Were you out looking for another gig? As late as December, I could still see a path by which if we re-established certain boundaries, that I could stay longer. It came across like an abrupt firing—there was no announcement ahead of time. It seems you were doing your own soul-searching about that sort of tonal stuff for months.
Did the Jon Stewart critique about the noise from both sides bother you, coming from someone I presume you respect? I always analyze that sort of stuff internally. So for me, that environment requires constant re-examination. Any moments you regret?
Scott Brown. I did two commentaries right around the election in which I described him as a homophobe, a racist. Did you ever intentionally make a defiant gesture toward the network, just because you knew it would bother them?
No, no, not at all. My conduct on the air, never. Are you still close with her? I was normally in her office or she in mine, four out of five days, just to throw the crap around.
Several times I talked her out of storming out of the place, and several times she talked me out of storming out. You think they thought that? My manager and I had long discussed the prospects of going somewhere else. Keith, this is Al Gore. How soon was it that he contacted you?
Saturday, the day after my last show. You broke the news of your departure on the show that Friday. At what point did you know that would be your last day? I was pretty sure that was the last day at the start of that day. There was a lot of emotion and a lot of regret. What were your initial discussions with Al Gore like when he called? Can you afford to do it? It was that quick. I slept on it overnight, and we started going with it on Sunday. Everything since then has been like that.
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Olbermann complained that he was being punished for mistakenly violating an inconsistently applied rule that he had known nothing about. Olbermann, before leaving the show with a final signature toss of his script toward the camera, thanked his audience for sticking with him and read a James Thurber poem. Olbermann's prime-time show is the network's top-rated.
His evolution from a humorous look at the day's headlines into a pointedly liberal show in the last half of George W. But Olbermann was known for a mercurial personality behind the scenes and he was almost fired last year for the political donations. The last broadcast of Countdown with Keith Olbermann will be this evening. But a spokesman did say that the acquistion of NBC Universal by cable and telecoms giant Comcast , which received regulatory approval this week, had nothing to do with the decision.
As speculation swirled about the timing, Comcast later put out a statement denying any connection:. We pledged from the day the deal was announced that we would not interfere with NBCU's news operations. We have not and we will not.
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