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Fri Jan-21-11 08:59 PM
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Keith Olbermann just resigned from MSNBC |
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Edited on Fri Jan-21-11 08:59 PM by No Passaran
Anyone know the reason? Damn!
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:00 PM
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:00 PM
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2. Looks like he was fired to me. nt |
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:00 PM
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3. Comcast CEO hates Keith's guts |
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and I seem to recall he said he would get rid of KO when merged with NBC.
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM
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9. I suspected that this was some Comcast-related BS |
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...... I hate that company.
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:00 PM
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM
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I'm guessing his new Comcast overlords fired him for telling the truth. |
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM
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5. Resigned or fired? Is Maddow leaving too? n/t |
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:02 PM
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10. We'll find out in the next 59 minutes... |
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Rachel has the night off, but substitute host Chris Hayes says we'll hear from her before the hour is up.
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM
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6. Maybe the Comcast-NBC merger |
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would lead to him being essentially neutered.
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM
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gonna be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:02 PM
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11. Comcast 1, Truthful Media 0 |
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Laugh it up, O'Reilly, laugh it up, you bug-eyed soulless freak! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG7bwK_P1YU
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:02 PM
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and Obama for this unholy marriage of corporate bile
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:12 PM
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17. His niceness has killed our media. Bright one Barack! |
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:03 PM
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13. I wonder what he will do next. Wish CNN would hire him. I wonder what program will be in his old |
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:06 PM
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15. For what its worth, I saw a news blurb that Piers Morgan is going down in flames on Larry King's |
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old slot.
That said, that is NOT Keith's format. 1 hour of celebrity blah blah blah? Please. He would be better off going back to sports.
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:33 PM
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UPDATE: The new MSNBC evening line-up as of Monday: 6pm Cenk Uygur, 7pm Chris Matthews, 8pm Lawrence O'Donnell, 9pm Rachel Maddow, 10pm Ed Schultz.
Who is Cenk Uygur???
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:06 PM
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I will NEVER watch them again.
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:07 PM
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16. Likely what MSNBComcast is hoping for. |
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Good luck to them.
Bastards.
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:13 PM
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For me, that is not Armageddon. For other it is.
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:18 PM
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19. WTF? Where will he go? I can't imagine politics w/o KO. |
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Sat Jan-22-11 12:21 AM
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22. FreeSpeech TV. Available on both satellite companies, |
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some cable, and streamed.
Viewer supported.
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:28 PM
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Corporate greed trumps the truth anytime. We're in more trouble than we think.
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