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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Ralph Wiggum on July 13, 2011, 08:53:58 AM
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I flipped over to CurrentTV to check out Olberdouche's final rant during a commercial break of the All-Star game last night.
He dropped somewhat of a bombshell that the DUmmies had alluded to yesterday.
babsbunny (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-13-11 08:28 AM
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Keith Olbermann: I was blackmailed by Fox Sports (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1479641)
Keith Olbermann: I was blackmailed by Fox Sports
http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/07/keith-olberma... /
Posted on 07.12.11
By Eric W. Dolan
Categories: Biz/Money, Featured
On Countdown Tuesday night, Keith Olbermann gave an “inside look†at News Corporation, explaining how his bosses blackmailed him when he worked for Fox Sports.
Olbermann worked as a sports anchor for Fox Sports Net from 1998 to 2001 and was fired after reporting that Murdoch was planning to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers.
On his show Tuesday, he said that while working at Fox Sports he became sick and was advised by his doctor to slow down at work. When he requested to work five days instead of six, Fox Sports immediately pulled him off the air until he received a letter from his doctor guaranteeing he was well enough to work.
They then offered to either have Olbermann work a very busy schedule or receive a 60 percent pay cut.
“Instead of anchoring six days a week in the Los Angeles studio, they were going to have me anchor four days and then fly to and from different interviews, events, and promotions, etc. in other cities two different times per week,†he explained. “In short, they were threatening to work me into illness or into the hospital or both.â€
“They were blackmailing me about my health, and Fox blackmail works,†he added. “And that’s the way it works. Lord only knows, if it works so well against someone with resources and a high profile like mine, how often was it used against lesser figures in the company?â€
Watch video below:
Based on what I heard, Olberdouche offered absolutely ZERO proof that this actually happened. Even the DUmmies are somewhat skeptical:
Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-13-11 09:36 AM
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6. That isn't blackmail.
And how much did he make a year?
I know KO is the most sacred of all cows, but it sounds like he was being asked to work hard. Boo hoo.
Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-13-11 09:40 AM
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7. That isn't blackmail. It would be so helpful if he used the term correctly.
If he wishes to be credible.
Since I consider him one, all DUmmies lie, all the time.
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Queef has turned the bend and is picking up speed in to Crazy Town. Look for a very public and insane outburst that gets him canned from Voltage TV.
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Queef has turned the bend and is picking up speed in to Crazy Town. Look for a very public and insane outburst that gets him canned from Voltage TV.
He thinks that this Rupert Murdoch/News of the World scandal is going to bring down News Corp. and Fox News in the United States.
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Overall, he is still extremely BITTER that he got fired from Fox.
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Overall, he is still extremely BITTER that he got fired from Fox.
He's still bitter that he got fired from ESPN. It has been written often...Olbermann didn't burn his bridges at ESPN, he napalmed them.
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“They were blackmailing me about my health, and Fox blackmail works,†he added. “And that’s the way it works. Lord only knows, if it works so well against someone with resources and a high profile like mine, how often was it used against lesser figures in the company?â€
Nah, keef, it was just you. :-)
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Lord only knows, if it works so well against someone with resources and a high profile like mine, how often was it used against lesser figures in the company?â€
Keef has a strong nadin streak going there. In 1998-2001 when he worked for Fox, he was no higher profile than at least a couple dozen other TV sports talkers. Same at ESPN. Apparently the guy is as big a prick in real life as he is on the air.
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Keef has a strong nadin streak going there. In 1998-2001 when he worked for Fox, he was no higher profile than at least a couple dozen other TV sports talkers. Same at ESPN. Apparently the guy is as big a prick in real life as he is on the air.
But, rumor has it that women who've actually seen Keef's nether regions say that his prick is small.
Imagine that--a big prick has a small one! Whoda thunk it? :???: :lmao: :rotf: :tongue:
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Blackmail is such an ugly word. Mr.Murdoc prefers the term extortion - (DU mode off)
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But, rumor has it that women who've actually seen Keef's nether regions say that his prick is small.
Imagine that--a big prick has a small one! Whoda thunk it? :???: :lmao: :rotf: :tongue:
I always just assumed he was such a dick because he had sand in his mangina.
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Nah, keef, it was just you. :-)
Not Keef, "Queef".
This is Keef~
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRS5ep3OPH9UEEsYOc0wj71forMtmerW1l8kU29gsYJ99VgWUWzZg)
This is Queef (a.k.a. "Queen LaQueefya")~
(http://jcrue.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/bathtub_boy-keith_olbermann.jpg)
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Keith Olbermann: I was blackmailed by Fox Sports
Who'd have guessed that the video of Ãœbertard putting out for Chris Matthews was around THAT long ago?!?!?! :-)
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Who'd have guessed that the video of Ãœbertard putting out for Chris Matthews was around THAT long ago?!?!?! :-)
I had heard about Keith and Chris being caught in bed, but thought it was a rumor.
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I dunno - looking at his CUrreNT TV pic with his crew, he looks like he had been 'whitemaled' instead....
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I dunno - looking at his CUrreNT TV pic with his crew, he looks like he had been 'whitemaled' instead....
SOOOOO much win in that one sentence.
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Keef has a strong nadin streak going there. In 1998-2001 when he worked for Fox, he was no higher profile than at least a couple dozen other TV sports talkers. Same at ESPN. Apparently the guy is as big a prick in real life as he is on the air.
If FOX did it to Keef 10/12 years ago, they did it to others. If they did it to others, it would have surfaced by now. The fact that it hasn't surfaced tells the truth of Keef's allegations.
Without merit.
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I dunno - looking at his CUrreNT TV pic with his crew, he looks like he had been 'whitemaled' instead....
BIG donk a bonk a donk right there. That's some funny sh!t!
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Wherever Qweef worked, he was always a turd-rate message boy with a first-rate job.
Now that he's on Current TV, his employment may have finally caught up with his abilities.
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So let me get this straight. "Blackmail" is doing what you signed a contract to do? Hmmm. I guess I'm being "blackmailed" by my mortgage company. If I don't pay up, they'll take my house.
:whatever: