Keith Olbermann gets sacked by MSNBC
Keith Olbermann was one of the best cable news personalities at MSNBC who led the transformation of the station into a forefront television news network. Despite this, his bosses have decided to fire him recently.
The reason seems to be in connection with Comcast’s acquiring of NBC and their distaste for his defiance and attitude.
Last night, Olbermann informed viewers on “Countdown” that it was his last show and read a story by James Thurber for three minutes as a final statement. Meanwhile, MSNBC sent a statement indicating that “MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.”
According to TMZ, Keith was in the middle of a four-year $30 million deal set to last until 2012, so he will continue to get his salary, which is around $7 million a year.
Neither the president of the network, Phil Griffin, nor Olbermann responded to requests for explanations of this steep output. What is certain though is that the network said 10 p.m. host Lawrence O’Donnell would move into Keith’s slot Monday.
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I like watching Keith’s show it is very informative and is very straight forward unlike Fox News which many of you foolishly watch even though you know you are being lied to makes me think of the war in Iraq a war started basically on lies and was proven so yet we continue to fight there JUST DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I respect Keith’s journalism so much that I got hooked onto his show i was flipping through the channels a year and a half ago seeing what all the major news networks are talking about off course Fox news just made me switch the channel right away then same thing happened with CNN but not as swift as fox I then turned to MSNBC watched the whole episode of “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” and was immediately hooked not only can I see the true sense of journalism from this guy I can also see what he was bringing to the show was the Truth something foxnews is the opposite of.
I am very disappointed with Keith’s decision cause hes one of the last few real journalists around that will tell it like it is much less so with Jon Stewart who although chooses the satirical route with his show yet he tell you the news without covering up the truth like foxnews yes foxnews. One thing that comes to mind that may be the reason for his sudden unfortunate departure might be the Gabrielle Gifford’s shooting and the not surprising post response from our very patriotic politicians. I couldn’t be more disgusted when Sarah Palin and the likes thereof acted like they had no accountability for what happened even though she proudly used terms like RELOAD! I can see why Keith might not want to be any part of such a corrupt and atrocious system of government where blame is passed onto each other instead of claiming accountability like Keith did and surprisingly John McCain. Although they are not directly responsible for the Arizona shooting they stood up and said something out of their hearts instead of their behinds like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, & Rush Limbaugh have been doing.
I wish Keith all the best kind of like how i did the same with Dan Rather who was also a journalist I had huge respects for its a shame how we just keep sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss where the truth is very hard to come by its all up to Jon Stewart Now.