UPDATE 2 ....TURN ON MSNBC...KO BACK WITH MATTHEWS TONIGHT

[unfrigginreal]

Might MSNBC be having a change of heart over network star Keith Olbermann?

The Countdown host who's become the face (and programmer?) of MSNBC regularly anchored presidential primary debate coverage, which was once the territory not of pundits, but hard news men and women. Such a ratings draw in primetime, Olbermann then headed up Denver's broadcasts from the DNC, where he and Chris Matthews tag teamed lead coverage — and spearheaded a series of on-air dust ups with colleagues.

But this week, in St. Paul at the RNC, Olbermann is nowhere to be found. That's because he's been ordered to stay in New York, while Matthews and none other than Tucker Carlson — MSNBC's whipping boy — will lead coverage from the Republican convention; Morning Joe's Joe Scarborough will also broadcast on location.

http://www.jossip.com/is-msnbc-finally-reining-in-keith-olbermann-20080902/

and...

Anchor Movement: Network News to St. Paul, Keith Stays in NY

As insiders predicted last night in St. Paul, anchors are beginning the trip back from the Gulf Coast region to the RNC as coverage shifts away from Gustav.

The three evening news anchors, CBS' Katie Couric, ABC's Charlie Gibson and NBC's Brian Williams, will be back tonight broadcasting from St. Paul.

One person not returning from his Hurricane Gustav coverage location will be MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. Olbermann led coverage last night from New York, and will now co-anchor prime time convention coverage from MSNBC HQ with Chris Matthews at the RNC.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/2008_conventions/anchor_movement_network_news_to_st_paul_keith_stays_in_ny_93265.asp



UPDATE

I'm not sure where they're getting information from but another poster says he'll be there. I hope so!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6883503

UPDATE 2

I just called NBC and was told that Keith would be back with Chris tonight! YES!! 3:45P.M.

[mzmolly]

1. "finally reigning in...."

not sure I buy the Jossip gossip. ;)

[soleft]

2. I emailed MSNBC that I won't be watching

[Cleita]

3. I've already done it.

I can't stand those other sycophantic RW shills. I still have LinkTV, BBC and the internet.

[ginnyinWI]

4. I'll stay with c-span then. nt

[bdamomma]

5. I want to hear what Keith is saying about this.

[Betsy Ross]

6. At least he'll be on the air even if only from NYC. n/t

[EFerrari]

7. I give it a day while they watch their numbers tank. n/t

[Lex]

11. yep

and I do not have the stomach to watch Tucker Carlson, the smug little pissant.

[NYCGirl]

8. But Olbermann will still anchor from NYC with Matthews in MN.

That's OK with me.

[napi21]

14. Yes, that's the way they did it last night, and I thought it worked out well.

Did it ever occur to you that Keith didn't WANT to go to the middle of the den of theives? I sure wouldn't want to! So far it's been a BIG NOTHING out there, and last I heard, the speeches tonight will be abreviated from their original versions.

Keith will still be on your TV and he has the added benefit of not having to deal with a bunch of whining, lying idiots!

[Johonny]

9. so there's a liberal media bias?

[marlakay]

10. I wonder if its about all the fighting on air

I bet the others are jealous of keith and all the attention he has been getting. the republicans hate him and probably found someway to keep him out.

[hisownpetard]

13. Wait - Keith is not at the Repug convention?!? I missed this, somehow. Can you please fill me in?

I absolutely adore Keith and won't watch it at all if he's not doing it.

What's going on?

[SoCalDem]

12. They need him more than he needs them

He's left before..and he might just do it again

[Tangerine LaBamba]

15. I'm a KO fan,

but I thought his work at the DNC was just terrible. Wordy, irrelevant, self-indulgent, petulant, and, worst of all, uninteresting. Maybe he just didn't want to be there.

I watched him last night, from NY, and he was everything I've always liked about him. So, maybe he's just not cut out for the foolishness of covering political conventions.

[liberal1973]

21. ?

Bull crap.. He did fine. The scumbag scarborough and tom brokeaw were horrible as usual.

That far right looney scarborough should have had his ass removed from the Democratic convention.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

25. Bull crap?

Blow it out your blowhole, silly.. I thought his work was sub-par, and that's all there is to it. You have a different take on his performance, fine. But don't you dare start with vulgar characterizations because your opinion is different from mine.

I don't watch Scarborough and have no interest in him. You, on the other hand, have a lot to learn about civilized debate.

[Wednesdays]

16. Muzzling the few voices remaining who challenge the crooks

Yeah, "Fair and Balanced", "Equal Time", etc., my ass. :eyes:

[liberal1973]

17. FACT-without KO MSNBC is crap

Keith Olbermann is the best political commentator on tv.

:bounce:

[marshall]

18. Who did he piss off?

heads will roll when the ratings come out.

[TahitiNut]

19. Norah O'Donnell is just plain painful. Vacuous, arrogant, pandering ... yechhh!

If she were reporting the weather, it'd still be over her head.

[depakid]

20. Did anyone expect otherwise?

Can't have effective no-nonsense Dems at the Republican convention. Can't manufacture a bounce that way.

[peacetalksforall]

22. Do not trust GE/NBC. Their agenda has been money and the same old propaganda . They will

only let in a little bit of light because of the buck.

[Divine Discontent]

23. if he's not there - it's because they know more people will probably be watching MSNBC at any time

other than the DEM convention, all year, and they don't want KO telling the people who don't know a whole lot about the GOP criminals why they're so full of crap - MSNBC is NOT one of the major news networks who has to keep it on the good ship lollipop and only hint at controversies without barraging the politicians about it, it is a place, like Fox News, that you know you're going to get OPINION. KO's opinion needs heard by the masses, because he's smart, and mildly funny - something few are!

MORE AT www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[JerseygirlCT]

24. I just heard them mention that he'd be covering the convention

tonight.

Perhaps the OP info is old?

He was in NY covering the storm last night - but that could also be taken as having their strongest person covering the top story.

[unfrigginreal]

26. Kick 4 update