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gateley

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10. Yeah, it became All About Keith. He has done some excellent stuff, and I credit him for getting

Reply to Botany (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 12:51 PM

Mar 2012

more of us to tune and and pay attention, but he has to realize there are bigger problems we face than making sure that his ego is fed.

It doesn't sound as though this will have ''taught him a lesson". I'd love to see him come out, apologize and admit that his ego took him down and got in the way of presenting needed content on CURRENT. I don't see that happening, though.

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Will Keith Olbermann�s Firing Be His Salvation? [View all] gateley Mar 2012 OP

Olbermann had a decent show. His ego overloaded everything else and he now has lost rustydog Mar 2012 #1

4 Broderick Mar 2012 #2

more than two Johonny Mar 2012 #14

This is CURRENT's year to grow their viewership. KO wasn't helping. MADem Mar 2012 #3

KO reminds me a lot of Steve Jobs got root Mar 2012 #4

"Keith's job is not coming back" nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #5

LOL. I'm waiting as I could never get the fucking current channel. So lonestarnot Mar 2012 #6

Olbermann needs mental help to to solve his ego problem. I love him but he has issues. Logical Mar 2012 #7

This will not be Keith's salvation. He lost at least half of the few followers he had at Current. Pisces Mar 2012 #8

In 2004 KO stepped forward and covered the theft in Ohio in the election and .... Botany Mar 2012 #9

Yeah, it became All About Keith. He has done some excellent stuff, and I credit him for getting gateley Mar 2012 #10

This is meant to be positive. jonthebru Mar 2012 #11

Well said. ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2012 #13

KO clearly needs to be the king of his own mountain MrScorpio Mar 2012 #12

just because a person is a talented entertainer with progressive politics doesn't mean they can't be Douglas Carpenter Mar 2012 #15