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pbmus

(12,418 posts)
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 05:12 PM Nov 2017

Keith Olbermann Explains His Decision to Retire From Political Punditry

Keith Olbermann on Monday announced that he's had enough, and is ending his Donald Trump-focused digital video series for GQ after two seasons and 187 episodes.

Olbermann began the series in September 2016, about two months before the presidential election. He said Monday's episode of The Resistance With Keith Olbermann would be the last because he's more confident than ever that Trump's presidency will end in either impeachment or resignation.

The former MSNBC and ESPN star also announced in the episode that he's quitting the political punditry game entirely. In a brief email interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Olbermann said he wanted to be clear with his viewers about his decision to step away from the craft that made him famous. "To not be specific about that is to leave people in doubt about why there isn’t a new video or tweet," he said.

Asked whether he had always been planning to end the series — originally called The Closer — on Monday, Olbermann said: "The plan was for them to stop on November 9, 2016. So much for plans!" Olbermann, in a follow-up email, clarified that the decision to end the series was his alone, "as was my right."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keith-olbermann-retires-political-punditry-1062096

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Keith Olbermann Explains His Decision to Retire From Political Punditry (Original Post) pbmus Nov 2017 OP
maybe he will go back to msnbc samnsara Nov 2017 #1
We sure need his voice now more than ever! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #2
Sounds Like He Was Giving Up Political Commentary Completely SoCalMusicLover Nov 2017 #3
Tweety and Williams can go, as far as I'm concerned...enter Keith and Joy ! OnDoutside Nov 2017 #5
He should run for office. sadiegirl Nov 2017 #4
Ah, no to that possible suggestion..... a kennedy Nov 2017 #6
 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
3. Sounds Like He Was Giving Up Political Commentary Completely
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 05:34 PM
Nov 2017

MSNBC already has their lineup set, and I doubt they have interest in him after the way they parted.

MSNBC has Tweety, Hayes, Maddow, O'Donnell & Williams. No room for Keith.

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