith Olberman's show on MSNBC regularly. I also watch NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams. Often the same stories appear on both broadcasts - I find it fascinating that the manner in which the stories are framed by the anchor has a such an impact on my own experience with the story. It will be interesting to see how the NewsTrust community responds to this article and the concept that "objectivity" exists only as a theory in textbooks.

My television set was unplugged for seven years, until I discovered Keith Olbermann on YouTube.