Keith Olberman is an outspoken member of the 'allegedly' liberal media, a bane to Sarah Palin, and until recently the hot of Countdown. He also did some stuff that violated MSNBC's journalistic policies - which might come as surprise to those who questioned whether MSNBC had any journalistic policies. Olberman either gave some money to a candidate, or came out in support of them. Either way some members of the 'allegedly' right wing media (oh come on, let's not pretend that political coverage in America today isn't like a football match with side pretty clearly drawn). That caused the shit to hit the fan. There were calls for Olberman's head on a plate, or in lieu of that, his job. MSNBC told Olberman to take a little break while they decided what to do with him. So Olberman went on a 2 day hiatus.Basically this amounted to a weekend off. Olberman was back on Monday as both he and Rachel Madow whooped it up in a shameless on air gloat fest. They could've saved their breath, and maybe some face, since the other shoe has now dropped. It seems clear now what MSNBC decided to do with Olberman.
Seems like Olberman's contract was about to expire. That couldn't have been more convenient since it allowed MSNBC to bring him back, temporarily. That allowed MSNBC to take a public "we won't be pushed around" stand. The when the contract ran out they could cut him loose by simply not renewing it. That sends out the right message too. That message would be something like "We won't be pushed around, unless it's just too damned convenient to get rid of the guy; in which case no sensible person will blame us for taking the course of least resistance". Anyway that adds up to "Buy bye" for Keith. Now here's Olberman with a message of his own.
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ON the bright side: We've still got Contessa Brewer!
Keith took the classy route by refusing to do the whole mad as hell Network thing (although he sounds like he was sorely tempted). I'm glad he took the high road. For one thing movie references are so overdone. Yet in his position I'm not sure I could've kept my dignity. Who am I kidding, I'd have dropped my pants and mooned the camera. Good luck Keith - and happy landings!
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