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Keith Olbermann to Launch Show on Current TV in Late Spring
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyKeith Olbermann, who unceremoniously left his MSNBC "Countdown" show last month, has joined the public affairs channel Current TV and will host a nightly prime-time show starting in late spring. The liberal public affairs network co-founded by Al Gore can be seen in about 75 million homes worldwide, available only on the digital tier of cable channel systems. At MSNBC, which the unabashedly liberal and outspoken Olbermann left after a storm relationship, his nightly audience was about 1 million. In a conference call with reporters Tuesday morning, Olbermann, 52, said the new program will be ...
Keith Olbermann Teases Big Announcement on Twitter
By David Knowles - AOL NewsBack to work. Less than a month after parting ways with MSNBC, Keith Olbermann is set to tell the world what his next major venture will be. On a conference call scheduled for 11 a.m. EST Tuesday, Olbermann will unveil "an exciting announcement regarding the next chapter of his remarkable career," according to a statement from the former cable news host's public relations team. On his Twitter account, Olbermann has been teasing his followers about what's in store. .bbpBox34748457835175936 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/196246275/KO1971YankeeStadium.jpg) ...
Keith Olbermann Departure: The Online Reaction
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsEven as he says goodbye to MSNBC, Keith Olbermann, an outspoken liberal TV personality, is drawing plenty of comments on the Web – both positive and furiously negative. Using descriptions ranging from "one of the great haters in the media" to "a victim of his own success," media commentators, bloggers and ordinary viewers let their feelings be known. The host of "Countdown" announced his departure live on the program Friday night. Olbermann, a former ESPN anchor, was briefly suspended from MSNBC in November for making political donations to Democratic candidates. Among the pithiest ...
Whither Keith Olbermann Now That MSNBC Is in Rearview Mirror?
By Milton Kent - AOL NewsWhere do you go when every bridge you've crossed has been burned behind you? That's the question facing Keith Olbermann now that his time at MSNBC has come to an abrupt end. Olbermann, who, when teamed with Dan Patrick in the 1990's turned ESPN's SportsCenter into must-see TV, announced that he was leaving Countdown, MSNBC's most popular prime-time program, at the end of Friday's show. Neither Olbermann nor NBC News, which owns MSNBC, would say why he was leaving, though many media observers have linked the notion that NBC-Universal just this week received governmental permission to be ...
Weird Christmas Custom: Spot the Pooping Peasant
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsHoliday traditions such as wrapping gifts and eating fruitcake may suck, but nothing is crappier than a bizarre Christmas custom practiced in Spain. While a typical Nativity scene in most parts of the world usually includes figurines of baby Jesus, Joseph, Mary and their entourage of Wise Men and farm animals, folks in the Catalonia region of Spain add their own weird twist. If you look really closely at Christmas Nativities in Catalan cities like Barcelona or Tarragona, chances are you'll find a strange figurine of a man squatting and pooping somewhere in the manger. There's even a little ...
Reinstated Keith Olbermann Apologizes
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Nov. 8) -- What would Walter Cronkite think? Today, just three days after NBC News suspended Keith Olbermann, the hybrid commentator/news anchor host of "Countdown," for violating the network's policy forbidding journalists from making political contributions to candidates without getting prior approval of network officials, he apologized to viewers in a letter. "You should know that I mistakenly violated an inconsistently applied rule -- which I previously knew nothing about -- that pertains to the process by which such political contributions are approved by NBC," Olbermann said in the ...
Keith Olbermann Tells Viewers He's Sorry for Suspension 'Drama'
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyKeith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's "Countdown" show, apologized to viewers Monday for the "unnecessary drama" he created by donating money to three political candidates and his resulting two-day suspension from the network. NBC has a rule against donating to candidates. Olbermann did not, however, apologize to NBC, and complained that the network rule was "inconsistently applied," the Associated Press reported. Olbermann, who will return to the show Tuesday night, issued a statement, which read in part: "I also wish to apologize to you viewers for having precipitated such anxiety and ...
Keith Olbermann Apologizes to Fans for Donation 'Drama'
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK (Nov. 8) -- Keith Olbermann is apologizing to his fans - but not NBC News - for the "unnecessary drama" surrounding his two-day suspension for making political donations. Related Stories MSNBC: Olbermann Suspension Ends Tuesday Keith Olbermann Suspended: Instant Reactions Olbermann is due to return to work Tuesday night on MSNBC's "Countdown" show. In a statement issued Monday, he says he wanted to apologize to viewers "for having precipitated such anxiety and unnecessary drama." He was suspended for donating money to three Democratic candidates in violation of NBC News ...
MSNBC Suspends Keith Olbermann for Donating to Democrats
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyKeith Olbermann, an unabashed liberal who hosted the prime time talk show "Countdown" on MSNBC, was suspended indefinitely by the cable network Friday for contributing thousands of dollars to three Democratic congressional candidates. The donations, first reported by Politico, violate MSNBC's rule barring employees from giving to political campaigns. Most news organizations have similar policies as it's considered a breach of journalistic ethics to support candidates that a reporter or news person might cover. Olbermann, the network's highest-rated personality and the centerpiece of its ...
Wrongfully Accused Twitter Fraud to Olbermann: Apology not Accepted
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyActually, to hear Redstate's Caleb Howe tell it, no apology was even offered.In a Countdown segment a few weeks ago, Keith Olbermann implied that Dan Cooper was in cahoots with Fox News to create a fraudulent Olbermann Twitter account. As I've said before, this was doubtless an oversight by a member of the production staff, an oversight that Olbermann corrected last night. Sort of. Caleb has the video:I let Dan know that Olbermann's (admittedly less-than-full-throated) correction (excised from the online version of the clip) had aired last night, and I asked if he had a reaction, did the ...
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