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Keith Olbermann: How I Was Hired--and Fired--By Rupert Murdoch

Keith Olbermann, Comment Is Free. August 1, 2011.

Rupert Murdoch was once asked if he'd ever try hiring Keith Olbermann. "I fired him five years ago," Murdoch replied. Olbermann tells the tale.

The Liberated Keith Olbermann Is Making Powerful TV

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. July 22, 2011.

Notice anything different about one of America's favorite progressive anchors lately? It's not just the station...

Keith Olbermann Returns to TV Tonight: What To Expect

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. June 19, 2011.

New freedom from a new channel means Olbermann's "Olbermann-ness" is going to skyrocket -- great news for progressives.

Rachel Maddow, the Nation, Daily Kos: Winners in AlterNet's Poll of Most Influential Progressives

Don Hazen, AlterNet. April 22, 2011.

Here are the media personalities and publications that progressives love most.

What the Hell Happened to Keith Olbermann?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. January 23, 2011.

MSNBC's parent company, General Electric, never seemed comfortable with some of Olbermann's material.

What Keith Olbermann's Suspension Says About Our Cowardly Corporate Media

Sen. Bernie Sanders, AlterNet. November 8, 2010.

If there is a silver lining in the action of MSNBC against Keith Olbermann, it is that people will now pay more attention to the political role of corporate media in America.

If Olbermann's Donations Are Bad, What About GE's?

FAIRNovember 5, 2010.

If supporting politicians with money is a threat to journalistic independence, we should consider the contributions of NBC, and at NBC's parent company General Electric.

Media Enabled Bush 1's Savage Attacks on Maddow and Olbermann, Yet Continue to Ignore Bush Family's Sordid Past

Russ Baker, AlterNet. October 21, 2009.

George HW Bush gets a free pass for attacks without evidence, meanwhile his CIA ties remain largely ignored and his son's lies about Iraq remain unprosecuted.

George HW Bush Calls Maddow & Olbermann "Sick Puppies," Maddow Responds

Ari Melber, TheNation.com. October 19, 2009.

"When our son was president, they just hammered him mercilessly and I think obscenely a lot of the time," Bush told CBS Radio.

Countdown: Arianna Huffington and Keith Olbermann on Health Care and the "Death Panel" Farce

Beta Tester, AlterNet. August 13, 2009.

Find out who's full of it and who's not in regards to the health care debate.

Olbermann Rips into the Worst Sellouts on Health Care in Congress

Jan Frel, MSNBC. August 4, 2009.

Targets Blue Dog Dems, Sen. John McCain, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans.

Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz -- How MSNBC Became a Liberal Mecca

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. June 1, 2009.

MSNBC's star pundits have positioned the network as the progressive alternative to Fox.

When Will Hannity Allow Himself to be Waterboarded For Charity?

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress. April 28, 2009.

Despite Hannity's affection for torture, he still has not taken Olbemann's challenge.

Olbermann Calls Hannity's Bluff: $1000 For Every Second Of Waterboarding

Nico Pitney, Huffington Post. April 24, 2009.

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann will pay for Sean Hannity's waterboarding.

Bill O'Reilly Is on the Ropes: Tries to Defend His Harassment Machine

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. April 2, 2009.

What O’Reilly does is nothing more than "fake journalism."

Terkel Takes Apart O'Reilly's Harassment Machine With Olbermann

Staff, ThinkProgress. March 25, 2009.

Amanda Terkel nails it.

Whistleblower Levels Shocking Allegations at Bush's Spying Programs

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 24, 2009.

It seems Bush's lust for spying went so far as to target reporters, and even the senator tasked with overseeing U.S. intelligence.

Special Comment: Olbermann Urges Obama to Go After Bush Admin on Torture

Nicole Belle, Crooks and Liars. January 20, 2009.

Olbermann: 'They're guilty of this, Mr. President-Elect. They're guilty as sin.'

Did Dick Cheney Just Confess to a War Crime on National TV?

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. December 17, 2008.

The VP and his hubris have finally gone too far.

Join the National Day of Protest Against Prop 8

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. November 14, 2008.

Find out where your local protest will gather.

Gay Marriage and You: Keith Olbermann's Excellent Statement

Mole333, Culture Kitchen. November 11, 2008.

Amazing: Olbermann's comments on Calif. Prop 8, gay rights, marriage, love and more.

Olbermann's Special Comment Scorches Palin for Slandering Obama

Brave New Films, MSNBC. October 7, 2008.

From last night's Countdown.

Keith Olbermann Blasts McCain for Exploiting 9/11

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. September 11, 2008.

A Special Comment from Countdown you won't want to miss.

Olbermann Scolds Obama Over FISA, but Offers the Senator Ways to Redeem Himself

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. July 1, 2008.

Obama made a mistake concerning telecom immunity; but it is a mistake that can still be righted.

Rachel Maddow on Bush's War for Oil

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. June 27, 2008.

Maddow discusses international oil companies moving into Iraq with Keith Olbermann.

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