Keith Olbermann is history...Looks like he's been fired.

[Thunderstruck]

That was fast...Comcast???

Keith is gone from MSNBC effective immediately.

[MichaelHarris]

1. this really

sucks

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. What, did they fire him; did he quit?

[Thunderstruck]

5. Sounds like he was fired. nt

[Dennis Donovan]

3. This is fucking MINDBLOWING!!!!

[Name removed]

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[SharonRB]

6. WTF?

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Comcast merger related?

:wtf:

[niyad]

8. I am in shock

[bdamomma]

45. me too

:(

[marmar]

9. En serio?

[butterfly77]

40. Its not funny about Keith but...

the cat:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Hepburn]

10. I am totally shocked!!!

:wow:

[bullimiami]

11. wouldnt surprise me. they dumped donahue when he had their highest ratings.

[SHRED]

12. He is saying goodbye now...WTF?

[NotThisTime]

13. WTH? Any further information on this? It's total crap.

[Ruby the Liberal]

20. He said his goodbyes. They cancelled him.

[jwirr]

14. Didn't he faint on the set about a week ago? Maybe he is sick? I

for one am going to be lost without him.

[davidwparker]

67. if it were, he wouldn't be reading a story about a dog

who know too much.

[skorpo]

15. What a Surprise!

Oh I Wonder:

What comes next for KO?

Who will be replacing him?

Was he fired?

Is he sick?

[glinda]

16. That was a really really strange goodbye and with no warning. WTF!

[Ruby the Liberal]

Twitter @BreakingNews MSNBC says it's ending contract with Keith Olbermann; last broadcast

He been Schustered.

:wtf:

[NotThisTime]

21. They fucking suck... they're dead to me...

[kckc]

17. words fail me

I think I'm going to cry.

[dkf]

18. Ok I'm ill.

[femmocrat]

19. This sux majorly.

I can't stand it.

:cry: :mad: :wtf: :grr:

[blogslut]

22. Can we wait and see what the actual truth is?

I'm sure we'll find out soon enough.

I say, stay tuned to the man's Twitter account:

http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/

[felix_numinous]

23. NO way

Can he get another position somewhere else? He is too valuable.

[whathehell]

29. He has to....

I can't stand this..Bill Maher got his own show after being fired from Politically Incorrect.

Effing A...I wonder what preceeded this?

[WinkyDink]

31. What media billionaire do you expect will hire him? (Maybe Oprah?)

[bdamomma]

50. she should

this just sucks Keith was our voice maybe that is why comcast got rid of him

[davidwparker]

68. the same one who hired Dan Rather after the right

got him.

[cali]

24. wtf???

[LiberalArkie]

25. It was all in the Thurber comment

[mascarax]

35. can you expand on that?

What did he say via Thurber?

[Ruby the Liberal]

44. The Thurber segment. Before he read.

See the 14,231 threads for details.

M$NBComsast killed his contract.

[whathehell]

26. Who did this and WHY?....Is this some kind of "right wing" crackdown, do you think?

I just saw his goodbye...I'm SHOCKED!..He must have gotten fired!

I hate this!...I LOVE Keith!...He's irreplaceable!

[Blaq Dem]

27. Keith Olbermann gone, but Joe Scorborough stays???

They did the same thing.

[SoapBox]

28. I just now watched...I felt sick to my stomach.

...is this true?

Oh my gawd...just after the merger was approved?

This is awful news.

[warrior1]

30. Did he just

find out on the air?

[niyad]

52. it looks like it--he mentioned his espn stint and the complete lack of notice.

[Arrowhead2k1]

32. What the fuck?!?!!? I thought for sure he had to be joking.

Pinch me, I must be asleep, this can't be real. :(

[Dappleganger]

33. FUCK.

Fuckityfuckfuckfuck.

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[toddwv]

34. Why is this so shocking to people?

The cancelling of highly-rated progressive programming is nothing new. Won't be long before MSNBC programming is turned into corporate-friendly vanilla programming as their ratings slide so somewhere below CNNs.

[WinkyDink]

38. The SUDDENNESS, perhaps?

[davidwparker]

69. Right. The GE-owned MSNBC did it to Donahue when he

criticized the war.

[pintobean]

36. MSNBC just released this terse statement:

MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2011/01/21/olbermann-out-at-msnbc/

[Raksha]

37. WHY???

Sorry, I haven't had access to video for a couple of years and didn't even see this coming.

[aaaaaa5a]

39. Not sure this adds much

but here the story in the LA Times

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/01/keith-olbermann-abruptly-departs-msnbc-.html

[obxhead]

41. Yet he did not shed a tear.

It looked like he wanted to, but he remained strong for his viewers.

If only the new Speaker of the House could have 1/100th of that amount of class.

[kentuck]

42. I bet Joe Scarborough had a hand in it?

He hated Olbermann.

[Arrowhead2k1]

43. Things started going down hill for KO after John Stewart starting making false equivalency between

KO and the right-wing nutters. :mad:

I'm not impressed with that John Stewart when it comes to this. Just yesterday, he did it again by mentioning Keith's Worst Person in the World segment as a comparison to right-wing rhetoric.

[melman]

51. Oh come on!

Jon Stewart has absolutely nothing to do with this.

[Arrowhead2k1]

55. We can't say with certainty.

But all I know is that after John Stewart started calling him out and plugging his false equivalency between left and right, Olbermann was on the defensive a bit. He removed the WPIW segment basically for John Stewart, and he renamed it. John Stewart as late as yesterday still mentions it, as if that segment is just as bad as talking about "second amendment remedies". Either way, fuck him. :mad:

Olbermann > Stewart

[sabrina 1]

70. I agree, I don't watch Stewart anymore. He's turned out to be

just another corporate shill under all the humor. He doesn't come close to Keith for class. His interview with Rachel revealed a lot about him that was not very pleasant to watch.

[Downtown Hound]

61. Jon Stewart was also ragging on those that were making the (correct link) between the Tuscon

massacre and the hate filled rhetoric of the tea baggers. Jon's been a little wishy washy lately.

[wisteria]

64. True. Oberman was never a Beck, Palin, Hannity or Limbaugh.

Notice how the real haters and news liars and spinners are still given air time, and a progressive with a heart and armed with the truth is let go.
Howerver, Stewart is not that important-you give him to much credit. He can be an ignorant jerk.

[fishwax]

46. just saw a "lean forward" promo for MSNBC featuring Keith

Weird. This must have been quite sudden indeed.

[bdamomma]

54. me too he needs to go to hbo or something

I love watching Keith if they let rachel go msnbc is no longer watched

[coolhip33]

47. wa post article

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/21/AR2011012106861.html

[aaaaaa5a]

48. If CNN were smart….

they would pick him up in a second. They are 3rd in the ratings. He would really boost their numbers and it would give us two legit news sources to go against the propaganda of FOX.

[Arrowhead2k1]

49. Yeah, agreed, but CNN ain't smart...

So don't hold your breath.

[wisteria]

65. Yes, I agree. n/t

[jaded_old_cynic]

53. Looks like they cancelled the Ed Show too

I just checked MSNBC's website. There is no sign of Ed's show either. WTF???????

[bdamomma]

56. what? WTF?

[aaaaaa5a]

57. Ed will now be on at 10

Tweety at 7pm

Cenk at 8pm

Maddow at 9pm

Ed at 10pm

[jaded_old_cynic]

59. Thanks for the info.

That freaked me out to find there was no web page for Ed. However, I'm afraid MSNBC is now dead to me. I'm glad I have a dish, because if I had comcast, they'd be history too.

[upi402]

60. Russert had his back?

who'd ah thunk it?

[Odin2005]

58. Comcast can go to hell!

[mvd]

66. Exactly! We need a peaceful but passionate protest against..

those idiots at Comcast and MSNBC.

[wisteria]

62. Comcast won't be able to silence Oberman. n/t

[Major Hogwash]

63. Maybe we can get by for the next decade by watching all of the reruns.

Of Keith telling us the Republicans were taking the country into the ditch!!!