Olbermann gone

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Good to hear. He was never quite as terrible as...say....Beck, but still a disgrace to serious journalism.

"Serious journalism" like what?

Serious journalism usually involves a certain degree of neutrality. Although I suppose Olbermann doesn't even claim to have that.

Bollocks.

HST (RIP) got it right: "So much for Objective Journalism. Don't bother to look for it here — not under any byline of mine; or anyone else I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms."

Perhaps, but you can't dispute that going out of your way to make your opinion known can't be regarded as serious journalism.

You act as if there is a difference between that and "objectivity". Nonsense.

[krazen1211]

MSNBC had, imo, the best 2004 election coverage. Olbermann was part of the reason it was the worst in 08 and last year. He was a pompous asshole, as bad as O'Reilly.

As for him, his career is over. He's not going to FOX or CNN, and he's not going to get a show on Comedy Central. He'll blog for a couple years and that'll be the last we hear of him, unless he runs for congress or something and loses spectacularly.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

i will miss his ridiculousness and occassionally insightful excessive hyperbole.

[Thomas D]

So now what? Do they bump Maddow up to 8?

[memphis]

Who cares? Only dumbs watch cable news.

[milhouse24]

I think CNN will try to get him