Keith Olbermann Gets A Re-Up for Being the Smarmiest Guy on Television
Take that, objective journalism!
 


Keith Olbermann, the bane poster child of MSNBC, got an extension on his contract that previously got him to 2011, but now will include the 2012 election cycle.

Which just goes to prove that Phil Griffin wasn't as mad as everyone thought he was about the on-air clash between Keith and Chris Matthews during the DNC. Although it made for great gossip that Keith and Chris were getting reprimanded by the station by having their roles in MSNBC coverage reduced to pundits (which they are), instead of anchors (which they are not), it was essentially an empty threat since both the men ended up "hosting" the broadcast on election night while David Gregory "anchored."

So if we learned anything from the whole MSNBC feud, it's that diva behavior pays off, and pays off handsomely.

Update: Olbermann visited The View today and talked about how he doesn't vote because he wants to remain objective. Yeaaaaah right.

Update 2: Keith's salary is in the range of $7.5 million a year, which is 25% less than Bill O'Reilly makes.

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No. 1 · HippiesSmell

Keith Olbergoebbles will be probably be made president of MSNBC when it changes its name to American Pravda.

Posted: Nov 10, 2008 at 3:14 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 2 · ICDogg

The "punishment" was a sham, it was staged all the way, so NBC could get Brokaw as host for one of the debates.

Congrats to Olbermann, he deserves the extension.

Posted: Nov 10, 2008 at 4:36 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 3 · MyHonorStudentBeatUpFrance

Che Olbermann needs deserves a padded cell.

Posted: Nov 10, 2008 at 7:15 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 4 · just me

I LOVE Keith!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Nov 10, 2008 at 9:22 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 5 · Toohot

Why don't you assholes go back over to Olbermannwatch

Posted: Nov 14, 2008 at 4:25 am · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 6 · Ross

Olbermann rocks!

Posted: Nov 24, 2008 at 6:28 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
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