Chris Matthews just retired on the air

Beat me to it.

 

Olbermann said in 2017 he could not keep going because it was ruining his health and life. Either that's true or the powers that be have got something on him.

His feed has become a joke, pissing matches with Peter Gammons/other baseball writers and pet adoption announcements.

As Geo. Noory once said of Art Bell: "He's winding down, folks."

 

The more I think about it I think MSNBC will move the Nicolle Wallace show to 7 and put somebody like Kasie Hunt at 4

 

They're not "pet adoption announcements."
Keith is doing a great community service by using his twitter feed to advocate for dogs about to be killed by Animal Care Centers of NYC. He posts descriptions and pics of dogs at risk and kind people then pledge $$ -- even $5 is huge -- so that a no-kill rescue will save the dog, get it into foster or adoption.
Because of Keith's twitter feed, thousands of dogs have been saved. (And an aside: it's insane that NYC taxpayer money funds these kill shelters in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island. Because of Keith's advocacy, politicians are trying to change this.)
So yeah, Keith quit politics and turned his energy into something useful and fulfilling. That's hardly a joke, my friend.

Why Keith Olbermann Pivoted From Politics to Rescue Pups

 

Murrow never hid from the enormity of his own times. Nor did Cronkite.

I love all dogs and cats and would save every one if I could.
Unfollowed him not out of exasperation but because his tweets were a drag.
This mudball is sad enough on a daily basis without seeing panicked tweets that a setter has 12 hours to live.

 

Matthews was told to retire or be fired
Staff knew an hour before the show

https://pagesix.com/2020/03/03/msnb...h-steve-kornacki-or-joy-reid-for-hardball/?dg

 

News veterans Shepard Smith, Steve Kornacki and Joy Reid are all on the shortlist to take over Chris Matthews’ abruptly vacated seat on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” sources told The Post.

Shepard Smith played hardball with his own network every day on Fox. He gets my vote.

 

Called it.