Keith Olbermann Has MSNBC Colleague Booted
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 3:57PM Typical Olbermann. This from the DC Caller:
“A week-long anchoring stint on MSNBC by Donny Deutsch ended abruptly on Wednesday,” writes the New York Times‘ Brian Stelter,” after “Mr. Olbermann was shown briefly in a series of clips of media bloviators during a segment that pondered what role the media plays in fomenting the public’s anger.”
While no one at MSNBC would go on the record for fear of getting fired by Mr. Olbermann, Stelter reports that “the four people briefed on MSNBC’s decision said Mr. Olbermann’s anger about the segment prompted the cancellation of the weeklong ‘America the Angry’ series.”
I, for one trust his sourcing. Mr. Olbermann has a very fascinating history of acting like a petulant child. There was the time last April when he freaked out over Ben Affleck:
According to a source at the network, Olbermann was livid when he learned that Rachel Maddow had booked Ben Affleck as a guest on her show. Olbermann, it turns out, had been interested in having Affleck on his show, too, and when he heard that Maddow’s producers had secured the actor instead, he demanded that the interview be switched from Maddow’s nine o’clock broadcast to his own an hour earlier. Maddow and her staff have been known to politely give in to Olbermann’s whims in the past—it was Olbermann, after all, who helped bring Maddow to the network. This time, however, they didn’t budge. (With ratings for Maddow’s show a bit lackluster as of late, parting with an A-list celebrity guest isn’t a decision to be made lightly.) Olbermann took the matter to senior management at MSNBC and NBC Universal and asked that they step in and “correct” the situation. That didn’t happen, though, and Affleck went on Maddow’s show as scheduled on Thursday, April 16. And Olbermann’s three-day protest commenced the next day.
Oh, and the time he refused to go on air if he didn’t get the perfect office door:
But one MSNBC employee wasn’t happy with his office. According to two sources who worked for the network at the time, Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC’s Countdown, didn’t like his door. It had a window. He wanted a solid one.
He called the building manager. “They told him, ‘Look, it’s an old building, we’re not changing the doors,’” the longtime employee says. “So Keith calls [MSNBC president] Phil Griffin and says, ‘I want a new door or I’m not going on the air tonight.’ And so Phil went and got him a new door.”
Keith Olbermann is the Tony Kornheiser of news people. Just to spite him, I am going to buy Deutsch a drink if ever we’re in the same bar. Cheers, Donny!
Chuck (FL Pundit)
Here is the video in question:
Reader Comments (7)
I just love a story that makes Olbermann look bad. It warms my heart!
WTF? Who the hell does he think he is? BHO?
I don't think Olberduffus ever got over his mommy dressing him up like a little girl,
never letting him go outside and play with the mean little boys....Thats why still
today he shaves all the hair from his body and wears women's underwear....
Keith Olberman, Crissy Matthews and Rachel Maddow starring in,
-------------Blazing Saddles:--------------
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Maddow: Hello, handsome, is that a ten gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show
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Keith: Ma'am, my tongue is a raging torrent,flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into
a waterfall of creative alternatives..
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Chrissy: God darnit, Mr Keith, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore..
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Maddow: Tell me Keith, is it true what they say about the way you are....gifted ?
Maddow: Oh, its twue, its twue, its twue !
How do all these liberal douche bags manage to stay on the air!! F**k'em, feed'em fish!
Post a picture of Olberwoman from "Dead Solid Perfect" to see him at his maximum douche level
Too bad the network didn't "show him the door" instead of replacing it.
I haven't checked the ratings lately, but how on earth can they justify keeping him around. Maybe the Comcast takeover will cause some changes, but I'm not holding my breath.
BTW, great photo!
Bruce, The answer to your question about why they keep him around concerns GE ownership and money. Remember, one of the largest contributors to the Obama campaign was GE and its CEO Jeffrey Immelt. As a result, Mr. Immelt was named by Obama to serve as his advisor on economic affairs, specifically, as a member to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. What company is in the best position to benefit from government mandated use of solar and wind energy? GE, through its monopoly of the energy grid. GE, and consequently MSNBC, have a vested interest to make sure that President Obama is successful.