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January 22, 2011 07:17 AM UTC

Olberman Terminated

  • 26 Comments
  • by: Libertad

Going the way of Air America type talent, Keith announced his termination today. His few remaining viewers were left to question where his tattered reputation might take him next.

You’ll recall his latest faux pas in defending failed policies resulted in a suspension (without pay) for donating to political candidates without disclosure to his viewing audience … a violation of his multi million dollar employment contract.

Keith had complained that he was being punished for mistakenly violating an inconsistently applied rule that he had known nothing about. Yet his ignorance defense was seen only as further evidence that he’d followed a failed path.



www.google.com, search Olberman under the news tab to see a variety of links confirming his rudderless departure.

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26 thoughts on “Olberman Terminated

  1. No video?  Surprising.  Your lack of links, not so much.

    His few remaining viewers were left to question where his tattered reputation might take him next.

    I should ask for a source of that, but maybe it simply takes one to know one.  I defer to you on all matters shit reputation.

        1. I worked payroll for a large corporation, and every employee who left was considered “terminated,” whether by their own action or the company’s. I don’t know if it was that movie that caused this, but it really shouldn’t carry a connotation of violent death.

          1. calling a train station or a bus station a “terminal” is really such a downer, and kind of scary. We’re going to have to police our everyday phrases carefully after what happened in Arizona.

              1. when the context requires a calling out, call it out. When it’s a stretch, maybe just wait until the next time. Otherwise, the calling out becomes meaningless.

        2. “Termination of Service”

          This was (is?) from the Peace Corps. The last day of service was your TOS.

          Thus, the term “termination” is from the era of Camelot and should be used with the full backing and celebration that the Kennedy/Shriver myth carries yet today.

    1. can be ruined by stupidity.

      Anyway, since we weren’t given a video, I’d like to officially post Olberman’s sign off.  Classy and a story done with voices.  It has everything!

      For the record, I think this is sad and that the media in general will be worse off without him.  Hopefully someone (CNN?) will pick him up.

  2. Dave Schultheis Former Colorado State Senator (R) :

    This is a prudent move for MSNBC, if the network wants to regain any sort of credibility and lost viewers. Olbermann’s views of what America should be differ substantially from those of most Americans. In the business world, the method of raising production or stature, is to “lop off from the bottom.” MSNBC has done just that. Hopefully, this signals more to come.

    http://www.politico.com/arena/

    1. Absolute number of viewers is no measure of a host’s veracity.

      The reason why hard right talking heads get more viewers is because the angry and confrontational approach appeals to conservatives, and not liberals. We prefer reason and logic; they prefer hot emotion and pep rallies.

  3. Then I realized I don’t watch Keith much anymore anyway.  Then I turned on MSNBC for Rachel, but all I got was a John Hodgman impersonator reading the news.

    Twas a sad day indeed…

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