What's Up With This Keth Olberman Guy?

I recently decided to stop recording Keither Olberman's show on my TIVO.

The main reason is that I find it so puzzling that he spends so much time talking about American Idol each night. It's the kind of product placement that you would expect FOX News to be pulling off but instead it is happening on MSNBC.

In addition to trashing American Idol on a nightly basis you can also count on him to mention Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly at least once each night. All of these mentions are supposedly negative, but the truth behind this is that the frequent mentionings of FOX properties like American Idol and Bill O'Reilly only serves to create more interest in the programs.

The symbiosis goes beyond Countdown and you can count on Scarborough County to waste valuable time discussing American Idol as well.

Is MSNBC positioning itself to be bought up by FOX???

It's a little too wierd for me. I'm going back to watching Hardball.