Olbermann Signs Off from MSNBC’s Countdown for Last Time
On Friday’s Countdown show on MSNBC, host Keith Olbermann announced that the episode would be his last, and spent a few minutes near the end of the show saying goodbye. He mentioned a number of infamous and pivotal points in his show’s history when he went after the Bush administration:
The show gradually established its position as anti-establishment from the stagecraft of "Mission Accomplished," to the exaggerated rescue of Jessica Lynch in Iraq, to the death of Pat Tillman to Hurricane Katrina, to the "Nexus of Politics and Terror," to the first "Special Comment."
As he listed a number of prominent supporters of his show, he ended up notably giving credit to the late Tim Russert of NBC for being "my greatest protector, and most indefatigable cheerleader."
Below the fold is the video and a complete transcript of Olbermann's announcement from the Friday, January 21, Countdown show on MSNBC, from about 8:53 p.m.:
I think the same fantasy has popped into the head of everybody in my business who has ever been told what I’ve been told, that this is going to be the last edition of your show. You go directly to the scene from the movie Network - complete with the pajamas and the rain coat - and you go off on an existential, other worldly verbal journey of unutterable profundity and vision, you damn the impediments, and you insist upon the insurrections, and then you emit Peter Finch's guttural resonant, "So." And you implore, you will the viewer to go to the window, open it, stick out his head and yell, well, you know the rest.
In the mundane world of television goodbyes, reality is laughably uncooperative. When I resigned from ESPN 13 1/2 years ago, I was literally given 30 seconds to say goodbye at the very end of my last edition of Sports Center. As God is my witness, in the commercial break just before the emotional moment, the producer got into my earpiece and he said, "Um, can you cut it down to 15 seconds so we can get in the tennis result from Stutgardt?"
So I'm grateful that I have a little more time to sign off here. Regardless, this is the last edition of Countdown. It is just under eight years since I returned to MSNBC. I was supposed to fill in for the late Jerry Nachman for exactly three days. Forty-nine days later, there was a four-year contract for me to return to this nightly 8 p.m. time slot which I had fled four years earlier. The show gradually established its position as anti-establishment from the stagecraft of "Mission Accomplished," to the exaggerated rescue of Jessica Lynch in Iraq, to the death of Pat Tillman to Hurricane Katrina, to the "Nexus of Politics and Terror," to the first "Special Comment."
The program grew and grew thanks entirely to your support, with great rewards for me, and, I hope, for you, too, though on many occasions, particularly in the last two and a half years, where all that surrounded the show - but never the show itself - was just too much for me. But your support and loyalty - and if I may use the word "insistence" - ultimately required that I keep going. My gratitude to you is boundless, and if you think I’ve done any good here, imagine how it looked from this end as you donated $2 million to the National Association of Free Clinics, and my dying father watched from his hospital bed, transcendentally comforted that his struggles were inspiring such overwhelming good for people, he and I and you would never meet, but would always know.
This may be the only television program wherein the host was much more in awe of the audience than vice versa. You will always be in my heart for that and for the donations to the Cranik family in Tennessee and these victims of governmental heartlessness in Arizona, to say nothing of every letter and email and Tweet and wave and handshake and online petition. Time ebbs here, and I want to close with one more Thurber story. It is still Friday.
So let me thank my gifted staff here and just a few of the many people here who fought with me and for me. Eric Sorensen, Phil Alangi, Neal Shapiro, Michael Weissman, the late David Bloom, John Palmer, Alana Russo, Monica Novotny, my dear friends Rachel Maddow and Bob Costas and my greatest protector, and most indefatigable cheerleader, the late Tim Russert. And now, let me finish by turning again to this ritual of reading Thurber stories to you.
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without Olbermann it is going
Submitted by jkwtrading on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:00pm.
without Olbermann it is going to get quiet...
He'll be back. This lying
Submitted by Slyrr on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:28am.
He'll be back. This lying sack of bitterness and hate can't shut up. Lest we forget, he's 'quit' before. He's the liberal news' version of Barbara Streisand, throwing a 'farewell tour' every other week.
I hope he stays gone, and that he never opens his foul mouth again. Nor do I want him to write anything, nor in any way use any form of media to ever again spread the diseased insanity that he calls 'reporting'.
Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say. Stay gone, Olberdork. You'll not be missed, and the world is a better place for your silence.
What Slyrr said!
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:01am.
Hell yeah!! : )
Next stop: Olberdoofus hired
Submitted by celator on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:07pm.
Next stop: Olberdoofus hired as Gibbs' replacement. This would be as good as it gets. SNL would have three years worth of comedy skits without lifting a finger.
my 1st thought also...
Submitted by PhillyBillE on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:52pm.
...or Spitzer could be the conservative half of a new partnership after Parker is jetisoned...
It is Christmas all over
Submitted by MassConservative on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:07pm.
It is Christmas all over again !!!
One down, four to go.
2012 campaign slogan - "Carter got his 2nd term, NOW can we move on?"
just four to go...
Submitted by jkwtrading on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:34pm.
just four to go...
I count 5. Morning Smoe,
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:34am.
I count 5. Morning Smoe, Shitz, Tingles, O'Donnell, and Madcow. 6 it you count Morning Smoe's side kick.
I do not wish him ill
Submitted by richb313 on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:09pm.
The funny thing is inspite of the hateful venom that spews from his mouth I really do not wish him ill. I just do not want to see him, hear from him, or be subjected to his writings ever again. Just disapear into obscurity and live your life in quiet desperation and not subject any of the rest of us with your twisted views any longer.
Couldn't agree more!
Submitted by TexasMom0517 on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:40pm.
Watching Olbermann was like watching someone having a nervous breakdown.
Agreed. MSNBC's 11/2 "election" coverage was hilarious to the
Submitted by merly1 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:09am.
point of being sadly pathetic........People like Obie and matthews clearly have mental health
issues, but we truly, truly tuned in to the MSNBC election coverage simply to laugh at their angst and
HeeHaw type of commentary. I hope he can find the inner peace he so badly needs.......
I am sure the new owners watched tape of the 11/2 coverage and KNEW changes were needed at their ailing network :o0
Jon Stewart's foray ( coming
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:57am.
Jon Stewart's foray ( coming out of the closet ) as a bona fide left wing, bomb throwing douchebag can be directly traced back to that fateful evening.
He was so incenced by them straying, without prior permission ( it's a liberal/gay thing ) into his ' on air ' space, he recirocated in kind, by forsaking political satire, instead turning to main street media douchebaggery full time.
Barack_Must_Go.....
→ Olbermann
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:10pm.
Reckon he'll pick up his marbles and go home? Have them reattached?
Next time,
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:09am.
post an alert, CA. Too funny.
On another note, what happened to the list of the last 5 or 6 comments on the sidebar?
Richard Maddow keeps them in
Submitted by johnsonl on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:31am.
Richard Maddow keeps them in a jar on his desk. He's having them implanted as a token of his man love for Keefie.
There is a God.
Submitted by tvhall on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:11pm.
Kieth's lieing comes to an end. Now if we can get Jody on for a half hour each week on Fox.
Comcast seeking credibility?
Submitted by nkviking75 on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:16pm.
Maybe this is the first action by Comcast to return some credibility to NBC News. It'll take a lot more than this, but it's a start.
If we had only known, perhaps we all could have mooned our TV sets at the end of his run.
“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Buh bye....
Submitted by gvik on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:16pm.
Excuse me while I shed a tear. Of course, it's a tear of happiness rather than sadness, but that is beside the point...
The tears of sadness will come when some other collective of broadcasting morons pick him up to further spout his verbal feces into our precious airwaves.
Oh well, I'll just enjoy it while it lasts...
What took so long?
Submitted by lotr on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:23pm.
What took so long?
Countdown
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:33pm.
5-4-3-2-1-0 OVER!
Somewhere over the rainbow....
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:32pm.
Obies biggest contribution to the Left was his ability to give voice to the frustrations and anger of those on the Left who saw their nonsensical and delusional ideas being constantly swept aside by the reality of how things actually work. To those of us who live in a world of three dimensions and solid objects, listening to olbermann speak to his followers was often akin to trying to hear a tune from a dog whistle.
Couldn't have said it better
Submitted by johnsonl on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:35am.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Will there be unicorns and rainbows?
This is how I genuinely feel on the subject:
Submitted by shannon76 on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:33pm.
Meh...
:)
I shall NOT shed a tear
Submitted by Deskpilot on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:33pm.
for he was NEVER worthy of my time, much less my respect. I shall no rejoice in his demise, for he was such an easy target of ridcule, of which that number has now been dimished by one.
I am thankful, to some small extent, that my trusty laptop will not have to endure his constant babbling of hyperbole, mindless rants, and provide witness to me of his total lack of thought or critical analysis for which he has spewn such venom.
Tonight will be a good sleep
→ A sapling fell in the forest
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:38pm.
And we heard it.
I was wondering what that...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:48pm.
that sound was...
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Olberbite
Submitted by stan25 on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:37pm.
It isn't even my birthday yet.
Trust Me...There is Another Big Shoe to Drop
Submitted by Beresford on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:40pm.
MSNBC kept David Shuster on ice for six months or more before revealing he was canned.
KO must have been caught doing something so bad even an NBC suit can recognize it. There will be more on this -- inevitably -- soon.
Didja see the ratings on Drudge's front page?
Submitted by CO2Maker on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:40pm.
Keith 'There's a pollster in my bathtub" the Sports Boy had the highest rated news show on cable not on Fox. His show was seventh, and the six shows ahead of his were all Fox shows. Wow. MSNBC's cash cow is cashing out, or was cashiered. How does that make sense for either ComCast or Keiffy?
As I like to point out each
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:37am.
As I like to point out each time I can, The Cartoon Network eat MESSNBC breakfast, lunch and dinner in primetime and overall for the day. TOON is 7th overall for the day. MESSNBC does not rank in the top 30
Fairness Doctrine?
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:45pm.
Wait till comcast applies what is essentially the Fairness Doctrine on MSNBC and put on balance by having a Conservative show. Liberal Loons will foam and froth at the mouth.
I actually hope a balanced format is adopted. I'm not the least concerned about reasoned debate of Liberal and Conservative ideas. They always lose. That's why they always resort to charactor assassination.
Besides a Conservative MSNBC show will be good competition for the same type from FOX. Competition makes for better shows. And better shows makes for more viewers of Conservative voices.
Plus if comcast starts making money because of a better balance how long will the other outlets hold out, in their slide to obscurity, before they make the necessary changes?
Thier idea of a conservative
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:42am.
Thier idea of a conservative would be K. Parker when she gets canned from CNN or David Brooks. Do you think they would bring on somebody like Mark Levin to host a shwo?
bwa ha ha
Submitted by seriously on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:46pm.
see ya, wouldn't want to be ya.
Seriously, who wouldn't have seen this coming?
There's probably an opening at NPR... sorry couldn't resist.
Like I told Buster farther
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:48am.
Like I told Buster farther down the page, Sirius Radio would welcome him to their looney left line up. Heck, they might even give his own channel like they did Rosie, Oprah and the number 1 felon on radio, Martha Stewart.
ESPN brilliantly gave him 30
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:47pm.
ESPN brilliantly gave him 30 seconds and cut it to 15 seconds to say goodbye. Thankfully I only read this tripe and didn't have to watch Olby patting himself on the back.
I have a strange, new respect
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:10am.
I have a strange, new respect for ESPN, don't you?
I TOLD YOU THERE IS A GOD!!!
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:04am.
I TOLD YOU THERE IS A GOD!!! HALLELUHA!!!
HALLELUHA!!! indeed
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:14am.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RrdwElnTU
Awesome!!!
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:16am.
.
Equivocal.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:05am.
I would look for him to show up on another network (CNN) in some vain attempt to boost ratings or online as another liberal agent-provocateur. Like a persistent fungal infection, Keith will never fully disappear.
Buh bye !
Submitted by AGreer on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:06am.
Good riddens "a**" hole, wipe, or plunker. C ya ! Jerk !
Ummm
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:17am.
Keith who?
Conservatives need to tone it down and not gloat
Submitted by hughglass on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:18am.
over keith getting fired. Poking fun and joking may offend our liberal friends. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
see ya, wouldn't want to be ya...
Submitted by ds7 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:19am.
now that he's gone, the most idiotic newsperson on any network is armanpour...unwatchable!
Best news
Submitted by grammajane on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:21am.
Best news in the New Year. Wish he would stop by and pick up schultz and matheews and the Three Stooges could ride off in the sun together. Kudos to Comcast!!
Two Other Stooges...
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:13am.
Don't forget Shemp and Curly Joe - Maddow and Barnicle.
So is Comcast firing this
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:22am.
So is Comcast firing this clown or is he just making more drama ?
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Somebody pinch me
Submitted by Sigman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:28am.
Is he really gone?????
Good Question!
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:08am.
Somebody grab a steak (the kind you drive into vampire's chest -- not the eating kind)... I think we're gonna need it.
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
.THE NEXT GOD'S GIFT TO MANKIND MUST GO
Submitted by RichieBABY on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:45am.
JOE SCARBOROUGH
you're talking about
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:50am.
the petulant 5 year old?
Oh No. Not that!
Submitted by jfhdsiu on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:45am.
How will we ever do without him? Just think about it folks. Who will we have to show everyone in the news industry how NOT to act? What will we do without a foil to REAL news? Woe is us'ns. Oh woe................... Wait.....Hope on the horizon after all. We STILL have that Mathews guy! And that Maddow ....???? whatever! And the Shlitz guy.......... FoxNews will still have someone to be compared with. Whew. Scared myself for a nano second!
There's was nothing
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:49am.
There's was nothing 'anti-establishment' about that prick when Boy Blunder ascended to the throne. I don't ever wanna see that constipated, conceited, self-important, angry waste of DNA on ANY venue again..............and especially in the sports field, where he was as insufferable as anyone could possibly be!!!!
How about we give Kieef and
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:03am.
Brent, I know everything, Musberger their own show, on ESPN35 or so, way down the line up? Then we can watch for the 3rd or 4th episode, when they have a knock down pillow fight over who's the best sportscaster.
Oh Jeeeeez
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:18am.
Oh Jeeeeez North..........don't EVEN get me going about ol' Mushmouth!!! God!!! And - although I've taken a lot of abuse here on NB for being a soccer fan - when the networks put Mushmouth on the World Cup a few years ago........I was literally forced to turn down the volume on the games he was doing........either that or break my TV!!!!!
But.........as much of a self-appointed expert that Mushmouth is.........I'd take him in a New York minute over Keef, because he IS,WAS, and always WILL BE a completely unlikeable and conceitied prick!!! And I have YET to figure out what he has to be conceited about!!!!!
Good riddance.
Submitted by Slyrr on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:24am.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
If this odious, obnoxious, spiteful liar NEVER has another TV show, blog, book, movie or any other media, it'll be too soon for me.
The whole world is better off without him, and will happily live out their lives if this toadwart of a man never opens his mouth again.
Alas, he'll probably be back though. He's a liberal. Therefore, he's a liar. So I expect this 'I'm REALLY leaving this time' announcement is yet another of his never-ending lies. Plus, these liberal kooks are spotlight hogs. They can't help jumping in front of any camera they see, or hurling themselves in front of any microphone that happens to pop up.
Plus Olberdork is like the liberal news' version of Barbara Streisand. The stupid jerk just won't go away, no matter how many 'farewell tours' he announces. So I just take this as another of his childish pleas for attention, or maybe trying to double his ratings by getting ONE more viewer.
Keith
Submitted by JPP on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:29am.
Have no fear Keith lovers, he will be back. Although it will most likely be a 1KW FM station in Iowa and he will be doing play by play of high school football.
Naaaaaaah.........not in
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:43am.
Naaaaaaah.........not in Iowa............those farmboys would 'whup him upside the head and put the hurt on him' for being such a frigging prick.............ya know - those 'flyover' people have built in radar for bullsh*t.........which is what Keef is made of.
JP
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:56am.
I was thinking it's got to be a rocket football game, somewhere in the Chicago suburbs. You know, a job the Organizer in chief got him?
Look for him on CNN
Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 6:06pm.
I wouldn't be surprised to see CNN offer him work, but not his own show.
I can see them signing him on for nightly 2-minute commentary features on whatever they air opposite MSNBC's 8-pm slot, hoping to capture some Olbermann fans.
Good riddance of bad rubbish.
Submitted by Richard B. on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:57am.
Good riddance of bad rubbish.
Maybe he is Robert Gibbs'
Submitted by Richard B. on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:58am.
Maybe he is Robert Gibbs' replacement?
Tombstone
Submitted by hydrodynDM on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 2:32am.
For some reason, this scene from Tombstone comes to mind.
Hydro
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 2:47am.
Love that. I'm a big fan of "Tombstone", and that clip captures this perfectly.
RESTLESS1
Submitted by hydrodynDM on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:09am.
I know - I ended up watching like 40 minutes of clips of Tombstone on YouTube after finding that one.
Oh, Man!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:04am.
That is p-e-r-f-e-c-t! Thanks for making a joyous event even better!
" I think the same fantasy
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 2:36am.
" I think the same fantasy has popped into the head of everybody in my business who has ever been told what I’ve been told, that this is going to be the last edition of your show. You go directly to the scene from the movie Network - complete with the pajamas and the rain coat ..."
So, olbermann actually compares himself as the insane Howard Beale in Network. Don't flatter yourself keithie. The Beale character went out with a bang - you went out with a whimper.
Comcast has already warmed my heart
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 2:45am.
I may have to buy a few shares.
Chrissy, be looking over your shoulder.
Rachel is probably safe.
Funny is where you find it
Submitted by vote24 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:00am.
Just because the left can't take a joke, that is simply not our problem. This is a small step in the right direction. Do not celebrate (well maybe a little) there is work to be done.
Thx
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:03am.
(well maybe a little).
I plan to. Tomorrow is another day. The fight begins anew, but for now, I'm enjoying the hell outta this.
Olbermann was FIRED!
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:59am.
TMZ.com is reporting that:
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DEAR EDITOR: I am an old Conservative. Some of my Conservative friends say there is no Santa Claus. My wife says, "If you see it in The New York Times it's so." Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
Rush Fan, your Conservative friends are wrong. They have been affected by the lies and the dishonesty of those on the Left. Yes, Rush Fan, there is a Santa Claus. I will prove to you that Santa Claus is real by giving you, your wife and your Conservative friends an early Christmas/Hanukkah gift: Keith Olbermann - You're FIRED!
And everyone on the right lived happily ever after.
Well, I
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 4:06am.
Well, I figured...............and I'm sure a helluva lot of other people did too..........that the constipated angry prick got the boot..............and it couldn't have happened to a bigger asshole!!!!!
The Comcast connection
Submitted by Yarbles on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 4:28am.
A lot of libs are freaking out and saying this is "conservative" Comcast's doing. I don't think it is that simple.
The MSNBC execs have wanted to ditch Olbermann for a while. He is notoriously difficult to work with and so it is not surprising that those who work closest with him like him the least. However, as the channels top rated host the suits at NBC corporate have protected him from a far. Phil Griffin tried to force him out with the contribution/suspension episode but was quickly overruled from above. Now that the Comcast's purchase is done many of the NBC top brass are out and I think Griffin and co. are exploiting the opening to kick Keith to the curb.
He's not going to take being
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 6:01am.
He's not going to take being fired lying down. He's probably already got a seven figure deal to write a tell all about what really goes on between GE/NBC and the Obama administration.
I'd bet " FOX NEWS " fairs better between the pages than GE/NBC when all is said & done.
Keith took a gamble to make his show the anti " FOX " and Zucker foolishly took the rest of the daily line up down the same misguided path.
They failed and it's only fitting the originator will be the first to go.
Barack_Must_Go.....
Curse Bracky.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 6:15am.
You iz so bravely brave brave with all the cursing. Do it some more. Do it Bracky. Curse for us.
I hope they got DONALD TRUMP
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:16am.
I hope they got DONALD TRUMP to call Keefy!
"YOU'RE FIRED."
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Let's not forget this...
Submitted by Bergerwitz on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:33am.
That Keith may have been fired from pressure applied from the Obama adminstration... As they attempt to track or appear to track toward the middle... It helps to have the appearance of more civility and less fervent discourse from their side... Keith has proven to be uncontrollable and they may not have wanted his voice out there as the next election draws near... Everyone is focusing on Zucker leaving but let's not forget Immeault got a new post from O this week as well...Not a chance
Submitted by sam12663 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:59am.
I don't believe the Obama administration had any hand in this for one simple reason; they think like Olbermann.
The presidents call for civility was a PR stunt, nothing more, nothing less. He has come to realize that his divisive rhetoric would hurt him in 2012, so he has laid down a gauntlet to the media and others to behave. While he may abide by his own edict, his minions in congress and the MSM will continue to rant and spew lies and hate towards conservatives. This method of attack will be far more beneficial to him, for as he appears to be above it all, his underlings and the media will carry the torch of deceit and demonization, with tacit approval from the White House. Any attempts to blame Obama for not controlling the issue will be spun as, 'we cannot control the media, nor would we try'. It is a no lose proposition for him.
if a tree falls in the forest
Submitted by Catherwood on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:46am.
Losing Olberman is like losing the cap off you Preparation H bottle. You might miss it for a few seconds, then you throw the tube away and buy a new one if you think you need it.
Some whacked-out liberal screamer will descend to take his place and two weeks from now, viewers will forget his existence.
I'm sorry, now who is Keith Olbermann? Never heard of him.
Submitted by acaiguana on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:07am.
Gee, who is this guy again?
ACA
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I just saw this on Fox. Don't
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:30am.
I just saw this on Fox. Don't be too happy. Lawrence O'Donnell is going to replace him. One POS for another POS is not much to celebrate. We can celebrate when Comcast fires them all from Joe Smoe to Madcow.
Never fear. He can't keep his mouth shut so I'd be willing to give odds he winds up on Sirius Radio's The Left or POTUS-Politics of the US. Both channels cater to the far left loons. He could wind up on Rosie Radio. I really really believe he is like a bad dream, he'll return. You know that Obama needs him to carry water in 2012.
I just saw this on Fox. Don't
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:48am.
I just saw this on Fox. Don't be too happy. Lawrence O'Donnell is going to replace him. One POS for another POS is not much to celebrate. We can celebrate when Comcast fires them all from Joe Smoe to Madcow.
Unless Comcast asked the others to cool it and they complied?
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Buster
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:48am.
I think that Comcast takes over on Tuesday. In your heart do you think that Shitz, O'Donnell, or Tinlges will comply? They are going to scream censorship as the door knob hits them in the ass.
It's physics!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:10am.
Nature abhors a vacuum. Or is it Networks abhor a vacuum. Either way, they're filling that time slot with another sucking entity.
Don't fret, Keith. There's
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:43am.
Don't fret, Keith. There's always a cable access channel that will air your diatribes.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Keefy's inner Gollum...
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:20am.
"I am wise enough to know that there are some perils from which a man must flee."
The Lord of the Rings (I.E. Keef to Comcast)
He'll be back, sneakies he is...
Olberman???
Submitted by truckinmann on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:28am.
I think I tried to watch this persons show once. Got maybe thirty seconds of viewing time in before I decided he was a total imbecile. (I don't usually use such terminology to describe other people, as I detest name calling as a form of debating the issues, but in this case I'm not really calling him a name, he truly is an imbecile. This means his mental faculties are somewhat retarded, and this is not his fault. He was born that way, and then what little he's been able to learn has become a jumbled mess in his brain) I also decided MSNBC was not worth the time it takes to channel surf past their station. I don't think they'll get any better with comcast calling the shots, but I may be wrong. I was wrong once. When I first got out of high school I thought James Earl Carter would be a good President. Within 2 years I finally understood what socialism can do to destroy a country. I've lived to see this process being repeated with Barack Hussein Obama. I suppose it's something that needs to happen every couple of generations to teach young people why a "National socialist party" (In German that is what NAZI meant, despite the lefts attempts to revise history and tell the world it's rightwing) is not a good idea. So now that our socialists parties biggest clown propagandist is gone, I suppose they can find some huge feet somewhere to fit the clown shoes. (I don't mean to offend anyone out there who works as a real clown for a living. All work for profit is good and honorable if it is within the law) I hope he gets a job for some other far leftist network and destroys what little of their reputation remains also. People like him are some of the best campaigners for the conservative message. All one needs do is listen for about a half of a minute and, if you have any common sense, you'll understand who you need to be voting for. That would be the person he hates most. The socialists are letting us know whom they fear most by the crazed rhetoric and vitriolic sputterings they make. That would be the Tea Party and the Lady who campaigns for them tirelessly and more articulately than anyone on the left side of the isle can speak of their own message, Sarah Palin.
Mr. Olberman, take some of that money you've made from General Electric, and invest it wisely, and you should never have to work again. Try enjoying life for a change. You may find the world isn't such a bad place. Yes sometimes bad things happen to good people, but in the end we all end up dead anyway, so at least try to be happy for some of your life. Otherwise you've just thrown away what God gave you to enjoy his creation with.
God Bless America, and God bless all of his creation. Give us the stregth to cope with the temptations and the trials that Satan puts in our paths and keep us focused on what is good and righteous in the world. Lord I pray in your name, Amen
Amen, brother.
Submitted by johnsonl on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:37am.
Amen, brother.
Bye BYE A$$hole,
Submitted by obamaotp on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:50am.
Keith still waiting for your apologize for blaming Sarah Palin on the shooting is AZ.
Good Bye Puke!
Didn't DUH ONE just hire
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:53am.
Didn't DUH ONE just hire Immelt for something? He could be going to work for him. You know they had to be good buddies because Immelt let him hang around so long.
Ho, Ho, Ho................
Submitted by Tomorama on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:56am.
Saw this on the news last night and was stunned.
Kind of like a late Christmas present, eh?
Don't worry folks there are enough dumb as hell anti-american leftists out there to keep newsbusters going for years and years.
He got canned plain and simple, the clip here was the most I have watched him since the November elections and he got his clock cleaned that night also.
Keep Matthews for the "comedy after work" that he provides.
Schultz on the other hand is not only vile and a coward, he is actually stupid as all hell, bet he goes.
Olby
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:04am.
Don't cry for me Agrentina, the truth is Olby made a lot of money for his spewage.
Anyway, he was good for us to have around. Guess it is back to the bath tub.
Whoever above said "Richard Maddow", just loved that!
So long, Bathtub Boy, and good riddance
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:15am.
So MSDNC finally decided to get some nerve and canned Bathtub Boy. Good riddance! However, I thought that ol' Fat Eddie Schultz would be the one fired by the nutwork for his own bizarre behavior...
Random thoughts......
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:17am.
First, Congratulations to all NB posters - not one "I hope he gets cancer and rots in hell". Not even a "I hope he invests all his money in GM and lives in poverty for the rest of his life." Good job, all of you.
Too bad PMSLSD didn't promo this. Think of the ratings KO would have gotten!
KO has been KO'd.
Now, to get rid of that poor person who's gender reassignment surgery went so horribly wrong. You know, the liitle guy who's show was right before ......um.....um....what was that guy's name again? See? I've already forgotten them both.
Song of the day: "Oh, Happy Day" - The Edwin Hawkins Singers
Hold on thar cowboy!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:25am.
I'm down with him doing that GM thing.
If Bob Costas....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:23am.
....is truly a friend of The Big Giant Head, then I have lost a great deal of respect for him (Costas).
We've had a lot of fun with
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:25am.
We've had a lot of fun with this. I think are the celebration is premature. Remmber the Munchkins celebrating the death of the wicked witch? There were more witches out there just like there are more idiots on MESSNBC that need to go. I am wating to celebrate when CNN and MESNBC finally realizes that liberalism doesn't sell especially with the loonatic hosts they have on both networks. I am also wating until Fox cans Geraldo. That will be worth celebrating.
Hip Hip Hooray! The world is now a little better place
Submitted by merly1 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:28am.
The master of hate speech is gone. Yet, why does he smear Russert? Somehow, I think
Russert is rolling over in his grave at the claims Obie just made...........
Bath Tub Boy
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:30am.
Ding Dong! The .........is
So now, MSLSD has The Leg Tingler Guy, Mr. ED, Richard M and Larry the O. I suspect the grand RINO, "Joe" is afoot here. Let's see if "Joe" makes a move so he can actually spew at night.
If they would replace all of the above and put reruns of The Three Stooges or Adams Family on in their place, I'd DVR those shows while watching FOX.
You should read all the drying lefty comments over on HuffPost, I didn't realize what a savior of mankind Olby really was. Those comments brought a tear to my eye.
I DVR Wagon Train and Cheynne
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:37am.
I DVR Wagon Train and Cheyenne each day off the Western Channel. It has been so long since they were on I can't remember any of the shows. Heck, I can't remember last season's CSIs.
DVR
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:31pm.
Wish I coud DVR those.......
I'm surprised he didn't wait
Submitted by gwalt on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:29am.
I'm surprised he didn't wait until after SOTU ------which now means Sh*t Obama Tells Us."A lot of briefing for a 2 hr. special with Dan Rather. Saw the show & wonder why we bothered". Ronald Reagan
~LOL
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:09pm.
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Here is another ratings disaster
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:31am.
Oprah's OWN Network is bottoming out. Gayle King's morning show, 86,000 viewers. Gosh more people hear me on the radio when I call my local talk show each morning than watch her.
Just when you think ...
Submitted by RealVet on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:38am.
This guy is the turd that won't flush.
Olbermoron is a classic narcissistic prima donna who believes the world cannot function without daily doses of his hate-filled diatribes.
He'll pop up somewhere, someplace - unless he eventually starves to death in his bathrobe while tweeting.
Cenk whatever will be getting
Submitted by Tomorama on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:48am.
Cenk whatever will be getting a show at 06:00 with Special Ed moving to 10:00.
COMCAST is just moving the deckchairs here, same libturd mentality all night and day long.
They never learn as per below:
NEWS RACE
THURS. JAN. 20, 2011
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,918,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,079,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 1,940,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,786,000
FOXNEWS BECK 1,780,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,460,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,106,000
CNN PIERS 1,025,000
MSNBC MADDOW 976,000
MSNBC O'DONNELL 855,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 760,000
CNN COOPER 740,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 700,000
Second act is coming
Submitted by cestes on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:51am.
There's always a huge market to peddle filth, he'll be back, but it is kinda nice to see him exit.
Some integrity has been restored in the Lame Stream Media
Submitted by ACLUSUX on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:50am.
Maybe the libs can catch Olbermann on Al Jazeera TV!
bathtub quit, hoping for more money. The ego is big in that one.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:51am.
Brace yourselves NBers, when we see his face again onTV, he will be working under a new contract with a huge increase in pay.
OR
Comcast might think that Fox needs some competition, that would be great.
However, competition is the old model, what's hip now is businesses signing up for bail outs and kiss ups... GM GE...
G as in government, not general.
You Didn't Build That.
No girlfriend (AKA "beard"). No parents. No job.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:56am.
All he has left is his Kossacks.
I predict he will now finally come out of the closet - and be cheered for it.
Stick to sports, LOLbermann.
Submitted by wiwf on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:23pm.
Stick to sports, LOLbermann.
BRAVO!!!
Submitted by Patriot II on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:24pm.
Maybe MSNBC isn't quite as nutty as I thought! Now get rid of maddog and the tingler!!!
Obie Man
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:34pm.
That would be Richard and Chrissy
best soundtrack for Keith's departure
Submitted by AMR1960 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:46pm.
Some news...By it's very nature, calls-out for a soundtrack...
Na-na_Nah-na, na-na_Nah-na...hey_heeeyyyy, goodbyeeee...
Sing it!
http://gosong.net/download/9gmZ4RJp5GQ/Na_Na_Na_Hey_Hey.html
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Long Live...THE REPUBLIC !
Run for office
Submitted by murf12 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:52pm.
He will not go away I see a run for the senate he is too self important to give up. He thinks that he and he alone can save the country nay the world from the evil curse of conservatism. I see him making a run at Lieberman's senate seat.
Let's not get too snarky, people.
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:17pm.
Let's not get too snarky, people. Most of the comments here seem to be excessively celebratory in nature, the same type of celebrations the left would have at Huffington Post over, say, Glen Beck getting the boot.
So, Keith Olbermann will no longer host Countdown? I really don't care. The show itself remains, so I'm sure there will be plenty of liberal material for NewsBusters to highlight.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Cobra: Countdown itself is dead
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:21pm.
They're just shuffling the remaining shows around.
I misunderstood
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:27pm.
I misunderstood. I thought he was being replaced with Lawrence O'Donnell but that the show itself was still being aired. I see now that they're replacing his show, or time slot actually, with another.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
You know,
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:40pm.
their whole schedule is basically one show anyway. Same guests, same topics, same vitriol.
I do feel bad for Howard "Not So" Fineman, though... he just lost 25% of his income.
"Sources say"
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 1:34pm.
By the way, a lot of the liberal sites, the Huffington Post included, are claiming that "sources inside MSNBC" say that he's getting the boot because of his actions regarding those controversial political donations, that instead of apologizing for violating company policy as he was asked (or ordered) to do, he turn it into an anti-censure crusade against the very people who employ him. If true, publicly attacking your own employers on the very show THEY provided you isn't a good way to remain employed, as he has recently learned. Not that it affects his POCKETBOOK much, but that has to affect his self-image. I wonder if this will teach him some humility?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Shrewd Move!
Submitted by theneighborhoodguy on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:13pm.
They're going to pay this schmuck 7 million +/- a year to stay off the air...for two years...well played Comcast...well played!