In what can only be described as a huge victory for civil discourse and intelligence in broadcasting, Keith Olbermann has hosted his last Countdown at MSNBC.
lthough it has not been disclosed if Olbermann’s departure was his choice, that of the network, or a combination thereof, let’s not quibble about details!
The fact is that this petty, hateful, and unhinged sports jock is no longer posing as a pundit on serious news which means he is longer polluting the air waves at MSNBC, and that is a good thing!
Farewell Keith Olbermann, the Worst Person in the world for at least the past five years!
John W. Lillpop
Keith Olbermann gives abrupt goodbye to MSNBC show
Television Writer David Bauder,
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK – Keith Olbermann was MSNBC's most popular personality and single-handedly led its transformation to an outspoken, left-leaning cable news network in prime time. Despite that, he often seemed to be walking on a tightrope with his job. Friday night, it snapped.
Olbermann returned from one last commercial break on "Countdown" to tell viewers it was his last broadcast, and read a James Thurber short story in a three-minute exit statement. Simultaneously, MSNBC e-mailed a statement that "MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract." The network thanked him and said, "we wish him well in his future endeavors."
Neither MSNBC President Phil Griffin, Olbermann nor his manager responded to requests to explain an exit so abrupt that Olbermann's face was still being featured on an MSNBC promotional ad 30 minutes after he had said goodbye.
John Lillpop——
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John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal. “Clean and sober” since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. For years, John lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, the very liberal sanctuary city which protects, rather than prosecutes, certain favored criminals. John escaped the Bay Area in May and now lives in Pine Grove California where conservative values are still in vogue.
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