Keith Olbermann Fired.

[bowener]

I searched the forum, didn't see anything to my surprise.

Here. (http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/21/keith-olbermann-fired-comcast-countdown-msnbc-contract-cable-news-network-pay-or-play/)

Sources connected with the network tell us ... Comcast honchos did not like Keith's defiance and the way he played in the sandbox.

Our sources say Keith has around two years left on his contract, and he'll be paid his salary -- around $7 million a year.

We don't know if Comcast will let Keith make a deal with another network as part of an exit agreement, but it's a good bet he'll be benched for a minimum of 6 months, and probably longer.

Mods, maybe you should go ahead and move this to DC.

[bowener]

Ok, found another post in this CP thread. (http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=236368&page=3)

Mods delete, please.

Or turn this into random picture thread.

[TEX]

What a douche...

[007]

Wrong forum

[RealSNR]

I was looking for some awesome gif to post. In my search I came across this website:

http://uranus.ckt.net/~gochiefs/

Coincidence? I think not.

[Slainte]

Not a problem. He'll turn up soon again. He's too good an entertainer not to...

to the fury of his hate-crowd.

[BillSelfsTrophycase]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PmxExJ1vXtg/TBBDGvmcxkI/AAAAAAAAAJI/dFkN1txzSmw/s400/wellbye.jpg

[BigRedChief]

Ok, found another post in this CP thread. (http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=236368&page=3)

Mods delete, please.

Or turn this into random picture thread.oblige him
http://www.scrapbookpages.com/OldPhotos/BearJew.jpg

[Halfcan]

Be nice to get fired and still cash 7 mil worth of checks-lol

[vailpass]

oblige him
http://www.scrapbookpages.com/OldPhotos/BearJew.jpg

der Bar Jude!!!

[Deberg_1990]

Not a problem. He'll turn up soon again. He's too good an entertainer not to...



ESPN....where he belongs.

[Bwana]

ESPN....where he belongs.

More like at the the bottom of a cliff, or shallow grave. He is one useless waste of skin.

[vailpass]

More like at the the bottom of a cliff, or shallow grave. He is one useless waste of skin.

X10

[Saul Good]

ESPN....where he belongs.

No chance. They hated his guts at ESPN. I have never heard anyone who knows the guy say anything positive about him as a person. Everyone who has ever spent time around him seems to think that he's an insufferable prick.

http://www.truth-out.org/article/one-angry-man-is-keith-olbermann-changing-tv-news
Olbermann's tenure at ESPN was characteristically contentious. One of his co-anchors, Suzy Kolber, has said that Olbermann was sometimes so overbearing that she would lock herself in the bathroom and cry. Another colleague, Mike Soltys, has said that when Olbermann left the network, in 1997, "he didn't burn bridges here-he napalmed them."

[Radar Chief]

oblige him
http://www.scrapbookpages.com/OldPhotos/BearJew.jpg

:LOL: /Aldo "the Apache"

[alanm]

ESPN....where he belongs.I think he's burned his bridges at espn.

[Brock]

Might as well just fold that network up. He was probably the only reason anybody watched it.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

What exactly did he do?

[WilliamTheIrish]

He was better than anybody they had at ESPN, but he hated being in Bristol, Connecticut. He never made any attempt to hide that he wanted something more than to be a SportsCenter anchor.

[tmh]

his sports takes were worse than the the political takes. He will be missed like a pimple on the ass.

[Pioli Zombie]

Won't he be cohosting Football Night in America with Dan Patrick?

[Stinger]

He was better than anybody they had at ESPN,

By himself no he wasn't... paired with Dan Patrick, then yes THEY were the best.

[Slainte]

One of his co-anchors, Suzy Kolber, has said that Olbermann was sometimes so overbearing that she would lock herself in the bathroom and cry.

Anyone who makes swingin' Suzy the Muppet cry can't be all bad...

[BigRedChief]

By himself no he wasn't... paired with Dan Patrick, then yes THEY were the best.olberman and fitzpatrick were the best tandem ESPN ever had.

[Stinger]

olberman and fitzpatrick were the best tandem ESPN ever had.

Agree to disagree I guess. But ESPN Sports Center was always highlighted by Dan and Keith. They had a great chemistry and really grew that companies persona not to mention their pocketbooks with that tandem.

[GloryDayz]

F him, I hope the bitch stays down!!!!!!!!!!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Thank God no one at Fox News got fired! Whew!

[Mojo Jojo]

Won't he be cohosting Football Night in America with Dan Patrick?
I doubt it..same parent company...MSNBC/NBC...see a connection...If the company CEO fired you from one he's not likely to keep KO around for the other....

[suzzer99]

By himself no he wasn't... paired with Dan Patrick, then yes THEY were the best.

+1

The joke sportscenter commercials were his idea as well. He and Patrick did some hilarious ones.