Olbermann Out

Per Wonkette,

Look, not only have we never watched Keith Olbermann’s teevee show, but we were actually named “America’s Worst Person” by this guy, on national teevee, for reasons we don’t recall — and by the “royal we” here we mean, “your editor.” So, uhh, who cares? But the guy was apparently “popular with liberals,” so here’s your post about it.

Bill Carter writers in the New York Times:

The host, who has had a stormy relationship with the management of the network for some time, especially since he was suspended for two days last November, came to an agreement with NBC’s corporate management late this week to settle his contract and step down.

In a closing statement on his show, Mr. Olbermann said simply that it would be the last edition of the program. He offered no explanation other than on occasion “all that surrounded the show – but never the show itself – was just too much for me.”

Well, at least he’s still being incredibly melodramatic and self-obsessed!

Intentionally or not, it's a great tactical move on the part of the progressive "journolist" set.  After yammering on about a "rhetoric of violence" creating this "climate of hate," maybe progressives are finally figuring out where it comes from.  Nah.

Comments

[PJ Smith]

I'd like to celebrate, but I have always enjoyed using his program in defense of freedom when leftists would complain about "extreme speech" or "hate speech" in talk radio.

[CaptDMO]

OK, Now that a courtesy-mention has been made, can we all agree
that the only newsworthy item of interest brought to you by the letter "O" is Overstock.com?

[Tom Bowler]

Well, you're more likely to get what you expected from Overstock.com than from other "O" news figures I can think of.