Monday, May 11, 2009

Egospeak 101

From TVNewser: An anonymous tipster wrote this weekend that Katy Tur, girlfriend of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, "is now chasing tornadoes as part of The Weather Channel's Vortex2 team." Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes introduced Tur on Friday as one of the Vortex2 digital journalists in a short Q&A. What is she most looking forward to? "Tornadoes...duh, Bettes," she said. But since NBCU owns both MSNBC and The Weather Channel, questions may arise about whether the relationship helped get the job.
Olbermann tells TVNewser: "Anybody who suggests so is misinformed, and/or sadly unaware that in this time when the industry is collapsing around us, nobody gets a job based on 'influence,' only talent."

For those of you new to Keith Olbermann's Egospeak, let The Ego break it down for you "Anyone who suggests so is misinformed" (Anyone who suggests Keith Olbermann's Ego hooked up Katy with a job is both well-informed and pissed off and taking it out on my poor little defenseless girlfriend) "and/or sadly unaware that in this time when the industry is collapsing around us" (because the people who were laid off so Katy could get a job at The Weather Channel are very well aware in case you're not) "nobody gets a job based on 'influence,' (you know, like Katy did, or Luke Russert), "only talent" (yeah I know you've seen the videos. She sucks. But in a totally good way).

12 comments:

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia said...

Seems HuffPost picked up your little item---the comments are a hoot!

http://tinyurl.com/qfqa8b

Anonymous said...

I seriously wonder about the eyesight on some of those people who claim she's hot. That girl is average at best.

LK said...

Thanks for that translation Ego but some of us could read between the lines on his original statement.

marinara said...

The link to MediaBistro is broken. What's up with that?

Katy has the same agent as The Ego.
Also. And there's a demonstration video with various clips of her various reports while working for WPIX. Funny, the last line of her sample video is "all sorts of women here with questionable morals..." Takes one to know one.

http://www.collectivetalent.com/gallery.aspx?id=939

I don't know, Anon, she looks kinda hot in this picture. I hope she hasn't totally ditched Keith, she still needs him. There's still a lot to learn about the business--hopefully not from Keith--and a long way to go before she can make it on her own. That's why she needs The Ego. So my advice to her is, "keep strokin' that Ego, girl!"

Keith Olbermann's Ego said...

The Ego used his massive influence to have those comments stricken from public view at T.V. Newser.

Anonymous said...

Perhaps the Ego's influence isn't that great. The comment page is back up and working this AM.

marinara said...

The Ego is, once again, right on target. Only one day since attacking one of the Page Six writers at the NY Post, The Ego is in return, attacked.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05122009/gossip/pagesix/keith_olbermanns_pal_katy_168781.htm

Anonymous said...

She's striking in the Collective Talent.com photo but not beautiful.

If she really wants to get ahead, she should ditch the Ego entirely. The Ego is holding her back by setting up these jobs for her.

Keith Olbermann's Ego said...

Ain't photoshop grand?

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia said...

I remember when Olbermann was getting into some hot water sleeping with his fans, and just before it really got ugly, he suddenly has a girlfriend. Just seemed a little too much of a coincidence, (considering he had been friends & worked with Bob Tur)--(Katy's Dad).

Personally, I always thought he was gay (and had to stay in the closet due to being at ESPN and that whole macho sports culture). I think it would be great if he came out, but it may be too late now, he seems a bit too repressed to handle the blow-back. And this "arrangement" seems to be working for him. It's sad though, someone in this day and age & at his age can't really be himself and find true love. Oh well, he ain't the first, he certainly won't be the last.

Keith Olbermann's Ego said...

How dare you insult The Ego's manhood. The Ego has a bevy of beautiful women lining up to be with him on any given day. And why wouldn't they? The Ego is, after all, the greatness that is Keith Olbermann's Ego.

flowergirl said...

That's not a very flattering picture of her. In fact, it looks doctored. Somebody said "photoshopped". I agree.

What I thought was funny was her profile. They wrote:
Experience: Experienced. LOL. That cracked me up.