Posted in Keith Olbermann, tagged James Murdoch, News International, Phone Hacking Scandal on July 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »
BBC, 22 July 2011
Evidence on phone hacking given to MPs by News International chairman James Murdoch has been called into question by two former executives at the firm.
He told the media committee on Tuesday he had not been “aware” of an email suggesting the practice went wider than a “rogue” News of the World reporter.
But ex-NoW editor Colin Myler and ex-NI legal manager Tom Crone have now said they “did inform” him of the email.
Mr Murdoch later said he “stands by his testimony”.
Posted in Keith Olbermann, rupert murdoch, tagged FBI, Jude Law, Phone Hacking Scandal on July 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »
BBC, 22 July, 2011
The FBI plans to contact the actor Jude Law following claims that his mobile phone was hacked during a visit to the US, officials have told the BBC.
It is alleged that a 2003 story by the News of the World newspaper was based on information from Law’s voicemail.
If the accusation were true, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation could face charges in the US.
The FBI is already investigating claims the Sunday tabloid tried to hack the phones of victims of the 9/11 attacks.
It was alleged in a lawsuit filed by Law last week that his phone and that of his personal assistant, Ben Jackson, had been hacked by the News of the World while the pair were at New York’s John F Kennedy Airport.
Posted in Al Gore, Current TV, Keith Olbermann, tagged Al Gore, Current TV, Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann Current TV on February 9, 2011| 1 Comment »
Less than 24 hours after Keith Olbermann anchored his last edition of Countdown on Jan. 21, Al Gore placed a call to his friend inviting him to join Current TV.
“We’ve been friends for a while,” Gore told The Hollywood Reporter during a press breakfast in New York on Wednesday.
A contract was quickly hammered out. But it was Gore who convinced Olbermann to join the network, say sources. The former vice president and co-founder of Current was a fan of Countdown where he had also been a guest in the past. RELATED: Tim Goodman’s analysis of the move.
Olbermann’s Current show will likely premiere in late May, when the non-compete clause in his exit agreement with NBC Universal will have reached its conclusion.
Sources tell THR that that agreement also stipulates that Olbermann cannot work for any network considered a competitor.
“He had no choice but to go to a place like Current because his non-compete excluded just about every other place,” said an MSNBC insider.
Current averaged 18,000 homes in primetime for fourth quarter 2010, lower than any other network measured by Nielsen.
Posted in Al Gore, Keith Olbermann, Olbermann, tagged Current TV, Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann Current TV, Keith Olbermann New Gig, Keith Olbermann Twitter, New York Times, Olbermann, Vice President Al Gore on February 8, 2011| 3 Comments »
Raw Story- By Sahil Kapur
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 — 9:26 am
WASHINGTON – Liberal former MSNBC star Keith Olbermann is reportedly taking his talents to Current TV, the channel led by former Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt.
The New York Times scooped in a story published Monday night that people “familiar with his plans pointed to a possible deal with the public affairs channel Current TV.”
Olbermann’s spokespersons and Current TV executives declined to comment to the Times but didn’t deny that a deal was pending. One source told the paper that Olbermann would have equity stake in Current TV.
Olbermann’s public relations firm said in a press release he would make the announcement regarding his next move on Tuesday in a private news conference.
Posted in Keith Olbermann, Olbermann, tagged Comcast, conflict, Gabrielle Giffords, grijalva, Jack Conway, Joe Scarborough, Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann Donations, Keith Olbermann Suspended, Keith Olbermann's suspension, Msnbc, Olbermann, Phil Griffin, political campaign, Prediction, Raul Grijalva on November 5, 2010| 3 Comments »
There is a double standard at work with regard to Keith Olbermann’s suspension, not only between other personalities appearing on MSNBC as commentators, but also at the very top level of the food chain.
Comcast now owns is about MSNBC after their acquisition was completed earlier this year is approved (and it will be, I’m sure), despite protestations from many of us. A look at campaign finance disclosures for several organizations shows that Phil Anschutz, chairman of Comcast major shareholder and content partner with Comcast, donated large sums of money to the First Amendment Alliance, one of the largest outside groups targeting Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections.
The Anschutz Corporation, wholly owned by Phil Anschutz, gave $50,000 on 9/24/2010 to the First Amendment Alliance. The two candidates targeted by the First Amendment Alliance? Jack Conway and Michael Bennet.
Keith Olbermann gave to Jack Conway’s campaign along with Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords.
In addition, the Anschutz family donated $169,900 to Republican candidates and committees during the 2010 election cycle, according to Open Secrets.
Additionally, Comcast Corporation has contributed $125,000 to the Republican Governors’ Association in the 2010 cycle (as of 9/30/2010).
There’s been a lot of chatter about MSNBC policy, and whether Olbermann should have gotten advance approval for his donations to Jack Conway, Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords on October 28th. The policy I’ve seen reads like this:
NBC and MSNBC TV require permission of the president of NBC News. (MSNBC.com is a joint venture of NBC Universal and Microsoft.)
“Anyone working for NBC News who takes part in civic or other outside activities may find that these activities jeopardize his or her standing as an impartial journalist because they may create the appearance of a conflict of interest. Such activities may include participation in or contributions to political campaigns or groups that espouse controversial positions. You should report any such potential conflicts in advance to, and obtain prior approval of, the President of NBC News or his designee.“
That language clearly says “should” and not “must”. Further, anyone who thinks Keith Olbermann is an impartial journalist should have their head examined. He’s not, never has been, never will be, and is not presented as one.
But it leaves this question lingering for me: How is it that the parent corporation of NBC and chairman of that corporation, Pat Buchanan and Joe Scarborough are accorded First Amendment rights to political speech and Keith Olbermann is not?
Posted in Fox News, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, tagged Fox News, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Lincoln Memorial, Glenn Beck Rally, Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally, Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann Glenn Beck, Msnbc on August 26, 2010| 1 Comment »
Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson Posted: 08-26-10 12:02 PM
Keith Olbermann claimed he was worried about Glenn Beck’s sanity after Beck said that he wanted to let “the spirit” speak through him at his “Restoring Honor” rally at the Lincoln Memorial this Saturday.
On Wednesday’s “Countdown,” Olbermann mocked Beck’s assertion that the rally will be an apolitical call to restore American values and to honor the armed forces, noting that Sarah Palin and conservative blogger Erick Erickson will both be speaking. He then played a clip of Beck on his radio show, talking about the speech he was planning for the rally:
BECK: I’m only writing a few bullet points. And I am doing that so I don’t get in the way of the spirit, in case he wants to talk…if you would just pray that I would be able to hear because sometimes–sometimes he’s screaming at me and I still can’t hear it.
“All right, he thinks someone–we assume–he said the spirit. We’re assuming it’s the almighty screaming at him,” Olbermann said to Think Progress editor Faiz Shakir. “Is he OK?”
“No, of course not,” Shakir responded. “The guy is insane.”
Posted in Haiti, Haiti earthquake, Keith Olbermann, Pat Robertson, Rush Limbaugh, tagged Haiti, Haiti earthquake, Keith Olbermann, Pat Robertson, Rush Limbaugh on January 15, 2010| 2 Comments »
Posted in Fox News, Keith Olbermann, Olbermann, President Obama, Rachel Maddow, tagged Barack Obama, Fox, George W. Bush, Keith Olbermann, Msnbc, Obama, Olbermann, President Obama, Rachel Maddow on October 27, 2009| 2 Comments »
Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann Slam Fox News Propaganda About Their Meeting with Obama
AlterNet. Posted October 27, 2009.
The commentators point out that liberals could not get an invitation to meet with President Bush to save their lives, while Obama meets with liberals and conservatives.
Recently Fox news commentators pointed to a meeting between President Obama and liberal commentators including Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann as evidence that the President has a special — and unfair — relationship with left-leaning media. In the segment below, Maddow and Olbermann hit back, pointing to out that unlike Bush, who invited only conservative media stars to the White House, Obama has met with both liberals and conservatives. Transcript below:
RACHEL MADDOW: Since Mr. Olbermann and I have been brought into this story by FOX News in this national story of White House versus FOX News, FOX News has decided to bring us into it, let‘s set the record straight here on what‘s being alleged and how the presidential — how various presidential administrations handle the media.
I have been in national talk radio since 2004. And during the Bush administration, I tried many times to get myself invitations to the White House when they held White House availabilities for administration staff or even meetings with the president for talk radio hosts. And although these meetings were billed as talk radio meetings, just talk radio meetings, they were always, in practice, during the Bush administration, exclusively for right-wing talk radio hosts. So, I could never get an invitation, much to my chagrin.
Posted in health care, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Keith Olbermann, tagged Countdown, health care, Healthcare, Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann Special Comment, Keith Olbermann Special Comment Health Care Reform on October 6, 2009| 1 Comment »
First Posted: 10- 6-09 12:21 PM | Updated: 10- 6-09 12:29 PM
Keith Olbermann will deliver an hour-long “Special Comment” on health care Wednesday night, MSNBC announced Tuesday.
Wednesday’s “Countdown” will be devoted entirely to “Health Care Reform: The Fight Against Death.” According to a network release, it will focus on “the need for and meaning of health care reform in the United States” and Olbermann will “propose group action by patients, and how patients can reclaim the debate over health care reform.”
Olbermann has, thus far, delivered two “Special Comments” related to health care reform: one, on August 3, slamming members of congress for being in the pocket of the health care lobby; and another on August 10, calling Sarah Palin’s “death panel” claims “dangerously irresponsible.”
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Keith Olbermann: Special Comment On Health Care- 10/7/09 (VIDEO)
Posted in health care, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Keith Olbermann, Video, tagged Countdown, health care, Health Care Reform, Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann Health Care Video, Keith Olbermann Special Comment, Keith Olbermann Special Comment Health Care Reform, Keith Olbermann Special Comment Video, Keith Olbermann Video, Video on October 8, 2009| 1 Comment »
Keith Olbermann Delivers Hour-Long “Special Comment” On Health Care (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
First Posted: 10- 6-09 12:21 PM | Updated: 10- 7-09 09:45 PM
***UPDATED 10/7 9:40PM*** Keith Olbermann delivered an hour-long “Special Comment” tonight on the urgent need for health care reform. Drawing on his personal experiences with the system, especially the ordeal of his father falling gravely ill and being hospitalized, Olbermann describes a decaying system that is failing to fulfill one of the most important priorities we have as a nation: taking care of our citizens.
Olbermann particularly targets the insurance companies, illustrating how their business models are more focused on making money than helping people, which leads to very perverse incentives. The insurance companies are concerned about profit, which is why they’re fighting against health reform. Olbermann concludes, “The insurance companies are at war with America.”
At the end of the show, Olbermann states that he is going to demonstrate his support for reform by donating money to help the establishment of free clinics in the capital cities of each of the states of the six senators who are blocking reform. He will offer further information on how other can participate.
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