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Olbermann to Make His Comeback on Tuesday

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Posted on Nov 8, 2010
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Keith Olbermann’s “indefinite” hiatus from MSNBC didn’t turn out to be much of a break, as the powers that be at his network have decided that he can have his show back starting Tuesday night. No doubt Bill O’Reilly will have something to say about this development.  —KA

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“I have determined that suspending Keith through and including Monday night’s program is an appropriate punishment for his violation of our policy,” MSNBC president Phil Griffin said in a statement. “We look forward to having him back on the air Tuesday night.”

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By SteveL, November 9, 2010 at 12:16 am Link to this comment

Keith Olbermann stands out because the rest of the news is blatantly right wing to one degree or another.  He could do the “worst person in the world” segment all night and I could not get enough of it.

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By Mark, November 8, 2010 at 9:18 pm Link to this comment
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Since I predicted on Friday that Griffin would end up
aplogizing to Olbermann and putting him back on the air
quickly, I new predict that Olbermann will spend his
hour bashing Fox News. He will begin with the racist
angle, move to homophobia, then on to islamophobia. He
will then blame O’Reilly and Murdoch for everything.
At the end of the day, it will be all Fox News’s fault.
That’s all the man knows. Watch Fox, obsess about Fox,
stalk O’Reilly, call them names. End of story.

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By Mayfly, November 8, 2010 at 7:01 pm Link to this comment

Would Phil Griffin please let the viewers know exactly what is MSNBC’s policy regarding contributing to Democrat candidates?  Also, Phil, please advise what MSNBC’s policy is re contributing to Republican and/or Independent candidates.

Seems like you got more than one policy.

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By Wounded and Dangerous, November 8, 2010 at 4:15 pm Link to this comment

Keith Olbermann is clearly good for business and the execs know that. He is probably one of the few individuals that is keeping a lot of people even considering staying with the MSN. The MSN networks are becoming increasingly irrelevant and a lot of people now know that, including the owners of these enterprises.

Olbermann is a great ranter. I like to think of him as a pacifier for the masses, you know, a great mouth piece of sorts. He is doing double the work of most broadcasters. He is keeping the sheep in neutral and putting bucks into the coffers of a dying industry. He is clearly earning his keep.  Not failing to mention of course, he gets paid tons of bucks for this important work.

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By Michael Cavlan RN, November 8, 2010 at 4:06 pm Link to this comment
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I loved Keith Olbermann during the Bush years.

Now? Well ya know.

Keith Olbermann is ALLOWED to be on MSNBC. Which is owned by GE, a
weapons manufacturer.

Keith Olbermann is and has been an apologist for the rotten, corporate
corrupted, pro-war two party system. The owners of MSNBC ALLOW Keith
Olbermann to be on MSNBC. Same as Rachel Maddow and the rest.

None of them will ever allow people like Chris Hedges on. Because their
OWNERS will not allow them.

Carry on. Nothing to see here.

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By Leefeller, November 8, 2010 at 3:37 pm Link to this comment

Why am I reminded of Walmart telling its employees not to vote democrat because then they will not get a raise?

This makes me want to watch the Conan show, NBC and Fox can stay where the sun don’t shine!

Even PBS seems to be having problems in this department. Me thinks the MSM has finally become one big elephant in the room!

It would be nice to have a political reality show! Right and left, not right and wrong!

Rant over!

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