Keith Olbermann - Hollywood Progressive

Gore Blasts Murdoch

May 23, 2011 By Brent Budowsky 1 Comment

Brent Budowsky: Gore charges that this is an abuse of power triggered by Current TV hiring Keith Olbermann for his long-awaited new show that will begin next month.

Filed Under: Television Tagged With: Abuse Of Power, Al Gore, Cable News, Current Tv, Democratic Discourse, Donald Trump, Endless Parade, Former Vice President, fox news, Gore Blasts, Honest Debate, Italian Government, Keith Olbermann, Love Child, msnbc, News Corp, Punditry, Rupert Murdoch, Sky Italia, Smoking Gun

Al Gore and Keith Olbermann: A Moment of Truth for Cable News

April 28, 2011 By Brent Budowsky 4 Comments

Brent Budowsky: f Joe McCarthy had a reality television show on NBC, I wonder if NBC would have promoted McCarthy then the same way it promotes Donald Trump and his campaign for birthers and bigots now?

Filed Under: The Media Tagged With: Al Gore, american democracy, Bigots, Cnn, Donald Trump, Edward Murrow, Edward R Murrow, Force Fed, Freak Show, Honest Effort, Joe Mccarthy, Keith Olbermann, Megaphone, Moment Of Truth, msnbc, Nobel Peace Prize, Opportunity Of A Lifetime, Reality Television Show, Shills, Speaking Truth To Power

Celebrating Ernie Kovacs

April 20, 2011 By Tom Degan 1 Comment

Tom Degan: Ernie Kovacs was a visionary. He was the first to realize that great art could be created within the nineteen-inch confines of an ugly box with a glass tube.at its center.

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: charlie chaplin, Edie Adams, Edna Purviance, Entertainment Medium, Ernie Kovacs, Exaggeration, Festivities, Fifty Years, Formula For Success, George Schlatter, Giant Video Screen, Heart Breaker, Keith Olbermann, msnbc, Political Discourse, Popular Culture, Regularity, Thic, Train Wreck, Vital Presence

One More Thing About Keith

January 28, 2011 By Michael Sigman Leave a Comment

Michael Sigman: Keith Olbermann’s sudden departure from MSNBC — from the role of a lifetime, with excellent ratings — brings to mind the bizarre exit of a stellar part-time clerk while I was publisher of LA Weekly.

Filed Under: Television Tagged With: Arizona Shootings, Ben Affleck, Chris Matthews, Comcast, Ed Schultz, Keith Olbermann, LA Weekly, Lawrence O'Donnell, Liberal, Media News, msnbc, Progressive, Rachel Maddow, Saturday Night Live, Social Security, stephen colbert, Steve Benen, Washington Monthly

Why Keith Left and Other Television Truths

January 24, 2011 By Michaelangelo Price Leave a Comment

Mike Price: Everybody seems to have a theory about the “real” reason for Keith Olbermann’s sudden departure from MSNBC. Mine, not that anybody asked, is that it had something to do with his insistence upon reading James Thurber to us every Friday at the close of his show.

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Will The Real Keith Please Stand Up?

November 10, 2010 By Michael Sigman 3 Comments

An imaginary Mick Jagger responded in Slate Friday to some nasty stuff in fellow Rolling Stone Keith Richards’ memoir. We’ve just exclusively obtained this entry from Keith’s diary, given to us by someone who would only identify himself as “Deep Tongue.”

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Admiral Nelson, Entertainment News, Google, Itunes, Keith Olbermann, Keith Richards, Lean Forward, Life, Mick Jagger, Rachel Maddow, rolling stones, Slate, Steer Town, Wingless Angels

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