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1. May 19, 2011 12:29 PM

   Counting Down to Countdown on Letterman

   By Joel Meares

   Keith Olbermann sat down with David Letterman last night to talk MSNBC, 2012, and his new venture, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, on Al Gore’s Current TV, which will start airing June 20. Here’s a clip of the Letterman interview courtesy of CBS. Olbermann was his usual pompous, charming, and sharp self, and didn’t let too much slip in terms of...

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2. June 21, 2011 12:58 PM

   He’s Back

   Olbermann and Countdown back on Current TV

   By Joel Meares

   It’s probably unwise to make any big calls on Keith Olbermann’s return to the big chair last night on Al Gore’s Current TV. Television programs, particularly live ones, are like restaurants: they take time to settle and find their groove. Even Broadway allows for kink-ironing previews before letting the wolves into the orchestra level. The wiser critic will give a...

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3. February 10, 2011 03:25 PM

   More on Current TV and Olbermann

   By Joel Meares

   Yesterday I wrote about Keith Olbermann’s move to Current TV, a move I argued was a touch depressing. One of TV’s most innovative channels—if one of its most unwatched—seemed to be saying it was becoming another news/opinion hub. For comment, I had contacted Leslie Walker, former “.com” technology columnist at The Washington Post, where she worked for sixteen years, and...

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4. February 9, 2011 03:13 PM

   Olbermann’s Big Gamble?

   Maybe, maybe not: Current TV is a very unsure bet

   By Joel Meares

   The Al Gore-founded Current TV has been called many things since it first went to air on August 1, 2005—and even before that. When rumors surfaced that Gore had television ambitions, many thought he was looking to start a Fox News Channel for the left, a kind of televised Air America. Then, when Gore and co-founder Joel Hyatt confirmed that...

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5. August 14, 2012 11:32 AM

   Stories I’d like to see

   Questions for Ryan, working for welfare, updates on Olbermann and Facebook

   By Steven Brill

   In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. Quick questions for Paul Ryan: It’s too bad Bob Schieffer didn’t get to these questions for Paul Ryan on 60 Minutes last Sunday night: Have you calculated...

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