No one tells the great Keith Olbermann what to do — not even his boss!
The liberal gasbag demanded that he answer to no one at Current TV — whose founders eventually fired him — to the point that the president of the network couldn’t get even “one word” in with Olbermann, insiders told The Post.
Instead, Current TV President David Bohrman had to go through the star’s manager, Michael Price — who said Olbermann should be referred to as a “ ‘performer,’ not a news anchor or reporter,” a network insider said.
“Keith Olbermann wouldn’t talk to anyone,” a Current TV insider said.
He routinely refused to get on
conference calls with Bohrman, sources at the network said.
But the final straw came in a series of tense e-mails — obtained by The Post — between Olbermann’s manager and Bohrman when the “Countdown” anchor threatened to take off the day before the all-important Super Tuesday primaries on March 6.
Price was so adamant about getting his boss his precious vacation day that Bohrman was reduced to begging.
“The night before Super Tuesday is a BIG night for us . . . I would hate to have our main anchor off on such a night. Can we slip this please?” Bohrman pleaded.
Price then nagged the former CNN executive, asking him why it was so important for an anchor with a $50 million contract to broadcast during a major political event.
“Please indicate, with specificity, why Keith is essential to that day,” Price taunted Bohrman.
In the end, Olbermann did not go on the air that night.
The infamous blowhard also creatively complained about his $250,000 set — which he had a hand in designing.
Olbermann even staged a “silent protest” against Bohrman during one show — placing a lit candle on his set on a night when there were lighting issues.
Current TV CEO Joel Hyatt slammed Olbermann in an e-mail to the staff yesterday for his Twitter rants against the network, founded by Al Gore.
“We will be happy to engage on the law and the facts in the appropriate forum,” Hyatt wrote. “Twitter is not that forum. And we will leave it to others to pound the table.”
Olbermann is scheduled to appear on “Late Show with David Letterman” tonight.
“Ok friends and enemies, batting practice is over. See you on @Late_Show tomorrow,” he tweeted.
Olbermann has threatened to sue the network over his firing. His manager denied that Olbermann and Bohrman never spoke.
No one tells the great Keith Olbermann what to do — not even his boss!
The liberal gasbag demanded that he answer to no one at Current TV — whose founders eventually fired him — to the point that the president of the network couldn’t get even “one word” in with Olbermann, insiders told The Post.
Instead, Current TV President David Bohrman had to go through the star’s manager, Michael Price — who said Olbermann should be referred to as a “ ‘performer,’ not a news anchor or reporter,” a network insider said.
“Keith Olbermann wouldn’t talk to anyone,” a Current TV insider said.
He routinely refused to get on
conference calls with Bohrman, sources at the network said.
But the final straw came in a series of tense e-mails — obtained by The Post — between Olbermann’s manager and Bohrman when the “Countdown” anchor threatened to take off the day before the all-important Super Tuesday primaries on March 6.
Price was so adamant about getting his boss his precious vacation day that Bohrman was reduced to begging.
“The night before Super Tuesday is a BIG night for us . . . I would hate to have our main anchor off on such a night. Can we slip this please?” Bohrman pleaded.
Price then nagged the former CNN executive, asking him why it was so important for an anchor with a $50 million contract to broadcast during a major political event.
“Please indicate, with specificity, why Keith is essential to that day,” Price taunted Bohrman.
In the end, Olbermann did not go on the air that night.
The infamous blowhard also creatively complained about his $250,000 set — which he had a hand in designing.
Olbermann even staged a “silent protest” against Bohrman during one show — placing a lit candle on his set on a night when there were lighting issues.
Current TV CEO Joel Hyatt slammed Olbermann in an e-mail to the staff yesterday for his Twitter rants against the network, founded by Al Gore.
“We will be happy to engage on the law and the facts in the appropriate forum,” Hyatt wrote. “Twitter is not that forum. And we will leave it to others to pound the table.”
Olbermann is scheduled to appear on “Late Show with David Letterman” tonight.
“Ok friends and enemies, batting practice is over. See you on @Late_Show tomorrow,” he tweeted.
Olbermann has threatened to sue the network over his firing. His manager denied that Olbermann and Bohrman never spoke.
No one tells the great Keith Olbermann what to do — not even his boss!
The liberal gasbag demanded that he answer to no one at Current TV — whose founders eventually fired him — to the point that the president of the network couldn’t get even “one word” in with Olbermann, insiders told The Post.
Instead, Current TV President David Bohrman had to go through the star’s manager, Michael Price — who said Olbermann should be referred to as a “ ‘performer,’ not a news anchor or reporter,” a network insider said.
“Keith Olbermann wouldn’t talk to anyone,” a Current TV insider said.
He routinely refused to get on
conference calls with Bohrman, sources at the network said.
But the final straw came in a series of tense e-mails — obtained by The Post — between Olbermann’s manager and Bohrman when the “Countdown” anchor threatened to take off the day before the all-important Super Tuesday primaries on March 6.
Price was so adamant about getting his boss his precious vacation day that Bohrman was reduced to begging.
“The night before Super Tuesday is a BIG night for us . . . I would hate to have our main anchor off on such a night. Can we slip this please?” Bohrman pleaded.
Price then nagged the former CNN executive, asking him why it was so important for an anchor with a $50 million contract to broadcast during a major political event.
“Please indicate, with specificity, why Keith is essential to that day,” Price taunted Bohrman.
In the end, Olbermann did not go on the air that night.
The infamous blowhard also creatively complained about his $250,000 set — which he had a hand in designing.
Olbermann even staged a “silent protest” against Bohrman during one show — placing a lit candle on his set on a night when there were lighting issues.
Current TV CEO Joel Hyatt slammed Olbermann in an e-mail to the staff yesterday for his Twitter rants against the network, founded by Al Gore.
“We will be happy to engage on the law and the facts in the appropriate forum,” Hyatt wrote. “Twitter is not that forum. And we will leave it to others to pound the table.”
Olbermann is scheduled to appear on “Late Show with David Letterman” tonight.
“Ok friends and enemies, batting practice is over. See you on @Late_Show tomorrow,” he tweeted.
Olbermann has threatened to sue the network over his firing. His manager denied that Olbermann and Bohrman never spoke.
i heard he also flipped out because his limo drivers always smelled bad or something.
And one of them dared to consider himself worthy of speaking to him during the drive! No wonder he wanted to change services. Olberman may be an arrogant, pompous blowhard who's impossible to work with but at least he's . . . sorry, I couldn't think of a positive trait to end with.
how is being a loudmouth, blowhard, and a prick to his co-workers being fraudulent?
olberman has been right about a lot of things over the years. i admire his passion, but his delivery is annoying and sanctimonious more often than not... he was rightfully canned in this situation.
olberman will be back and because he is unable to work for others he will probably start his own website like huffington and breitbart did.
interesting that none of you laughed and mocked glen beck when he was dismissed from fox...because those two men are different sides of the same coin....
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
how is being a loudmouth, blowhard, and a prick to his co-workers being fraudulent?
olberman has been right about a lot of things over the years. i admire his passion, but his delivery is annoying and sanctimonious more often than not... he was rightfully canned in this situation.
olberman will be back and because he is unable to work for others he will probably start his own website like huffington and breitbart did.
interesting that none of you laughed and mocked glen beck when he was dismissed from fox...because those two men are different sides of the same coin....
While they are unquestionably the same two men on different sides of the coin, they left their respective stations under completely different circumstances.
how is being a loudmouth, blowhard, and a prick to his co-workers being fraudulent?
olberman has been right about a lot of things over the years. i admire his passion, but his delivery is annoying and sanctimonious more often than not... he was rightfully canned in this situation.
olberman will be back and because he is unable to work for others he will probably start his own website like huffington and breitbart did.
interesting that none of you laughed and mocked glen beck when he was dismissed from fox...because those two men are different sides of the same coin....
how is being a loudmouth, blowhard, and a prick to his co-workers being fraudulent?
olberman has been right about a lot of things over the years. i admire his passion, but his delivery is annoying and sanctimonious more often than not... he was rightfully canned in this situation.
olberman will be back and because he is unable to work for others he will probably start his own website like huffington and breitbart did.
interesting that none of you laughed and mocked glen beck when he was dismissed from fox...because those two men are different sides of the same coin....
nobody laughed and mocked glen beck?
do a search for his name in the amt.
the people mocking olbermann in this thread said nothing about beck...especially not in the tone they used in this thread....i suggest you do a search for his name..
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
I thought we'd established the relevant difference between the Becks/Hannitys and the Olbermans of the world -- the former are purported as talking head opinionators and the latter as a journalist.
Granted, not all viewers are aware of or understand the difference, but it's still relevant.
how is being a loudmouth, blowhard, and a prick to his co-workers being fraudulent?
olberman has been right about a lot of things over the years. i admire his passion, but his delivery is annoying and sanctimonious more often than not... he was rightfully canned in this situation.
olberman will be back and because he is unable to work for others he will probably start his own website like huffington and breitbart did.
interesting that none of you laughed and mocked glen beck when he was dismissed from fox...because those two men are different sides of the same coin....
Fraud in the sense that he preaches complete liberal bs, then turns around and finds himself entitled bc of his money. That's the definition of a fraud. You should be appalled.
Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
Fraud in the sense that he preaches complete liberal bs, then turns around and finds himself entitled bc of his money. That's the definition of a fraud. You should be appalled.
i agree with everything you said here. it is well documented that he is an entitled prick yet plays the caring liberal firebrand on tv...same schtick he had been doing for years.
money changes people. always has, always will.
look at ed schultz...he used to be on conservative radio, but he found he could not compete with rush and co so he completely changed his politics and he is making a ton of money now on satellite radio and msnbc.
my general rule of thumb is "nobody is who they portray themselves to be in the media"... they are all self serving, rich, entitled jerks...
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Fraud in the sense that he preaches complete liberal bs, then turns around and finds himself entitled bc of his money. That's the definition of a fraud. You should be appalled.
i agree with everything you said here. it is well documented that he is an entitled prick yet plays the caring liberal firebrand on tv...same schtick he had been doing for years.
money changes people. always has, always will.
look at ed schultz...he used to be on conservative radio, but he found he could not compete with rush and co so he completely changed his politics and he is making a ton of money now on satellite radio and msnbc.
my general rule of thumb is "nobody is who they portray themselves to be in the media"... they are all self serving, rich, entitled jerks...
Agreed (we should mark this down ). A great former coworker who I respect immensely once said - people suck and when it comes to money, people suck more. Always stuck with me and unfortunately proves itself time and again. To be honest, that's kind of why I like this place. I feel like we suck a little less than the average folk. :?
Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
I thought we'd established the relevant difference between the Becks/Hannitys and the Olbermans of the world -- the former are purported as talking head opinionators and the latter as a journalist.
Granted, not all viewers are aware of or understand the difference, but it's still relevant.
olberman is the definition of the former...just on the other end of the spectrum. in no way, shape, or form is he considered a journalist.
Maybe he can get a job at GBTV ... I'm kinda being serious. Have the two square off at the same time. Why corner part of the market when you can have it all?
Liberal bloviator Keith Olbermann spent his last days at Current TV driving colleagues nuts with rants about “smelly’’ drivers who had the audacity to talk to him, according to startling e-mails obtained by The Post.
“The problem is with him . . . the man who professes to be for the 99% doesn’t want any of the 99% talking to him or being near him,” an accounting executive complained in one of the missives.
Meanwhile, Olbermann appeared last night on “Late Show with David Letterman,” where he bizarrely compared himself to a “$10 million chandelier’’ and suggested Al Gore’s network was not up to his standards.
“It’s my fault that it didn’t succeed, in the sense that I didn’t think the whole thing through,’’ he said.
“I didn’t say, ‘You know, if you buy a $10 million chandelier, you should have a house to put it in. Just walking around with a $10 million chandelier isn’t going to do anybody a lot of good.”
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02857.html
http://gawker.com/5694536/msnbc-suspend ... e=true&s=i
I bet when he is VP he's going to dole out some major vengeance...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ns/ ... /#40205221
i'm assuming that was keith olbermann trying to defend himself in response to the spot-on koppel article?
horrendous.
did you watch?
...had a feeling this would happen.
great news.
awful news
The liberal gasbag demanded that he answer to no one at Current TV — whose founders eventually fired him — to the point that the president of the network couldn’t get even “one word” in with Olbermann, insiders told The Post.
Instead, Current TV President David Bohrman had to go through the star’s manager, Michael Price — who said Olbermann should be referred to as a “ ‘performer,’ not a news anchor or reporter,” a network insider said.
“Keith Olbermann wouldn’t talk to anyone,” a Current TV insider said.
He routinely refused to get on
conference calls with Bohrman, sources at the network said.
But the final straw came in a series of tense e-mails — obtained by The Post — between Olbermann’s manager and Bohrman when the “Countdown” anchor threatened to take off the day before the all-important Super Tuesday primaries on March 6.
Price was so adamant about getting his boss his precious vacation day that Bohrman was reduced to begging.
“The night before Super Tuesday is a BIG night for us . . . I would hate to have our main anchor off on such a night. Can we slip this please?” Bohrman pleaded.
Price then nagged the former CNN executive, asking him why it was so important for an anchor with a $50 million contract to broadcast during a major political event.
“Please indicate, with specificity, why Keith is essential to that day,” Price taunted Bohrman.
In the end, Olbermann did not go on the air that night.
The infamous blowhard also creatively complained about his $250,000 set — which he had a hand in designing.
Olbermann even staged a “silent protest” against Bohrman during one show — placing a lit candle on his set on a night when there were lighting issues.
Current TV CEO Joel Hyatt slammed Olbermann in an e-mail to the staff yesterday for his Twitter rants against the network, founded by Al Gore.
“We will be happy to engage on the law and the facts in the appropriate forum,” Hyatt wrote. “Twitter is not that forum. And we will leave it to others to pound the table.”
Olbermann is scheduled to appear on “Late Show with David Letterman” tonight.
“Ok friends and enemies, batting practice is over. See you on @Late_Show tomorrow,” he tweeted.
Olbermann has threatened to sue the network over his firing. His manager denied that Olbermann and Bohrman never spoke.
http://m.nypost.com/f/mobile/news/local ... KbqTOCG9cP
Sounds like a great guy
i heard he also flipped out because his limo drivers always smelled bad or something.
And one of them dared to consider himself worthy of speaking to him during the drive! No wonder he wanted to change services. Olberman may be an arrogant, pompous blowhard who's impossible to work with but at least he's . . . sorry, I couldn't think of a positive trait to end with.
olberman has been right about a lot of things over the years. i admire his passion, but his delivery is annoying and sanctimonious more often than not... he was rightfully canned in this situation.
olberman will be back and because he is unable to work for others he will probably start his own website like huffington and breitbart did.
interesting that none of you laughed and mocked glen beck when he was dismissed from fox...because those two men are different sides of the same coin....
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
While they are unquestionably the same two men on different sides of the coin, they left their respective stations under completely different circumstances.
nobody laughed and mocked glen beck?
do a search for his name in the amt.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Granted, not all viewers are aware of or understand the difference, but it's still relevant.
Fraud in the sense that he preaches complete liberal bs, then turns around and finds himself entitled bc of his money. That's the definition of a fraud. You should be appalled.
money changes people. always has, always will.
look at ed schultz...he used to be on conservative radio, but he found he could not compete with rush and co so he completely changed his politics and he is making a ton of money now on satellite radio and msnbc.
my general rule of thumb is "nobody is who they portray themselves to be in the media"... they are all self serving, rich, entitled jerks...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Agreed (we should mark this down
olberman is the definition of the former...just on the other end of the spectrum. in no way, shape, or form is he considered a journalist.
“The problem is with him . . . the man who professes to be for the 99% doesn’t want any of the 99% talking to him or being near him,” an accounting executive complained in one of the missives.
Meanwhile, Olbermann appeared last night on “Late Show with David Letterman,” where he bizarrely compared himself to a “$10 million chandelier’’ and suggested Al Gore’s network was not up to his standards.
“It’s my fault that it didn’t succeed, in the sense that I didn’t think the whole thing through,’’ he said.
“I didn’t say, ‘You know, if you buy a $10 million chandelier, you should have a house to put it in. Just walking around with a $10 million chandelier isn’t going to do anybody a lot of good.”
http://m.nypost.com/p/news/local/keith_ ... uK5VBqWi8N
Ha.. Ha hahaha