From NYTimes via MichelleMalkin -- Keith Olbermann, the former top-rated host of “Countdown” on the news channel MSNBC, will announce his next television home on Tuesday, and people familiar with his plans pointed Monday to a possible deal with the public affairs channel Current TV.
Current TV is an obscure cable station that sprung from the fetid eco-swamp that serves as Al Gore's mind. It toils in utter obscurity with about 7 viewers. With Olby hosting a "news" show for an hour each day, the eventual collapse of Current TV will certainly accelerate, sort of the same way that AOL will eventually collapse with Ariana Huffington at the helm of it's news outlet.
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I scrolled through the hundreds of channels on my Comcast guide today to see if we got this. I couldn't find it, although they seem to have everything else I can imagine. It may be that I just don't know what its abbreviation is on the channel guide. Talk about obscure.
I know, I've waded through all 800 or so channels I could get with U-verse but I don't see it anywhere. According to articles I've read today, it loses money hand over fist every quarter. It features stupid viewer-driven programming. It's like an over-funded public access station and that's right where Olby needs to be.
I read today that Olbermann signed a "non-compete" contract to get millions from MSNBC when leaving, but this Algore channel doesn't even qualify as "competition" under the contract. Of course, any viewers he does bring to them will come directly from MSNBC.
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