He's also unblushingly conservative.
He owns many papers in the US and abroad, as well as television stations, movie-production companies, and MySpace.
Keith Olbermann works for MSNBC.
He doesn't like Rupert Murdock, NewsCorp, Fox"News" or anything owned by Murdock.
He's obviously a progressive type-of-guy and approaches stories on his show with jounalistic integrity that his many detractors only wish they could possess.
The NYPost ( Page 6 ) ran this story about Olbermann, MSNBC, and MySpace:
KEITH Olbermann is again being an embarrassment to MSNBC. The cable channel and MySpace have teamed up to choose two "citizen journalist" correspondents to cover the upcoming national political conventions. The "journalists" will be featured both on MySpace and MSNBC's campaign coverage. A spy said, "Every anchor is onboard and willing to play along, except Keith. He refuses to participate because MySpace is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp." - which also owns Fox News and The Post. A rep for Olbermann said, "There are no plans for the contest winners to be on any programs other than 'Morning Joe.' "
A spy? Did I read that right, a spy?!?!
Wow, I mean, are we talking 007 style or just some intern that Rich Johnson paid $20 to under-the-table to find something out? Was it made up?
I'm opting for the latter.
This is not the first time that "Page 6" has tried to create a controversy around Olbermann. There's been a longtime rivalry between Olbermann and everyone in Murdock's NewsCorp empire, but to try and paint the man as an "embarassment" simply because he doesn't want anything to do with a NewsCorp-owned company is pretty lame.
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