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United States News Title: Cock Sucking Faggot Liar Asshole Olbermann gets Thrown Out On His Ass NEW YORK – Keith Olbermann was MSNBC's most popular personality and single-handedly led its transformation to an outspoken, left-leaning cable news network in prime time. Despite that, he often seemed to be walking on a tightrope with his job. Friday night, it snapped. Olbermann returned from one last commercial break on "Countdown" to tell viewers it was his last broadcast, and read a James Thurber short story in a three-minute exit statement. Simultaneously, MSNBC e-mailed a statement that "MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract." The network thanked him and said, "we wish him well in his future endeavors." Neither MSNBC President Phil Griffin, Olbermann nor his manager responded to requests to explain an exit so abrupt that Olbermann's face was still being featured on an MSNBC promotional ad 30 minutes after he had said goodbye. Olbermann was nearly fired in November, but instead was suspended two days without pay for violating an NBC News policy by donating to three political campaigns, including the congressional campaign of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. He returned and apologized to his fans, but not the network. MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines insisted Olbermann's exit had nothing to do with the acquisition of parent company NBC Universal by Comcast, which received regulatory approval last week. That deal marked the exit of NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker, who saw Olbermann's value in turning around a once-unprofitable network, despite headaches the mercurial personality could sometimes cause his bosses. "There were many occasions, particularly in the last 2 1/2 years, where all that surrounded the show — but never the show itself — was just too much for me," Olbermann said in his exit statement. "But your support and loyalty and, if I may use the word, insistence, ultimately required that I keep going. My gratitude to you is boundless." Olbermann's father, Theodore, who was often cited when his son discussed problems in the health care system, died last March. His mother died the year before. "A lot of people are trying to figure out if this was truly voluntary or not," said Adam Green, co-founder of BoldProgressives.org, which collected thousands of petition signatures urging Olbermann's reinstatement following last fall's suspension. After Giffords was shot in the head on Jan. 8, Olbermann took to the air with an emotional editorial that night saying politicians and talk show personalities — including himself — need to swear off any kind of violent imagery so as not to incite anybody into acts like the Giffords shooting. Olbermann's peripatetic career landed him at MSNBC eight years ago — his second prime-time stint on the network — with a humorous show counting down the day's top stories. That changed on Aug. 30, 2006, when Olbermann aired the first of a series of densely-worded and blistering "special comments," this time expressing anger at then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's criticism of opponents to the war in Iraq. More anti-Bush administration commentary followed. Olbermann dropped any pretense of journalistic objectivity, and he became a hero to liberals battered by the popularity of Fox News Channel and its conservative commentators. Olbermann openly feuded with Fox, often naming personalities like Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck one of his "worst persons in the world" for some of their statements. "Countdown" became MSNBC's most popular show. Instantly, a network that had often floundered in seeking a direction molded itself after Olbermann. Opinion was in, and MSNBC's prime-time lineup was filled out with Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell, who both had been subs for Olbermann when he was away. Olbermann, before leaving the show with a final signature toss of his script toward the camera on Friday, thanked his audience for sticking with him. As was often his habit on Friday nights, he read a Thurber short story, this one titled "Scottie Who Knew Too Much" and published in 1940. The story's final line: "It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all of the answers." He thanked several people, including the late Tim Russert, but pointedly not Griffin or NBC News President Steve Capus. He said he was grateful to the network that he was given time to sign off, noting that when he left ESPN in the 1990s, he was given 30 seconds — cut in half at the last minute to get in tennis results. David Brock, founder and CEO of the liberal media watchdog Media Matters for America, said Olbermann "led the charge" against "conservative misinformation in prime time." "Keith is an innovator and extremely talented broadcaster who showed there was a market for progressive views on cable news," Brock said. "I'm sure we'll be hearing more of him soon, and I eagerly await hearing of his next move." The mood was different at Newsbusters, a website operated by the conservative Media Research Center: "You guys at Newsbusters should really break out the champagne and party," wrote one reader about Olbermann. The Cornell graduate first became known for his work on ESPN's "Sportscenter," where he also cultivated a reputation for being talented but difficult to work with. His first MSNBC stint ended in the late 1990s when he quit, complaining his bosses were telling him to talk too much about President Bill Clinton's impeachment scandal. 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. Olbermann's plans are unclear. He signed a four-year contract with MSNBC two years ago; contract buyouts typically include noncompete clauses that keep a personality off TV for a period of time. CNN has continued to struggle in prime time, most recently with a program in Olbermann's time slot hosted by Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker. Bringing Olbermann on, however, would mean a dramatic shift in the network's determined nonpartisan stance, and there was no indication such a change was imminent.
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This guy was by far the most vile, hateful man on television. I didn't watch him at all, but on occasion as I was flipping through channels I'd run across him foaming at the mouth about something. I suspect that Comcast is going to change MSNBC significantly to get the ratings ups. I don't think they bought NBC to lose money.
Oh please. Unlike Glenn Beck, Olberman never called for shooting your political opponents in the head.
I watch Glenn Beck on occasion. He does not foam at the mouth like Obermann. Not even close. Beck tries to act like an educator, warning his audience about the evil motives of progressives. He tries to do it with a bit of humor. Obermann on the other hand acts like rabid pit bull -- spewing vile hatred of his political opponents. Ed Schultz is more of Beck's counterpart. Obermann is just sick in the head.
Beck talked about shooting his political opponents in the head. When did Olberman ever resort to that level of rhetoric (and frankly I'm surprised that you watched Keith's show).
NO HE DIDN'T. ABSOLUTELY NOT. He was warning Democrat politicians in Washington about the true nature of the leftist believers that they have allied themselves with. Outline: "You in Washington" -- Democrat polticians. A bit about the Tea Party believing in something. Then he starts talking about the radicals that the Democrats have allied themselves with and how dangerous they really are.
I stand corrected, you are right, Beck was indeed arguing that the "radical" communists in washington would have to be shot in the head. Which affirms my point, his level of hate makes Keith Olberman look like Mother Teresa. See below:
No amount of spin is going to make what you say even remotely true. He is giving warning to the Democrat politicians about getting in bed with leftist radicals. That's all he is doing. He is NOT talking to his audience or the Tea Party. He is talking to Democrat politicians in D.C.
This is the modus operandi for go56. He truly thinks that wishing something to be so, will make it so. And conversely, he thinks that if he simply refuses to accept a fact, it will cease to be, and he can go blithely on. As the old expression goes, "wish in one hand....."
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