Keith Olbermann quit Twitter because of me

[popehippo]

Late Wednesday night, long after I'd promised myself that I would sign off the internet, I found myself Googling Keith Olbermann's Twitter feed. He had re-tweeted a link to an article alleging that one of the women accusing Julian Assange of rape had "ties" to the CIA. That article also gave the name of the accuser. This, I understood to be a

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[morningapproach]

Interesting article, thanks!

[eversofar]

I am so unsurprised that Keith turned out to be this big of a douche.

[brewsternorth]

Srsly.

I'm just disappointed that he's this poor of a journalist, too (yeah, OK, technically he's more of an anchorman than a reporter, but the Viewing Public still deserves a lot better).

[eversofar]

Yeah, I wasn't a fan before this, but it's still disappointing that he's spread so much misinformation about this case.

[lemonsherry]

lol i'm not.

[alierakieron]

I continue to find the WikiLeaks meta-story far more interesting than the leaks themselves.

Note I said more :interesting:, not more :important:.

[bludstone]

Smear campaigns are indeed fascinating.

[doe_witch]

@_@ Despite everything I've said on past posts about this, and despite how I agree with literally everything this writer says, I have to say this is quite the bit of chest-puffing.

THAT said: lol Olbermann, can't take the heat, huh.

[sihaya09]

Chest-puffing is a big part of Sady's comic style. It's all over Tigerbeatdown. I mean, maybe she believes some of her own press, but the style was developed specifically as a response to people who tried to belittle her and put her in her place, so she figured she'd just Kanye the shit out of them.

[doe_witch]

Ah, okay, I'm not familiar with her personally, so that explains a lot.

[erunamiryene]

she figured she'd just Kanye the shit out of them

I love this phrase. XD

[darksumomo]

Wednesday morning, I was nobody much. Today, I'm apparently responsible for the biggest celebrity Twitter meltdown since Matt Lauer pissed off Kanye West. Because that -- SIR -- is how the Internet works.

I used to give out awards for people who caused events like that, as well as for the people who were provoked into responding.

[profbutters]

Just out of curiosity, which one applies here?

[darksumomo]

Several would apply here, if the incident had happened on USENET or it had been a slow month on USENET (The first list is for the awards for alt.usenet.kooks and the second list is of the awards and winners for alt.fan.art-bell, also on USENET). Off-USENET internet behavior is usually ignored unless the person involved has a USENET presence or it's especially egregious