Keith Olbermann: Where's the 'Welcome Back' Party?

By Rob Shuter Posted Nov 9th 2010 08:00AM

Keith Olberman: Where's the 'Welcome Back' Party?

Keith Olbermann, who returns to MSNBC Tuesday after being suspended for two working days for breaking company rules by donating money to political candidates, is shocked no one is planning a surprise party to welcome him back.

"Keith deliberately kept his Tuesday evening open after he finished his live show, fully expecting staffers would ask him out for dinner or drinks. But so far no one has planned anything," one MSNBC insider tells me. "His dear friend Rachel Maddow is busy taping her show until 10PM and plans to go straight home afterwords; Lawrence O'Donnell doesn't finish work until 11PM, so there's no chance of him wanting to go out after that."

Keith returns to the anchor desk Tuesday at 8PM, and several insiders tell me that despite network warnings, he plans to address the situation live on his show. I'm told Keith is happy to use the opportunity to highlight the difference between FOX News and MSNBC, although he's not happy that even his own staffers aren't planning anything special for his return.

"The network wants to put this incident behind them as fast as possible and has made it clear that Tuesday is just another day in the office and should be treated as such," an insider tells me. "And even though Keith won this battle, everyone else who works at MSNBC knows that if they anger the executives they won't get the special treatment Keith got."

Earlier: Suspended Olbermann Demands MSNBC Apology

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Tuesday 09 November

By Tiffany

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Seriously, could the ego on this guy get any bigger?! First, he wants an apology - because HE broke the rules. Now, he wants a big shin-dig thrown for him - for breaking the rules?! It really doesn't matter what Fox News allows their employees to do. The fact is he signed a contract agreeing to the rules set by MSNBC, not Fox. He broke their rules and should not only be held to the same standards as every other MSNBC employee, but should take responsibility for his actions - not feel like he should be honored for breaking them! I've seriously lost what little respect I had left for this man. I hope his ratings drop considerably so MSNBC will have no choice but to remove him permanently!

By John

I couldn't agree more, Tiffany. However, his ratings are already in the crapper. How much lower can they go? Hopefully Olbermann says something on the air tonight that ticks off his bosses to the point that they fire his arrogant, egocentric butt. Like they SHOULD have when he first broke MSNBC's policy to which he signed a contract...

By harry

who cares, no0one watches him anyway. such a loon...the only ones (maybe 320 people) that watch him are the few that used to listen to air america. they should pull the plug on msnbc and let it die like air america... these loons want to force people to watch or listen to their crap in the name of fairness. political correctness gone amuck. they call it the fairness doctrine.. give me a break.

By BTDT

They could probably improve their rating by playing Adams Family re-runs. They just blew the perfect opportunity to lose this loser. And you're right, his ego is jaw-droppingly huge.

By Sandye

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Gee Tiffany, sorry you are so wrapped up in your own self that you don't recognize snarky cynicism. Go sit in a corner and suck your thumb you poor dumb child.

By Susan

Agree. I once kind of liked him - maybe 6 yrs ago. But he's long ago gone off the deep end. His pompous rants became tiresome to many on the left. He totally ignores the 'middle' and caters to the far-left-wingnuts, just like Faux News caters to the far-right-wingnuts. I really loved that Jon Stewart's rally dissed him the way they did.

By TTREXXX

ATTA BOY KEITH..MAKE UM PUCKER..WE MISSED YOU.THE GOP-ERS WERE OVER RUNNING THE FORT.AND WE WERE DOWN TO OUR LAST PEANUT

T-REXXX

By Defaultgirl

Must be the only nuts ya'll got left...hmm?? However, Keith does have more nuts than brains.

By ttrexxx

I should listen to someone that sits down to pea...lol i don't think so

By comhunt00

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Mabey Obama could use this idiot at the FED........ Yeah, Oberman as chairman.... could be an improvement.

By cashman07024

The party is a Fox, where the station is secure in their continued success thanks to MSNBC's decision to stick with failure. Thank you Keith, for being the snarky, bitter, angry face of Marxism.

Friday 28 January

By BLACKBULL

HE BELONGS
ON TV NEWS.
NAZI NEWSJERKS
LIKE HANITY&OREILEY
SUCK EVERYDAY
ROWE&CHENEY ARE THE FEW GOP
THAT ARE OBJECTIVE&CROOKED.
KEITH SHOULD BE FIRED AND HIRED
ON HANITY SHOW...NOW SEAN WOULD
VOMIT BLOOD WITH NO FACTS TO BACK HIS
SHALLOW ARGUMENTS.

By Lisa

Learn how to spell!!!

By MooseShady

And ease on the caps too, troll!

By bamabrook

The difference between MSNBC and Fox News? RATINGS!!!!! I don't think he needs to explain simple math!

By Coleen

Actually it's fact vs. fiction. MSNBC basically shows on a daily basis the crap the FOX puts out there as news. That is why intelligent people love Keith. He shows us how FOX manipulates brilliantly the limited intelligence crowd. If you don't get Keith you probably fall in that FOX crowd. We also see how MSNBC is more ethical than FOX but was that ever in doubt?

By Northshore

The ratings reflect the fact that the know nothing right wingers have nothing better to do than sit around their TVs & watch a politcal propoganda network vent it's anger & misinformation 24 hours/day. Those who actually can engage in critical thought don't require TV to inform their every thought.

By Cyborger

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Most of Fox News' viewers are old men who still think women shouldn't work and remember when a can of soup was 5 cents. If you don't get where I'm going with this you have no business being in this discussion.

Wednesday 10 November

Love it that not one person backs up their argument with facts, just name calling. Must have learned that from watching MSNBC!

By zyberzing

As long as FAUX NEWS is packed with the maniacs that spread their misinformation across our country, we need a counterweight.

Looking at a smug Bill-O, or the other crackpots at FOX, it is clear we need to clone Keith NOW and produce 1000 more smart, funny, smug jerks to counter the right-wing spew.

Way to go Keith, you still have the little GOP roachies running, they don't like having the light turned on them.

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