--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > On 01/21/2011 10:44 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m2smart4u2000<no_reply@> wrote: > >> he was fired since Comcast bought NBC. Definately has > >> political overtones. > > > > Probably not. He and NBC management have been at loggerheads > > for quite awhile, not over his political views but because > > he's not an easy guy to get along with. He has a history of > > friction with his bosses at other gigs, some of which he's > > stalked out on of his own accord. > > > > This has almost certainly been in the works for a while and > > is most likely a mutual decision. I'm sure the conspiracy > > theories will fly thick and fast, but let's see if Maddow > > and O'Donnell and Uygur are next. My guess is they won't > > be. I think NBC is happy with the liberal slant at MSNBC, > > and Comcast isn't going to want to change what has brought > > the channel better ratings than CNN any more than it has to. > > And it may have been the other way ariound that Obermann > didn't want to work for Comcast. I think there is going > to be a lot of that going on at NBC. Resumes are probably > being freshened up right now. Can't see much of any liberal > commentator wanting to work for that monopolistic carny > company.
Yeah, right, because there's such a huge demand for liberal commentators on cable these days. I mean, they can all be sure of landing another gig right away at the same or greater salary. JEEZ, Bhairitu! Olbermann's rich as Croesus by this time; he could retire very comfortably if he wanted to. He'd been fighting with the NBC suits for some time, and he may well have realized things weren't going to get any better under Comcast, so he may well have decided the hell with it. But it wasn't over politics. He's always had problems getting along with management everywhere he's been, since long before he became a liberal icon. But the others aren't in that position, and they'd have a really hard time finding a comparable job elsewhere. They're sitting pretty; they don't care who signs their paychecks, at least not enough to quit, as long as they get to do their thing. And Comcast would be insane to get in the way of MSNBC's ratings by trying to tone them down.
