Media Decoder Blog: Tensions ‘Resolved,’ Olbermann Plans Campaign Coverage on Current
Keith Olbermann, who has been missing from recent campaign coverage on Current TV, said he would begin running the channel's election coverage when he returns from a week's vacation.
Olbermann Announces He Will Be ‘Running’ Current’s New Hampshire Coverage
The enigmatic feud between Countdown host Keith Olbermann and his network, Current TV, has ended, not with a bang, but with a Sunday announcement that the fiery liberal provocateur has agreed to anchor the network's New Hampshire Primary coverage, which was the network's preferred outcome. Still unresolved is the reason for this...
Keith Olbermann Accuses Brian Stelter Of ‘Threatening’ Him On Twitter
The New York Times' Brian Stelter has been at the tip of the spear in covering the mysterious rift between Countdown host Keith Olbermann and Current TV. Yesterday, the website WhatsTrending.com reported "Keith Olbermann And Brian Stelter Duke It Out On Twitter," but what really happened was Olbermann pushed back at...
Media Decoder Blog: Lawyers Intercede in Rift Between Olbermann and Current
Lawyers for Keith Olbermann and Current TV are in conversations over a dispute about whether Mr. Olbermann can and will anchor special election coverage.
Dan Savage Says Rick Santorum ‘Has An Anti-Straight Agenda, Too’
The ascendance of former Sen. Rick Santorum to a near-victory in the Iowa caucuses has Santorum on everyone's lips, wondering how long the candidate can be a factor in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. On Wednesday night's Countdown, activist and columnist Dan Savage reminded Keith Olbermann that Santorum doesn't just have...
Media Decoder Blog: The Breakfast Meeting: Adele Lifts Album Sales, and Tension on the Olbermann Set
In media news, The Village Voice fires its longtime film critic, the rise and rise of Tyler Brule, and why J.R.R. Tolkien never won the Nobel Prize.
Media Decoder Blog: An Election Year Dawns Without Keith Olbermann
Despite being the biggest star on Current TV, Keith Olbermann is not scheduled to anchor the channel's coverage of the Iowa caucus or the New Hampshire primary in January.
Keith Olbermann Unchained: Calls Ted Nugent ‘A**hole’ In Worst Persons Segment
On Monday night's broadcast of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, host Keith Olbermann matched the show's edgy new look with some choice language for Motor City Madman Ted Nugent. Flouting the obviously more=relaxed standard of his new home at Current TV, Olbermann gifted the Nuge with the coveted "Worst Person in the World"...
Media Decoder Blog: The Year in Media | My Channel, Myself
Oprah Winfrey's cable channel, OWN, has had a rocky start. But the idea behind it, that a star can thrive independent of the big networks and cable channels, was embraced by others.
Exclusive: Why Countdown With Keith Olbermann Has Been Broadcasting From A Dark Place
Regular viewers of Current TV's Countdown with Keith Olbermann may have noticed that the progressive newshour has gone dark this week. Early on in Monday's show, technical problems beset the program, and since then, Olbermann has been hosting his show from what appears to be an endless black void. Mediaite has confirmed that Olbermann...
Michael Moore Still Flogging Tinfoil Smear That President Obama Is Behind Occupy Evictions
A few weeks ago, I reported that Michael Moore had gone completely off the deep end in his escalating campaign of anti-Obama wingnuttery, making the fact-free claim that President Obama (whom he endearingly calls "O") had "greenlit" a nationwide crackdown on Occupy Wall Street encampments. Despite widespread ridicule of this delusion,...
Media Decoder Blog: Current TV Adds ‘The War Room’ to Its Lineup
Jennifer Granholm, the former Michigan governor, will begin hosting a progressive prime-time program on Current TV in January.
