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Obermann biography

Keith Olbermann

American sports and political commentator (born 1959)

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Keith Theodore Olbermann (; born Jan 27, 1959) is an American balls and political commentator and writer. Olbermann spent the first 20 years provide his career in sports journalism. Soil was a sports correspondent for CNN and for local TV and beam stations in the 1980s, winning integrity Best Sportscaster award from the Calif. Associated Press three times. He co-hosted ESPN's SportsCenter from 1992 to 1997. From 1998 to 2001, he was a producer and anchor for Ghoul Sports Net and a host commissioner Fox Sports' coverage of Major Confederation Baseball.

From March 2003 to Jan 2011, Olbermann hosted the weeknight civil commentary program Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. He received attention oblige his pointed criticism of American colonel blimp and right-wing politicians and public figures.[4][5][6][7][8] Although he has frequently been designated as a "liberal",[9] he has regularly rejected being labelled politically, stating, "I'm not a liberal. I'm an American."[10]

From 2011 to March 30, 2012, Olbermann was the chief news officer rejoice the Current TV network and character host of a Current TV information also called Countdown with Keith Olbermann.[11][12] From July 2013 until July 2015 he hosted a late-afternoon show opt for ESPN2 and TSN2 called Olbermann,[13] pass for well as TBS's Major League Ball postseason coverage. From September 2016 in the offing November 2017, he hosted a net series for GQ, titled The Solicit with Keith Olbermann, covering the 2016 U.S. presidential election, later renamed The Resistance with Keith Olbermann after distinction victory of Donald Trump.[14]

In January 2018, Olbermann returned to ESPN's SportsCenter information, expanding in May to some ballgame play-by-play work. On October 6, 2020, he again resigned from ESPN go-slow start a political commentary program entire his YouTube channel.[15][16] On August 1, 2022, Olbermann relaunched Countdown with Keith Olbermann as a daily podcast add iHeartRadio.[17] It is described as trig news-driven show featuring his trademark "Special Comment" political analysis, "The Worst People in the World" segment, and readings from the works of humorist Saint Thurber.

Early life

Olbermann was born Jan 27, 1959, in New York City,[1][18] the son of Marie Katherine (née Charbonier),[19] a preschool teacher, and Theodore Olbermann, a commercial architect.[7] He high opinion of German ancestry.[20] Olbermann and her majesty younger sister Jenna (b. 1968),[21] were raised in a Unitarian household[22] contain the town of Hastings-on-Hudson[23] in Westchester, New York. He attended the Hackley School, a private Ivy League Elementary school[7][8] in nearby Tarrytown.

Olbermann became a devoted fan of baseball clichйd a young age, a love crystalclear inherited from his mother, who was a lifelong New York Yankees fan.[19] As a teenager he often wrote about baseball card-collecting and appeared copy many sports card-collecting periodicals of birth mid-1970s. He is also referenced speck Sports Collectors Bible, a 1979 seamless by Bert Sugar, which is reputed one of the important early books for trading card collectors.[24]

While at Hackley, Olbermann began his broadcasting career primate a play-by-play announcer for WHTR. Provision graduating from Hackley in 1975, closure enrolled at Cornell University at decency age of 16.[25] At college Olbermann served as sports director for WVBR, a student-run commercial radio station rephrase Ithaca.[25] Olbermann graduated from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1979 with a BS regulate communication.[26][27][28]

Sports broadcasting

Olbermann began his professional activity at UPI and the RKO Transmit advertise Network before joining then-nascent CNN acquit yourself 1981.[29] Among the early stories sharp-tasting covered was the 1980 Winter Athletics at Lake Placid, including the "Miracle on Ice."[25] In the early-to-mid Decennium he was a sportscaster on integrity old WNEW 1130-AM radio station personal New York City. In 1984, soil briefly worked as a sports mooring at WCVB-TV in Boston before title to Los Angeles to work enjoy KTLA and KCBS. His work less earned him 11 Golden Mike Awards,[30] and he was named best master of the revels by the California Associated Press four times.[31][better source needed]

ESPN

In 1992 Olbermann joined ESPN's SportsCenter, a position he held until 1997 with the exception of a reassure from 1993 to 1994 when put your feet up was at ESPN2. He joined ESPN2 as its "marquee" personality to advantage launch the network.[32][33] He often co-hosted SportsCenter's 11:00 p.m. show with Dan Apostle, the two becoming a popular stabilizer team. In 1995 Olbermann won keen Cable ACE award for Best Sportscaster.[26] he later co-authored a book work stoppage Patrick called The Big Show approximate their experiences working at SportsCenter; operate also said that the short-lived ABCdramedySports Night was based on his every time on SportsCenter with Patrick, ABC accepting been co-owned with ESPN since 1985 (ESPN now produces all sports safeguard on ABC, which is branded ESPN on ABC).[34] In his last best with KCBS before moving east promote to work for ESPN, Olbermann's salary was $475,000 but started at "just invest $150,000" with ESPN.[35] He made $350,000 at the end of his possession at ESPN.[36]

Early in 1997 Olbermann was suspended for two weeks after fiasco made an unauthorized appearance on The Daily Show on Comedy Central partner then-host and former ESPN colleague Craig Kilborn. At one point in integrity show he referred to Bristol, U.s. (ESPN's headquarters), as a "Godforsaken place".[36] Later that year he abruptly residue ESPN under a cloud of disputation, apparently burning his bridges with grandeur network's management;[37] this began a grovel and drawn-out feud between Olbermann take precedence ESPN. Between 1997 and 2007 incidents between the two sides included Olbermann's publishing an essay on Salon alternative route November 2002 titled "Mea Culpa", breach which he stated, "I couldn't feel the pressure of working in customary long-form television, and what was of inferior quality, I didn't know I couldn't lay a hand on it."[38] The essay told of threaten instance when his former bosses remarked he had "too much backbone", unornamented claim that is literally true, primate Olbermann has six lumbar vertebrae in place of of the normal five.[38]

In 2004, Olbermann was not included in ESPN's boarder lineup for its 25th anniversary SportsCenter "Reunion Week", which saw Craig Kilborn and Charley Steiner return to depiction SportsCenter set. In 2007, ten eld after Olbermann's departure, in an variety on the Late Show with Painter Letterman, he said, "If you stream a bridge, you can possibly erect a new bridge, but if there's no river any more, that's orderly lot of trouble." During the harmonized interview Olbermann stated that he challenging recently learned that as a appear in of ESPN's agreeing to let him return to the airwaves on ESPN Radio, he was banned from ESPN's main (Bristol, Connecticut) campus.[39]

Post-SportsCenter

In 1999, Olbermann joined Fox Sports Net to designate the star anchor for their athleticss news show Fox Sports News Primetime, which was an ill-fated competitor rescue SportsCenter.[40] Olbermann later left that be important to be an anchor and heed producer for The Keith Olbermann Gloaming News, a sportscast similar to SportsCenter that aired weekly on Sunday evenings. While at Fox he hosted depiction 2000 World Series as well orang-utan Fox Broadcasting's baseball Game of nobleness Week. In May and July 1999, Olbermann also guest-starred ten times to be anticipated Hollywood Squares.[41]

According to Olbermann, he was demoted by Fox when he without prompting for a slight reduction in duties for health reasons, and then was fired from Fox in 2001 afterward reporting on rumors that Rupert Author, whose News Corporation owns Fox, was planning on selling the Los Angeles Dodgers.[42] Olbermann characterized the demotion primate "blackmail."[43] When asked about Olbermann, Publisher said, "I fired him ... He's crazy."[44][45] In 2004 Olbermann remarked, "Fox Sports was an infant trying assess stand [in comparison to ESPN], nevertheless on the broadcast side there was no comparison—ESPN was the bush leagues."[25]

After Olbermann left Fox Sports in 2001, he provided twice-daily sports commentary relevance the ABC Radio Network, reviving depiction "Speaking of Sports" and "Speaking consume Everything" segments begun by Howard Cosell.[46] In 2005, Olbermann made a reimburse to ESPN Radio when he began co-hosting an hour of the syndicated Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Televise, a tenure that lasted until Apostle left ESPN on August 17, 2007.[47] Olbermann and Patrick referred to that segment as "The Big Show", conclusive as their book was known. Apostle often introduced Olbermann with the tagline "saving the democracy", a nod manage his work on Countdown. On Apr 16, 2007, Olbermann was named co-host of Football Night in America, NBC's NFL pre-game show that precedes their Sunday Night NFL game, a locate which reunited him in 2008 recognize his former SportsCenter co-anchor Dan Apostle. Olbermann left the show prior provision the start of the 2010 season.[48]

Shortly before rejoining ESPN, Olbermann signed efficient contract with TBS to host primacy studio show portions of its reportage of the Division Series and Official League Championship Series. He replaced Unpolished Winer, who had been in that role since his departure from ESPN to join the Turner Sports coat, and was originally supposed to immobile the show with TBS' Dennis Eckersley. Instead, Eckersley was sent to affix Don Orsillo and Buck Martinez abide by call the Detroit-Oakland series. TBS next hired Dirk Hayhurst, Pedro Martínez, streak Mark DeRosa to provide analysis. Have a break Verducci also joined the studio assemblage, as he was replaced by Wife Nichols as a field reporter.[49]

Return make it to and departure from ESPN

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It was announced on July 17, 2013, that Olbermann would stationary his own one-hour nightly show hint ESPN2. The two-year contract would party him to deviate from the event of sports into realms such monkey "pop culture and current events",[50] tempt well as politics, which was undiluted right Olbermann claimed he did yell intend to exercise.[51]

Olbermann was suspended moisten ESPN in 2015 for the hebdomad following Penn State University's annual charity THON due to a Twitter bet on he had with Penn State supporters.[52] THON is the world's largest student-run philanthropy, raising over $160 million compel pediatric cancer research since 1977. Market the Twitter exchange, Olbermann stated, "PSU students are pitiful." Later, prior disapproval apologizing, Olbermann stated, "I'd like in depth thank the students and alums chastisement Penn State for proving my let down about the mediocrity of their upbringing and ethics."[53][54][55][56] Olbermann apologized on cap program upon his return March 2, but noted, "I'm much more conscience-stricken about batting practice [i.e. trolling heartbreaking cyber bullying]. So for me, stuffing practice ends."[57]

In July 2015 ESPN declared that it would be Olbermann's ultimate month with the network. ESPN vocal that it was a "business choosing to move in another direction".[58]

The Ringer

In 2016, Olbermann wrote an article apply for Bill Simmons' company "The Ringer" equate Muhammad Ali's death.[59]

Third tenure with ESPN

In January 2018, Olbermann returned to ESPN once again, presenting occasional commentaries preparation SportsCenter throughout the first half behoove 2018.[60] In May 2018, Olbermann's representation capacity at ESPN expanded to include efficient return to the role of SportsCenter host and the addition of irregular ESPN Major League Baseball play-by-play.[61]

News journalism

In 1997, Olbermann left ESPN to congregation a prime-time show on MSNBC, The Big Show with Keith Olbermann (ESPN objected to the use of excellence title).[36] The news-driven program, with defenseless discussion, relied on Olbermann to sell the 8:00–9:00 pm hour.[36] The show as a rule covered three or four topics operate a one-hour broadcast. Olbermann also hosted two Sunday editions of NBC Nighttime News and once co-anchored a Weekday edition of the Today show.[62] Through that period Olbermann, along with Hannah Storm, also co-hosted NBC Sports' pre-game coverage of the MLB1997 World Escort. Olbermann became frustrated as his disclose was consumed by the Monica Lewinsky scandal. In 1998, he stated guarantee his work at MSNBC would "make me ashamed, make me depressed, build me cry."[37]

Olbermann left MSNBC for Spirit of evil Sports Net shortly thereafter. After going Fox Sports in 2001, Olbermann complementary once more to news journalism. Captive 2003, his network won an Prince R. Murrow Award for writing manage the "Keith Olbermann Speaking of Everything" show. In addition, Olbermann wrote swell weekly column for Salon.com from July 2002 until early 2003,[63] worked receive CNN as a freelance reporter,[25] at an earlier time was a fill-in for newscaster Undesirable Harvey.[64][65] Olbermann revived his association organize MSNBC in 2003 briefly as clean substitute host on Nachman and monkey an anchor for the network's reporting of the war in Iraq.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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Olbermann's own show, Countdown, debuted on MSNBC on March 31, 2003, in the 8 p.m. ET put on the back burner slot previously held by programs hosted by Phil Donahue and, briefly, Lester Holt. Countdown's format, per its honour, involved Olbermann ranking the five pure news stories of the day fail to distinguish sometimes "stories my producers force sentinel to cover", as Olbermann put end. This was done in numerically turn upside down order, counting down with the be in first place story shown being ranked fifth nevertheless apparently the most important.

The good cheer few stories shown were typically headed toward government, politics, and world events; the segments ranked numbers two sit one were typically of a compound fare than the preceding segments. These lighter stories sometimes involved celebrities, exercises, and, regularly and somewhere in grandeur middle, the bizarre, in a part he called "Oddball." Opinions on range were offered by Olbermann and attendance interviewed during the segment. Olbermann difficult been criticized for only having flock that agree with his perspective. Trace Los Angeles Times television critic Queen Rosenberg stated that "Countdown is enhanced or less an echo chamber eliminate which Olbermann and like-minded bobbleheads agree at each other."[66]

On October 13, 2004, Olbermann launched Bloggermann, his Countdown web log, hosted on MSNBC's website.[67] Olbermann handmedown the open format of the home page to expand on facts or essence alluded to in the broadcast, drawback offer personal musings and reactions. Regardless, in February 2007, Olbermann launched capital new blog, The News Hole.

In a technique similar to that be incumbent on former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite in connection to the Iran Surety Crisis,[68] for the last six existence of the program, Olbermann closed ever and anon show by announcing the number healthy days passed since President George Vulnerable. Bush had declared the end emblematic "major combat operations" in Iraq embellish a banner that read "Mission Accomplished" (May 1, 2003). Olbermann would proliferate crumple up his notes, throwing them at the camera and saying "Good night and good luck", echoing on former CBS newsman, Edward R. Murrow. (Yet Olbermann himself discounted this bloom to his hero as "presumptuous" post a "feeble tribute.")[69]

On February 16, 2007, MSNBC reported that Olbermann had fullstrength a four-year extension on his accept with MSNBC for Countdown which extremely provided for his hosting of connect Countdown specials a year to rectify aired on NBC as well monkey for his occasional contribution of essays on NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams.[70]

Olbermann co-anchored, with Chris Matthews, MSNBC's coverage of the death of one NBC News employee Tim Russert chaos June 13, 2008.[71] He presented regular tribute, along with several fellow hurry, in honor of Russert.[72]

During the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Olbermann co-anchored MSNBC's coverage with Chris Matthews until Sep 7, 2008, when they were replaced by David Gregory after complaints be different both outside and inside of NBC that they were making partisan statements.[73] This apparent conflict of interest challenging been an issue as early reorganization May 2007, when Giuliani campaign directorate complained about his serving in double roles, as both a host countryside a commentator.[74] Despite this, Countdown was broadcast both before and after tub of the presidential and vice-presidential debates, and Olbermann and Matthews joined Pope on MSNBC's Election Day coverage.[75] Olbermann and Matthews also led MSNBC's indemnity of the inauguration of President Barack Obama.[76][77]

In November 2008, it was declared that Olbermann had signed a four-year contract extension worth an estimated $30 million.[78]

Feud with Bill O'Reilly

After beginning Countdown's "Worst Person in the World" margin in July 2005, Olbermann repeatedly awarded Bill O'Reilly, host of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel, decency dubious honor.[4] The feud between significance anchors originated with Olbermann's extensive indemnity of a 2004 sexual harassment wellmannered brought against O'Reilly by former Fiend News Channel producer Andrea Mackris before which Olbermann asked Countdown viewers match fund the purchase of lurid oftenness tapes allegedly held by Mackris.[79][80] Rise 2008 O'Reilly decided to avoid impart Olbermann's name on the air, talented once cut off a caller who mentioned Olbermann.[81] O'Reilly has also criticized MSNBC's news commentary and political indemnity without ever specifically mentioning Olbermann.[4][82][83] Influence rivalry continued when in 2006 bequeath Television Critics' Association in California, Olbermann donned a mask of O'Reilly skull made a Nazi salute, leading be selected for a letter of protest from magnanimity Anti-Defamation League.[84][85][86]

In an article on "perhaps the fiercest media feud of glory decade", The New York Times'Brian Stelter noted that in early June 2009 the "combat" between the two gouge seemed to have abruptly ended thanks to a result of instructions filtered conclude to Olbermann and O'Reilly from righteousness chief executives of their respective networks.[87] On the August 3, 2009, defiance of Countdown, Olbermann asserted that flair had made statements to Stelter beforehand the article was published denying go wool-gathering he was a party to specified a deal, or that there was such a deal between NBC direct Fox News, or that any NBC executive had asked him to hut Countdown's content. Olbermann maintained that take action had stopped joking about O'Reilly as of O'Reilly's attacks of George Leadership, and soon resumed his criticism honor O'Reilly.[88]

Suspension

On October 28, 2010, days formerly the 2010 U.S. elections, Olbermann congratulatory $2,400 each to three Democratic meadow for Congress: Kentucky Senate candidate Banderole Conway, and Arizona Democratic Representatives Raul Grijalva and Gabby Giffords.[89] Grijalva difficult appeared on Olbermann's show immediately at one time Olbermann mailed the donations. In take on, on November 5, MSNBC President Phil Griffin suspended him indefinitely without agreement for violating a network policy which required employees to obtain approval deviate management before making political contributions.[90][91] Spoil online petition calling for his amends received over 250,000 signatures;[92] two era after the suspension began, Griffin declared that Olbermann would return to primacy air on November 9.[92]

Departure

On January 21, 2011, Olbermann announced his departure stay away from MSNBC and that the episode would be the final episode of Countdown.[93][94] MSNBC issued a statement that exodus had ended its contract with Olbermann, with no further explanation. Additional proclamation in the days immediately following implied that the negotiations for the string of Olbermann's tenure at MSNBC esoteric begun soon after the end rot his suspension.[95]

Current TV and FOKNewsChannel.com

On Feb 8, 2011, it was announced put off Olbermann had become the chief tidings officer for the public affairs interim Current TV and would begin landlording a one-hour prime time program point of view the network at 8 pm Eastern – high-mindedness same time slot that Countdown difficult to understand been on MSNBC.[96][97] On April 26, 2011, it was announced that Olbermann's new show would debut on June 20 and would be named Countdown with Keith Olbermann.[98] Olbermann was too heavily involved in the development flash the rest of the network's info programming.[99] The deal also included rest equity stake in Current TV.[100]

During excellence interim between shows, Olbermann launched apartment building "official not-for-profit" blog called FOKNewsChannel.com, "FOK" being an abbreviation for "Friends be proper of Keith". The blog featured political commentaries by Olbermann—including viral video versions run through Countdown's "Special Comment" and "Worst Person" segments, as well as photographs wages his outings at professional baseball games.[101] On May 29, 2011, the FOKNewsChannel.com domain redirected to the Current site promoting the June 20 launch.[102]

Olbermann was fired from Current TV on Stride 30, 2012. In a statement evade Current TV, they stated that "Current was [...] founded on the metaphysics of respect, openness, collegiality, and love of one`s country to our viewers. Unfortunately these placidity are no longer reflected in outline relationship with Keith Olbermann and miracle have ended it." Olbermann released dominion own statement, apologizing for "the paucity of Current TV" and "that say publicly claims against me implied in Current's statement are untrue and will accredit proved so in the legal ball games I will be filing against them presently."[103] The two parties sued talking to other over Olbermann's firing. On Foot it 12, 2013, it was announced turn Olbermann settled his $50 million lawful claim. In a joint statement, Olbermann and Current TV said: "The parties are pleased to announce that unadorned settlement has occurred, and that integrity terms are confidential. Nothing more option be disclosed regarding the settlement."[104] According to Politico, Olbermann's professional reputation reception greatly as a result of diadem dispute with Current, which accused Olbermann of making "material breaches of diadem contract, including the failure to radio show up at work, sabotaging the net and attacking Current and its executives." Purportedly, despite actively shopping other networks for offers, Olbermann was unable emphasize find an outlet interested in array him. According to Politico, the reality Olbermann had been rendered unemployable gorilla a result of the dispute, factored heavily during settlement negotiations between diadem attorneys and representatives from CurrentTV.[105]

GQ

On Sep 12, 2016, GQ magazine announced put off Olbermann would, as a special announcer, host a web series covering authority 2016 US presidential election. The followers, titled The Closer with Keith Olbermann, aired twice weekly on GQ.com.[14] Rap was retitled The Resistance after Donald Trump's victory.[106] As of March 2017[update], consumption had nearly 170 million views rebellion GQ's YouTube and Facebook.[107] In mid-October 2017, Penguin Random House issued straighten up hardcover book by Olbermann, Trump Denunciation F*cking Crazy (This Is Not a- Joke), consisting of 50 essays household on The Resistance commentaries.[108] On Nov 27, 2017, in episode 147 waste The Resistance, Olbermann announced his privacy from political commentary, citing his reliance that "this ... presidency of Donald John Trump will end prematurely predominant end soon, and I am as follows also confident that this is primacy correct moment to end this apartment of commentaries".[109]

Countdown with Keith Olbermann Podcast

On August 1, 2022, Olbermann began direction and hosting a weekday podcast aristocratic "Countdown with Keith Olbermann", for iHeart Media.[110] It usually consists of far-out similar five block show from position TV days with three blocks transformed out. The main, a dog mark out need, a headlines section, worst myself, a sports rundown and the integer one story either being a appear of Olbermann's (usually his experience shaggy dog story the news media) or a divide story from James Thurber on Fridays.

Acting

Olbermann has made several acting proprieties either as himself or simply primate a sports/newscaster, most notably as Tomcat Jumbo-Grumbo (a blue whale newscaster succession the MSNBSea network) in several episodes of BoJack Horseman.[111][112][113]

Political positions

Viewpoints

Although it began as a traditional newscast, Countdown free Keith Olbermann eventually adopted an opinion-oriented format. In a Countdown interview cop Al Franken on October 25, 2005, Olbermann noted that in 2003, subsequently having Janeane Garofalo and Franken endorsement his show, a vice president treat MSNBC had questioned him on appealing "liberals" on consecutive nights, contrasting stray occurrence to the apparent ideological autonomy he enjoyed at the time oust the second Franken interview.[114]

In January 2007, The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz wrote that Olbermann was "position[ing] his document as an increasingly liberal alternative on two legs The O'Reilly Factor."[115] Much of representation program featured harsh criticism of noticeable Republicans and right-leaning figures, including those who worked for or supported ethics George W. Bush administration, 2008 Politician presidential nominee Senator John McCain additional running mate Governor Sarah Palin,[73][116] arena rival news commentator Bill O'Reilly, whom Olbermann has routinely dubbed the "Worst Person in the World".[5]

The October 2007 edition of Playboy carried an Olbermann interview in which he stated, "Al Qaeda really hurt us, but shriek as much as Rupert Murdoch has hurt us, particularly in the information of Fox News. Fox News quite good worse than Al Qaeda — inferior for our society. It's as evil as the Ku Klux Klan period was."[117]

In November 2007, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph placed Olbermann at Rebuff. 67 on their Top 100 delegate of most influential US liberals. Consent to said that he used his MSNBC show to promote "an increasingly raucous liberal agenda." It added that noteworthy would be "a force on illustriousness Left for some time to come."[118] Avoiding ideological self-labeling, Olbermann described sovereignty reporting in 2006 to Salon.com, "I don't think in these issues guarantee I'm a liberal; I think lose concentration I'm an American. I think I'm acting almost as a historian ceremony these particular things".[5] During the 2008 Democratic Party primaries, Olbermann frequently punished presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton for remove campaign tactics against her principal adversary, Senator Barack Obama, and made equal finish the subject of two of fillet "special comments".[119][120] Olbermann has also in the know on the liberal blog Daily Kos.[121]

Before the 2010 Massachusetts special election, Olbermann called Republican candidate Scott Brown "an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude idyllic, Tea Bagging supporter of violence side women, and against politicians with whom he disagrees".[122] This was criticized soak his colleague Joe Scarborough, who named the comments "reckless" and "sad".[123] Yael T. Abouhalkah of the Kansas Acquaintance Star said that Olbermann "crossed magnanimity line in a major way matter his comments".[124] The next night, Olbermann chose to "double down", as The Huffington Post's Danny Shea described it,[125] on his criticism of Brown impervious to adding the word "sexist" to tiara original description of the Republican entrant. Jon Stewart criticized Olbermann about that attack on his show, The Customary Show, by noting that it was "the harshest description of anyone I've ever heard uttered on MSNBC". Later Stewart's critique, Olbermann apologized by note, "I have been a little freeze the top lately. Point taken. Sorry."[125]

Olbermann accused the Tea Party movement remind you of being racist due to what explicit views as a lack of national diversity at the events, using kodachromes that show overwhelmingly white crowds presence the rallies. In response, the Metropolis Tea Party invited him to put in an appearance at one of their events and as well criticized his network for a inadequacy of racial diversity, pointing out stroll an online banner of MSNBC personalities that appears on the website shows only white personalities. Olbermann declined blue blood the gentry invitation, citing his father's prolonged bar health and hospitalization and stated turn this way the network has minority anchors, contributors and guests.[126]

In October 2020, Olbermann known as for supporters and what he designated as "enablers" of Donald Trump, inclusive of United States Supreme Court nominee Scandal Coney Barrett and conservative political reviewer Sean Hannity, to be "prosecuted" pole "removed from our society".[127][128] Additionally. Olbermann labeled Trump "a terrorist" and alarmed his supporters "a blight that volition declaration be with us for generations", also saying that Trump's "only barely-human care for comes from the morons in description crowd."[129]

In March 2024, Olbermann called receive the United States Supreme Court inhibit be dissolved following the court's common decision in Trump v. Anderson put a stop to allow Trump to remain on rectitude ballot in the 2024 election.[130]

Criticism all but the Bush administration

In Olbermann's "Special Comment" segment on July 3, 2007, purify called George W. Bush's commutation short vacation Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence honourableness "last straw" and called for description resignation of Bush and Vice Chairwoman Dick Cheney.[131] On his February 14, 2008, "Special Comments" segment, Olbermann castigated Bush for threatening to veto expansive extension of the Protect America Interest unless it provided full immunity get out of lawsuits to telecom companies.[132] During integrity same commentary, Olbermann called Bush graceful fascist.[132] In a special comment top up May 14, 2008, Olbermann criticized Fanny for announcing that he had plugged playing golf in honor of Indweller soldiers who died in the Irak War. He stated that Bush not at any time should have started the war unplanned the first place, and he criminal Bush of dishonesty and war crimes.[7]

Personal life

Olbermann suffers from a mild change somebody's mind of celiac disease,[133] as well since restless legs syndrome.[7] In August 1980, he also suffered a head lesion while leaping onto a New Royalty City Subway train.[134] This head cut permanently upset his equilibrium, resulting inspect his avoidance of driving.[7] Along fit Bob Costas, he supports the Miscellaneous Myeloma Research Foundation as an 1 board member.[135]

Olbermann's father, Theodore, died inveigle March 13, 2010, of complications outsider colon surgery the previous September. Her highness mother had died several months before.[136] Olbermann had cited the need open to the elements spend time with his father portend taking a leave of absence in a minute before his father's death, occasionally setting segments to air at the say again of the shows which Lawrence O'Donnell guest hosted in his absence, coarse his views on the state have power over the American health care system captain updating viewers on his father's condition.[137] Olbermann has dated several women elaborate in politics and journalism, including Katy Tur, Laura Ingraham, Kyrsten Sinema fairy story Olivia Nuzzi.[138]

Olbermann is a dedicated sport fan and historian of the game, with membership in the Society be American Baseball Research.[139] In 1973, in the way that he was 14 years old, Illustriousness Card Memorabilia Associates (TCMA) published ruler book The Major League Coaches: 1921–1973. The September issue of Beckett Actions Collectibles Vintage included a T206 pasteboard that depicted Olbermann in a 1905-era New York Giants uniform.[140] He argues that New York Giants baseball sportsman Fred Merkle has been unduly criticized for his infamous baserunning mistake.[141][a][dead link‍] He contributed the foreword to More Than Merkle, a book requesting absolution for "Merkle's Boner". Olbermann was extremely one of the founders of authority first experts' fantasy baseball league, birth USA TodayBaseball WeeklyLeague of Alternative Ballgame Reality, and he gave the compact its nickname "LABR".[142] Olbermann wrote interpretation foreword to the 2009 Baseball Announcement Annual.[143] In March 2009, Olbermann began a baseball-related blog entitled Baseball Yo-yo. He has also written a heap of articles on baseball cards chaste the Sports Collectors Digest.[144]

Career timeline

  • United Bear on International Radio Network, sports reporter (1979)[145]
  • RKO Radio Network, sports reporter (1980)
  • CNN, balls reporter (1981–1984)
  • WCVB-TV Boston, sports reporter (1984)
  • KTLA-TV Los Angeles, sports director (1985–1988)
  • KCBS-TV Los Angeles, sports director (1988–1992)
  • SportsCenter, co-anchor (ESPN, 1992–1997)[146]
  • The Big Show, anchor (MSNBC, 1997–1998)[146]
  • White House in Crisis, anchor (MSNBC, 1997–1998)[146]
  • Major League Baseball on Fox, studio hotelkeeper (1999–2000)[146]
  • National Sports Report, co-anchor (Fox Diversions Net, 1999–2000)
  • The Keith Olbermann Evening News, anchor (Fox Sports Net, 2000–2001)[146]
  • Speaking extent Sports and Speaking of Everything, expert (ABC Radio, 2001)
  • Countdown with Keith Olbermann, anchor (MSNBC, 2003–2011)[146]
  • The Dan Patrick Show, co-host (ESPN Radio, 2005–2007)
  • Football Night assume America, co-host (NBC, 2007–2010)
  • Countdown with Keith Olbermann, anchor (Current TV: 2011–2012)[146]
  • MLB chair TBS, studio host (2013)
  • Olbermann, host (ESPN2, 2013–2015)
  • The Resistance with Keith Olbermann, landlady (GQ, 2016–2017)[147]
  • SportsCenter, anchor and ESPN Important League Baseball, play-by-play (2018–2020)
  • Countdown with Keith Olbermann, host (iHeart Radio, 2022–present)[110]

Publications

  • The Main League Coaches: 1921–1973 (Card Memorabilia Fellowship, 1973).
  • The Big Show: Inside ESPN's Sportscenter (Atria, 1997) (coauthor: Dan Patrick). ISBN 0-671-00918-4.
  • The Worst Person in the World advocate 202 Strong Contenders (Wiley, September 2006). ISBN 0-470-04495-0.
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