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Samantha

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24. A lot of the adverse publicity that came out about this situation was leaked by Current

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 10:14 PM

Mar 2013

Some of the people who "reported" on the leaks were very good friends with insiders there. Current was the first to start leaking the snark. It is not difficult when suddenly a reporter gets some little-known information to track his or her historical friendships. I did this at the time and it was not difficult to figure out who was doing the leaking.

Current made bad decisions, particularly Hyatt on labor issues (you should read up on his background before you start criticizing Keith Olbermann because there is absolutely NOTHING in Olbermann's background that compares with Hyatt's, it is that bad, that offensive). And the fact remains their numbers went down severely once they fired Olbermann. They never recovered from that and their advertising dollars sank too.

So I guess we will just see this differently. That is okay.

Sam

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Keith Olbermann settles lawsuit with Al Gore's Current TV for $50m [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2013 OP

not happy that keith soaked al gore for his rebellious ways n/t 2Design Mar 2013 #1

I love Keith... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #25

Keith did not always do his his due diligence on some of his stories. yellowcanine Mar 2013 #37

I don't think he got 50 million amuse bouche Mar 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Mar 2013 #5

I folllow him on twitter amuse bouche Mar 2013 #6

That was probably because of the suit. politicat Mar 2013 #31

And his lawyer probably got one-third. :) Cal33 Mar 2013 #41

The big losers in this case are all of Keith's staffers that moved from MSNBC with him Yavin4 Mar 2013 #3

Keith was a first rate a-hole Botany Mar 2013 #4

Joel Hyatt sank Current TV Samantha Mar 2013 #10

Yup. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #16

I agree Samantha. SalviaBlue Mar 2013 #17

I was a big Keith fan but no more Botany Mar 2013 #20

A lot of the adverse publicity that came out about this situation was leaked by Current Samantha Mar 2013 #24

Your title is wrong jeff47 Mar 2013 #7

I told the OP that to no avail amuse bouche Mar 2013 #14

That sounds about right davidpdx Mar 2013 #30

Rules for LBN state you must quote the title from the source Paulie Mar 2013 #23

I'm not. I'm wanting people who read the post to know. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2013 #39

Olbermann? Coyote_Bandit Mar 2013 #8

When your last job ended with a huge lawsuit AnnieK401 Mar 2013 #9

I think the only way he will get another job is to own his own Cleita Mar 2013 #13

I Sued Clear Channel otohara Mar 2013 #32

The OP is misleading amuse bouche Mar 2013 #35

so who will pay? klyon Mar 2013 #11

Is it possible that Al Jazeera Mr.Bill Mar 2013 #12

Grossly Overpaid otohara Mar 2013 #15

I'm trying to imagine explaining this to a rural farmer in a poor country. harmonicon Mar 2013 #29

Bob Edwards had class that KO will never achieve in his lifetime. yellowcanine Mar 2013 #38

Current TV was kind of like Pacifica Radio olddots Mar 2013 #18

One 1%er paying off another 1%er ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #19

Now that the lawsuit is over he can come back to MSNBC :) n/t Tx4obama Mar 2013 #21

Someone amuse bouche Mar 2013 #22

Whoa. $50m??? Politicub Mar 2013 #26

The OP is misleading amuse bouche Mar 2013 #34

Does Al Jazera have 50 million? Gore sold Current, didn't he? McCamy Taylor Mar 2013 #27

With 50 million, he can start his own production company and do documentaries. McCamy Taylor Mar 2013 #28

The OP is misleading amuse bouche Mar 2013 #33

KO was outstanding, miss him on the telly... and-justice-for-all Mar 2013 #36

Everybody gets a turn- and then are turned out! malibea Mar 2013 #40