Anyone still watching Current TV?

[hyphenate]

It's okay if you do and like the main shows, but I watched for KO. I've been getting an email from them about twice a week or so, and since I no longer watch any of the other shows, I decided it wasn't important to keep getting the enemsletter. I went over to cancel, and a little box comes to ask why you no longer are subscribing, so I simply said without KO, there was no reason to keep subscribing.

I don't know who among you watched, like me, only for KO, perhaps enough people quitting their subscriptions to the email, they might finally get a clue that letting KO go was not a good thing?

[warrior1]

1. yes

[northoftheborder]

2. I would watch it if I could get it.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. .

http://www.thertv.eu/


http://www.thertv.eu/93

[Smilo]

3. Me, I do....

Love TYT and the others and documentaries.

[abelenkpe]

4. Yeah

I watch Cenk. Never really got to watch KO. Loved watching him on MSNBC but I really only get about 40 minutes to watch anything (if I get the time at all) and Cenk is on then. Love him! Don't always agree with him, but still love him. You should check out his show sometime.

[broiles]

5. I'm watching right now.

While I loved Keith, I have been enjoying Eliot Spitzer. And I try never to miss TYT. I would watch War Room, but there's Rachel.

[julian09]

11. You can catch "War room" again at midnight

I do watch Current TV, Cenk, Spitzer, War Room, then Lawrence, Ed Schultz, Rachel. You can reverse channels and do Ed Schultz, Rachel, Lawrence then Cenk, Spitzer, War Room.
I'm used to having Keith absent, I also like Chris Hayes and Melissa Harris Perry on weekends.
There is a lot of other talent to view beside Olberman. He made a concious decision to not be a team player.

[broiles]

50. I can't stay up that late.

I agree the Up with Chis Hayes and Melissa are great. Up maybe the best thing on TV.

[gateley]

12. I really like Spitzer -- so glad he's got a gig! nt

[demosincebirth]

19. One of the truly smart ones. Would have made a great candidate in 2016, if he'da kept his

zipper up.

[gateley]

23. I know. Damn it! nt

[Fawke Em]

33. He's smart, but boring.

Plus, I'm not a fan of womanizers...and of course that's his personal business, but I don't have to support it. That's my personal business.

Anyhoo... I haven't watched Current since Keith was let go.

[Lint Head]

6. I'm watching Stephanie Miller online every morning.

[DemocracyInaction]

9. stephanie

Love to listen to hear her in the morning. Want to start watching Bill Press, too.

[FarPoint]

8. I am...

It's great....

[Daniel537]

10. Nope. Just fine with MSNBC.

[spockeye]

13. Current TV

I flip between Ed and Eliot, but I DVR Eliot to give Current the ratings. Check out Bill Press and Stephanie Miller weekday mornings. I have a good attitude all day after watching Stephanie.

[MrMickeysMom]

14. Funny, you and I OP'd about current at the same time...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002539058#post2

I do watch... just about all the sows, but I can't say Viewpoint has my attention, which is in the spot where Olbermann was.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Monday -Thursday I catch Rachel on repeat

Friday I catch the Governor on the repeat.

[tularetom]

15. Best thing on TV

Except for Rachel Maddow and the MSNBC weekend morning shows.

Letting KO go was the only option available to Current. The guy is an egotistical jerk in spit of his talents.

[Justice wanted]

16. I did. I felt they where screwing him. Problems with his lights, no set, interviews interrupted or

lost feeds. They screwed up. Not to mention at one point I remember them saying Keith would be like News director or something and that fell through.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. You know I remember one time where they had technical issues

But then again at this point this is the fourth major network and even more hilarious, Spitzer, same set...no issues and a tie and does not look like he rolled out of bed.

[Justice wanted]

21. I personally LIKED Keith's relaxed look. As for the rest WHY is it that EVERYONE forgets that

comcast took over MSNBC that they are right wing leaning that They tried to basically suspend Keith for "Election donation" violation (Which if people didn't scream about would have been the reason why he was let go...)

He was forced out of MSNBC because of the changing of the Guard.

I can't speak about the other two networks because I was too young and don't know much about it.


Met a woman at my friend's party who worked with him at a different network than Current said he was the BEST Boss she ever had. Yeah, he may have been demanding on certain things BUT usually it had to do with giving the best the to his viewers.

This is the second time I heard things like that about this guy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. I defended him after msnbc

But in order, ESPN, FOX, MSNBC and now Current...there s more to this than just the employer.

By the way that fine, outside of Fox, was not out of bounds. Many print media forbid reporters, editors etcetera from doing that.

More shocking, some really old school reporters are not even registered to vote, or for that matter vote.

Perhaps now knowing this explains to me why he was fined. MSNBC believes itself to be a news organization.

Now if you care to guess I signed my last petition four months ago. No, who I string does not require that, alas those are standards. He's been around the studio a little longer than I have, by a few decades. He shoud have known better.

[Justice wanted]

28. Keep in mind it was annouce that Morning Joe Scar gave BIGGER donations and he didn't get a slap

on the freakin wrist.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Yes. And.

As I said, he should have known better.

[Justice wanted]

36. There was NOTHING in Keith Contract saying he couldn't. He did this as a Private citizen not

mentioning it on air.

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. Again, I had an excuse

I am sorry if you really can't understand news organizations don't do that. He's been around the block a few decades. He shoud have known better. It has to do with the actual fairness in journalism I expect. Before you say it, morning Joe is not run by a journalist. How many times did Keith call himself one?

Sorry.

By the way many of us are very much done with Keith.

On the bright side, he should be fine economically.

[Justice wanted]

42. Whatever?! YOU KNOW EVERYTHING! I'm not going to change my mind on KEITH Olbermann

I WILL CONTINUE TO STAND BY HIM!

So stop trying to make me change my mind!

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. I am not trying to

Just answering your questions.

[sabrina 1]

48. Nadin, he's not a news guy. He never claimed to be.

He's a partisan political commentator whose views are well known, so the standards for news people who are meant to appear to be neutral (although I'd like to know where these neutral news people are frankly) never applied to him or any other partisan political commentator.

I believe MSNBC acknowledged that and it was the reason why Joe could do it with no repercussions but once they tried to use it to suspend Keith, it was hard to explain away the different treatment of Joe.

[nadinbrzezinski]

51. Actually he was

Starting as a sports reporter.

[sabrina 1]

52. From the time he became a partisan political commentator, everyone knew his views, he

was not a reporter, or journalist. He was well-known as a Partisan Democrat and had no obligation to appear to be neutral. Even Republicans, who despise him, admitted that this was not something that could be used against him.

And MSNBC had to acknowledge he had every right to use his money as he saw fit. If he had been hired as a journalist his contract would have included something to prevent him from making donatins to a political party. But his did not, because it was not necessary.

I don't dump people who did as much as he did during the Bush years, one of the very few, easily. It seems there was more to what happened at Current than we know, and I will wait to learn more, whether they tried to restrict who he had on his show eg, which has been mentioned, and whether those people were from the 'left'.

[Fawke Em]

53. It's NOT the same set.

And Spitzer is boring.

Maybe those of us who went into journalism should never have bothered.

[nadinbrzezinski]

54. I guess then they lied

When Current wrote in their pr statement they were using the same set.

As to boring, that's a matter of taste. I have been told the News Hour is boring too.

Perhaps you are right and should have staid out of journalism.

Personally, this is now in the courts, food fight. But I have the sneaky that a certain history will be relevant.

[Fawke Em]

56. If they're using the same set, then

it all of a sudden works?

I have no idea what the News Hour is.

My point about studying journalism is that assholes get the show and the real reporters are left to get low pay. Keith's major was Communications. So was mine.

History has nothing to do with contracts.

[nadinbrzezinski]

58. PBS news hour. One of the longest running

News casts in the country. Check your local PBS station.

And in a civil lawsuit history does indeed matter when dealing with the third contract dispute.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Yes, the coverage on Alec alone it's worth it

And spitzer is quite good. Granholm is quite frankly brilliant.

Nose, face and spite comes to mind.

FYI according to Steph ratings are actually up. I guess having a regular set of hosts tat do show matters.

[Fawke Em]

57. They are both boring as hell.

And, no, ratings aren't up.

Steph isn't boring, but us working folk never see her.

[nadinbrzezinski]

59. Matter of opinion

Do not under any circumstances tune in to the news hour. It won't be your cup of tea either.

[RebelOne]

22. I am watching Rachel and also Jennifer Granholm,

I don't have DVR, so I am switching back and forth.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. If you can watch one on the repeat

You can also podcast Rachel, this is what hubby does.

[Zax2me]

26. Yea, I still do.

More than any other, actually.
KO was not the only show....
The documentaries are great.

[Logical]

27. No, it was a waste without Keith.

[madinmaryland]

29. Only watched CTV once when KO was on. Tried watching KO when he was CTV and I couldn't

make it through the show before switching back to the Ed Show. I watched KO religiously when he was on MSNBC, though.

[rurallib]

31. Like Spitzer, Love Steph, Cenk not bad

yep - competiton with MSNBC is good for us.

[ecstatic]

32. While I haven't had the chance to check out Current TV, do you think it's a good idea

to stop supporting one of the only liberal networks on TV? I feel guilty too for not having made time to watch any of the shows, but maybe if more people supported the channel, they'd have more to offer than just KO. One person can't carry a network.

[Fawke Em]

35. Keith carried MSNBC...

The station was NOTHING until KO started reporting on election fraud and liberals took notice.

Yeah, they had Phil Donohue, but he was fired before he could do anything.

It was Keith who made that network.

[Bluenorthwest]

34. They were on constantly in the pre KO, pre news days...

now not so much. I will get around to trying out some of their new stuff, my watching time is prioritized this time of year, so Current is just not on my mind at all....

[CobaltBlue]

38. Yes

I am tuned in to Current TV for The Stephanie Miller Show. Sirius Left screws up the times. Her weekdays show on Current TV is live, beginning at 9 a.m. ET. (She is in California. So it is at 6 a.m. PT.)

I also tune in for The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur and The War Room with ex-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Likewise Bill Press's radio show.

I do say that I don't do this every day. We're allowed some breathing room from political stuff.

[Cleita]

39. Yes, I watched Cenk when he was on MSNBC and followed him over to

CurrentTV where I still watch him. I like Stephanie Miller in the morning. I listened to her on the radio but the radio signal was so bad that it's a pleasure to be able to listen or watch her static and buzz free on Current. I do watch the other shows as well, not as regularly as these two, but they are worthwhile. I miss KO too, but he's not there anymore, and I find there is no reason to cut myself off. It's not my fault he's off the air. I did my part to support him and wrote the management that I did.

[JoePhilly]

40. I DVR Bill Press and Stephanie Miller every day.

Watch each when I'm able.

[Samantha]

41. I no longer watch Current

I tuned in basically to watch Keith Olbermann, tried to support other shows to buttress the ratings of the station, but I no longer tune in. Current has a lot to learn with regard to public relations issues.

Sam

[otohara]

45. Olbermann Has Nothing To Learn

ever, never - he's perfect.

[Fawke Em]

60. That is not what she said.

[otohara]

44. Absolutely - Not Got to Bite My Nose

or pick it - to save face.

Rooting for failure of Current is plain stupid.
I have more respect for the former Veep, vs the ticking time-bomb AKA KO

[Greybnk48]

46. I was only there for Keith.

Not interested in their programming now. If I start watching morning tv, I will watch Bill Press and Steph Miller.

[Marrah_G]

47. Yes I am

[unc70]

49. No, not often. Viewpoint is boring. Stephanie on radio

Have tried to keep an open mind, but he is just flat, boring, even when regarding a topic I care about.

Watch Ed, if anything at that hour. Down to just Rachel most evenings, even with DVR. Plus TDS and Colbert.

Listen to Stephanie on local radio and will continue.

[Egalitarian Thug]

55. No. How on earth a supposedly progressive channel can try to operate on the same model

that is wholly owned by definitively unprogressive corporations while completely ignoring where all media is moving is simply incomprehensible to me.

Mid 20th century management style and 19th century rigidity are hallmarks of this anachronism.

It's really too bad, because they have an opportunity to create (and therefor dominate) the new media model. But just like the dunderheads that ran Air America, they are determined to fail, fighting a losing battle in a war that was over before they even came to be.

Does Al Gore have anything to do with the actual operations of this clusterfuck?

[jillan]

61. I love waking up to Stephanie Miller and I watch Cenk just about every day. Wish they would change

Jennifer Granholm's time slot - she up against Rachel and Rachel wins.

Yeah - I know she's on again later, but by then I've had enough politics.
Too bad, I like her.

[BeHereNow]

62. Absolutely! Love Spitzer and Granholm as well as Vanguard and the docs.

Stephanie and Cenk annoy the hell out of me- too much like the
"left" version of the crap on Fox for me. Constant yelling and outrage- no thanks.
I can get that on corporate news networks.

I enjoy the intelligent programming very much though.
Especially Spitzer, Granholm and the Vanguard series.
BHN

[cherokeeprogressive]

63. Haven't watched a minute of it since its inception.

But then I don't watch a minute of politically driven television in the first place.

Boring.