*Thanks Mr. rebel superstar, for doing sweet fuck beyond the obligatory Fox news trash talk, while suspending the feeble in your liberal shillary. Which one will they replace you with Maher? Goodman? Goldman? Assange? Sheeeeeeit.


FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST

Final Countdown: Keith Olbermann And MSNBC Announce They Are Parting Ways

Keith Olbermann and MSNBC abruptly announced Friday night that "Countdown" has ended, effective immediately.

Olbermann broke the news to his viewers during his show's final sign-off (full video below). He said that he had been "told" that Friday's show would be his last. MSNBC issued a statement with the news following Friday's episode.The statement read:

MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC's success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.
According to the New York Times, the host came to an agreement with NBC management late this week to step down. Clearly, though, that was a tightly-kept secret within MSNBC. The announcement was so unexpected that the network was still running ads featuring Olbermann an hour after he announced he was leaving.

The sudden nature of the announcement sparked a wave of speculation about the reasons for Olbermann's departure, from his suspension last November to the departure of NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker in the wake of NBC's recent acquisition by Comcast.

NBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said the Comcast merger had nothing to do with the decision. Comcast released a statement early Saturday morning echoing those sentiments. "Comcast has not closed the transaction for NBC Universal and has no operational control at any of its properties, including MSNBC," the statement said. "We pledged from the day the deal was announced that we would not interfere with NBC Universal's news operations. We have not & we will not."

An MSNBC source told the New York Times' Brian Stelter that Olbermann's exit was "all about what he did after the suspension."

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