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Keith Olbermann Sues Current TV

"Dilettantes." That sort of describes a lot of people not specifically limited to Current.

He told Letterman he has the same lawyer that Conan used against NBC.
 
quadraphonic said:
Maybe he will win, and he will never have to work again....
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But most possibly he may lose and never work again beyond producing his shows in his PJs behind a cardboard box on its side with a rectangle cut in the bottom.
 
sdwulfdawg said:
quadraphonic said:
Maybe he will win, and he will never have to work again....
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But most possibly he may lose and never work again beyond producing his shows in his PJs behind a cardboard box on its side with a rectangle cut in the bottom.
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We can hope.
 
I'm wondering, could Current survive if it was to lose, and owe Olbermann the full $70 he is asking for? Also how does getting fired turn into "enticed to leave MSNBC"
 
Irishfl said:
Also how does getting fired turn into "enticed to leave MSNBC"
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Well, a person feels a lot more confident in dealing with one's boss if that person already has a great job if the current one goes away. So it's possible that KO sort of orchestrated his own firing because he felt the new job was just so much better. Then again, knowing that, MSNBC might also get called to testify during the trial.

The amount is one of those things the judge assigns. They may be suing for that much, but if they win, then the next step is to prove the damages amount.
 
If Olbermann started his own YouTube channel, he'd probably find a way to anger his bosses there.
 
So where can we expect to see Keith next? Stickam or Ustream? ;D :D ;)
 
I'd like Keith Olbermann to create a subscription model ala Glenn Beck just so he could get pissed off and bail out after a month and burn the very fans that wasted their time following him.
He's burned everyone else up until this point.
Might as well make sure every possible bridge is torched into carbon, no point in bucking a trend.
 
For someone who claimed to be for the "99 percent" he certainly is coming off like an arrogant 1-percenter who only cares about his own self greed. I used to like to watch him now and them cause it seemed like he understood what was really going on out there, but it turns out it was, at no surprise to most of us, for ratings. Hope he loses in court because I think Current was OK in what it did to this rich egotist.
 
He's got some sort of a mental problem, just like Newt Gingrich. They both don't care if they lose so long as everyone is paying attention to them. I'm not trying to be funny, I think they have actual mental problems that need some therapeutic treatment.
 
smaug07 said:
For someone who claimed to be for the "99 percent" he certainly is coming off like an arrogant 1-percenter who only cares about his own self greed. I used to like to watch him now and them cause it seemed like he understood what was really going on out there, but it turns out it was, at no surprise to most of us, for ratings. Hope he loses in court because I think Current was OK in what it did to this rich egotist.
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The only real issue is whether or not Current and/or Olbermann lived up to their contractual agreement and, if not, who damaged who(m). Whether Olbermann has an ego or a large bank account is not part of the equation.
 
Ah, the Ego...and we all know Olby has one of the biggest in the business.

Current was and is a startup operation which does not have the financial backing of the large "news" (cough) networks.

CNN wasn't built overnight, and even in these days of "going viral", new networks take time and, yes, money.

He hasn't the patience or the maturity to deal with adversity. A man with less "ego" would be able to shelve it and work on

ways to improve the channel. After all, he was the most famous of all the blogg---- excuse me, journalists that Current

could afford. You don't hear Dan Rather...a real journalist...constantly carping about HDNet and how few people watch them.
 
Studio20 said:
Current was and is a startup operation which does not have the financial backing of the large "news" (cough) networks.
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It has the financial backing of Al Gore & Joel Hyatt. They're both well-heeled individuals. I'd say they were better prepared for the cost of starting a cable channel than Ted Turner was in 1980. He mortgaged his own personal property, including his yacht, to start CNN.

Are you Olby critics such fans of Al Gore that you think he's blameless in this operation?
 
Joel Hyatt used to own that chain of legal services stores that were all over the malls in the 80's.
(as parodied on The Simpsons with Lionel Hutz and "I Can't Believe It's a Law Firm).

With sleazy going up against crazy to this degree it could be the Trial of the Century.
Oh, Court TV, where are ye when we need ye? :'(
 
Studio20 said:
Ah, the Ego...and we all know Olby has one of the biggest in the business.
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I don't know the man personally and I submit you don't either. Since virtually all on-air personalities seem to be cut from the same cloth I would think having an outsized ego would be part of the qualification for the job. I don't hear anyone criticizing Rush for his ego.

Studio20 said:
He hasn't the patience or the maturity to deal with adversity. A man with less "ego" would be able to shelve it and work on ways to improve the channel. After all, he was the most famous of all the blogg---- excuse me, journalists that Current
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I don't have the details on what he may have been promised when he moved to Current but apparently what was delivered was not up to his expectations. Whether or not his performance was up to the managers of Current is also an unknown. Keith did come out and say bills weren't being paid nor were the "production values" up to professional standards and admitted publicly that he should have known up front the resources weren't there.

Studio20 said:
You don't hear Dan Rather...a real journalist...constantly carping about HDNet and how few people watch them.
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A minor point but Rather is/was a dedicated journalist (but didn't he go off the tracks by crossing the line?). Keith has never described himself as a journalist nor have I heard him "carp" about the size of his audience. I would think, based upon the move from MSNBC to Current, he thought he could help build an audience and obviously so did Current.
 
I think Rather's situation at HD Net is very different. Rather was doing monthly documentaries basically as an outside contractor. Olbermann was doing a nightly talk show using their facility. Listening to Olbermann, that facility wasn't good quality. I haven't heard Rather's status now that HD Net is about to be turned into a mostly music & entertainment channel. He may be done there.
 
Dan Rather turns 81 this year, so maybe he's ready to retire. I don't believe anything has been announced regarding his future with HDNet.
 
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