Keith Olbermann Is Going For It **UPDATE** Current TV Filed A Countersuit

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By Nads | Thursday, April 5, 2012 | 3:49 pm | 9 Comments
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Keith Olbermann is suing the balls off Current TV. He’s asking for $70 million because he’s claiming Current violated their contract. The lawsuit states, “After being enticed to leave MSNBC and come to Current with promise of editorial control, freedom from corporate influence and the professional support to produce a high-caliber political commentary show of the type his viewers have come to expect, Keith Olbermann was disheartened to discover Al Gore, Joel Hyatt and the management of Current are no more than dilettantes portraying entertainment industry executives.”

He’s suing for the following (from TMZ):

– broadcasting ads containing Keith’s image without his consent
– using guest hosts for “Countdown” without Keith’s approval
– refusing to give Keith editorial control over special election coverage
– disclosing the confidential terms of his contract
– linking Keith’s name and goodwill with corporate endorsements without his consent
– disparaging Keith publicly
– refusing Keith’s request to stream segments from his show on his website
– refusing to invest resources in the show

Al Gore claims that Keith was disrespectful and disloyal to viewers.

You know what this sounds like? Charlie Sheen’s case without the drugs, but sometimes ego is the worst problem anyone can have–just as bad as drugs. Who knows how much he’ll settle for, but it’s amazing how these guys keep getting fired and failing upward…and then getting rewarded. I’m not a Keith fan, but breach of contract is breach of contract. I wonder where he’ll fail upward next to??

**UPDATE** Current TV filed a countersuit

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9 Comments

  1. 1
    KartofflMuter
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 8:35 am

    I WILL WATCH KEITH ANYTIME,ANYWHERE. HE’S THE BEST AND WE SUPPORT HIM IN ANYTHING HE DOES. I HAVE NEVER FOLLOWED A NEWSCASTER IN MY LIFE. HE IS UNIQUE,INCISIVE,ALWAYS INTERESTING, AND HEARTFELT. THE WORLD IS A SADDER PLACE WITHOUT HIS REPORTING. SHAME ON AL GORE.

  2. 2
    NotWithoutMyTV notwithoutmytv
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 9:20 am

    KartofflMuter: I really hope your all-caps rant is meant to be ironic.

  3. 3
    fancyface
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 8:13 pm

    OMG..I WAS TOO BUSY LAUGHING AT YOUR ALL CAPS RANT TO ACTUALLY READ IT the 1st time around, but…I TOTALLY AGREE! I was devastated (a bit much? no, my love knows no bounds, so yes, I was DEVASTATED) when he left MSNBC. I couldn’t believe that their most popular show was let go so easily, only to be filled with..umm..er…IDK BECAUSE I DON’T WATCH THEM ANYMORE (lol, I can’t stop the caps thing now). I fell in love with Rachel Maddow BECAUSE of Keith, but I wasn’t even interested in watching her anymore either. To make matters worse, I’d never even heard of Current, let alone watched it, before so I didn’t know that he was doing the show on a different station until it was too late & he was gone from there too. Here’s hoping he ‘fails up’ soon because I love him & his sometimes, BRUTALLY HONEST (even admitting his own faults) reporting was the reason I had MSNBC on constantly at night.

  4. 4
    KartofflMuter
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Regarding my caps-I’m a nearsighted 2-finger typist and by the time I had finished what I meant to say,I noticed the caps were on,it was… too late. (OH-THE HORROR! OH THE SHAME! ) Get over it.
    But yes-when KO left MSNBC-I was -upset,had never heard of Current, loved Rachel but strangely enough found myself never watching her again and even when Keith was back on, and skipped nights when he had a sub. Spitzer? Really? Seriously? I thought that was a joke -like Richard Nixon for President-right? Oh well. Old liberals never die. They just keep hoping.

  5. 5
    KartofflMuter
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    I hope you’re really not green.

  6. 6
    aznemesis
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    There’s definitely something going on with Keith, as far as ego is concerned. That said, I find him funny. I liked him in his ESPN days, and I still like him. As far as MSNBC, that’s the same network that canned Phil Donahue–who was hosting their highest-rated show at the time–in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq because he dared to question the neocon party line on the reasons for the war. How does anyone who considers themselves left-of-center trust MSNBC? I just don’t get it.

  7. 7
    NotWithoutMyTV notwithoutmytv
    Posted April 8, 2012 at 10:37 am

    Were you “drunk/posting at 3:30am/dyslexic”, too?

    Those, too, are handy excuses often used for ranty, poorly written posts.

  8. 8
    maryedith
    Posted April 8, 2012 at 10:42 am

    I love how these PEOPLE WHO WOULD DIE FOR KEITH OLBERMANN couldn’t even be bothered to follow him to another channel. What fans!

  9. 9
    KartofflMuter
    Posted April 8, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    Honey, (Now I’m being ironic.) I never posted at 3:30 a.m. 3:30 pm-maybe. You know,I know it’s not easy being green,but there are treatments for that. If you don’t feel you need or want them,then STFU. OK?

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