Is it true that Keith Olberman is being cancelled ?

[kentuck]

I was told that the story is out there. But, I had read that his ratings were the highest on MSNBC? What do they want? Certainly not ratings. I think it was reported that Donahue had the highest ratings just before he was cancelled?

[SharonRB]

1. Don't tell anyone over in the KOEB you heard this

We'll all freak out. None of us, that I know of, has heard this. I doubt it's true.

[mzteris]

2. That's one of those Univ of Wyoming rumors,

isn't it???????

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I haven't heard so much as a hint of such a thing,

and I doubt very much that it's true.

[havocmom]

4. In O;Reilly's dreams...

I saw today that O'Reilly is patting himself on the back for lowering oil prices :eyes: Can't wait to hear KO weigh in on that whopper!

[GrantDem]

5. I hope not

I haven't heard that rumor....

[stepnw1f]

6. You Were "Told" by Who Exactly? (nt)

[MissMarple]

7. Big mistake. Big!

How could they be so clueless.....no don't tell me...it's better left unsaid.

[rainbow4321]

8. They need to cancel Rita "Aruba forever" Cosby first....

From the KOEB forum:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=315&topic_id=28738&mesg_id=28738

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/nov05ranker.pdf

It's program ranker time. FNC had 9 of the top 10 shows on cable news in November, with Bill O'Reilly averaging an impressive 2,552,000 viewers. H&C was #2, Greta was #3, Shep was #4 and Hume was #5.

CNN's Larry King was #7. He averaged 1,012,000 viewers in November. Notably, NewsNight with Aaron Brown averaged 795,000 viewers in November before it was yanked off the air; Anderson Cooper 360 averaged 632,000.

The #1 show on MSNBC was Countdown with Keith Olbermann. It averaged a strong 462,000 viewers for the month, beating HLN's top program, Nancy Grace. Hardball was MSNBC's #2 show, and Rita was #3.

[Sydnie]

9. I don't think so ... someone posted that today as a response to the

ratings that were posted earlier that they will cancel Keith because he is their best show ... much like they did Phil. It was a rhetorical statement ... not based on truth at all.

The DU rumor mill works fast! :rofl:

[otohara]

10. He's MSNBC's #1 Show

they'd be awfully stupid to do so, but I just had a friend fired in radio and he was #1 19X's out of the last 21 arbitron books.

Oh and there was that anti-war guy on MSNBC, what was his name??? Donahue....nothing to see here, move right along.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. When I read the OP I immediately thought of Donahue............. nt

[Media_Lies_Daily]

12. Sounds like more disinformation to me.

[TacticalPeek]

13. Maybe sarcasm?

There was a post with that title over at Eschaton, but it was being sarcastic about MSNBC's habit of cancelling their highly rated shows that rub Chimpy the wrong way, a la Donahue.

[lonestarnot]

14. Better not be!