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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:55 PM Original message |
Keith Olbermann is history...Looks like he's been fired. |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. this really |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. What, did they fire him; did he quit? |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Sounds like he was fired. nt |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is fucking MINDBLOWING!!!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Deleted message |
SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. WTF? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Comcast merger related? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. I am in shock |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. me too |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. En serio? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Its not funny about Keith but... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. I am totally shocked!!! |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. wouldnt surprise me. they dumped donahue when he had their highest ratings. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. He is saying goodbye now...WTF? |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. WTH? Any further information on this? It's total crap. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. He said his goodbyes. They cancelled him. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Didn't he faint on the set about a week ago? Maybe he is sick? I |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
67. if it were, he wouldn't be reading a story about a dog |
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skorpo (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. What a Surprise! |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. That was a really really strange goodbye and with no warning. WTF! |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:59 PM Original message |
Twitter @BreakingNews MSNBC says it's ending contract with Keith Olbermann; last broadcast |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. They fucking suck... they're dead to me... |
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kckc (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. words fail me |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ok I'm ill. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. This sux majorly. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Can we wait and see what the actual truth is? |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. NO way |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. He has to.... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. What media billionaire do you expect will hire him? (Maybe Oprah?) |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. she should |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
68. the same one who hired Dan Rather after the right |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. wtf??? |
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LiberalArkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. It was all in the Thurber comment |
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mascarax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. can you expand on that? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. The Thurber segment. Before he read. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. Who did this and WHY?....Is this some kind of "right wing" crackdown, do you think? |
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Blaq Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. Keith Olbermann gone, but Joe Scorborough stays??? |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. I just now watched...I felt sick to my stomach. |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Did he just |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. it looks like it--he mentioned his espn stint and the complete lack of notice. |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. What the fuck?!?!!? I thought for sure he had to be joking. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. FUCK. |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why is this so shocking to people? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. The SUDDENNESS, perhaps? |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
69. Right. The GE-owned MSNBC did it to Donahue when he |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. MSNBC just released this terse statement: |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. WHY??? |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. Not sure this adds much |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yet he did not shed a tear. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. I bet Joe Scarborough had a hand in it? |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. Things started going down hill for KO after John Stewart starting making false equivalency between |
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melman (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Oh come on! |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. We can't say with certainty. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
70. I agree, I don't watch Stewart anymore. He's turned out to be |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
61. Jon Stewart was also ragging on those that were making the (correct link) between the Tuscon |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
64. True. Oberman was never a Beck, Palin, Hannity or Limbaugh. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. just saw a "lean forward" promo for MSNBC featuring Keith |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. me too he needs to go to hbo or something |
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coolhip33 (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. wa post article |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
48. If CNN were smart…. |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Yeah, agreed, but CNN ain't smart... |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Yes, I agree. n/t |
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jaded_old_cynic (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
53. Looks like they cancelled the Ed Show too |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. what? WTF? |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Ed will now be on at 10 |
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jaded_old_cynic (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Thanks for the info. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Russert had his back? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
58. Comcast can go to hell! |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Exactly! We need a peaceful but passionate protest against.. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. Comcast won't be able to silence Oberman. n/t |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
63. Maybe we can get by for the next decade by watching all of the reruns. |
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