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Video and Transcript of Keith Olbermann's Sign-Off From MSNBC

January 21, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

How the mercurial host ended "Countdown" after 8 years on the air

  

Sarah Palin Accuses Media of 'Blood Libel' in Wake of Tucson Shooting (video)

January 12, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Ex-Alaskan governor says "journalists and pundits" unfairly targeted her after tragedy

  

Climate of Hate? Cable News and the Economics of Violent Talk

January 10, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

The media is wringing its hands after Giffords' shooting but Beck, Limbaugh and Olbermann are here to stay

  

Rhetoric vs. Reportage: How TV News Is Covering the Tucson Shootings

January 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Everyone's calling it the Tragedy in Tucson, but the cable news networks are targeting each other in the blame game

  

Howard Stern to Be Piers Morgan's Second Guest

January 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

"King of All Media" to follow Oprah; Clooney, Condoleezza Rice scheduled for Morgan's first week

  

Fox Utterly Destroys Cable News Ratings Competition in 2010

December 28, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Fox News Channel has another banner year; MSNBC moves to No. 2 in primetime; CNN is still on?

  

Fox News Viewers Most Misinformed, Study Finds

December 17, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

More than half of FNC's regular viewers believe Obama is not a U.S. citizen, doubt existence of global warming

  

Whoopi to O'Reilly on 'View' Walkout: I Crossed a Line

November 23, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Goldberg: "I heard myself say [bull----] and I knew I had to get up."

  

Attention Stoners: CNBC Cultivating Another Pot Special

November 22, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Ratings for the first one were so high, business network to roll another one

  

Sarah Palin: 'I Will Not Waste My Time' With Katie Couric

November 22, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Fox News contributor, mama grizzly says no more interviews with CBS News anchor

  

Roger Ailes Apologizes for Calling NPR 'Nazis' -- But Not to NPR

November 18, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Fox News chief: "I was ad-libbing"

  

Jeff Bewkes Blames CNN's Ratings Struggles on Bored Viewers

November 17, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Time Warner chief says "more people watch CNN than Fox News," but tune out quickly

  

Olbermann's Return Delivers Big Audience for MSNBC, Maddow

November 11, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

But post-suspension boost does little to O'Reilly's primetime lead

  

Olbermann Returns: No Apology, Says Incident 'Was Not a Stunt'

November 9, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Back on the air, the "Countdown" host says if he could've predicted the attention, he'd have "done it years ago"

  

Keith Olbermann's Suspension to End Tuesday

November 7, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

MSNBC's "Countdown" host will return after two-day, unpaid benching over campaign contributions

  

Breaking: Keith Olbermann Suspended Indefinitely Over Campaign Contributions

November 5, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

MSNBC president Phil Griffin sacks "Countdown" host without pay in wake of Politico report

  

This Just In: Fox News Beat ABC, NBC, CBS on Election Night

November 4, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

As Republicans took control of the House, FNC took control of the ratings

  

Election Coverage Grades: B's for MSNBC & FOX, CBS C-

November 2, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

From CNN to Comedy Central, a review of television's midterm madness

  

Olbermann Puts 'Countdown's' 'Worst Persons in the World' Segment on Hold

November 2, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

After Jon Stewart's critique of cable news, popular feature of MSNBC show goes on hiatus

  

A Field Guide to Election-Night Insanity

November 1, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

From ABC's Breitbart beef to CNN's "Election Matrix," here's what the networks have planned for you

  

Shep Smith Inks New Deal at Fox News

October 26, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Cable network re-signs its lead news anchor

  

WikiLeaks' Assange on Larry King: You Should Be Ashamed for Bringing Up Rape Charge

October 26, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

King-fusion: CNN host brings up rape allegations, mistakenly thinks Assange had walked off set

  

NPR CEO Apologizes for Poor Handling of Juan Williams Firing

October 25, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

But Vivian Schiller isn't sorry he's gone; click here for full memo

  

Fox News 'Couldn't Resist' Mocking MSNBC's New Ads

October 20, 2010 By Hunter Walker 2 years ago

The network released two promos based on MSNBC's "Lean Forward" ad campaign

  

Fox Gets Biggest Audience of the Year With Mine Coverage

October 14, 2010 By Hunter Walker 2 years ago

The network's audience peaked at approximately seven million total viewers during the final moments of the dramatic rescue

  

Fox News' Mine-Rescue Ratings Beat CNN, MSNBC

October 13, 2010 By Hunter Walker 2 years ago

CNN had a surprising second place finish on the charts for the night the dramatic rescue began

  
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