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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:13 PM
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Why was Keith O's behavior intolerable to NBC but Trump's is AOK?
I think you know why.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:15 PM
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1. $$$$$. nt
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:16 PM
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2. Excellent question
Rec
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:16 PM
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3. Yep.
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:17 PM
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4. K&R
n/t
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:17 PM
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5. I do indeed. The same reason Phil Donahue was intolerable to them n/t
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:21 PM
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6. speaking of KO--wasn't he going to make a big announcement today?
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:22 PM
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7. He announced some of the specifics of his new show on Current TV.
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:25 PM
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8. Because Olbermann was an employee of the network with expected standards of conduct.
Contributing cash to a political candidate crossed the line and he was canned.

Trump is a political candidate.

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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:35 PM
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12. so why is morning joe still there?
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:37 PM
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13. and drumpf (true spelling of the family name) is also an employee.
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:43 PM
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14. According to O'Donnell, Trump is an employee of NBC.
How do you figure that he is not, but Keith was?
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 09:14 PM
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16. Different DIvisions...
Trump is an "entertainer"...his show is considered "entertainment"...not news. Olbermann worked in the news division where his political leanings did cause conflict with others. It was not just this...he's a tough person to work with (especially if you're an authority figure) and his depature was over personal differences rather than political.

Trump's game started as a PR stunt to get attention for his show...the fact that he can draw eyeballs and thus revenues to the network is all that matters. The moment he become a liability, he'll be gone, too.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:25 PM
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9. talking about keith I read on a thread his
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show starts June 20th. What about those of who don't get Current TV will it be downloaded somewhere?
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housewolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 08:35 PM
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15. Don't know if the whole show will be or not but
he did announce today that there would be a "huge" web presence, including some web-only content

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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:27 PM
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10. Jon Stewart is who got Keith O fired when he compared him to Beck
Edited on Wed Apr-27-11 07:28 PM by NNN0LHI
If Stewart has included Joe Scarborough in that comparison as he should have Keith O would still be on TV.

Don
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-11 07:31 PM
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11. great question....
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