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Keith Olbermann Demands ESPN 'Fire' Stephen A. Smith For Not Criticizing Trump
Outkick ^ | 4/23/24 | Bobby Burack

Posted on 04/24/2024 1:14:47 PM PDT by Libloather

Keith Olbermann offered ESPN an ultimatum: silence Stephen A. Smith or fire him.

Olbermann uploaded a video detailing his orders Monday, including a meandering 393-word caption. In short, he called upon ESPN to take immediate action after Smith appeared on Fox News last week.

"WHY ESPN MUST EITHER SILENCE OR FIRE STEPHEN A. SMITH: Its longstanding policy - no, you can't be a sportscaster on one station and an advocate for a presidential candidate on another station - is right. I know: I helped to author it because the day when you (or I) could straddle both worlds is long gone," started Olbermann.

For background, Sean Hannity asked Smith about polls demonstrating the growing support for Trump among black voters. Smith attributed the trend to black Americans relating to how the law has been weaponized against the former president.

"By Donald Trump’s statement weeks ago, talking about how he’s hearing that black folks find him relatable, because what he’s going through is similar to what black Americans have gone through. He wasn’t lying," Smith told Sean Hannity.

"He was telling the truth. When you see the law enforcement, the court system, and everything else being exercised against him, it is something that black folks, throughout this nation, can relate to."

You can watch the segment below:

(Excerpt) Read more at outkick.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: espn; fire; olbermann; smith
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Not raciss whatsoever. I'm surprised that Olberdork is still allowed to roam the streets.
1 posted on 04/24/2024 1:14:47 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Had to look see if this was The Bee...................NOPE...............


2 posted on 04/24/2024 1:15:33 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Libloather

Worst online “personality” ever!


3 posted on 04/24/2024 1:15:36 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

At this point Olberman is just a troll farming for clicks.


4 posted on 04/24/2024 1:16:32 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: Libloather
...because the day when you (or I) could straddle both worlds is long gone," started Olbermann.

The only thing Oberdork straddles is a toilet at an I-95 rest stop.............

5 posted on 04/24/2024 1:17:12 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Libloather

Find a tall tree and 'decorate' it...



6 posted on 04/24/2024 1:18:22 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Libloather

This is pretty smart by Smith.


7 posted on 04/24/2024 1:19:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Libloather

Keith, it’s a little late for April Fools.
Oh, you’re not joking!
Pathetic.

No doubt Keith O. still can’t figure out why no established network will hire him, not even on a ‘freelance’ basis.
“Don’t they know who I am?!!”


8 posted on 04/24/2024 1:20:06 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Libloather

Absolutely, Keith Olbermann should be able to control all black people - what they can say and think.


9 posted on 04/24/2024 1:20:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Libloather

I never used to be this angry about politics, but the Democrats are making me this way. Are they DELIBERATELY trying to start a civil war? The ONLY solution remaining for many of them are treason trials and public hangings and I mean every word of it. This stuff has got to stop or someone has to pay. You can not treat people like that and hope for peace.


10 posted on 04/24/2024 1:21:14 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Libloather

Keith Olbermann is the worst person in the world and should be fired and kicked off all social media for not attacking Joe Biden


11 posted on 04/24/2024 1:30:31 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Red Badger

My thoughts exactly.


12 posted on 04/24/2024 1:30:50 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Do the math. L+G+B+T+Q = 666)
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To: Libloather
If you look up the word "irrelevant", Keith Olbermann is used as an example in the definition
13 posted on 04/24/2024 1:32:41 PM PDT by llevrok (“In a time of deceit telling, the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell)
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Oh noes can’t have someone who disagree with Keith overbite seriously what did Laura ingraham see in him anyway he’s nuts by the way heard that screamin a smith already bent over and apologized for defending trump


14 posted on 04/24/2024 1:34:27 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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"Are they DELIBERATELY trying to start a civil war? "

Um, they started that war on numerous fronts some time back. The stupid party just hasn't figured it out yet.

15 posted on 04/24/2024 1:35:27 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Libloather

When did he get released from the happy farm pull from CNN?.


16 posted on 04/24/2024 1:37:47 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Libloather

I saw the interview with Hannity and did not get the impression that Smith is pro-Trump or planning to vote for him. He was just trying to explain attitudes held about Trump by other black people.


17 posted on 04/24/2024 2:06:11 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Olberman is just a troll farming for clicks.

Chicks.

18 posted on 04/24/2024 2:14:49 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trumpp. A)
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To: Libloather

Keith is still alive? I haven’t thought of him in ages...and still not thinking of him... 🤓


19 posted on 04/24/2024 2:16:36 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: Libloather

Who the f**k does Keith Olberman think he is that he can call on commercial enterprises to fire certain employees?!


20 posted on 04/24/2024 3:29:14 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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