There's nothing wrong with MSNBC not wanting to become Fox News Left and there's nothing negative about Keith being free to do his own thing, whether it's on the internet or his own HBO show like Bill Maher or with Current Tv, as was announced this week. Would you rather have Keith still at MSNBC in perpetual conflict with the image goals the MSNBC execs have for the channel? It' s not that MSNBC doesn't like left leaning commentators...Lawrence O'Donnell is an admitted socialist and they just gave him Keith Olbermann's time slot! It's just that people, like Jon Stewart, were starting to see no difference between the angry voices at Fox and Keith. Television, whether we like it or not, is image conscious and MSNBC didn't want the kind of image that Fox News has created for themselves. They didn't want to get into a shouting match with another "news organization" and I don't blame them. Controversy is not worthy of a professional news organization. Fox News should take note of MSNBC's decision to break with Olbermann.
Keith Olbermann's loyal audience are painting MSNBC as the devil in this case but why can't both sides be right? Boycotting a News Organization that has given Left Wing commentators a high profile platform... More: http://demcordia.blogspot.com/2011/02/olbermann-msnbc-split-win-win-for-both.html -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
