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Olbermann's Full Statement On Dismissal From Current TV
TPM ^ | 3/30/2012 | The voices in Keith Olbermann's head

Posted on 03/30/2012 3:00:40 PM PDT by Hunton Peck

Keith Olbermann released the following statement on his termination from Current TV:

I'd like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of Current TV.

Editorially, Countdown had never been better. But for more than a year I have been imploring Al Gore and Joel Hyatt to resolve our issues internally, while I've been not publicizing my complaints, and keeping the show alive for the sake of its loyal viewers and even more loyal staff. Nevertheless, Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt, instead of abiding by their promises and obligations and investing in a quality news program, finally thought it was more economical to try to get out of my contract.

It goes almost without saying that the claims against me implied in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently. To understand Mr. Hyatt’s “values of respect, openness, collegiality and loyalty,” I encourage you to read of a previous occasion Mr. Hyatt found himself in court for having unjustly fired an employee. That employee’s name was Clarence B. Cain.

In due course, the truth of the ethics of Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt will come out. For now, it is important only to again acknowledge that joining them was a sincere and well-intentioned gesture on my part, but in retrospect a foolish one. That lack of judgment is mine and mine alone, and I apologize again for it.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Humor; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: algore; currenttv; keitholbermann; orvilleredenbacher
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To: fatnotlazy

I have never heard of Current TV.


61 posted on 03/30/2012 4:29:19 PM PDT by kempo
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To: Hunton Peck

Olberfraud, open the sewer grate, climb down, and await your next opportunity to make a total A-Hole out of yourself!


62 posted on 03/30/2012 4:29:47 PM PDT by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: Leaning Right
"Of course, if Olbermann got only 10% of what his contract called for, he's a rich man."

I'm guessing Gore tried to pay him in carbon credits.

63 posted on 03/30/2012 4:30:04 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Hunton Peck

ManBearPig vs. MenopausalOldWoman Smackdown!


64 posted on 03/30/2012 4:33:03 PM PDT by tumblindice (our new, happy lives)
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To: kempo

Barely heard of Current myself. Mercifully, it is not available on the cable package I have. Neither is Oprah’s network, OWN. There is no way I could accidentally see either.


65 posted on 03/30/2012 6:22:49 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: arkady_renko

I think it is more like a “win-win” ......

...for us


66 posted on 03/30/2012 6:46:40 PM PDT by RedMonqey (A politician's integrity is usually only as strong as his poll numbers.)
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To: Hunton Peck

This is awesome!
Billionaire Gore can slap together a legal team that will bury Oberman.


67 posted on 03/30/2012 7:13:22 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: cpa4you; Hunton Peck
Joel married well, marring the daughter of Howard Metzenbaum, Ohio Senator replaced by John Glenn.

Two years later Metzenbaum beat incumbent senator Robert Taft in 1976. He served till 1995 when Mike DeWine who was helped by the Republican momentum in 1994 took the seat over.

68 posted on 03/30/2012 7:37:53 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: PJ-Comix

Keef’s side. He gonna sue Algore!


69 posted on 03/30/2012 8:55:17 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: Hunton Peck

Gore’s really got the magic touch, doesn’t he?


70 posted on 03/30/2012 8:58:38 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Paleo Conservative
I remember voting for DeWine in that election. DeWine's team was excellent in showing what a slimeball Hyatt is.

But then DeWine ended up being a complete RINO POS, and got voted out.

71 posted on 03/30/2012 10:31:12 PM PDT by boop (I hate hippies and dopeheads. Just hate them. ...Ernest Borgnine)
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