Olbermann vs. Gregory

[One Sweet World]

It's mayhem at MSNBC.

Via Jossip:

"From inside MSNBC we hear Gregory and Olbermann kicked off a feud of their own while ankling last night's West Virgina primary coverage.

Around 10pm, you might've heard a very loud thud, followed by Gregory abruptly wrapping up his panel discussion.

According to witnesses, that thud was Olbermann slamming his fist down on his desk (he was in one studio with Chris Matthews), because he felt Gregory and his panel, in another area, were going on way too long, and nobody was telling him to wrap it up."

[DeepModem Mom]

1. I saw that item! What a workplace environment! You have to feel sorry...

for the off-air people caught in the middle of all those on-air egos.

[DefenseLawyer]

2. Yo, wrap it up, B!

[Joanie Baloney]

3. That's odd

What's "ankling" mean? Did they mean anchoring? Or is it a media term like "hot on their heels"?

Just wondering. ;)

-JB

[hisownpetard]

4. At one point during the program, just a millisecond before they switched back to KO and Tweety,

I heard Keith's voice saying, "No, no, no!!," very vehemently - and then he was suddenly
on the screen, and he caught himself.

No comment was made about it, but now I'm thinking maybe it was related to this Gregory dust-up.

David Gregory has no basis in fact for his enlarged ego. I can't stand to look at or listen to him since his dance with Karl Rove.
Can't wait for him to go off the air.

[swimmernsecretsea]

5. Good thing nobody told him to "Play it out." nt

[DeepModem Mom]

6. Here's an update from TV Newser -- they're telling a different story.

Thursday May 15, 2008
About Tuesday Night at 30 Rock...

Jossip writes about a blow-up Tuesday night between MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and David Gregory during primary coverage. An MSNBC insider tells us the story is off base. "As usual, Jossip is trying to create conflict where there is none," the insider said.

Just before 10pmET, as Gregory's Race for the White House panel discussed the Clinton win, Olbermann could be heard pounding his fist on the anchor desk (loud enough that Pat Buchanan turned around, mid-sentence). Gregory then quickly tossed back to Olbermann.

A source who was in the control room Tuesday night tells us Olbermann was actually trying to get the attention of the floor director, so he could get to a commercial break, and be back with live coverage at the top of the hour."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/about_tuesday_night_at_30_rock_84921.asp?c=rss

Well, who knows???