Was Keith Olbermann done in by jealous colleagues at MSNBC?

[tularetom]

It should be obvious to anybody who has watched MSNBC's election coverage recently that there is a lot of tension between the network's beltway oriented news personnel and the more left leaning commentators like Olbermann and Rachel Maddow. Chris Matthews, in particular, doesn't seem to care for Olbermann very much. And I recall several remarks by Keith that were more or less dismissive of Tweety.

I think there are others at the network who are not Olbermann fans as well. David Gregory, Chucky Toad and Tom Brokaw come to mind. It isn't hard for me to imagine that Keith is the victim of a palace coup engineered by Matthews and others at the network who are envious of his ratings and notoriety.

I have no evidence, insider information or other sources that confirm this. It's just a suspicion I've gotten from watching on air interaction between these people.

[stray cat]

1. Joe Scarborough?

[samplegirl]

2. The new owner!!!!!!!!!!

[denimgirly]

3. One thing about Keith is He Wont Change -- Comcast(?) and this Pres. are wasting their time

[mediaman007]

7. If Keith's inspiration is really Edward R. Murrow, you're spot on!

[babylonsister]

4. iirc tweety was a major influence in getting rid of Phil Donahue, so

your speculation could be spot on.

[BlueCaliDem]

5. I don't think Tweety would do that, but Chuckie Toad and Brokejaw

are very likely candidates.

Who was the one who tipped off the NBC execs on Olbermann's donations to Democrats? That's what I'd like to know.

[krkaufman]

16. It was broken by Politico, on Thursday (IIRC) nt

[leveymg]

6. Let's keep the focus on upper management that actually made the decisions - MSNBC Prez. Phil Griffin

Here's Phil Griffin's e-mail: [e-mail]

Here's Phil:

[CLANG]

10. Maybe he's jealous of Keith's nice head of hair?

[countrydad58]

13. Empty

well paid corporate suit.

[LaurenG]

8. No he broke protocol. I'm going to assume he'll serve his punishment and return. nt

[monmouth]

9. Face it, Keith will not be returning to MSNBC...If I were him I wouldn't

either.

[Phx_Dem]

11. Well, if that's the case, they just cut their nose off to spite their face because

we've turned off MSNBC completely.

[gateley]

12. The other night while watching election returns, I was thinking that Tweety and

Olbermann seemed to have really developed a nice friendship -- got the feeling they LIKED and enjoyed each other. A while back I felt there was tension. But I'm watching through a TV screen, so it's totally subject to my interpretation. Which is usually right, but not always. :7 :hi:

[krkaufman]

14. I noticed, during the brief period I watched...

... that Matthews seemed to be talking over everyone else.

[HipChick]

15. That is Matthews Mo..talk over everyone...if he is not asking questions first, and then answering

them before the person has a chance to answer

[1776Forever]

17. I read here on DU that it was "Tweety" who took Phil Donahue down. Maybe he tipped Politico off.

I would love to know who told Politico to check on Keith. Seems odd they just showed up the other day with this information. Anyone heard anything on that?

[craigmatic]

18. I blame this on management. Olbermann seems like he doesn't like to kiss up to people

and that's the reason why they did this more than anything else. I think he realized that their policy was BS and just did what he wanted to.