Olbermann better suited for ESPN

Olbermann doesn't make it to Christmas.

 

Here's how the liars on Fox News handle such an issue:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/40036897#40036897

 

2nd move - first was to get him off Sunday Night Football.

 

Flaming liberal here who's had it with Olbermann.

You know what so nuts about what Keith did?

A few years ago, toward the end of when Keith and Dan were reunited-- doing their hour on ESPN radio (which was a very good listen), Keith went off on a LONG explanation of why he doesn't vote. Yep - his reasoning was essentially that he needed to remain "impartial" ... somehow he did still acknowledge that he gives his opinion. I didn't really get the argument, but that's what he said-- that he does not vote.

Well, now he's going a big one further than voting-- he's donating! Something's obviously changed in the past few years, yes? :

 

Look, we people here at SportsJournalists.com ought to know the score about Olbermann better than anyone. He finds it impossible to work with anyone. He's got enormous talent, and can't keep a steady gig, despite always being successful, because he either quits or finds some way to get fired (in this case, he tried HARD to find a way).
This was true when Keith was a local Boston sports anchor, and it's true today. His problem has nothing to do with ideology. It's inside him and his nature. I can see why people hire Keith, but they ought to know they're hiring a messy breakup at some point.

 

Based on MSNBC ratings they would be better of running Sponge Bob in Olberman slot.

 

Even as a big fan of Keith's, I knew that given his personality, this was not going to end well.If you think MSNBC is a liberal network, remember, this is the same bunch of suits that canned Phil Donahue because he opposed the Iraq War even though he had MSNBC's most viewed show at the time. Sacrificing KO (whether he broke the rules or not) is a way of kissing up to the ascendant power.
I just fear Rachel Maddow's next. She may be less of a diva than KO and not donate a red cent, but her political and sexual orientations make her the next target. And conservatives hate Rachel's back of the class snark even more than they do KO's fiery indignation.

 

Right-wing conspiracy!

 

Really no need to analogize that MSNBC is a liberal network.

The problem comes when they try to pass themselves off as a news network.

 

Remember, NBC goes on with the charade that Leno and Fallon are entertaining/funny. Maybe if you're 80.

The luddites can knock Keith all they want, and are certainly free to disagree with his worldview, but when you compare his adherence to something resembling facts to Beck's loopy gibber, KO's the Rock of Gibraltar.

It's not like Keith will be wholly absent, in spirit. Maddow's vocal cadence precisely mirrors Keith's.

 

Why does everything have to be compared with the extreme opposite viewpoint? If Olbermann does something stupid, why does it have to be justified as, "well, he's not as bad as Beck," and vice-versa. It's like people defending Obama by saying, "well, he's not nearly as bad as Bush.'' Bush is gone. To blame everything on him is beating a dead horse. They all do things in their own interest. It's all a game and they laugh their way all the way to the bank.

 

He is the Randy Moss of broadcasting. He has once-in-a-generation talent that makes evaluators go weak in the knees. But he is also mercurial and a front-runner and a guy who needs to be constantly babysat. For both of them, the list of potential employers has dwindled to a number that is far below what their talents indicate they should have.