Rachel Maddow Talks About Keith Olbermann's Departure

[travelingtypist]

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Classy.

[Divine Discontent]

1. that was nice to see. glad to see her point out how important KO truly has been to Liberals being

on cable TV.

:jump:

[joentokyo]

3. I thought she played it very safe by implying it was Keith's decision. Maybe it was

but I think he was pushed and no one pushed back. They stood aside to protect their careers or looked the other way.

[travelingtypist]

5. Yeah, they should all walk out and then we'd have no liberals on the TeeVee.

Yeah, that's a brilliant plan.

:sarcasm:

[liberalmike27]

15. People Almost Always do That

Even at a Pizza joint. Let someone fall out of favor with the boss, and see if they don't get the cold shoulder. When there are million dollar salaries on the line, it's even more likely.

I think they realize we all know what is up, and no matter whether they say it's not going to make a difference, we'll be watching, and I think as Comcast gets its tentacles in there, they'll get more and more limited in what they are able to do, especially as the election looms.

I think they've really been thinking about the fact a few of their SC conservatives might croak, which means Obama would get to choose, then the Senate approve of maybe another who'll roll back the role of corporations in our society. They want to stop that, to get a conservative back in, and they need the media to do that.

Keith will be back, and I think we'll hear from him on the Internet sooner than we might expect, as he is allowed from what I've read, to do so. Maybe even here.

[mckara]

2. Rachel is a Class Act!

[joentokyo]

4. She is definitely an act.

[travelingtypist]

7. What kind? Where's your adjective?

Come on, come up with a clever one. You can do it. I dare ya.

[idrahaje]

10. which would be why many stopped watching her in November

when she repeated the station line that it was Keith's fault. do'h...

[travelingtypist]

11. Link?

Seems like a baseless charge. Got any reality-based information to back this up?

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[ehrnst]

28. ??

[PinkFloyd]

6. I'll be glad when Keith surfaces...

And we learn from him what really happened. I'd love to hear the real story straight from the horses mouth sort-of-speak. There are most likely things Rachel can't say or else risk her own job.

[tavalon]

9. You won't hear from him what happened

I promise. He might throw out hints but he is gagged. Standard clause in getting the rest of his contract payed. Then again, Keith doesn't seem all that hung up on money, so maybe he will spill. But I wouldn't count on it.

[idrahaje]

12. gagged for less money than Conan

o_O


Second time in a couple years NBC has dropped the ball. So what happens if this egg hits the fan and the ratings plummet like Conan. Will they panic like they did with Conan?? Unlike the dog Jay Leno, Keith ain't no dog. He won't come back, and thats NBC's fault. So for now MSNBC will have to start from scratch to rebuild my trust in them. Wish Bill Mahar was on some place I could get him w/o HBO

[travelingtypist]

14. NBC is broadcast. MSNBC is cable.

Slight difference there -- 5 million viewers for Tonight Show, about 1.3 million for Countdown. Unless you didn't mean that Keith is less significant because he only took $7 million instead of Conan's $33 million.

See how easy it is to find reality-based facts?

[tavalon]

8. Well played, Rachel.

Classy. But then, you epitomize class.

[JeffersonChick]

13. Sigh...

I am really, really going to miss him. He was such a great antidote to the b.s. on Fox.

[Tx4obama]

16. Keith will only be off the air for the next 6 months or so, time will fly by. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

30. I've heard it's only 4 months.

I hope that's correct. :-)

[Homer03]

17. Keith Was the Best

Rachel is about all that remains on the network worth watching. Odonnell's knee jerk reactions are exactly the stuff that gives the right so much ammo to use against us "pin head" libs.

[onlyadream]

29. totally agree about O'Donnell

the few times I watched him I found myself shaking my head hoping that he'd shut up and stop butting in.

[boston bean]

18. what was the really really vile thing about Rudy Giuliani??

[travelingtypist]

20. American Politicos Sell Clout to Scuzzy Dictators

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/american-politicos-sell-clout-scuzzy-dicta

[delightfulstar]

19. K&R - Thank you Rachel, for continuing the fight!

She gets it, unlike so many on TV today. Keith has always seen that in her too, and I think she is very grateful to him for all he's done for her, and especially for all of us.

[Enthusiast]

21. I have not turned on MSNBC since

Keith's departure. But Rachel's words are encouraging. After a time I might reconsider -might.

[realitythink]

22. She got cut short on the podcast!!

The part where she said "we are here and we are not going anywhere" was cut off in the iTunes podcast. You think that was by accident?

[Veronica.Franco]

23. Keith had plenty of opportunity to slow the cadence and become more thoughtful and

less fanatical ... liberal or not ... Stephen Colbert hit a homerun with his hilarious piece on KO last night ... I wish Keith could have gotten that message sooner then later and LISTENED ... I doubt Keith's ego would allow the input from Colbert .... then or now ... as constructive as it may be ... KEITH became bellicose and a bore ... his own worst enemy ... MSNBC tried to reason with him for some time and he would have none of it ... they had no choice and it was simply time for Keith to march on ...

I hope Rachel takes note and distances herself from her Oberlike personality mimic to find more of her own style ... for sometime now they seemed to mirror each others shoot from the hip, smart ass, look at me "style" and it has become OFFISH ... a silly bore ...

IMHO ....

[decidedlyso]

25. I adamantly disagree with you. Stephen Colbert is a clown. Does he

ever say ANYTHING substantive? If Rachel distances herself from her Oberlike personality, I won't even watch her utubes here, let alone anything on MSNBC, which I have had my cable company disconnect me from.

[Veronica.Franco]

38. you can't tell the differenece ...

nuff said ...

[A wise Man]

26. You must be out of your...

Jack rabbit MIND!!!!!!!!!!! Why is it when dems try to fight back its wrong..be nice...don't say or do that???? The right wing butt heads are laughing their asses off and happy as a lamb that Keith is gone and with him goes the truth. Fox and the right wing radio and TV can get away with anything with the lies and BS..BUT WE GET FIRED OR QUIT FOR STANDING UP AND FIGHTING BACK. You need to get a life or at least the message.

[theFrankFactor]

32. + Infinity!

[Shining Jack]

33. Well said.

:thumbsup:

[Veronica.Franco]

37. He got fired ..

for making it about HIM instead of being a journalist ... nobody needs DRAMA QUEENS ... it's a bore ...

Now go back to flailing your arms ... sheesh ...

[mitchtv]

39. you said it

thanks

[russspeakeasy]

35. My guess is that Franco is also a Lou Dobbs fan.

[Veronica.Franco]

40. Nope ...

I don't watch Lou ... nobody's "fan" ... how childish ...

I believe in Journalism ... it's an old, well-respected trade in which you check your EGO at the door ... integrity ....

O'Reilly, Beck, Rivera, Olbermann, and the like have ALL become carnival hucksters ... there IS a difference ...

[jimlup]

27. Wish I believed the part about "We are not going anywhere."

I have not looked at the evidence but I strongly suspect (and correct me if I'm off my rocker) that Keith was forced out, at least peripherally as a result of the NBC/Comcast merger. I think it is naive to believe that COMCAST will have no affect on the MSNBC primetime schedule beyond Keith's show. I am very nervous about Rachel's show.

[theFrankFactor]

31. Fluff. A bunch of nothing.

[travelingtypist]

34. Sour grapes. You're jealous b/c you want your own show.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFrankFactor

[Loudmxr]

36. Keith Olbermann will go down in broadcast history as the guy who got her the first contract.