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Ed Shultz. Bit of a nutter,

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:51:17 +0000

In reply to MSNBC: Worst person in the world.

Ed Shultz. Bit of a nutter, eh? His msnbc promo would suggest so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBjkaR19TRA

Occam's Razor: if he says

Flavius — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:21:00 +0000

In reply to I admit to exteme prejudice

Occam's Razor: if he says liberal things, he's a liberal. If he makes campaign donations to liberals he does it because he wants liberals to win. And if he risks his job doing that, he really wants them to win.

It's not that he can hope to use his firing as a springboard to a better slot. My guess is MSNBC sucks up all the ad $s available for a liberal channel so where -ever he goes, it'll be for fewer $s.

Of course it's possible Rush and O'Reilly are secret liberals or Keith a secret conservative. Anything's possible . But for me, until proven otherwise, they are what they say they are.

I agree with much of that.

kgb999 — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:32:36 +0000

In reply to I admit to exteme prejudice

I agree with much of that. I'm no fan - I'm a critic. Nobody has a right to a job per say. Although I do think that people deserve to have rights and protections of their basic freedoms without fear and question how far an employer goes before they start stomping on the constitution. By nature the employer-employee relationship is a power relationship subject to serious abuse by those who don't act responsibly on the employer side of the equation. Everyone has a right to participate as a private citizen in America's political system.

I guess I'm glad to give you a place to voice your anti-Olbermann sentiments. But it is kind of OT as I don't really like the guy myself and this isn't an endorsement of anything but the right of every American to support who they want in elections. I felt the same way about the McDonalds who put those "vote for republicans or I am going to attack your wages" letters in his employee's payroll envelopes (the AG is looking in to that BTW - so there must be some limit).

If they wanted to fire him, they should have fired/suspended him for a reason that didn't totally suck. I'd feel exactly the same way if Glenn Beck had been fired/suspended for the same reason ... and I full on helped promote a boycott of that asshat.

And AH is a serious piece of work .... more than I have time to address at this point ... whoooo.

Her on-air reaction could be

kgb999 — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:08:47 +0000

In reply to You are right on the money

Her on-air reaction could be interpreted in several ways, one interpretation could be it sounds like she's flexing her windpipes.

I admit to exteme prejudice

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:08:15 +0000

In reply to Not speculating if he was

I admit to exteme prejudice in this case. I don't like sportscasters and former sportscaster, I think they are nearly alll asses, providing lousy infotainment, Just the kinda gal I am, I guess.

He's always been the stuff of easy parody. And it's my right as a cable TV subscriber to be prejudiced against him. He hasn't a right to that job. He's a business, as good as the value of the audience he draws.

Fuitermore, I've never been sure of the sincereity of righteous liberal act, I half suspect him to do a 360 degree flip anytime, just like Arianna Huffington did should it become profitable for him in money or power or popularity (the latter in the mid 90's was the conservative "she said" to Al Franken's liberal "he said" on a short-lived political debate program.)

mmmmmkay. your point?Though

kgb999 — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:02:19 +0000

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mmmmmkay. your point?

Though irrelevant to the topic of this post, I have noted elsewhere the fact that Olberman plays the O'Reilly character for MSNBC (not a popular suggestion at the time BTW).

P.S. The New Yorker, June 23,

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:48:10 +0000

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P.S. The New Yorker, June 23, 2008. (Phil Griffin is a producer who has worked on and off with him for decades)

Griffin added that a certain level of stress is part of the job of managing Keith Olbermann. “You ride the horse, and you start winning, and then all of a sudden you’re off. And we’re just riding, full speed. And it can be a dangerous ride."

and

“Bill O’Reilly made Keith Olbermann,” Phil Griffin says. Olbermann concurs, saying, “I really do owe him a percentage of my salary.”

Not speculating if he was

kgb999 — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:47:52 +0000

In reply to He costs $4 million+ a year

Not speculating if he was worth the money. Not worrying about his economic well being either. I think you missed the point - and you are a sharp enough cookie that I imagine it was intentional.

There are rich people and then there are ultra-rich people. Shouldn't make the mistake of confusing the two.

He costs $4 million+ a year

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:28:34 +0000

In reply to Ach ...give me a break here.

He costs $4 million+ a year since early 2007:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2007/02/15/four-more-years-k...

(when he had 715,500 total viewers and 283,000 viewers in the key 25-54 demo--big frigging deal, not even a million--doesn't sound worth $4M to me--but whadda I know about ad rates?)

Sorry, but I really have to laugh seeing the job security issue raised as regards someone like this. Your average joe or jill would think about quitting and retiring after a couple years of getting, not worry about keeping the job. It's not like he's going to starve if his contract isn't remewed.

He's a business selling himself to the highest bidder, not an employee, and he pissed off the most current buyer in some manner.

Where did all the bashing of greedy rich people go all of a sudden?

You are right on the money

oleeb — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:02:00 +0000

In reply to I liked Olbermann. His

You are right on the money with this Flavius. The oh so coincidental suspension just three days after the Republican putsch in the House is the significant development. And yes, first Olbermann goes, then Maddow and then Ed. Tweety bird will be allowed to say because like any good employee of a totalitarian regime he will sing the tune the bosses desire.