This has been buzzing around the Right Wingnut-o-sphere for the past few days. I was wondering when it would be picked up by Fixed Noise’s partner in crime:
OlbermannWatch.com reports that New York state has issued a tax warrant or judgment against the MSNBC host for $2,269.50 in back taxes owed by his personal corporation, Olbermann Broadcasting Empire Inc. … “This was a bookkeeping disagreement between Keith’s accountants and the state which was resolved months ago,” an MSNBC spokesman told Page Six.
Which begs the question: How bored do you have to be before you take up tax record snooping as a hobby?
“This was a bookkeeping disagreement between Keith’s accountants and the state which was resolved months ago,” an MSNBC spokesman told Page Six.
I can hear this being said, dripping with contempt. Because, really, dude.
By Lucy on Monday, June 2, 2008 10:56 am | Permalink
I’m sorry–”Olbermann Broadcasting Empire”?? Did he really choose that name??
By Ray Greenberg on Monday, June 2, 2008 10:56 am | Permalink
Doesn’t “Olbermann Broadcasting Empire” have some relation to “The Big Show” book?
By olberfann54321 on Monday, June 2, 2008 12:24 pm | Permalink
Yep. The copyright of The Big Show is (on Keith’s end) attributed to “Olbermann Broadcasting Empire.” Obviously a legal business entity Keith set up for tax purposes when he began publishing.
By orin ("Leona") english on Monday, June 2, 2008 8:01 pm | Permalink
I smell Worst Person Wednesday!
By jamescraven on Monday, June 2, 2008 8:58 pm | Permalink
It’s not boredom, it’s desperation. But it’s worked. After years of trying, Bob Cox has finally found himself a story that “has legs.”
The Associated Press picked it up, along with the comments and opinionizing of Olbermann Watch, meaning that the meme of Keith Olbermann, Tax-and-Spend Liberal Hypocrite Who Steadfastly Refuses to Pay His Own Taxes is spreading across the country’s conservatively inclined newspapers like a brush fire. And Olbermann Watch has finally (they hope) achieved the “legitimacy” they have striven for as watchdogs on the eevul liberal media.
Oh well, I guess we have to allow them their last hurrah over this piddling crap for as long as it lasts. The times they are a-changin’. And as far as I’m concerned, they cannot change quickly enough.
By orin ("Leona") english on Saturday, June 7, 2008 3:42 pm | Permalink