# Bye bye Olberman **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2012, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365 "2012-03-31T09:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/1 "2012-03-31T09:02:12Z")
Well, it looks like that self righteous prick has been ousted again. And this time, to add insult to injury, he is being replaced by - are you ready for this? - Elliot fucking Spitzer!!! Bwaaaahaahaaa! Wonder how that makes him feel. To be rejected in favor of a scumbag cockhound like Spitzer. I never could stand that pompous ass even when I agreed with him. So I’ll just say so long asshole. Hope to never see you again. And just for shits and giggles I think I’ll have another laugh at your expense: Bwaaaaaaahaaaahaaaa! AMF! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/2 "2012-03-31T12:11:35Z")
He should get a job at Fox News. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/3 "2012-03-31T13:10:28Z")
nice write-up > **[Keith Olbermann’s Firing at Current TV Could Be his Ruin or his...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keith-olbermanns-firing-at-current-tv-could-be-his-ruin-or-his-salvationkeith-olbermanns-firing-at-current-tv-could-be-his-ruin-or-his-salvation)** > > Keith Olbermann’s firing at Current TV could help the network and its former star, or cripple both, writes Rebecca Dana. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/4 "2012-03-31T14:17:34Z")
I used to be amused by his Bush rants, but the guy’s shtick palls very quickly. Sounds like his current gig is barely watched, so it’s not like many will mourn his passing. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/5 "2012-03-31T15:03:25Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > He should get a job at Fox News. I would actually watch that. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/6 "2012-03-31T15:52:14Z")
I just got FIOS. And there’s Current TV. So I figure go ahead and look at what that fool is doing these days. And there’s DickBrain hosting the show. Probably would have been the only time I tuned to that channel anyway. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/7 "2012-03-31T16:15:58Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I would actually watch that. Me, too. That would be hilarious. Watching him trying to lay into Fox without laying into Fox. His big head just might explode. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/8 "2012-03-31T16:22:22Z")
I only watch things off the intarwebz, and Current TV isn’t popular enough to have an online source, so I’ve seen all of two episodes of the new Countdown. It was as good as the previous show, aside from the bargain-basement production values and their shitty flag station ID. Olbermann is a polemic, not a reporter, and he’s very good at that. And he’s certainly orders of magnitude more honest than anyone on FOX News, but I see why some might dislike him. That said, at some point being hard to work with will bite you. I wonder what his next step is. Glenn Beck-style internet presence? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/9 "2012-03-31T17:10:56Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > AMF! 😛 Don’t they make bowling equipment? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/10 "2012-03-31T17:16:15Z")
I don’t much like him, as one egotistic asshole generally does not like another. And he holds his public persona dearly, as it is likely pretty much the only life he has. But he put that on the line to speak the truth when the rest of them were hemming and hawing and trying to be non-committal. He spoke truth to power, and that’s balls. Give him the credit he is due. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/11 "2012-03-31T18:39:21Z")
He probably should have stuck to sports. He knows his shit there. But this is what, the third, fourth time he’s been fired? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/12 "2012-03-31T19:11:20Z")
I thought _I_ got fired a lot. This guy takes the cake. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/13 "2012-03-31T19:42:51Z")
He’s a narcissistic, raging, arrogant type-A asshole. the world could do with fewer people like him. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/14 "2012-03-31T20:57:42Z")
I didn’t even know Al Gore _had_ a TV channel. > [@Lobohan](#): > > I only watch things off the intarwebz, and Current TV isn’t popular enough to have an online source, so I’ve seen all of two episodes of the new Countdown. It was as good as the previous show, aside from the bargain-basement production values and their shitty flag station ID. …but enough about MSNBC. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/15 "2012-03-31T21:01:11Z")
I only caught his show once on Current, but used to watch it semi-regularly on MSNBC. I couldn’t tolerate the fact that he was wearing a turtle-neck, and the background was just black… no ticker that I remember… it was a joke. Is all of current tv like that? They really hope to be like FOX, MSNBC or CNN??? It was like watching my old university channel, honestly. They need to get on the ball. If Keith was irascible over the fact that they needed to invest more in technology and making the network flashier, he was justified. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/16 "2012-03-31T21:04:45Z")
Wait - you _like_ the ticker? _Why?_ ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/17 "2012-03-31T22:30:16Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I didn’t even know Al Gore _had_ a TV channel. > > …but enough about MSNBC. Hey MSNBC has nearly FOX level production values. The channel identification bumps are first rate. And they got new sets last year! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/18 "2012-03-31T22:46:29Z")
They’re making enough money to shave Ed Schultz, I admit. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/19 "2012-03-31T22:47:11Z")
Every two hours, it adds up. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365/20 "2012-03-31T22:56:14Z")
I’m pretty sure Ed Schultz shaves with bees in a clam. Actually, [here is a pic](http://www.etsy.com/storque/media/bunker/2010/09/Fred_shaving.jpg). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365.md?page=2)