Now I think I understand why Keith has had problems with women in his personal life. Apparently a lot of them have decided that unless a guy is Superman 24 hours a day, he’s not worth their time.

I’ve seen a blogger from New Orleans complain that KO is no longer worth paying attention to because he doesn’t spend time every night talking about how bad things still are in her city. And Huffingtonians complaining that he’s antifeminist just because he made a crack against Paris Hilton. Or various others who have obviously watched very little of Keith whining that they can’t watch his show all the way through because they can’t stand that Oddball nonsense or Tom Cruise stuff and they think the least he could do to help “the cause” is spend his whole hour on hard, painful news.

Sometimes I want to hit them upside the head and say “Hello! This is not some comic-book superhero we’re talking about. This is a fully dimensional man–and if he’s not Edward R. Murrow all the time, well GOOD FOR HIM! Do you really think Murrow was Murrow all the time? Jeez!”

And what really kills me is that if you ask me, Keith’s is still one of the most progressive–and feminist if you will–voices you will hear on the news, and especially on sports radio, where being a chauvinist boor is practically required for admission to the clubhouse. You’d think KO would get points for this–but from those whose main knowledge of him is from the Special Comments, naah. They are looking for a savior–and nothing but a 24-7 vigilant superhero will do. Sigh.

KO’s not perfect, but he is a lot better than pretty much everyone else out there in the news world.