Gawker (gossip website) deems Keith "not worth it" & "Don't hire this man"

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http://gawker.com/5873289/keith-olbermann-not-worth-it
[h2]Keith Olbermann: Not Worth It[/h2]
By Hamilton Nolan

Keith Olbermann is a talented television man. He's agile with words. He's whip-smart, an often penetrating thinker, and seems able to strike the perfect on-air balance between smoldering outrage and smirking "What are we doing here, folks?" acknowledgment of some of television's absurdities. Still. If you are a TV executive who hires this man, you are a fucking idiot.

Last year, Keith Olbermann left MSNBC because—long story short, here—Keith Olbermann is a petulant, spoiled child. (This is not to say that there is nothing wrong with the cable news business itself; it's simply to point out that Keith Olbermann is a buffoon with a near-complete lack of self-awareness whose own diva-like behavior has left a trail of enemies at various networks in his wake.) He took a job at tiny Current TV. And what is happening this week, do you wonder? Yes, that's right, Keith Olbermann is locked in a "falling out" with the network, a "rift" that could, potentially, mark the end of Olbermann's very short time there. He is reportedly upset about Current's cheap production values, as well as his own "level of influence" at the network. Olbermann's own PR campaign consists, as usual, of him making snide remarks to random Americans, on Twitter.

Keith Olbermann has done something rather spectacular: he has made cable television executives into sympathetic characters. They have to deal with Keith Olbermann's bullshit, after all. The details of each particular self-entitled tantrum aren't really important; the salient fact is that this will never stop. This is how Keith Olbermann is. If you hire him, this is what you will get. He has some redeeming qualities, yes. He has, within him, the ability to be a great TV newsman. Sadly, his ego will never let that happen. It's time to just... let him go.

He's not worth it.

(Photo: Getty)

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[fredamae]

1. Lol, Keith is striking nerves

Hes distracting "them"!

[Pisces]

7. He's striking Al Gore's nerve. Is this something we should be cheering??

[fredamae]

9. ....And you are correct-I misread the Whole damn thing

I have been waiting for the RW to go after KO-I made an irresponsible assumption off the headline-without Reading the whole article-My apology-No this is Not to be cheered

[Orangepeel]

2. People can be smart, have noble goals, and be correct on most things

And still be huge pains in the ass. I wouldn't be shocked to find out Keith has a very large ego and is a diva to work with. He comes across on screen that way to me, even though I think he is smart, has noble goals and is usually correct

I hope he can work things out with Current.

[hifiguy]

3. +1

KO has a very long track record of wearing out his welcome with diva behavior despite his unquestionable intelligence and passion.

[quinnox]

4. you can tell

the guy is a diva, so now he has blew two good jobs with big money salaries.

[asjr]

5. He must have Keith mixed up with Newt Gingrich.

[Pisces]

6. The fact that Keith is now screwing Al Gore who is in his infancy with Current tv, tells it all.

Keith is too arrogant and difficult. I don't think anyone should hire him either.

[tularetom]

8. Sadly I fear this is true

Olbermann is a tremendous talent but it appears that his success has gone to his head. I've heard tales about his prima donna attitude for years, way before he became a success on MSNBC, so to me stories like this are credible.

Ironically he makes frequent references to "A Face in the Crowd" the old Andy Griffith film about a Glen Beck type broadcaster ultimately brought down by his own ego. Pot meets kettle?