Readers may recall I reported last year on Al Gore’s attempt to prop up slumping viewership in his mishmash of programming satellite channel Current TV by hiring Keith Olbermann. It seems that idea didn’t work out well and I can’t say I’m unhappy with this news:
Founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt have issued a big bloviating statement saying that Elliot Spitzer will replace Olbermann which you can read here. Yeah, like anyone is going to watch that.
I got a kick out of this part of their statement:
All of these additions to Current’s lineup are aimed at achieving one simple goal — the goal that has always been central to Current’s mission: To tell stories no one else will tell, to speak truth to power, and to influence the conversation of democracy on behalf of those whose voices are too seldom heard.
In that case Al, tell me when you are going to do a report on your “high school science” that couldn’t even get the basics right. See Al Gore and Bill Nye FAIL at doing a simple CO2 experiment. No one else seems to want to tell that story, so I’ll offer it to you free of charge, just say the word.
In related news, I also hear that Al Gore is exploring a new climate game show concept with these guys to be called “Wheel of Forecasts”…
MIT’s “wheel of climate” – image courtesy Donna Coveney/MIT
/sarc
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O MY
Al Al Al need to rename the channel the ” not so current channel” spitzer is so 2008
What a week it’s been.
wheel of climate imgae link is dead
I guess he’ll have a spot for Anthony Weiner too since he seems to give politicians disgraced by sex scandals a second shot.
Now that the Canadian Supreme Court has all but legalized brothels maybe Elliot should start saying eh, eh!
Olbermann too whacked even for Gore? That’s quite an achievement. It won’t be long before he’s panhandling with a sign, “Will anonce for fud”. 😉
Viewpoint with Eliot Sptizer? Current’s going for the X-Rated now?
Another brilliant move Al.
Let’s have a warm round of applause for Client 9!! Gee, I wonder what his viewpoint will be. Oh, the suspense…
And then one of Al’s female admirers says climate change scepticism is a sicknesS that must be treated.
http://www.infowars.com/climate-change-skepticism-a-sickness-that-must-be-treated-says-professor/
Yet another shining example of a person whose progenitors should have used the ‘polar bear condoms’ from VHEMT.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/30/friday-funny-screwy-thinking-for-earth-day/
Maybe Air America, er, NOVA M, er, On Second Thought, er, whatever it is now will hire Olbermann?
Or Al Franken?
Olbermann got fired by ESPN, MSNBC, and now Current TV. I wonder who will fire him next?
Bunch of ingrates.
Imagine, firing the most intelligent guy on the network.
R. Shearer says:
March 30, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Judging from the picture of Professor Kari Norgaard shown on the link you provided, she has already tried the electroshock therapy repeatedly… and liked it!
Interesting.
current TV was carried in 2007 in the UK on the VirginMedia Cable Network ( Basically the only national cable network we have, but it’s more mainstream than many Americans might think in relation to the Cable TV you have over there. There is little comparison, we don’t have those horrific local channels paid for by all manner of lunatics and if I’m quite honest, Current TV was exactly that type of programming and a very odd choice for UK TV, cable or otherwise ) and on Murdoch’s Sky TV sattelite network. Both parties dropped Current TV from their line-up in January of this year.
As of now there is no way to view it in the UK. But given so few did I doubt it will be missed.
Personally I’d taken little notice of it. There was a selection of liberal hand-wringing going on whenever I flicked past it so I moved on. I always was under the assumption that it had something to do with Google rather than Al Gore and Yahoo. But of course I never had enough interest to follow up and find out. I’m sure this news about Olbermann being sacked is of great interest in the USA but frankly in Europe, we don’t know, or care who these people are.
So all three parties involved, just told us we can’t trust their judgement…..
…and one of them is having to deal with the fact that he was fired….and replaced by Spitzer the same day
The reason for Olberman’s firing according to an update at TPM is failing to show up for work on a contractual obligatory work day, he asked for the day off before super Tuesday and was told to be on air, didn’t show. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/keith-olbermann-and-current-tv-part-ways.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
still having issues posting comments even when logged into wordpress ( something I don’t wish to do )
I heard you were considering moving platforms Anthony. Please do.
What global warming giveth, Current TV taketh away.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Actually I’m going to miss Dolberman…
My inner child wants to say “First Rosey and now John. It must be hard being a leftist nutter” but I’ll just recall the good parenting I got and waste no words on the matter.
Chuck L says:
March 30, 2012 at 5:48 pm
“Olbermann got fired by ESPN, MSNBC, and now Current TV. I wonder who will fire him next?
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Donald Trump, first round.
Elliot Spitzer…who’s that? Oh! That guy. Wow.