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Olbermann Bought Out?

· Saturday, January 22, 2011 · 6 comments

TMZ suggest that he wasn’t fired as much as bought out to go away:  Keith Olbermann’s Exit — Secret Deal.

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Comments

  1. Ben Wolf says:
    Saturday, 22 January 2011 at 15:45

    Doesn’t surprise me at all Olbermann refused to toe the line set by his corporate masters.

  2. Ben Wolf says:
    Saturday, 22 January 2011 at 15:47

    Actually it wouldn’t surprise me if this were the first step in moving MSNBC to the “center”, filling the channel with 24/7 Morning Joe type shows.

  3. Jeff says:
    Saturday, 22 January 2011 at 16:12

    good riddance, the man was a fool …

  4. Fancyod says:
    Saturday, 22 January 2011 at 16:19

    The only fools are the one who don’t listen to truth and facts

  5. matt says:
    Sunday, 23 January 2011 at 12:18

    Ben : I find it amusing that you think a show hosted by a former Republican member of congress as being an example of the mythical “center”….

  6. matt says:
    Sunday, 23 January 2011 at 12:24

    I used to enjoy Olbermann back before his special comments stuff.. I also enjoyed his early special comments but anymore he just behaves like an obnoxious left winger…

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