At this Current moment, perhaps we all need to discuss everyone's mistakes, right Mr. Hyatt?

[Samantha]

9. THANK YOU and there is also this

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How many times have we seen it said here he was fired by FOX, MSNBC and now CURRENT? Keith Olbermann was not fired by MSNBC. He quit. His attorneys had been in negotiation with their attorneys for months trying to find an amicable way to dissolve the contract. Olbermann wanted out because of the Comcast merger. He feared once that happened, things would change at the network and Comcast would attempt to muzzle him. The agreement was finally reached when Keith was on the air that Friday night and thus MSNBC simply told him he could not make a statement to his viewership about his departure. I think the suddenness with which he left had a stunning impact on his loyal fans and many believed the ensuing scuttlebutt. But Rachel Maddow herself confirmed on the air that Keith resigned, had not been fired, and that should be enough to convince people to quit making the statement he was terminated. But no.

Additionally, his attorneys were in negotiation with Current's attorneys to dissolve Keith's contract when the termination letter went out. This has been confirmed in the news before that letter. But Keith was hoping that he would not have to leave, and that his concerns about the technical malfunctions and bloopers would be addressed. They were embarrassing to him. I can understand that. I saw a lot of them. I think he has a lot of pride in his work, and he couldn't stand the humiliation. I think Current just didn't want to spend the money at that time since it was building its programming (read Hyatt didn't want to spend the money) and Keith couldn't take things as they were. As a labor lawyer, there is no question Hyatt had to have known that firing Keith for cause would save Current a lot of money over settling.

Keith was fired from FOX. I don't understand, as good of a sportscaster as he seems to be, how he stood to work there so long, but that's another conversation for another day. He sued, and was paid MILLIONS by Murdoch. That suggests probably it was FOX's fault, right?

But none of these facts change the disparaging remarks made about Olbermann personally. That to me is simply unfair.

Thanks for your response to my thread.

Sam