TV Guide’s Stephen Battaglio has a Q&A with Keith Olbermann:
| TVGuide.com: A growing number of people are upset and aggravated about the war in Iraq. Do you think viewers see Countdown as a place they can get news about the war that is a little more attuned to their sentiments? Olbermann: I don’t know the exact mix. Clearly in the last year and a half, the people to whom I’m beholden are George Bush, Bill O’Reilly, Dan Patrick and people at Nielsen who decided to include DVR ratings in cable TV ratings. We’re the most DVR’d show in cable news. We had growth from that. But in terms of the sensibility regarding the war, I think the public is still ahead of us, slightly, and way ahead of the politicians…” |
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