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Olbermann and Current TV reportedly reach settlement
Keith Olbermann and his former employer, Current TV have reached a settlement in their $50 million dispute over the outspoken anchor’s firing from the network. A source informed the Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday that the resolution came during a private mediation session between Olbermann and the network, which was recently…
Al Gore’s Current TV to ‘evaluate’ buyout offers
Al Gore’s progressive talk station Current may soon be sold off, a report said Friday. “Current has been approached many times by media companies interested in acquiring our company,” Current CEO Joel Hyatt reportedly told The New York Post. “This year alone, we have had three inquiries. As a consequence,…
Keith Olbermann releases ‘special comment’ about leaked Romney video
Keith Olbermann released a “special comment” last night regarding the now-notorious “47 percent” video. Mother Jones released a video of a Romney campaign fundraiser Monday evening in which Republican Presidential nominee former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) was caught on tape disparaging the nearly half of the country as “victims” who…
Progressives are feminists or they’re not Progressives.
Here’s a radical notion: If you’re a man and you call yourself a Progressive, you can’t sling sexist insults at women. Any women. Not just Progressive women. Not just women you like. Not just your mom. If you want me to take you seriously and believe that you are genuinely…
Olbermann: ‘Almost deliberate’ gas price hikes are to hurt Obama
Liberal commentator Keith Olbermann on Sunday suggested that the price of gas had been artificially manipulated since President Barack Obama took office to hurt his chances at re-election. In an appearance on ABC, Olbermann noted he had become suspicious after gas prices increased from $1.61 a gallon when Obama took…
Olbermann: Was the GOP ‘pro-dog meat eating’ before reading Obama’s book?
Former Current TV host Keith Olbermann appeared on ABC’s This Week for the first time Sunday morning, discussing the Republican Party’s strategy in recent years to accuse the Democrats of the same problem they face in a specific news cycle. Olbermann was among This Week‘s roundtable guests, which discussed Republicans…
Current TV: Olbermann has specialized in pounding the table
Current TV slammed political commentator Keith Olbermann on Thursday, after the infamously volatile pundit filed a lawsuit against the network. “Current terminated Keith Olbermann last Thursday for serial, material breaches of his contract, including the failure to show up at work, sabotaging the network and attacking Current and its executives,”…
Keith Olbermann files lawsuit against Current TV
Liberal commentator Keith Olbermann on Thursday filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against his former employer Current TV, alleging he was wrongfully terminated in late March. The lawsuit accuses the network of breach of contract, sabotage and disparagement. Olbermann left MSNBC just over a year ago to…
Current TV cable deal in jeopardy over low ratings
Current TV, the progressive public affairs network founded by former Vice President Al Gore and business partner Joel Hyatt, is in crisis and may lose an important cable deal over low ratings, according to an article posted by the news agency Reuters. In the wake of firing of its most…
Keith Olbermann on his stint at Current TV: ‘I screwed up’
During an Tuesday night appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, liberal political commentator Keith Olbermann addressed his abrupt exit from Current TV. “I screwed up,” he said. “I screwed up really big on this. Let’s just start there. I thought we could do this. It’s my fault that…
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