Has Keith Olbermann completely disappeared since Current? I never hear

[RKP5637]

anything about him. I did a really quick Google and not much turned up. Does he just mostly tweet now?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. He's done panel on This Week a couple times.

Seems like a little of the air's been knocked out of him, though.

[grasswire]

2. he tweets most about baseball...

...with an occasional jab at someone who bothers him. Maybe after taking so much abuse, he just lost his passion for truth-telling. Such a shame. I sure miss his presence, and I think America still needs him.

[hlthe2b]

3. He's greatly restricted in what he can do, given his pending lawsuit.

is my impression...

[RKP5637]

5. Ah, that might well be what's going on ... hadn't thought of that. n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Be a Twitter follower:

https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann

[Graybeard]

6. I unsubscribed from KO group.

I just recently removed the DU Keith Olbermann Group from my subscriptions. It was a place to comment on his show and various activities but now there is nothing happening. It's a shame.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. I was just rewatching a podcast video from when he was back on MSNBC

It was a mad awesome comical rant on Glenn Beck and his paranoid conspiracy theories about Rockefeller Center



Yeah, I miss him too!

[Graybeard]

23. We still have Mike Malloy on radio.

Another fearlessly outspoken voice, done with humor

is Mike Malloy. Tune in to his show nightly at his website

Mikemalloy.com 9pm ET - Midnight.

[Chan790]

8. Well...considering the manner in which he's left a series of very high-profile jobs in media...

I think he's largely made himself toxic and unemployable.

It's ironic because while some people might think "I suspect he's being silenced for his politics" (and I agree it might look that way if one only knows about his last two "job separations&quot if one had been paying attention since he got fired by ESPN back in the early 1990s where he was caught red-handed fabricating a source, it's clear that he's really just a bad employee. He guy's gotten fired/"mutually-separated" in high-profile spats from his last 5 employers; in all five cases, he's gone out screaming "persecution" and threatening litigation and revenge.

He's got a bad attitude, he's constantly having conflicts with even his most ardent employer supporters, he's good for some sort of scandal or incident about every 6 months, he's already gotten away with things that would have ended the careers of most journalists or destroyed their credibility forever.

KO did this to KO.

[RKP5637]

13. Yep, I think his ego gets in his way and as you said, "KO did this to KO." n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

14. "KO did this to KO"...

sadly correct.

[Fla Dem]

20. Yes KO, KO'd KO. Too bad his voice is missing in this election. n/t

[Samantha]

24. He was not fired from MSNBC -- he quit -- Rachel Maddow has confirmed that

Olbermann was being courted by Current for months before his agent reached an agreement with MSNBC. Olbermann wanted out because he feared with the Comcast merger, MSNBC would be adversely impacted and some commentators would be "muzzled." Just look at the increased Republican presence on that network -- some of those shows are unwatchable now -- and it is obvious Olbermann was correct. Additionally, look at the increased presence of other Republicans, and it is indisputable that network is just not the same.

As for his leaving Current, I totally understand that. I watched his show religiously, and some of those technical difficulties were truly embarrassing. Current knew exactly what they were getting with Olbermann. He is a perfectionist and he is not going to sit in a studio where the lights go out while he broadcasting, for example, without raising holy hell because someone forgot to pay the bills. As much I love Al Gore, I remember what he said about Hyatt actually being in the driver's seat of the mechanics of things. All you have to do is look at his reputation (Hyatt's) and you just can't say this was all Olbermann's fault.

There is no substitute for a Keith Olbermann, although there are a couple of great commentators out there. But Olbermann dared to go where no others dared to go to tell the American public the political truth and I see no one on the landscape today with Olbermann's guts. The man is fearless. The fact that he is missing in action during this critical election year is appalling.

So I patiently wait to see if he will ever broadcast again anytime soon, and if so, the minute he does, I will be there.

Sam

[tomm2thumbs]

31. he drew in audiences at the beginning but then polarized his viewers to like or hate him

I used to watch him early on and loved how the show brought forth facts and news to make a case, but too many easy, personal attacks that snuck in much later on turned me off over time. I love Rachel because she throws a ton of research at the stories and puts forth a real case for the storyline presented. The facts speak for themselves. I love forwarding her segments because they don't go over the top.

Keith's behind-the-scenes antics didn't appear to help and no doubt when I have seen clips of him at personal appearances or public speaking, he doesn't seem to draw in the audience as much as I think he imagines he does.

Sometimes I (jokingly) wonder if MSNBC and Fox both agreed that if Fox cut loose Beck, that MSNBC would cut loose Keith. Call it a day.

[aikoaiko]

9. I miss 2003 - 2006 KO.

I really found him inspirational.

[awoke_in_2003]

16. Same here...

he was unstoppable. He derailed himself.

[bigdarryl]

10. Keith is NUTS AS HELL!!! they will never give him a show again

hope he saved his money because he's going to need it.Its rumored he is very hard to get along with

[crazyjoe]

12. He's a legend in his own mind.

[abolugi]

11. I see him on Twitter

quite a bit but he seems to talk more sports than politics these days..

[jwirr]

15. I loved him when he was on but I am extremely upset if he is the cause for the prediction that

Current TV will not make it through the year economically speaking. We need as many good news sites as possible and no one knows that better than he does. Live up to your own teaching, Keith.

[RKP5637]

17. I'm disappointed in KO, because it seems he let Current down, as well as the

progressive cause. It seems to me he had a lot of emotional outbursts rather than playing it cool, so to say, and working to get a good news site running well.

[YvonneCa]

18. How is Keith the cause if...

...Current fired HIM? BTW...I support both Keith and Al Gore and am disappointed that they were unable to make Current work for all of us.

[jwirr]

19. I did not say he was. I was thinking of suing them when he must know their economic weaknesses.

[twins.fan]

21. I liked the guy. I was not aware of him getting others fired though.

It takes a lot of guts, and yes maybe ego, to confront the system like he did. When you get a bunch of people gunning for you, it is just a matter of time before someone lands a bullet.

He added great insight to the public debate. He made a statement and challenged others to refute it. He made the statement with style and a bunch of humor.

We need more people like Keith Olbermann. I miss his presence.

[Graybeard]

22. Hey twins.fan! Welcome to DU.

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[twins.fan]

27. Thanks!

[Shankapotomus]

25. Keith is the personality type

that probably would work better alone and where he can control everything. The internet is the perfect medium for that so I don't see why he doesn't try it.

[twins.fan]

28. Yeah, you don't need to be syndicated with a news organization if you have your own brand.

[Shankapotomus]

29. He'd probably have to live without all

the bells & whistles he is used to in a news program and take a pay cut but I could see Keith being able to support himself via a daily netcast type of gig.

[SheilaT]

26. I loved his show and I miss him on the airwaves.

I expect that at some point he'll write a book or two and hit the lecture circuit and make every bit as much money as he ever did.

[spanone]

30. he's currently in a lawsuit with current tv