Thread: Olbermann Said to Be Going to Current TV (ALGORE)

I hope I'll have change in my pocket if I meet him on the street.

That's appropriate for him, and it's a perfect fit in the sense that he brings gravitas to wherever he goes. He was the difference that made Sports Center so good at the time, and then he was the first journalist to really bring up the war in Iraq and really analyse it from day to day at a time when everyone in the media was playing the part of a cheerleader. When he came to MSNBC they were floundering and he gave them weight and substance and something to build around and now they're in fine shape. I imagine he'll do the same for Current TV.

Every single day I tune into Maddow, Matthews, O'Reilly, Beck and sometimes Hannity. I miss Keith Olbermann in that mix these last few weeks the most because no other journalist in America today can synthesize a complicated story and give us what we need to know about it the way he can. He makes it look so easy, but in reality his scripts were very intelligent, razor sharp, witty and clever, and filled with tons of information. Any given night if I clicked between him and O'Reilly, if I left Keith for more than 2 minutes I'd have a hard time figuring a way back while you can leave O'Reilly, take a dump and make a sandwich, and then get back to him and he hasn't really gone much of anywhere except for the comfortable little island where he likes to bellow and outshout all of his guests.

Originally Posted by Jason Marcel

That's appropriate for him, and it's a perfect fit in the sense that he brings gravitas to wherever he goes. He was the difference that made Sports Center so good at the time, and then he was the first journalist to really bring up the war in Iraq and really analyse it from day to day at a time when everyone in the media was playing the part of a cheerleader. When he came to MSNBC they were floundering and he gave them weight and substance and something to build around and now they're in fine shape. I imagine he'll do the same for Current TV.

Every single day I tune into Maddow, Matthews, O'Reilly, Beck and sometimes Hannity. I miss Keith Olbermann in that mix these last few weeks the most because no other journalist in America today can synthesize a complicated story and give us what we need to know about it the way he can. He makes it look so easy, but in reality his scripts were very intelligent, razor sharp, witty and clever, and filled with tons of information. Any given night if I clicked between him and O'Reilly, if I left Keith for more than 2 minutes I'd have a hard time figuring a way back while you can leave O'Reilly, take a dump and make a sandwich, and then get back to him and he hasn't really gone much of anywhere except for the comfortable little island where he likes to bellow and outshout all of his guests.

Yes, he is a master at synthesizing the news.

Originally Posted by Jason Marcel

That's appropriate for him, and it's a perfect fit in the sense that he brings gravitas to wherever he goes. He was the difference that made Sports Center so good at the time, and then he was the first journalist to really bring up the war in Iraq and really analyse it from day to day at a time when everyone in the media was playing the part of a cheerleader. When he came to MSNBC they were floundering and he gave them weight and substance and something to build around and now they're in fine shape. I imagine he'll do the same for Current TV.

Every single day I tune into Maddow, Matthews, O'Reilly, Beck and sometimes Hannity. I miss Keith Olbermann in that mix these last few weeks the most because no other journalist in America today can synthesize a complicated story and give us what we need to know about it the way he can. He makes it look so easy, but in reality his scripts were very intelligent, razor sharp, witty and clever, and filled with tons of information. Any given night if I clicked between him and O'Reilly, if I left Keith for more than 2 minutes I'd have a hard time figuring a way back while you can leave O'Reilly, take a dump and make a sandwich, and then get back to him and he hasn't really gone much of anywhere except for the comfortable little island where he likes to bellow and outshout all of his guests.

:rolleyes:

There IS some KoolAid left...!

He managed to bring MSNBC to dead last in the ratings, and keep it there.
Life is passing him by...deservedly so.

In related news, smart people are shorting AOL stock..

I think he has achieved the impossible... fewer viewers.

He should go back to MSNBC with his own reality show, maybe with Snookie.

Snookie wouldn't let him nearer than 50 '; she may be dumb but she's not currently pursuing career suicide.

Even Lindsey Lohan wouldn't go there...

I think he'll be happy there. He may not have any viewers but hell be free to do what he wants.

Hmm.. I kinda like Current TV. I don't watch it all the time, but it's there. I really hope Olbermann doesn't screw it up.

edit: and I had no idea that Al Gore had anything to do with Current, lol.. between that tidbit, and the fact that Olbermann will be the cheif news officer... well, I guess we can assume that there won't be very many conservatives watching Current TV then, eh?