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Tonight was his last night and the last night of the show: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/keith-olbermann-out-at-msnbc_b49553 WOW!!!!
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I remember getting a letter from our school district in the last hour of classes once. It rambled on about a teacher retiring, something with the police, etc. It was very...uh, vapid, to say the least.
In this classroom we had a view of the school parking lot. I knew something more was up when a local news van showed up. (And the guy turned out to have been arrested...gay sex, drugs, and lots of other weird stuff in his past. And he'd taught for over 15 years at the school.)
Just like that incident, what we know is so...vapid. There HAS to be something underlying this to explain it.
In this classroom we had a view of the school parking lot. I knew something more was up when a local news van showed up. (And the guy turned out to have been arrested...gay sex, drugs, and lots of other weird stuff in his past. And he'd taught for over 15 years at the school.)
Just like that incident, what we know is so...vapid. There HAS to be something underlying this to explain it.
This was very abrupt. Something tells me the details will blow everyone away.
Though I didn't always agree there was something to respect about Keith Olbermann, he admitted mistake. That makes a difference when the rest of the pundit world does not.
Though I didn't always agree there was something to respect about Keith Olbermann, he admitted mistake. That makes a difference when the rest of the pundit world does not.
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searadiofreak
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radiorob2.0 said:
Yes, there may be more details to come out of this, but it was indeed abrupt, and the first major move for Comcast (other than getting rid of Zucker before they legally could). More than anything, this give us a hint of what Comcast wants (and needs) to do with NBC.
Im surprise this is Breaking News on Anderson 360 on CNN.
Here's some of what deadline.com had to say about it......
"He's been very problematic," an NBCU source told Deadline about Comcast's attitude to Olbermann. Officially, the Comcast takeover is next week. But word has been circulating for months now that the new owners have wanted to "tinker" with MSNBC and had many changes in store, including a right turn for the left-wing cable channel so that it represents both political points of view more evenly. It is well known that both Comcast chief Brian Roberts and NBCU chief Steve Burke have donated heavily to the Republican party with Burke more recently donating money to a few Democrats as well as heavily to Republicans. Roberts was a co-chairman of the host committee at the 2000 Republican Convention while Burke raised at least $200,000 for George W Bush’s re-election campaign.
Olbermann hosts the highest-rated program on MSNBC. His Countdown averaged 1 million viewers, down a modest 10% from 2009. However, he's known as a very polarizing figure and a loose cannon, and became more and more of a liability for MSNBC. In November, he was briefly suspended for making Democratic campaign contributions -- and then reinstated. Olbermann's exit follows yesterday's departure of NBC primetime president Angela Bromstad in a housecleaning there.
"He's been very problematic," an NBCU source told Deadline about Comcast's attitude to Olbermann. Officially, the Comcast takeover is next week. But word has been circulating for months now that the new owners have wanted to "tinker" with MSNBC and had many changes in store, including a right turn for the left-wing cable channel so that it represents both political points of view more evenly. It is well known that both Comcast chief Brian Roberts and NBCU chief Steve Burke have donated heavily to the Republican party with Burke more recently donating money to a few Democrats as well as heavily to Republicans. Roberts was a co-chairman of the host committee at the 2000 Republican Convention while Burke raised at least $200,000 for George W Bush’s re-election campaign.
Olbermann hosts the highest-rated program on MSNBC. His Countdown averaged 1 million viewers, down a modest 10% from 2009. However, he's known as a very polarizing figure and a loose cannon, and became more and more of a liability for MSNBC. In November, he was briefly suspended for making Democratic campaign contributions -- and then reinstated. Olbermann's exit follows yesterday's departure of NBC primetime president Angela Bromstad in a housecleaning there.
gregg75 said:
I think that you're right about this. Rachel Maddow actually interviewed former Republican chairman Michael Steele on her show Thursday. Who ever thought we would see that? Olbermann quit MSNBC once before (in the late '90s) because he didn't like covering Bill Clinton's impeachment hearings. I'm thinking that since the Arizona shootings, MSNBC wanted Olbermann to tone down. And he didn't like that.
...on the night of the Tucson Massacre, Olbermann himself was on MSNBC calling on the Faux Noise Channel twerps to "tone down." They haven't. Why the hell should Olby have had to?...TheFonz said:
...provided NBCU doesn't hold the remaining two years on Olby's contract as a non-compete in the severance, that is. Exactly how long was Piers Moron's contract supposed to be for? ;D ...azumanga said:
I would have thought that, now that Cheapcast is going to add Versus to the NBC lineup of cable channels, that Olby could be better used at a possible "NBC Sports Cable" channel that may be created and run by Dick Ebersol or someone Cheapcast brings in to run the sports properties.
Admittedly, I'm not the biggest fan of Olby but I think he wasn't the biggest problem they have. It's that, with all of the big reputation for news, that many hours in their schedule had been used to air prison shows, for example. Also, GE allowed the channel to be used as a propaganda arm of the Obama Administration. I'm sure the commentators don't always agree with every single thing the Administration has done but they had to play cheerleaders because of GE.
Well, I hear that they're replacing him with Lawrence O'Donnell. He makes Keith look like Bill Clinton with bifocals.
Admittedly, I'm not the biggest fan of Olby but I think he wasn't the biggest problem they have. It's that, with all of the big reputation for news, that many hours in their schedule had been used to air prison shows, for example. Also, GE allowed the channel to be used as a propaganda arm of the Obama Administration. I'm sure the commentators don't always agree with every single thing the Administration has done but they had to play cheerleaders because of GE.
Well, I hear that they're replacing him with Lawrence O'Donnell. He makes Keith look like Bill Clinton with bifocals.
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musicman3355
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azumanga said:
I second that.
Ironically, Conan was canned from NBCU and then got on TBS, and just like Conan, Keith was canned by NBCU as well. Might Turner (who owns TBS) pick him up and put him on CNN or HLN? ???
Timing is interesting. As soon as the FCC and Anti-trust people sign-off, Keith disappears. The Roberts', long known as the "Cable Nazis" (No sports channel for you!) with a penchant for anti-competitive practices, terrible customer service, frequent price increases and a reluctance to upgrade systems are now on their next slash and burn move: They are going to purge progressive talk from MSNBC. Now, we will have ANOTHER wing-nut cable vitriol-fest.
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