Keith Olbermann Blasts Current TV; Internal Memo Reveals Tension Over GOP Primary - The Hollywood Reporter

Keith Olbermann IS NOT the "center" of " c u r r e n t ". End Of Story.

- nothing against him,....entertaining enough.

let it be known,... publicly,..... ( I am NOT a "hit n run drive by back-stab voter" - I rather DETEST those sorts )

I HAVE " -Vd ", your rant. Cenk is EASILY as important to " c u r r e n t " .

p.s. - I really DO enjoy him,...........to be clear,...........he IS a tad "long in the wind",....
BUT
- - - -the ENTIRE "politics" thing, is NOT what is admirable about " c u r r e n t "

-consider that "line in the sand" drawn .

p.p.s. - - -Frank Zappa is more important to culture than Gore, Keith, Cenk,....well,....actually- " c u r r e n t " itself...........HE will be at LEAST a musical footnote ,.........100 years from now,...........ALL our "broadcast media" - all of it - will be an obscure tech subset, like the telegraph,........100 years from now.

hmmmmmmmmmmm,.....now,......WHO WERE ,........those GREAT telegraph operators,....way back when ?!? How many "radio greats",...at all, can you name ?
. . .and what do you know about them ?

( just like that )

Handel will still have mundane folk mulling over his works,....no one will care about anything but the MOST DRAMATIC changes in political history AT ALL !

"Mr. Gore does not seem to understand Keith Olbermann goes then say goodbye to Current Tv....the Current website"
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Al Gore hired Keith Olbermann so I am sure he understands plenty and it looks like you are using an old grudge for him and connecting it to this news about Keith Olbermann to express that grudge without having facts to back you up. Why would you then wish the demise of this website? You do realize that there are those here who were here contributing and supporting it long before it became poiltics 101 right? And I can tell you this; IF Keith Olbermann were to ever leave I would do my best as a contributor to support Mr.Gore and his original vision for the station and the website, because for all of the changes I have seen it has still been a place where I could express views I could not at other venues and I do appreciate that. This site is what we make of it.

AMEN to that!!!! I'm only here for Keith. The rest is ZERO!!!!

Frank Zappa should be cloned , him and Utah Philips ... Superb minds .

remanns , i find it astonishing that people voted you down . I voted you up . Because we were here long before and they came with perhaps ? May they find happiness where Keith takes them . I guess Plato might be right , some people need instructions as to how they should perceive and act in the world . While one such as myself hope for a spokesperson to say what i think is right , others need to be told that they should think is right , perhaps the original idea , like those that flocked to it at first are in conflict ? If Keith Olbermans voice is more important to you than your own , then GO , i say !

. . . .and Orson Welles. I like your list. I think other media helped keep some of that name recognition alive through several generations. ( The older you are of course, them more the list has personal meaning,....RTF students excluded of course . +^d

Heh . no biggie. Keith has a cult. I think I would bow in the direction of Asimov' grave 3 times a day,......if I knew what direction that was ! To each their own !

POST ON !

I was also surprised you were voted down. Voted UP! Would have done it sooner, but I didn't see this story until today. hmmm...

Good comment and thanks for the info, PeteLeS33.

your welcome,

You really need to get a life!

Keith is the only person left on TV that can't be controlled by cooperate slobs who only care about the bottom line.. As with most things in life he that takes the road less traveled is usually ostracized.. try finding one piece of news that Keith has reported that was false or distorted.. Yes! he is Partisan but he makes no bones about that..

I'm with you on this, ROSERITA. Happy New Year!

Agreed! We get it. Itsbatman_Durr hates Keith. You know what they say, dinm76, it says more about the person that keeps repeating the same things over and over than the person they are hating on.

Durr's life, it would seem, is one of a TROLL!

Better not to "feed" the trolls. Just ignore them.

Agreed.

kewl. +^d !

Well said, Dagum. Thank you.

Well said.

i agree 1 zillion percent

Bye! Good luck!

LOL!! i hope that was intended to be a farcical post because if you are serious you need to get out more. all the MSM, including even maggots like keef, are tools of the corporate overlords. every repug, every demogogue is slave to the same master. if you want to delude yourself into thinking otherwise, you are suffering from stockholm syndrome. current tv was FAR better before keef, and will be far better without him. and you, so dont let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya on the way out!

Agreed. Current execs must be smart enough to realize that if Keith goes, his viewers go with him. Current will die a slow death without Keith. Cenk is OK but not enough to make me tune in without KO included.

whilst i usually agree with your opinions and respect them as well, an uncommon thing for me lol, i cant believe you typed that with a straight face. keef sucked on espn, blew on msnbc, and was a tool on fox sports. all he was ever good for was playing the leftist version of limbaugh and wanking on about how shitty his (fill in the blank) network treated him. good bye keef, and good riddance. cenk FTW. at least when he is biased, we know he believes it and isnt playing a charade for ratings

oh how scary.

Don't worry, Current wont be around much longer after Keith sues them for what little they have.

honestly, at times it really feels like they are trying to shoot themselves in the face...who needs a Cheney to do it?

i am sure taco bell has a slot for him, as they can probably use the tax break for hiring the mentally challenged

That was quick .

LOL he should be suing the barber he borrowed from eddie munster and his parents for whatever they were on when they conceived him that sucked all the intelligence and class out.

God!...You're thick. Don't you have any other notes to play?

It IS best to try to avoid being a employee,...if you can manage it. ( and EAT, and all that . . . . independent contractor isn't really all that great,.....owning copyrights or patents or trademarks,..........or "secret formulas" is where it is at ! )

Being a blacksmith wouldn't be all that bad,....but demand has diminished.

With all due respect, Keith is his own boss.

I'm sure he wishes that were true, but he doesn't own the network, & he has a contract. I also wish that were true. Then, we would be certain that Keith would be secure in his job, & we'd see him every night.

We're not impressed with you, Mr. Bohrman. We'll stick with Keith, no matter what you say.

well no wonder he thinks his boss is a moron. and i agree with him on that one 100%

My mistake I apologize

*In addition to hosting Countdown, which debuts June 20, Olbermann is also the network's chief news officer -- making him No. 4 on the corporate ladder behind founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt and CEO Mark Rosenthal -- and has an equity stake in the company. When all is said and done, Olbermann could make as much as $100 million over the course of his five-year deal.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keith-olbermann-breaks-silence-msnbc-19540...

I apologize to you as well.....

In addition to hosting Countdown, which debuts June 20, Olbermann is also the network's chief news officer -- making him No. 4 on the corporate ladder behind founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt and CEO Mark Rosenthal -- and has an equity stake in the company. When all is said and done, Olbermann could make as much as $100 million over the course of his five-year deal.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keith-olbermann-breaks-silence-msnbc-19540...

No apology necessary, but I commend you for doing so.

Cheers!

Would that even be something that Gore is in charge of? I know he was one of the big forces behind starting this website, but did he maintain as much control as people might think?

I can simply speak to the point that Al himself has chosen to interject himself into the primary coverage, so I tend to think he has got some programming clout. Al himself did the hiring of KO in the first place.

I agree and I only saw her speak on the snippets posted here. Hell, some of us here could do a better job of it. I dont know what Mr. Gore is thinking, but this is really the first time in a while I find myself at odds with a decision he had made if this was entirely his decision, which it may not really have been. That being said, do you not think that Keith Olbermann can also be difficult at times? I don't know, just asking... still doesn't change my view about "I love DOW Chemical" Granholm and it actually disappoints and angers me because Current could have had a great lineup the way it was with Keith Olbermann, Vanguard, maybe Cenk Uyger ( or a show with Pods on it with viewer participation) and an environmental/Earth show. As I stated once before, once the election is over what will there be?

Keith has always been very opinionated and strong-willed about his role wherever he has worked, from ESPN to CNN to MSNBC to Current, but like you, it doesn't change the crux of the issue for me as well, that your "go to guy" should be in the lineup if he wants to be. Keith wants to make clear he wasn't involved in the decision making process regarding the GOP primary coverage so it had to come from the top. Keith himself, namely in his Rolling Stone interview last June, called Vanguard "the best show that hardly anyone knows about". I think if it had been left up to Keith, Vanguard would've remained and been helped in its viewership now that people like me have been drawn to the network. Keith also has this side of him that is caring and helpful as his free clinic support and spotlighting others who have been slighted by the powers that be shows. He was one of the first in the media to shine a negative light on Scott Walker, even before his election, making his "Worst Person's List" more than once during the campaign. I sure hope that any differences currently existing at Current are resolved soon to keep Keith on board and happy here. I think Keith has a greater vision for the network beyond the elections especially given his addition of Mark Ruffalo as environmental contributor, Matt Taibbi who always looks out for the Wall Street criminals robbing our futures and John Dean reporting the trashing of our justice system. Current has the potential and hopefully we are simply seeing its growing pains right now, Jan.

Actually, David Bohrman is quoted as saying he will twist Al Gores arm in order to get him involved in programming.

David Bohrman is the CEO and decision maker, he is the one who sent the message to the Countdown staff that their show was not on last night.

Thanks for clarifying that, tverdell.

Thanks for your reply. I guess we really don't know the whole story. I too hope all works out well for all in this and now based on other comments and knowing the space Mr. Gore gave him, I am thinking this was not his decision entirely. Hopefully he will be covering other debates and primaries as it goes along.

So you're saying he took Keith Olbermann off to put Mr. Gore there? Personally, I don't think it was wise of him to give up so much control of his tv station.Thanks for clarifying that.

I watched Keith tonight. I'm glad he is back on the air! He seemed his usual self. He kinda scared me half way through his show when he said he "was going to do a career update announcement." But I think I misunderstood. It wasn't about his. He signed off in his usual fashion. So that's a good sign. Per tverdell's post, it sounds like the new CEO Bohrman called the shot. So hopefully they came to an understanding afterward.

I'm with you Leen. If Keith leaves I will never watch Current.

Actually, Bohrman waited Olbermann to anchor last night, he just wants Gore as an analyst. This is from a internal Current TV memo which is in the article.

It seems that Olbermann didn't like the terms of him being the anchor, perhaps not enough control, that is my speculation.

But we know for a fact that Bohrman has been asking Keith to anchor politically direct, but Keith was somehow unhappy with the offer.

I hope the details come out soon.

I thought Keith did good tonight. He did not appear stressed. Then I remember the night he said that was his last show on MSNBC. I think I went in shock.

"I thought Keith did good tonight. He did not appear stressed" I agree. He did not say he was going off the air, which was a relief.

He still has no set, according to Current,this is keiths decision.
I think it means he is not happy.

"But we know for a fact that Bohrman has been asking Keith to anchor politically direct, but Keith was somehow unhappy with the offer."

Aren't they in 2 different cities, tverdell? Keith in NY and everyone else in CA? Maybe it's a logistics thing.

"I hope the details come out soon."
Me too.

No, I don't think so because they want to preempt countdown so they could fly Olbermann to LA. Now that you mention that, perhaps Olbermann wanted to anchor in NY.

Good point.

Olbermann probably wants to work with his own people in NY, good theory.

Thank you, tverdell. Keith is a New Yorker through and through.

you got my vote also
I came here for Keith and I can leave with Keith

I agree with you 100%. I watched the MSNBC coverage last night, because I cannot tolerate the loud, grating Cenk for more than a few minutes, the boring Gore, or the establishment Democrat Granholm. I will only watch Current if Keith is on the program with them. PERIOD!!! END OF STORY!!!

Of course. He's co-owner of the network. He has all of the power in his hands.

That could be. I don't see any reason why he couldn't be a part of it from NY. It is afterall, the 21st Century.

Which is what's confusing. If you have an equity stake in the company, as a rule, you want the company to succeed.

If Keith leaves, the company fails and he doesn't reap his investment.

LOL

I mean Al Gore did invent the Internet, I am sure he can hook up a satellite connection.

And he came from that dwindling network, CNN, where they have been stooping lower and lower as each year goes by, in their zeal to compete with FAUX Propaganda.

I don't know if he is happy or not, but hope it is cleared up before long.

If not, their ratings will be pretty pathetic.

I think that line was to scare the Current bosses.

Olbermann just lawyered up.
That means this is the end of the line people.

I guess he might go to CBS or ABC.

He just tweeted that he doesn't want to do online programming.

Absolutely...when KO interviewed her last fall I thought maybe she would add some new power to the lineup, but so far she has been a huge disappointment...I agree that VP Al is going to be in a world of hurt if Keith leaves...TYT are too much Cenk while the talented others on the show get only a word here and a phrase there...wasted talent it seems, and I don't think Cenk can carry it for long...

I really hope all this is much ado about nothing and that things settle down starting next week...because as you said: "...he takes a lot of us with him including me."

As well he should. He has the most seniority, and he should have that ability. NY is the news capital of the world. It should come from New York.

Yes and as much as I criticize, I really do support this station which is why I wouldn't want to see this all fall apart. But I think they relied too much on a political lineup alone and it may come back to hurt them.