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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged keith olbermann

1. November 17, 2010 06:21 PM

   Audit Notes: Catching Up With Wall Street, Princess Dresses, Olbermann and Objectivity

   By Ryan Chittum

   The New York Observer's Max Abelson takes a look at the Wall Street people who nearly crashed the world. Where are they now? Mostly still on Wall Street; many in the same jobs. Howzat? Abelson ledes with this eye-raising quote from Dick Parsons of Citigroup: "Have you ever noticed," the chairman of Citigroup, Richard D. Parsons, asked The Observer this...

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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. November 2, 2010 11:54 AM

   Olbermann Suspends “Worst Person” Segment

   What other segments, programs, or people should be cut from cable news?

   By The Editors

   After accusing Jon Stewart of jumping the shark on Twitter over the weekend, Keith Olbermann last night gave in to the siren call of America’s self-professed sanity restorer and announced that he would be temporarily suspending his "Worst Person in the World" segment. Here is a taste of "Worst Person," if you’ve never had the “pleasure.” Olbermann explained the move...

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6. 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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7. January 25, 2011 01:05 PM

   So Long, Olbermann

   What’s next for NBC?

   By The Editors

   With one abrupt announcement at the end of his show on Friday, Keith Olbermann ended his run on MSNBC, where he had hosted Countdown since 2003. The fiery host is “a highly talented broadcaster, a distinctive and outspoken voice and a mercurial personality with a track record of attacking his superiors and making early exits,” wrote The New York Times...

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8. 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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9. January 26, 2011 02:43 PM

   Talked Out

   Who needs Keith Olbermann, anyway?

   By Steve Daley

   Like a lot of folks I was surprised by the apparent sacking of Keith Olbermann at MSNBC, if for no other reason than it’s unusual for marginal enterprises such as cable networks to rid themselves of their most popular commodity. But as I read the postmortems and the sendoffs, it occurred to me that it had been some time—a long...

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10. November 9, 2010 01:22 PM

    The Olbermann Question

    What are the journalistic consequences of reporters donating to political campaigns?

    By The Editors

    One question which has gone largely unaddressed in the Keith Olbermann controversy is this: Is there a difference between donating to a candidate before they appear on your program and donating to a candidate after they appear on your program? What changes, if anything, with the exchange of cash? Olbermann made his three donations following Democrat Raul Grijalva’s appearance on...

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11. November 9, 2010 04:27 PM

    Tucker Carlson: Agent Provocateur?

    By Joel Meares

    Looks like ex-MSNBC personality, bowtie fan, and current head of The Daily Caller Tucker Carlson wasn’t content to sit on the sidelines as civil war broke out at his former workplace. Instead, he has placed himself and the always-keen-for-a-controversy Caller right in the middle of the fray, posing as Olbermann via e-mail (or someone else from the site doing so)...

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