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GreenTea

(5,154 posts) Wed Apr 4, 2012, 12:06 PM Apr 2012

Current TV used Keith Olbermann in the wrong way & they blew it. Current TV: Major Fall. [View all]

Keith Olbermann was used by Current TV - Keith certainly knows it now!

Current TV used Keith Olbermann the wrong way & they blew it. They had a big chance to really do something but they still operating the network like it's a cable access channel. Current TV: Major Fail.

Current TV used Olbermann.....they signed Keith to get what they wanted, a star and big
headlines and that's what they jot - Gore & Company thought they'd
get more prestige and more cable companies.

They certainly did get more prestige. but more cable channels.....

(Well, my right-wing cable corporation out of Texas
(Suddenlink) - I live in Humboldt County, CA - Suddenlink refuses to
offer Current TV to it's subscribers, though we pay the bills and put
money into these fascist pockets....We sent petitions asking for Current
TV- Suddenlink (whose CEO is a huge republican contributor) says they
have no room for Current TV on their cable system - yet have room for
dozens of Christian & home shopping channels. - Free speech in
American - Not a chance when republicans control it - only
their propaganda or nothing at all.

When the big splash of getting Olbermann was over - Current
TV realized that now they actually have to pay Keith that huge 50
million dollars and they saw no benefit any longer in doing that....they
got what they wanted & needed from Keith, big headlines everywhere
promoting Current TV - So now Keith was expendable. - Gore &
Company then started a concerted effort to annoy Olbermann, to shame
him, embarrass him in hoping to get rid of paying that huge contract -
Olbermann was absolutely top dog, yet was purposely left out
of anchoring election night coverage on Current TV - knowing it was wrong
and would bother Olbermann....but that seems to obviously be their plan.

And as Olbermann has noted publicly, that they
began to ignore so many items & things in his contract - purposely - they now
wanted to get rid of him and save tens of millions of dollars by doing
so....When Olbermann was brought in it brought in other big names to Current TV
thanks to Keith Olbermann's name - Current TV got what the wanted - Now
they don't want nor need Olbermann any longer.

Again, Current TV didn't see any benefits to paying
Olbermann's contract and fired him....making Keith Olbermann look like
the bad guy while Current TV pretends it was all Olbermann's fault and
use Olbermann to create more profits & prestige for themselves and
their channel.

Shameless!

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Current TV used Keith Olbermann in the wrong way & they blew it. Current TV: Major Fall. [View all] GreenTea Apr 2012 OP

Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #1

Of course, you are willing to stand up and say Hyatt has a great history of relations with Bluenorthwest Apr 2012 #3

Why? Because Current decided to add a lineup and Keith was the first hire. AtomicKitten Apr 2012 #4

Keith specifically listed Al Gore in his petulant diatribe. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #6

Actually, as a media professional, I look at what I see on air, not what I hear or Bluenorthwest Apr 2012 #31

Maybe you could take Keith's place? Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #33

no one is clean in this mess SemperEadem Apr 2012 #37

It means I am looking at the product, and the ongoing issues at Current, and that Bluenorthwest Apr 2012 #56

Last night on Letterman, Keith was asked about Gore's involvement Samantha Apr 2012 #36

I think perhaps KO's problem is not with co-workers or support staff ... Myrina Apr 2012 #51

You've got a point there. But Keith's viewers reaped the benefits of that attitude pacalo Apr 2012 #63

Well, his contract included an ownership share Samantha Apr 2012 #66

was the misspelling intentional? niyad Apr 2012 #17

I started watching Current the day they went on air...this is not the first time they Bluenorthwest Apr 2012 #2

They had a brand new studio waiting for him in New Jersey, but he chose a building in NYC with Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #7

Then why does all their other product look like crap as well? Bluenorthwest Apr 2012 #45

So if you were ever hired as management then you would side against yourself? Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #50

I used to like Keith. bathroommonkey76 Apr 2012 #5

I agree with you GreenTea, but the majority here just seems to wants to dismiss KO Laurian Apr 2012 #8

I agree with you. glinda Apr 2012 #12

one of the favorite activities here is trashing real liberals. bbgrunt Apr 2012 #13

The "eagerness" comes from experience. He is a walking talking example of a guy who simply cannot MADem Apr 2012 #14

+100 Myrina Apr 2012 #53

That Rinky Dink Operation - Was Paying KO otohara Apr 2012 #15

Question, I always hear how so many people are to the left of center (far left?) of center snooper2 Apr 2012 #24

Yeah... kenfrequed Apr 2012 #54

So having said that RFKHumphreyObama Apr 2012 #25

Not tossing aside Gore. I don't think Gore had much involvement Laurian Apr 2012 #27

It seems that Keith is perhaps too liberal for some folks who post here. That's my impression. Better Believe It Apr 2012 #39

"too liberal" says the guy who posts rightwing-sourced crap here daily AtomicKitten Apr 2012 #81

I've seen enough of your personal attacks against DU'ers you disagree with suggesting they are Better Believe It Apr 2012 #83

keith's history as an A-1 dick helps contribute to those views frylock Apr 2012 #46

All that they are saying is typical of that which is said of 'talent' and writers and others Bluenorthwest Apr 2012 #47

I hate failure when there's no one else to blame it on. nt Speck Tater Apr 2012 #9

The irony of your subject line Marrah_G Apr 2012 #10

It's all about KO Life Long Dem Apr 2012 #11

Given Olbermann's History It's Understandable that Many Place More of the Blame on Him indykatie1955 Apr 2012 #16

If the $10 Million Chandelier wasn't aware Z_I_Peevey Apr 2012 #18

If this was the first incident with Keith than that would be plausible. jillan Apr 2012 #19

Current would have had more credibility in this case walruswasrob Apr 2012 #20

If that was a requirement msnbc would jphave gotten rid of morning joe a while ago nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #22

You know, at this point you will have to explain nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #21

He sued when he lost his sports broadcasting job; he won a settlement of something like 27 million Samantha Apr 2012 #42

I will suggest this will blow over nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #48

No, I think Keith Olbermann let Gore off the hook last night by saying he wasn't so much involved Samantha Apr 2012 #64

Please read again, I WROTE AL GORE nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #67

They also managed to keep him off the air for quite some time. MADem Apr 2012 #61

I believe that is what the judge will decide Samantha Apr 2012 #65

I'm talking about his old contract where he got the payout. MADem Apr 2012 #69

I thought they asked him to do what he did with MSNBC? aikoaiko Apr 2012 #58

Yeah and he started not liking that ten million dollar gig/ year nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #59

welcome to du, keith! unblock Apr 2012 #23

Keith needs to go to HBO like Bill Maher Playinghardball Apr 2012 #26

or Showtime..or Bravo SoCalDem Apr 2012 #28

The only contract he can get with any network like that will be one with heavy consequences MADem Apr 2012 #60

I liked his shows,but he was absent so often that Incitatus Apr 2012 #78

The reality is, both are at fault here... Drunken Irishman Apr 2012 #29

+1 a2liberal Apr 2012 #30

Thanks for that...sickened by the anti-KO crowd... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #40

Some of us like liberal voices who show up for work and don't make it about them, their studio MADem Apr 2012 #79

Indeed kenfrequed Apr 2012 #52

I recorded all of KO's shows on Current but... Ganja Ninja Apr 2012 #32

You have to accept this.. penndragon69 Apr 2012 #34

To his credit, Olbermann went on Letterman last night and took all the blame librechik Apr 2012 #35

He said he made a mistake in choosing to accept the position at Current Samantha Apr 2012 #41

you are correct, I overlooked that slant n/t librechik Apr 2012 #80

That was a real back-handed apology Ganja Ninja Apr 2012 #44

I'm not sure I understand the KO vitriol here at DU. blackspade Apr 2012 #38

a guy refers to himself as a "10-million dollar chandelier" frylock Apr 2012 #55

In terms of the sponsors & the added talent Keith could attract to CurrentTV's programming, pacalo Apr 2012 #62

I am the truth, the way and the light! Not too conceited, that! MADem Apr 2012 #71

Haters gonna hate, I guess. blackspade Apr 2012 #73

shit, i've been watching olbermann from jump frylock Apr 2012 #74

I don't get it, either. GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #57

Right on. blackspade Apr 2012 #72

That makes no sense SATIRical Apr 2012 #43

Disagree. But thanks for playing. Myrina Apr 2012 #49

Absolutely Spot on. I'm wish I was able to express it so nicely. Thank you. Let's not forget Justice wanted Apr 2012 #68

I don't know what happened just what I saw. jp11 Apr 2012 #70

Issues with Current's Management don't explain how pompous he can be... heliarc Apr 2012 #77

Well - How many ways can you use a 10 million dollar chandelier? Zax2me Apr 2012 #75

Keith wanted it to fail from the beginning. heliarc Apr 2012 #76

they paid his egotistical ass 10 million a year, and he still can't hold a job. dionysus Apr 2012 #82