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LiberalArkie

(19,951 posts) Tue Mar 15, 2022, 09:13 PM Mar 2022

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow spiked Keith Olbermann as her replacement as show nears end [View all]

MSNBC nearly tapped Keith Olbermann to fill Rachel Maddow's soon-to-be-vacant primetime slot, but Maddow personally made sure her former mentor didn't get the job.

Olbermann, who helped develop the network's voice before he was ousted in 2011, told The Daily Beast's "Source Material" that he was deep into negotiations with NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and news chief Cesar Conde to return to MSNBC in the 9 p.m. weeknight spot before Maddow intervened.

“I offered to have her production company ‘produce’ the show," Olbermann said. "Would give her some proxy control and a f*ckton of money but she and [former MSNBC chief-turned-consultant to Maddow’s production company] Phil Griffin refused."

“I do not expect to continue negotiations with the successors to this management team,” he added. “Management is worse than asleep at the switch.”

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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow spiked Keith Olbermann as her replacement as show nears end [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 2022 OP

What's up with Rachel? I want Olbermann! Kittycatkat Mar 2022 #1

This is my kind of thread and Keith has the sharpened vocabulary Tetrachloride Mar 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #4

Yeah, he could exchange appearances on his show for campaign donations AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #3

"Management is worse than asleep." Tetrachloride Mar 2022 #5

Good for Rachel JHB Mar 2022 #6

Bur he was going to keep her production team. That show is not ALL Rachel. Samrob Mar 2022 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #25

I agree Hekate Mar 2022 #32

So give him another hour oldtime dfl_er Mar 2022 #7

I was a big fan of Keith back in the day but I have come to the conclusion that he is just a dick. Botany Mar 2022 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #27

I was a huge olbermann fan, but he proved to be unreliable and a prima dona samsingh Mar 2022 #41

Keith would have given MSNBC higher ratings... BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #9

Higher than Maddow's, even, maybe Grasswire2 Mar 2022 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #30

Even when he braodcasts from his own apt. building balcony BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #36

It is. BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #37

This is the 10th or 12th OP on this matter. DURHAM D Mar 2022 #10

Yes, it is meandering into 'flogging a dead horse' territory. Celerity Mar 2022 #18

Lol USALiberal Mar 2022 #23

So She Spiked THe Chance Of The Guy Who Got Her The Job In The First Place Me. Mar 2022 #11

Olbermann has burned his bridges with employer after employer Hekate Mar 2022 #21

Do WE Know If He Said Or Did Anything At All? Me. Mar 2022 #46

Do we know what exactly Rachel did or said just now? Hekate Mar 2022 #47

This Is Not The Only News Source Reporting THis Story About Her Me. Mar 2022 #48

Yet MSNBC Wanted Him Back. ruet Mar 2022 #54

So give Ali Velshi Rachel's hour, and give KO the Eleventh Hour! Grasswire2 Mar 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #33

I'm guessing Rachel has her reasons. nt BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #13

K&R for, *YAY*! UTUSN Mar 2022 #14

Maddow is far more knowledgeable with what is going on than anyone on DU. I trust her enough to come Celerity Mar 2022 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #34

+200000 mahina Mar 2022 #43

There's a few things missing from this story (which is getting reposted often). One is Rachel's side Hekate Mar 2022 #20

Who is stopping Rachel from giving her side? Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #59

Here at DU, Rachel is being blamed for "spiking" his chances. Since a lot of folks like to ... Hekate Mar 2022 #60

Olbermann has burned his britches at a lot of places he has been at. Tadpole Raisin Mar 2022 #22

When you're fired by ESPN, Fox, MSNBC and Current, maybe the problem isn't management nt AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #26

That's some very funny mixed metaphors. Earth-shine Mar 2022 #31

Haha! I've done that many times and not on purpose. Maybe I watched Tadpole Raisin Mar 2022 #38

That's fine with me relayerbob Mar 2022 #24

There's probably a reason he hasn't had a TV gig in a decade AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #28

Yep. Operative words "can be" relayerbob Mar 2022 #39

Sure both MSNBC and CNN are right wing...Keith is not. And since he gave Rachel her start...I see Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #49

So he's too left wing. That why he was fired from Current? AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #55

Not a fan BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #29

No he doesn't. He was fired for contributing to a Democrat...Morning Joe did the same thing and Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #50

Thanks for sharing BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #53

He donated to Democrats in exchange for appearances on his show AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #56

Good iemanja Mar 2022 #40

Keith was way more effective than any of the others including Rachel IMHO...as for whining...why Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #52

Why would Keith decide to take his job negotiations to a gossip site? AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #57

Who knows if she really did iemanja Mar 2022 #58

Good DET Mar 2022 #42

I liked Olbermann long time ago, but my husband and I don't like him AT ALL anymore. BComplex Mar 2022 #44

I kind of thing Rachel is impressed with herself. Also, she plans to walk away. And that means to Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #51

So is Rachel gone for good? I thought she was returning some time in ?April after... electric_blue68 Mar 2022 #45