WTF is the deal with Olbermann???

[COLGATE4]

On three days, off again today! Getting to the point where it's hardly worth watching.

[msongs]

1. hardly worth watching? Jerry Springer. mission accomplished lol nt

[Hissyspit]

5. His coverage of the Occupy movement has been excellent

and invaluable. I'm not sure why the OP would say that. The guy can take vacations and right now he's on sick leave.

[RebelOne]

33. Hey, I liked the Jerry Springer segment because I like Jerry Springer. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

2. Relapse of laryngitis accordint to his Twitters

I don't mind David Schuster.

[wolfgirl]

3. per KO

he suffered relapse and cannot talk

[elleng]

4. Listening to Shuster is good, tho prefer Keith.

KO was ill, bronchitis.

[niyad]

7. I can stand listening to shuster--I just can't stand watching him talk--the way he moves his

mouth just bugs me (paul goodloe on the weather channel does the same, and bugs me too)

[elleng]

11. Not 'watching,' just listening!

[JDPriestly]

19. I wish him well. I've been having it too.

That's why I've been on DU so much the last few days. I can't do anything but sit and sleep.

[Leopolds Ghost]

35. He probably had the same flu I had in January.

[niyad]

6. if you have never had bronchitis, it can be hard to understand just how difficult it can be to

regain your voice-- and I speak as one who lost mine completely for over a month (much to the delight of many people!!) to this day, if I talk for very long, or even a bit loudly, I lose it again.

[Larkspur]

9. I had laryngitis for almost a year in 2010

and my trachea and throat are still a problem and causing a hacking cough that hurt my stomach mucsles. I've never smoked in my life, but I sound like my mother who once did. My sinusitis is flaring as well. But through a bit of trial and error, Aleve plus Tussin cough syrup along with flushing my sinuses with Silver Sinus solution and drinking tomato soup or having spaghetti sauce has been helping. I can go for long bouts without coughing and last night finally made it through the night sleeping without a coughing bout.

[niyad]

10. glad to hear you were able to make it through a night at last. will keep your remedy in mind--

usually I do a couple of hot toddies with a lot of honey.

[Pisces]

8. Who cares, he has lost a lot of fan base and screwing over Al Gore. I think he is a prima donna who

needs to get his shit together.

[Raine]

12. KO's head is BIG in more ways than one

I feel sorry for Gore and the rest of those like Cenk who have to depend on KO and his huge ego to build the network around. I enjoyed KO's show on MSNBC but he must be such a PIA to deal with.

[grasswire]

14. how did he screw over Al Gore?

?

KO owns a big share of Current.

[Pisces]

17. He's screwing around with a new network that was founded by Al Gore. He was hired to help build it

and instead he can't control his ego. If he doesn't like the fucking set then he should pay to change it. He was stupid to leave MSNBC they way he did.

It doesn't matter how much you try and defend him, the facts are clear he is losing fans fast. I use to be a fan and now I am sick
of him and his ego. I know that I am not alone.

[grasswire]

18. calm down, calm down

Sounds like you are paying way too much attention to media gossip and internet chit chat.

You seem to be trying to make people turn against him just because you don't like him any more.

There are better ways to spend energy.

[Pisces]

21. Just posting my opinion on an opinion blog. Certainly not trying to sway people to dislike Olbermann

He can do that all by himself.

[niyad]

25. is your opinion formed by his time on msnbc, or his time on current?

[Pisces]

31. Both. I avidly watched Olbermann for years and now can not stand his bloated self important attitude

I did not like the way he left MSNBC, was happy when he went to Current to help out the new station and now disgusted that
he is acting like a prima donna. Rumors do not start over nothing. THis guy finds a lot of reason not to be at his desk. He
did not host a lot of the primaries. Articles are written about his discontent with the set ????

He is losing fans, not gaining fans. Out of sight out of mind Olbermann.

[niyad]

38. one wonders why you bother watching someone you apparently dislike so much.

[Pisces]

39. I have evolved, I no longer watch this egomaniac. Rachel is the one I watch.

[niyad]

40. and yet you talk about his actions in the present tense, as if you actually watched him.

in other words, you don't actually know what he is doing now, correct?

[Pisces]

41. I know what you are doing and I choose to no longer engage you after this post.

[mulsh]

30. Olbermann used Rachael Madow & Lawrence O'Donell as substitute hosts

look where that got them and us.

I hope </ Olbermann returns to the show full voiced and healthy. So far I've enjoyed the people sitting in for him at Current.

I can see David Shuster, Sam Sedar and Bill Press hosting their own shows on TV some day. I hope some women also sit in for Mr. Olbermann if this absence continues.

[otohara]

34. Gore Is Paying Him $10 Million

If you miss KO, like his fan page - he's always posting on FB.

[lonestarnot]

15. What bullshit!

[niyad]

16. some people just seem to love screaming about how horrible KO is.

[lonestarnot]

23. They like the sound of their own voice I guess.

[dionysus]

36. there's also a middle ground.. he's brilliant, but has a big ego and can be pompous at times.

no reason not to like the guy imo.

[kaitcat]

13. Thanks for explaining he has been ill.

I was enjoying having KO back for those two days. When he's gone, I watch Ed.

[Bed and Nun]

20. Hardly ever on

I am not a loyal watcher, but the many times I have tried to tune in, I have missed him. I have not seen Keith himself since last year sometime.

[truebrit71]

22. I know, I'm starting to get a little annoyed at this...not on the telly but still tweeting...

...seriously...wtf dude?...if you're sick TELL US!!!!

[niyad]

24. apparently you missed all the references to his being seriously ill with bronchitis, and suffering

a relapse.

and, it does not require one's voice to use the internet. one can lose one's voice, and yet, amazingly, be able to type.

[truebrit71]

26. ..no I saw that he had been suffering last week, and he tweeted about that, but I also saw he was..

..back again..before suddenly disappearing again...I must have missed his relapse tweet...and thanks for the snark...really, REALLY helpful...

[niyad]

27. no snark, just answers to your questions

[truebrit71]

28. "one can lose one's voice, and yet, amazingly, be able to type"....

...not snark?

okay...

[niyad]

29. in response to " not on the telly but still tweeting..."

to most people, that would sound like one could type if one were not on the tv

[fascisthunter]

32. not many wonder the same thing

haha

[BattyDem]

37. Bronchitis relapse ... lost his voice.

He's been keeping everyone updated via Twitter. He's on antibiotics, steroids, decongestant and an inhaler ... and he pretty much feels like crap.

I know what he's going through. I've had the same thing for a month. Same type of meds ... but they haven't helped. My doc said a lot of his patients have it. I was told I'd have to "ride it out" for 3-6 weeks!