Fucker Tucker Commits Slander Against Olbermann

[Flagg]

Huffington Post

Tucker Carlson Sent Emails Posing As Keith Olbermann

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson First Posted: 11- 9-10 05:23 PM | Updated: 11-10-10 08:51 AM

UPDATE: The text and headlines of this article have been changed to reflect Tucker Carlson's admission that he sent emails posing as Keith Olbermann.

Conservative pundit and Daily Caller editor Tucker Carlson perpetrated a hoax last weekend by posing as Keith Olbermann in a series of emails to a Philadelphia columnist.

On Tuesday afternoon, a set of emails surfaced on the Philadelphia news site Phawker. Phawker said that the emails showed the "100% for real" correspondence between Olbermann and Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky over the weekend. In the emails, "Olbermann" talks about his boss, MSNBC President Phil Griffin, in hyperbolic, insulting terms.

In one email, "Olbermann" says that Griffin is "not my boss (thank god), nor is he intellectually qualified to be...I'll be anchoring on election night 2012, long after Phil Griffin has moved on to a job for which he's actually qualified, perhaps on QVC."

In another, "Olbermann" writes that "I could have Phil Griffin fired tomorrow if I felt like it, trust me. And if he keeps yapping about me in public, I may. For the moment, however, keeping Phil around is like having a drunk chimp in the office -- more amusing than threatening."

The incendiary emails seemed too good to be true -- and they were. They were sent from keith@keitholbermann.com. That's an address that is not owned by Olbermann, but by Carlson. In July, Carlson announced that he had purchased the domain name KeithOlbermann.com, and told Politico that people could email him at Keith@KeithOlbermann.com -- the same address that the emails to Bykofsky came from.

On Tuesday night, Yahoo's Michael Calderone reached Carlson by phone. Carlson confirmed that he had, in fact, sent the emails posing as Olbermann.

"Could you resist?" Carlson said. "It was just too funny. The flesh is weak."

I hope Olbermann and MSNBC bankrupt this cunt.

[Thanas]

The quality of Tucker Carlson never ceases to amaze me.

Just for that, Olbermann should bring back his Worst person segment.

[Jaevric]

On Tuesday night, Yahoo's Michael Calderone reached Carlson by phone. Carlson confirmed that he had, in fact, sent the emails posing as Olbermann.

"Could you resist?" Carlson said. "It was just too funny. The flesh is weak."

Yes. Yes, I could have resisted. I'd like to think that most people over the age of 12 could have resisted. I have to agree with Flagg in the fondly-held hope that the jackass loses a ridiculous amount of money and, hopefully, his career as a result of this stupidity. I'm not a big Olbermann fan, but this seems incredibly unprofessional and should be a source of embarassment to Carlson's coworkers and employer. Unfortunately, I suspect many people will scream that this is a freedom of speech issue and rally to Carlson's defense.

[eion]

Peter Parker: Spider Man wasn't trying to attack the city… he was trying to save it. That's slander.
J. Jonah Jameson: It is not. I resent that. Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.
Otherwise, you're good.

Isn't there a cybersquating statute that Olbermann and MSNBC could go after Carlson with?

[General Zod]

Peter Parker: Spider Man wasn't trying to attack the city… he was trying to save it. That's slander.
J. Jonah Jameson: It is not. I resent that. Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.
Otherwise, you're good.

Isn't there a cybersquating statute that Olbermann and MSNBC could go after Carlson with?

They'd probably have an easier time nailing Carlson with identity theft.

[SirNitram]

So bowtie boy continues to be a petty little jerk.

[Sephirius]

Screw off Carlson, you're ruining bowties after all the hard work the Doctor has done to make them cool again