This is the jerk who verbally abused OLBERMANN when he talked about smoking when JENNINGS died. KAPLAN was also ticked that KO didn't kiss enough of Rita COSBY's ass that day of her debut. He told KO in front of the entire crew, "I don't care if you don't show up for work tomorrow."
Note: The wingnut, skinflinty NY Post is being creepy over its links: Prompting for LogIn yet not allowing LogIn.
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http://www.obscurestore.com/KAPLAN MAY BE BOOTED By TIM ARANGO
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September 13, 2005 -- After being passed over for a chance to replace NBC News chief Neal Shapiro, MSNBC boss Rick Kaplan's job is in jeopardy, The Post has learned.
Sources say Kaplan is likely to be out as the head of the ratings-challenged cable news network
by the end of the year.
These sources say that Kaplan believes he should have been considered to replace Shapiro, despite failing to boost ratings at the network, which is ranked a distant third behind Fox News and CNN.
Shapiro recently ended months of speculation and announced he was resigning as head of NBC News. The network named NBC...
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