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Keith Olbermann announced today that he’d be revealing a major career development tomorrow. Word is leaking out tonight that he’s joining Al Gore’s Current TV. This was about as unexpected as it gets, and yet it makes a lot of sense for both Olbermann and the network. Olbermann is reportedly set to take a stake in the channel as well, …

From last night’s Real Time With Bill Maher…

From last night’s AC 360…

Moments ago, Keith Olbermann announced his resignation from MSNBC. Seconds after his show ended, this terse press release hit my inbox: MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors. …

The Senate vote is tomorrow.

Bristol Palin isn’t happy about being one of Olbermann’s “Worst Person In The World” targets for preaching abstinence while being a teen mother. Accusing me of hypocrisy is by now, an old canard. What Mr. Olbermann lacks in originality he makes up for with insincere incredulity. Mr. Olbermann fails to understand that in order to have credibility as a spokesperson, …

“There’s really no other explanation for his backflips and his hypocrisy other than just irrational animus, which is the definition of bigotry.”

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As they did with Keith Olbermann, MSNBC has suspended commentator Joe Scarborough over his political donations. MSNBC said Friday that it is suspending “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough for two days after he acknowledged giving eight previously unknown $500 contributions to friends and family members running for state and local offices during his tenure at the network, a violation of …

Wingnut Wheel Of Fortune host Pat Sajak has “apologized” for introducing Keith Olbermann to America. Olbermann fires back. Pat Sajak did not introduce me to America. I started on CNN the same year he started on “Wheel” (1981) and by the time I guested on his show in 1989, I’d already spent three years as a national sports correspondent for …

MSNBC has unsuspended Keith Olbermann and he’ll be back on the air tomorrow night. “After several days of deliberation and discussion, I have determined that suspending Keith through and including Monday night’s program is an appropriate punishment for his violation of our policy,” MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in a statement released late Sunday. “We look forward to having him …

Rachel Maddow says she understands NBC’s rule, but that Olbermann should be un-suspended at once. Maddow devotes a large portion of the segment to ticking off a long list of candidates stumped for on the air by Fox News hosts.

NBC News has indefinitely suspended MSNBC host Keith Olbermann over political donations his employers say he made in violation of their ethics policy. The announcement came in a one-sentence statement from MSNBC-TV President Phil Griffin: “I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay.” The …

In a piece parodying that ridiculous phone call to Anita Hill by the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Keith Olbermann used Ken Mehlman as example of some other people who have no right to apologies.