Have we (as we speculated last week) finally seen the last of Tucker Carlson's bow tie and annoyingly conservative ideals? Possibly, but MSNBC is keeping things ambiguous for now.

Rumors have been flying recently that Tucker Carlson could soon be on the way out at MSNBC. In a report that aired this morning on NPR, Phil Griffin, a senior vice president at the cable network, described Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as part of the MSNBC "brand". Asked whether Mr. Carlson was also part of that brand, Mr. Griffin replied: "He is right now."

That is, assuming MSNBC's definition of "ambiguous" roughly translates to "You have until the end of the day to clear out your things."