Keith Olbermann gives abrupt goodbye to MSNBC show (1 Viewer)

[crandc]

I find myself wondering what the hell I'm going to do at 5 PM.

 

[PapaG]

I find myself wondering what the hell I'm going to do at 5 PM.

Read a book and stop poisoning your brain with hateful rhetoric?

Watch Jersey Shore and actually laugh once in a while?

Turn on TBS and watch Family Guy?

Hopefully we'll see a change in your partisan-based posts now that Olbermann isn't spewing his divisive vitriol to you on a nightly basis. That you watched the guy every night explains a lot about your posting patterns.

 

[maxiep]

I used to really enjoy MSNBC, especially before Obama came on the scene. After that, Matthews (who I really enjoyed) came unhinged. Actually, I think what broke that network and sent it into looneyland was the death of Tim Russert. They've never recovered; he was their anchor.

 

[PapaG]

I used to really enjoy MSNBC, especially before Obama came on the scene. After that, Matthews (who I really enjoyed) came unhinged. Actually, I think what broke that network and sent it into looneyland was the death of Tim Russert. They've never recovered; he was their anchor.

I really liked and respected Tim Russert. Even though he was a Moynihan disciple, he played it straight and objective. His son Luke actually asks tough questions as well. How dare "NBC" ask a Democrat a tough question!



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[maxiep]

Interesting editorial: http://online.wsj.com/article_email...01661518007154-lMyQjAxMTAxMDIwNTEyNDUyWj.html

 

[maxiep]

No Olbermann for at least six months. I think we'll see him on CNN.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/24/keith-olbermann-off-tv-six-months_n_812943.html

If what is reported is true, this guy is a scumbag. He had reportedly been negotiating his exit from MSNBC for months, yet his staff didn't find out until he said he was leaving on his broadcast. The person that runs an enterprise has an obligation to his or her employees. These people now have to scramble to find a new job, without the golden parachute Olby negotiated for himself. I hope--like Conan--he has the decency to pay their salaries out of his own pocket until the find new opportunities.

 

[maxiep]

More backstory: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/business/media/24olbermann.html?_r=2&hp=&pagewanted=all

 

[jlprk]

If what is reported is true, this guy is a scumbag. He had reportedly been negotiating his exit from MSNBC for months, yet his staff didn't find out until he said he was leaving on his broadcast. The person that runs an enterprise has an obligation to his or her employees. These people now have to scramble to find a new job, without the golden parachute Olby negotiated for himself. I hope--like Conan--he has the decency to pay their salaries out of his own pocket until the find new opportunities.

I didn't know you're a socialist. You think he owes the employees something. He's not even their employer. He didn't own the business. Will you be applying this lightning bolt of conscience to all bosses, abandoning the libertarian freedom of employers to do what they want, and embracing communism?

Conan was making at least 5 times as much as Olbermann.

 

[maxiep]

I didn't know you're a socialist. You think he owes the employees something. He's not even their employer. He didn't own the business. Will you be applying this lightning bolt of conscience to all bosses, abandoning the libertarian freedom of employers to do what they want, and embracing communism?

Conan was making at least 5 times as much as Olbermann.

It has little to do with socialism and everything to do with loyalty, but congratulations on your pretzel logic.

P.S. Although those people were employees of MSNBC, they lost their jobs when Olbermann bailed.

 

[jlprk]

I thought that Olbermann leaving was a mutual decision between him and his bosses.

When Bush people got Dan Rather fired, should Bush's Committee to Reelect have paid all the laid-off CBS people? Couric was just the figurehead for that coup d'etat. The real change was all the new conservative staffers.

This new principle of paying a lot to laid-off workers will increase the cost of business, much more than paltry tax increases.

 

[maxiep]

I thought that Olbermann leaving was a mutual decision between him and his bosses.

It was. It was a negotiation between he and MSNBC. His staff wasn't given a heads up that he was planning his exit.

When Bush people got Dan Rather fired, should Bush's Committee to Reelect have paid all the laid-off CBS people? Couric was just the figurehead for that coup d'etat. The real change was all the new conservative staffers.

Dan Rather and Mary Mapes got themselves fired, and fired for cause. Big difference. Neither knew they were leaving months in advance.

This new principle of paying a lot to laid-off workers will increase the cost of business, much more than paltry tax increases.

It's call severance packages, and I'm pretty sure they're commonplace. Again, you can have fun trying to twist my words into completely different ideas (I'm well aware of your approach to these forums), but you're smart enough to see my point. Olbermann was essentially a separate business unit. Keith took care of himself and didn't give two shits about his staff. That tells me all I need to know about him.

Good night and good luck.

 

[jlprk]

And that's the way it is. Good night, Chet.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

It's all Bush's fault.

Fixed.

Ya gotta, I mean ya just gotta love the sheep around this place. It's so good, one couldn't even make it up if they tried.

 

[jlprk]

And one couldn't write one post in this thread with any substance...even if you tried. Read them. You keep posting in this thread, but you got nuttin' to say.