They so deserve each other.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/was_olbermann_ready_to_quit_if_a_truce_was_called_123802.asp
“”Was Olbermann Ready to Quit if a Truce Was Called?
The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz fills in more of the gaps about the FNC/MSNBC agreement to tone down personal attacks on the cable networks’ hosts and their parent companies’ executives.
Kurtz provides more details on the discussions, first reported by TVNewser, between FNC founder and chairman Roger Ailes and GE chairman Jeff Immelt, which included a lunch at 30 Rock.
After using a side entrance to Immelt’s 53rd-floor dining room — their Manhattan buildings are a block apart — Ailes offered a blunt, if slightly jocular, diagnosis of the problem. He could control his nutcases, Ailes said, but Immelt couldn’t control his.
On June 1, the day after abortion doctor George Tiller was murdered, Olbermann punched at O’Reilly. The next night, O’Reilly punched up, at Immelt.
Immelt called Ailes the next morning, saying O’Reilly had gone way too far. Ailes was sympathetic and again said they should take a stand against personal and gratuitous attacks. The war, Ailes said, is over.
“But,” writes Kurtz, “the war was just beginning at MSNBC, where an opinionated culture is often at odds with NBC News.”
Kurtz reports that after Olbermann’s comments about the Tiller murder, “executives convened a large meeting and talked about Fox and the importance of striking the right on-air tone. Olbermann later expressed a willingness to make minor adjustments in his style, but he and his allies, concerned about setting a precedent, dug in for a fight. Olbermann left Zucker and executives with the impression that he might quit if the dispute wasn’t resolved to his satisfaction.”
Then, last Friday’s news of some sort of deal, which seemed to exacerbate the issue on-air this week.
“This is more of an internal issue that NBC and GE need to work through,” a Fox spokesman told Kurtz. “There was an agreement for no personal attacks,” a Fox executive said. GE and NBC did not comment for Kurtz’s story.””
I find this a little disturbing that Roger Ailes is willing to do deals with Jeffrey Immelda Marcos. Who knows what stories are being covered up?
Or might it just be, as Kurtz claims, an attempt to be more civil in tone?
Thunderdome with loofahs
http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/08/07/how-does-keith-olbermann-have-a-job/
How Does Keith Olbermann Have A Job?
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/28/the-ratings-trend-is-not-countdown-with-keith-olbermanns-friend/23783
The Ratings Trend Is Not Countdown With Keith Olbermann’s Friend
As long as MSNBC is the White House’s favorite network, GE doesn’t dare make changes to the lineup.
They could have expanded the headline by adding “and still jealous as hell of Rush’s success.”
Next we'll hear that they have sold their GE stock to protest the disgrace that is MSDNC.
GE has sold its soul to Obama. Is getting a multibillion deal to work on “green” projects.
Look it up on the internet.
The whole thing stinks.
This fight is a gimmick to increase ratings. Think of professional wrestling.