Coincidentally I saw Olbermann for about 10 seconds last night and before switching channels remarked to my wife that he had become irrelevant. Then I woke up today and learned the news.:-)
--- 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. >