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Title: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: formerlurker on March 30, 2012, 07:38:49 PM
http://bostonherald.com/business/media/view/20120330current_tv_ousts_talk_show_host_keith_olbermann/srvc=home&position=recent
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: formerlurker on March 30, 2012, 07:44:51 PM
I'd like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of Current TV.

Editorially, Countdown had never been better.  But for more than a year I have been imploring Al Gore and Joel Hyatt to resolve our issues internally, while I've been not publicizing my complaints, and keeping the show alive for the sake of its loyal viewers and even more loyal staff.  Nevertheless, Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt, instead of abiding by their promises and obligations and investing in a quality news program, finally thought it was more economical to try to get out of my contract.

It goes almost without saying that the claims against me implied in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently.  To understand Mr. Hyatt's "values of respect, openness, collegiality and loyalty," I encourage you to read of a previous occasion Mr. Hyatt found himself in court for having unjustly fired an employee.  That employee's name was Clarence B. Cain.

In due course, the truth of the ethics of Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt will come out.  For now, it is important only to again acknowledge that joining them was a sincere and well-intentioned gesture on my part, but in retrospect a foolish one.  That lack of judgment is mine and mine alone, and I apologize again for it.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/03/keith-olbermann-to-file-against-current-tv-119218.html


 :bawl:
Title: No more bets! Everyone check your tickets...
Post by: DefiantSix on March 30, 2012, 08:28:39 PM
The betting pool on when AlGore evicted the pompous loser Queef Übertard from CurrentTV is officially over.

 :popcorn:

Quote
(http://a57.foxnews.com/img.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Entertainment/2010/660/371/KeithOlbermann640.jpg)
Current TV cans Olbermann, hires Spitzer (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/03/30/current-tv-cans-olbermann-hires-spitzer/)
Published March 30, 2012 | NewsCore

Current TV announced Friday it has fired Keith Olbermann and will replace him with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

A statement from the network's founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt said it had been founded "on the values of respect, openness, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers. Unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann and we have ended it."

The statement said Spitzer would take over Olbermann's 8:00pm ET time slot effective immediately, beginning Friday night.

It was unclear what caused Current to part ways with the brash TV host, who helped build up the MSNBC brand while serving as the chief evening news anchor at that network from 2003-2011.

Politico said Olbermann was reportedly fired for failing to show up to work, "sabotaging the network" and attacking Current executives, according to a source.  But was he able to pass a whiz quiz???  :lmao:

<snip>

Who'da thunk that being a typical, lazy DUmbass was unacceptable even in a leftist-run corporation.  Where's Queef's Union rep?  Now that he's out on his ass - again - is he going to go and join the Occupoopers as just another oppressed 99%er?
 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: Kyle Ricky on March 30, 2012, 08:29:34 PM
I feel so bad for that liberal bigot. Not!
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: DefiantSix on March 30, 2012, 08:33:42 PM
Sick minds think alike, 'Lurker. :cheers1:

Mods: you may want to combine this with THIS (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,71173.0.html).
Title: Re: No more bets! Everyone check your tickets...
Post by: Kyle Ricky on March 30, 2012, 08:37:45 PM
For once I agree with Al Gore. This will be the last time. I am surprised olbermann lasted this long. He ratings sucked, big time. I bet he shows up on Obama's door step offer an ass shine to him.
Title: Re: No more bets! Everyone check your tickets...
Post by: RightCoast on March 30, 2012, 08:40:19 PM
If you never tell the truth sooner or later you'll never have a job...
Title: Re: No more bets! Everyone check your tickets...
Post by: Kyle Ricky on March 30, 2012, 08:45:24 PM
They must have refused to let him use his thesaurus.
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: Chris_ on March 30, 2012, 09:14:38 PM
IT'S ALL OLBER, MANN (http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/30/keith-olbermann-is-currently-not-working-at-current-tv/)

Great headline. :rofl:
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: Kyle Ricky on March 30, 2012, 09:28:24 PM
Quote from: chris_ on March 30, 2012, 09:14:38 PM
IT'S ALL OLBER, MANN (http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/30/keith-olbermann-is-currently-not-working-at-current-tv/)

Great headline. :rofl:

I like some of the replies.
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: Freeper on March 30, 2012, 10:05:08 PM
I heard Rosey O'Donut was just given the boot by Oprah, maybe they can get together or something.  :rotf:
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: Chris_ on March 30, 2012, 10:07:43 PM
Quote from: Freeper on March 30, 2012, 10:05:08 PM
I heard Rosey O'Donut was just given the boot by Oprah, maybe they can get together or something.  :rotf:
I forgot about that. :rofl:
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: Duke Nukum on March 30, 2012, 10:08:27 PM
Remember that video he did after he took the job, talking about how cool it was to have Algore as a boss?

For some reason, that always stuck in my mind.
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: Kyle Ricky on March 31, 2012, 09:57:03 AM
Quote from: Freeper on March 30, 2012, 10:05:08 PM
I heard Rosey O'Donut was just given the boot by Oprah, maybe they can get together or something.  :rotf:

Yeah, the fat butch bigot was let go by Oprah. Oprah lost over a hundred million dollars last year, and Pig Rosies show was one of the lowest rated on the network. Maybe you will see Rosie on MSNBC with the rest of the bigots.
Title: Re: Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann
Post by: obumazombie on March 31, 2012, 10:00:07 AM
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on March 31, 2012, 09:57:03 AM
Yeah, the fat butch bigot was let go by Oprah. Oprah lost over a hundred million dollars last year, and Pig Rosies show was one of the lowest rated on the network. Maybe you will see Rosie on MSNBC with the rest of the bigots.
And maybe we'll never have to see her or Roseanne Barr again.