Ok, so we're all way way way impressed with Keith Olbermann lately. And rightly so. I wish I could beam this guy's commentaries directly into the frontal lobes of every non-comatose American. Hell, the comatose ones too. Might wake even them up. And we've all (you have, right?) send e-mail to viewerservices@msnbc.com, letters@msnbc.com, countdown@msnbc.com, KOlbermann@msnbc.com, and dabrams@msnbc.com to show our support for him. And we've all heard the calls for Nielsen households to watch Countdown.
But beyond e-mail, there's something the rest of us non-Nielsen schlubs can do that will probably mean more to MSNBC than all of our emails. Jump with me...
And it's really easy, too. Just make a point, once a day, to visit Keith's
Bloggerman page, and click on the "Watch Video" link.
Face it. You were going to watch his commentary on YouTube or CrooksAndLiars anyway. Why not watch it at the place where it'll matter, on MSNBC's page? I have no doubt that they watch the hit statistics for their various web properties as much, if not more, than they watch the Nielsen ratings. After all, they were the first major news organization to jump whole-hog into the whole online thing.
We may not be Nielsen families, but that doesn't mean we can't make ourselves counted.
I rarely ask for Rec's, but I'm going to do it now because a) this is easy and makes sense, and b) oh god we need Olberman to stay on the air. The more Kossacks see this (oh, and spread the word: e-mail your non-Kossack friends about this too), the better off we'll all be.