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Keith Olbermann Blames Donald Trump for Failing to Get Job at CNN
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Ubiquitous
May 9, 2017, 3:48:51 AM5/9/17
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Liberal commentator Keith Olbermann claimed in an interview Monday he
was once close to inking a deal with CNN, but President Donald Trump
nixed the idea.
In a New York Times interview, the former MSNBC anchor said that CNN
discussed the idea before Trump became president.
"There was an offer, then there wasn't an offer, then there was an
offer. And Trump didn't like me, and apparently exerted influence on
that," Olbermann claimed.
CNN told the Times that the discussion with Olbermann was actually
about him joining HLN, its sister network, and that the "brief
preliminary conversations" took place over a year ago. The network
denies that Trump ever got involved.
If the president does indeed have it in for Olbermann, he has been very
quiet about it. Trump has never tweeted about the outspoken liberal,
despite the president's eagerness to pick public fights with dozen of
journalists and public figures.
The only time Trump has ever mentioned Olbermann was when the latter
announced he was moving out of Trump Tower in March 2016.
"Keith is a failed broadcaster, and the people in the building couldn't
stand him," Trump told CNN Money in an email. "He is just trying to use
禅rump' to get publicity and stay relevant."
Nor has there been much indication that Trump has "influence" to exert
over CNN. A week before Olbermann made his accusation, CNN publicly
refused to run an ad produced by Trump's campaign arm.
Before his current gig hosting an online show at GQ.com, Olbermann was
fired by ESPN, after being fired by Current TV, after being fired by
MSNBC, after being fired by Fox Sports, after being fired by ESPN. (He
was fired from ESPN multiple times.)
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was once close to inking a deal with CNN, but President Donald Trump
nixed the idea.
In a New York Times interview, the former MSNBC anchor said that CNN
discussed the idea before Trump became president.
"There was an offer, then there wasn't an offer, then there was an
offer. And Trump didn't like me, and apparently exerted influence on
that," Olbermann claimed.
CNN told the Times that the discussion with Olbermann was actually
about him joining HLN, its sister network, and that the "brief
preliminary conversations" took place over a year ago. The network
denies that Trump ever got involved.
If the president does indeed have it in for Olbermann, he has been very
quiet about it. Trump has never tweeted about the outspoken liberal,
despite the president's eagerness to pick public fights with dozen of
journalists and public figures.
The only time Trump has ever mentioned Olbermann was when the latter
announced he was moving out of Trump Tower in March 2016.
"Keith is a failed broadcaster, and the people in the building couldn't
stand him," Trump told CNN Money in an email. "He is just trying to use
禅rump' to get publicity and stay relevant."
Nor has there been much indication that Trump has "influence" to exert
over CNN. A week before Olbermann made his accusation, CNN publicly
refused to run an ad produced by Trump's campaign arm.
Before his current gig hosting an online show at GQ.com, Olbermann was
fired by ESPN, after being fired by Current TV, after being fired by
MSNBC, after being fired by Fox Sports, after being fired by ESPN. (He
was fired from ESPN multiple times.)
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
FPP
May 9, 2017, 5:37:13 AM5/9/17
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On 5/8/17 5:47 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> Before his current gig hosting an online show at GQ.com, Olbermann was
> fired by ESPN, after being fired by Current TV, after being fired by
> MSNBC, after being fired by Fox Sports, after being fired by ESPN. (He
> was fired from ESPN multiple times.)
Bullshit.
> Before his current gig hosting an online show at GQ.com, Olbermann was
> fired by ESPN, after being fired by Current TV, after being fired by
> MSNBC, after being fired by Fox Sports, after being fired by ESPN. (He
> was fired from ESPN multiple times.)
If the rest of the story is as inaccurate as that paragraph, don't
believe any of it.
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Trump: If I win, you go to jail, if I lose, I will not accept the
results of the election.
Make America Great Again? -Warren Leight
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