Keith Olbermann get fired

[Mega]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/rich...nbc-terminated

Lets not get into a left/right firefight..America is a one party state, with 2 heads.

Why?
Has he been dropped because of his ratings......or is he being "preped" to become a "leader".......because they can see the American people are getting ready to rise.
mike

[we_are_toast]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

GE owns MSNBC. Obama announces a position for the CEO of GE, which I'm sure Olbermann would have had a lot of fun attacking. Olbermann was the top rated show on MSNBC, but he certainly didn't get along with the Oligarch management. I doubt if he was fired, but rather negotiated a very lucrative departure in exchange for not blasting the management for awhile.

I would look for Olbermann to pull a Conan O'brian and hang low for a few months than return stronger than ever on another network.

[metalman]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

GE owns MSNBC. Obama announces a position for the CEO of GE, which I'm sure Olbermann would have had a lot of fun attacking. Olbermann was the top rated show on MSNBC, but he certainly didn't get along with the Oligarch management. I doubt if he was fired, but rather negotiated a very lucrative departure in exchange for not blasting the management for awhile.

I would look for Olbermann to pull a Conan O'brian and hang low for a few months than return stronger than ever on another network.

[seanm123]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

Comcast is a den of Republicans and they just bought NBC and MSNBC etc. Olberman probably went off the reservation at the office with the changing of the guard this week, he will most likely get paid on the remainder of his contract about 2 years and have plenty of time to find a new place to hang his hat. I suspect he will be mum for a while after all he does not want to mess up the payout. It is not always about the Benjamins but this time I suspect it is.

[metalman]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

Comcast is a den of Republicans and they just bought NBC and MSNBC etc. Olberman probably went off the reservation at the office with the changing of the guard this week, he will most likely get paid on the remainder of his contract about 2 years and have plenty of time to find a new place to hang his hat. I suspect he will be mum for a while after all he does not want to mess up the payout. It is not always about the Benjamins but this time I suspect it is.

in time we'll see if he offended the oligarchs or only the republican wing.

[dcarrigg]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

in time we'll see if he offended the oligarchs or only the republican wing.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...012204023.html

[Master Shake]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

Olbermann got fired because he's an obnoxious douchebag with a miniscule audience. The notion that he was canned because he offended the "oligarchs" is as absurd as the notion that he is being "prepped to become a leader." A leader of what? An army of fast-talking arrogant assholes? He's worn out his welcome everywhere he's worked. This firing was long overdue.

[BigBagel]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

Olbermann got fired because he's an obnoxious douchebag with a miniscule audience. The notion that he was canned because he offended the "oligarchs" is as absurd as the notion that he is being "prepped to become a leader." A leader of what? An army of fast-talking arrogant assholes? He's worn out his welcome everywhere he's worked. This firing was long overdue.

True but I think they probably fired him now because Comcast didn't want to fire him right after the merger takes effect. He certainly was no threat to the empire.

[tsetsefly]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

Anyone who has seen his show knows that he is not an anti-establishment guy. He is just the Hannity version of the left.

I dont believe his firing was due to his politics seeing as how MSNBC has a lineup all preaching the same thing (Ed Shultz, Maddow etc.).

I read that he was a huge pain in the ass to work with. Dont know if it's true or not but that's a much better reason than him being fired by a channel that has established itself as the fox of the left...

[seanm123]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

He seems to have landed a job at FOX news. Not widely reported yet, no telling of whether he will cover news or just sports.

[flintlock]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

Olbermann got fired because he's an obnoxious douchebag with a miniscule audience. The notion that he was canned because he offended the "oligarchs" is as absurd as the notion that he is being "prepped to become a leader." A leader of what? An army of fast-talking arrogant assholes? He's worn out his welcome everywhere he's worked. This firing was long overdue.

Everything I've ever seen of the guy made him look goofy. They probably figured the risk of him saying something incredibly stupid was just not worth it anymore. I put him in the same class as O'Reilly, Beck, and other self absorbed clowns.

[dcarrigg]

Re: Keith Olbermann get fired

Everything I've ever seen of the guy made him look goofy. They probably figured the risk of him saying something incredibly stupid was just not worth it anymore. I put him in the same class as O'Reilly, Beck, and other self absorbed clowns.

I would rather have a mathematician dish out the news than any of these modern "journalists." At least then we'd know if stories added up. But I guess there's bigger $ in preaching to the choir, although I thought that was religion's job...