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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz
Are you serious? Olbermann just got removed from being one of the main commentators for the elections. Its a fairly small minority that like the guy.
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It's really pretty simple what happened.
Olbermann has the experience and credentials and intelligence to be a serious news anchor/journalist.
But when he went to MSNBC this time around, he (and MSNBC) chose to go the opinion route. And it has worked out well for him, to the tune of 4-5 mill a year or something like that.
But THEN.....MSNBC decided to use him as an ANCHOR on their election/convention coverage as well.
And he took his opinions with him to the convention's anchor desk, and made them more than obvious. It was, in a word, embarassing.
All of the journalists at NBC, who had to appear on-air with him during the election/convention coverage, were royally pissed, and there was an internal revolution.
Something had to give - and it was his election anchor duties.
Nothing's wrong with doing opinion on-air. But something's VERY wrong with doing opinion while anchoring news coverage.
MSNBC should have realized it was inevitable, but they've put their eggs in Olbermann's basket so they tried it anyway --- and then had to fix it. And they have, with a major dent in their rep.