Olbermann out at MSNBC

tonight's show was his last
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/keith-olbermann-out-at-msnbc_b49553

At 10 PM, Anderson Cooper is going to reveal whether or not Olbermann was fired.

Olberman's show was MSNBC's top-rated show, the ONLY MSNBC show to break past the million-viewer barrier. For them to let him go means something really bad must have gone down.

CABLE NEWS RACE
THURS. JAN. 20, 2011

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,918,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,079,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 1,940,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,786,000
FOXNEWS BECK 1,780,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,460,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,106,000
CNN PIERS 1,025,000
MSNBC MADDOW 976,000
MSNBC O'DONNELL 855,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 760,000
CNN COOPER 740,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 700,000

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People are immediately going to invoke Phil Donahue getting the same treatment despite the ratings. Despite not being a real KO fan, I am pretty shocked with this move by MSNBC.

Eh, it's hard for me to get worked up about this in the same way I can't quite believe that some people get their hearts broken when multi-million dollar earning athletes "lose" in their respective playoffs. I guess it's sad, or whatever, but that's showbiz and everybody gets paid. It's not like when real people lose their jobs.

I'm pretty sure the moral of the story is pretty simple, and one that workers learn over and over again: you can't get involved in public genitalia size contests with your boss without eventually losing your job.

I'll feel worse when pictures of Keith at a homeless shelter or a soup kitchen appear on TMZ.

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