Get ready for MSRNC

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

Un-fucking-real.

[MadBadger]

1. Well, not exactly. Cenk, Rachel, Ed, O'donnell, and even Tweety = Left Wing

[wisteria]

14. For the time being, until Comcast can find a way to legally get out of their contracts

or make them tow the Comcast line.

[NYCGirl]

2. Uhhh…they just hired Cenk for the 6 PM slot.

He's not exactly a rightie.

[W_HAMILTON]

3. And he's not their highest rated television host, either...

...it will be a lot easier to get rid of someone like Cenk down the road.

[NYCGirl]

5. Why would they hire him just to fire him?

:eyes:

[W_HAMILTON]

11. Because people like yourself...

...would then say things like you are to gloss over what they just did.

Get rid of the top-rated, iconic liberal host in favor of what amounts to a nobody. It will be even easier to get rid of Cenk.

[NYCGirl]

15. You have no idea how contracts work. They're losing a whole

lot of money with Olbermann's contract.

[W_HAMILTON]

17. It's a drop in the bucket.

Ever wonder why corporations care so much about profits, but then "waste" all this money donating to candidates and lobbyists?

They do so because they believe it will benefit them more in the long run. This is in the same vein. I believe someone said Olbermann was paid 7m/year; if so, do you think a $14m buyout means anything to someone looking to silence arguably the strongest voice on the left?

[Tx4obama]

7. Cenk should tell MSNBC to go F themselves and just stay on the web. n/t

[NYCGirl]

8. Cenk is not stupid. NT

[Cleita]

4. He's gone way down in my estimation for taking the job. n/t

[butterfly77]

6. Kicked&Recommended!

Exactly...

[ShadowLiberal]

9. Yep, Comcast is run by an ultra conservative, Comcast will ruin MSNBC

[Imagevision]

10. Don't be surprised if Rachel is gone, Keith was 100% responsible for her having a job at MSNBC

[glinda]

12. The others are more desperate to keep going and work than he is. He has high

standards and integrity. Not saying they don't but his is earned by time.

[NYCGirl]

13. He also made a great deal more money than anyone else at

MSNBC. He doesn't have to work for quite a while, if ever.

[Urban Prairie]

16. Pretty much, and "Bombast" will likely wipe the network clean of all progressive talkshows.

So much for that whining about the "librul" media, eh Sarah?

[romantico]

18. Good Read

"But word has been circulating for months now that the new owners have wanted to "tinker" with MSNBC and had many changes in store, including a right turn for the left-wing cable channel so that it represents both political points of view more evenly. It is well known that both Comcast chief Brian Roberts and NBCU chief Steve Burke have donated heavily to the Republican party with Burke more recently donating money to a few Democrats as well as heavily to Republicans. Roberts was a co-chairman of the host committee at the 2000 Republican Convention while Burke raised at least $200,000 for George W Bush’s re-election campaign."

http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/nbcu-statement-msnbc-and-keith-olberman-have-ended-their-contract-last-show-tonight/