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MADem

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6. By "toe the line" you mean "not show up to do color commentary during the Iowa caucuses?"

Reply to madfloridian (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 01:55 AM

Jan 2013

and "Complain about his studio furnishings?" and "Not be a team player at a start-up channel?"

I don't think OLBERMANN was easy to work with--which is why he's had trouble at every job (ESPN, Fox, MSNBC, CURRENT) he's held.

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Current TV. How Gore had a chance for a revolution and failed. [View all] madfloridian Jan 2013 OP

Remind me, what happened with Olbermann? snot Jan 2013 #1

he was a pain in the ass and he was fired w/ just cause Botany Jan 2013 #2

Just to be clear, fired by Current? snot Jan 2013 #5

That might be correct, but IIRC, Festivito Jan 2013 #10

I think he was suspended for a week or two RudynJack Jan 2013 #15

Sadly true. nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #7

My view...he did not toe the line. madfloridian Jan 2013 #3

By "toe the line" you mean "not show up to do color commentary during the Iowa caucuses?" MADem Jan 2013 #6

He's been fired by every employer he's had RudynJack Jan 2013 #8

Given our M$M, that's not necessarily a bad thing. /nt Festivito Jan 2013 #16

Yeah, it kinda is. /nt RudynJack Jan 2013 #17

Going to guess that Hannity and O'Reilly are also pains in the ass...yet...n/t libdem4life Jan 2013 #4

No doubt they are RudynJack Jan 2013 #9

FTR...I love Olberrmann and can't judge what went down...but wonder why the Left libdem4life Jan 2013 #13

I've thought long and hard about RudynJack Jan 2013 #14

Liberals think, question, look ahead,critically think. RW just the opposite...follow the dittoheads libdem4life Jan 2013 #21

$460 million gain is a "loss"? Plus, cable TV sucks and cost way too much. just1voice Jan 2013 #11

Not a loss for Gore. madfloridian Jan 2013 #23

Great write-up. jsr Jan 2013 #12

I think that Al Gore is such a Serious Person he couldn't get it together like Colbert or Stewart. KoKo Jan 2013 #18

I missed that Howard Dean story--got a link? yurbud Jan 2013 #24

Sideways to your OP, but not totally unrelated and worth noting: PETRUS Jan 2013 #19

+1 ...thanks for adding this "Good Read" to this post! KoKo Jan 2013 #20

That makes me wonder... madfloridian Jan 2013 #22

I totaly understood why Al gore would not sell too Glenn Beck AKA Blaze Network.. PrincetonTiger2009 Jan 2013 #25

Al Jezeera has done some very good articles that our media missed. madfloridian Jan 2013 #27

al jazeera on the tv and miller on the radio madrchsod Jan 2013 #26