Olbermann quits/is fired? Where's the thread?

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That's all I got right now because I can't find the thread and I can't believe there isn't one yet.
 
It only just happened hours ago. You are too impatient.

As to the firing, I am not terribly surprised. When they punished him for contributing to a political cause, I think that was the beginning of the end. He is not the sort of man to wear those kinds of shackles.

But he'll find something. He is popular and has a large following. MSNBC is the real loser here. Most people never paid any attention to them until Countdown.

Personally, I don't care for his style. Too much like Rush Limbaugh.
 
Yeah, I read the news.

I have to imagine he was a difficult person to work for and with. This isn't the first position he's left.

At his best, he was a very important voice that made powerful, progressive arguments. At his worst, he was childish and strident.

I'll miss him. He might be best suited to just deliver his special comments in a weekly format or something. That was his best material.
 
wow...thanks for the news...I didn't even know till now!

Might be due to the recent Comcast / NBC takeover...since there's always been discussion about what would happen when that's finalized.
 
Wait, is this politics?

I'm not sure, I never watch the man.
 
I love NBC immediately saying it had nothing to do with the Comcast sale. Oh OK, well glad we cleared that up.

Also got a kick out of them "wishing him well in his future endeavors." That's such a pro wrestling thing. :D
 
So long *******. Unfortunately MSNBC just doesn't learn. They are elevating that loudmouth, red-faced nutcase Ed Schultz to the 10pm time slot.
 
Ed Schultz isn't that bad. I actually watch Maddow more than any other MSNBC show anyway.
 
thaiboxerken said:
Ed Schultz isn't that bad. I actually watch Maddow more than any other MSNBC show anyway.
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I think it will be an unmitigated disaster for MSNBC. Remember he has to go against Greta and Anderson Cooper at 10pm. Anyway it seems that this "departure" was a long time coming and the timing was right for the management to give Olbermann the final push out the door.
 
This is a country of 300,000,000 people. Surely there is someone better than Ed Schultz.

How about Sam Seder? He's at least entertaining. I'm not sure if he could competently fill an hour, but let someone else of substance play the straight man role. Chris Hayes isn't terrible, he usually brings on interesting people to interview.

I am not a fan of Schultz. He's not what one would call a deep thinker.
 
It's yet to be seen who will replace him at 6pm. One can only hope not another hour of Chris "I don't see race yet talk about it endlessly with insane theories...oh yeah I also hope Michelle divorces Barack so I can marry him" Matthews. If they pick someone with a modicum of talent his replacement at 6pm might also be his replacement at 10pm soon enough.
 
Let's hope he now seeks that urgent psychiatric medical help he so desperately needs!

In fact, stick him and Beck in a room, lock the doors...winner take all
 
deepatrax said:
In fact, stick him and Beck in a room, lock the doors...winner take all
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Olberman would kick Beck's flabby butt all over the room. Beck would be crying real tears, not the fake ones his makeup artists put on him.

Not that this would prove anything.
 
Tricky said:
Olberman would kick Beck's flabby butt all over the room. Beck would be crying real tears, not the fake ones his makeup artists put on him.

Not that this would prove anything.
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just let's all make sure to keep the doors LOCKED!
 
Daily Kos apparently has some "unnamed insider" claiming the plan is to move Olbermann away from politics and back to sports, making him the face of Versus which NBC/Comcast is planning to build up as legitimate competition for ESPN (hockey, UFC, Olympics, and possibly Sunday Night Football).

Someone else will have to find the link, as I'd rather go to a nuns and nazis porn site with my antivirus protection turned off than Daily Kos.
 
Drudgewire said:
Daily Kos apparently has some "unnamed insider" claiming the plan is to move Olbermann away from politics and back to sports, making him the face of Versus which NBC/Comcast is planning to build up as legitimate competition for ESPN (hockey, UFC, Olympics, and possibly Sunday Night Football).

Someone else will have to find the link, as I'd rather go to a nuns and nazis porn site with my antivirus protection turned off than Daily Kos.
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Interesting...

When he was on ESPN I actually liked Olbermann and thought him having his own political show would be interesting when he went to MSNBC

Little did I know how far Left he really was.
 
Policenaut said:
It's yet to be seen who will replace him at 6pm. ... snip
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It looks like it'll be Cenk Uygur of 'The Young Turks' web TV show.

Link


MSNBC announced that O’Donnell, who had frequently filled in for Olbermann before starting his own 10 p.m. show, will take over Olbermann’s time slot starting Monday. “The Ed Show,” with Ed Schultz, will move to 10 p.m. Cenk Uygur of the Web show “The Young Turks” will fill Schultz’s vacated 6 p.m. time slot.
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It's obvious Olbermann either was fired by his new boss (of 3 days) Brian Roberts of Comcast -- rather famously a Republican agenda supporter -- or he decided to quit ahead of the axe.

Countdown was MSNBC's most popular show. It'll hurt their bottom line quite substantially to lose Olbermann.

But I suspect that isn't why Comcast bought MSNBC.

They bought NBC to gain access to the studio's catalog of movies, but also to squelch the fact-checking and counterbalance that kept making the Republican propaganda harder to force down the public's throat. Right-wing media moguls (like Roberts and Murdoch) are quietly buying up the airwaves (with FCC complicity) and soon -- if not right now -- "fair and balanced" will be nothing but a slogan.

The easily-brainwashed may see this as a good thing, but I see it as the end of democracy.
 
I was happy, but then I saw his replacement.

What is the point if it is just going to be another prick?
 
Keith and I are about the same age and we like a lot of the same things (except for sports, which he likes and to which I say meh). I "got" nearly every pop culture reference he made. He quoted Monty Python in serious commentary, which is something I have been known to do, too. His heroes in the world of journalism were my heroes in the world of journalism, too. He and I both recognized Sarah Palin for what she is--I called her an "imbecile" and Keith called her an "idiot"--and we were both disgusted to have to point out repeatedly that that the former beauty queen had no clothes (by which I mean, intellect).

We both adopted the sign off of "Goodnight and good luck" (or sometimes simply, "Good luck") from Ed Murrow.

I liked the fact that he usually put his brain in gear before engaging his mouth, and that he tried to be faithful to the facts. If the evidence said one thing and his political leanings said another, he tended to go with the evidence.

That said, he was sometimes short with people, when he should have been more polite. His questions were often compound and asked quickly--which many TV reporters see as a necessity due to time constraints, but which makes the questions inherently difficult to answer. Some of his guests were of questionable value and some of his frequent guests were redundant. Perhaps that reflected not Keith, but the reality that it can be tough to find a good variety of guests.

My suspicion, like that of others, is that the ownership of his network played a role. I have let it be known that there are certain companies for whom I would not work, and it would not be a surprise to learn if Keith had a similar list of his own.

Was he fired? Highly unlikely, I think. More probable is that some pressure was being brought to bear with respect to editorial content--a tale that has happened literally thousands of times since the emergence of television--and Keith said that he would not bow to it.

I expect Keith will emerge elsewhere on the news and political commentary scene, but until then, so long Keith, and good luck.
 
“Comcast has not closed the transaction for NBCU and has no operational control at any of its properties including MSNBC. We pledged from the day the deal was announced that we would not interfere with NBCU’s news operations. We have not & we will not.”

Quote from Comcast according to Brian Stelter via twitter.

http://twitter.com/#!/brianstelter

Also...I guess that's good news about the 6pm replacement. I haven't ever watched the guy hosting but I have heard clips of him.
 
Olbermann was a weeee bit too full of himself.

No Keith, you are not the reincarnation of Edward R. Murrow.

And his constant use of "you Sir", really bugged me. Keith was annoying.

That's right, I said it.

:)
 
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