Source: www.mediaite.com – Friday, March 30, 2012
It began with some lighting problems in his Countdown digs , and ended, today, with Keith Olbermann ‘s firing by Current TV for what sources close to the situation say is “serial, material breach of contract.” Olbermann, for his part, says the claims against him by Current are “untrue,” and that he plans to sue. He’s currently engaged in a Twitter tirade against Current executives Joel Hyatt and former VP Al Gore . Olbermann was fired via a written letter delivered Thursday morning to Nick Khan, agent for Mr. Olbermann, and the source says that the decision “reflected a unanimous agreement amongst the senior management” at Current TV, based on ”Mr. Olbermann’s serial, material breach of his contract, including the failure to show up at work (Unauthorized Absences); sabotaging the network (Failure To Promote); and attacking Current and its executives (Disparagement).” Current executives fired Olbermann because “Mr. Olbermann did not respect the viewers of Current, as he was contractually obligated to do so; and did not support what Current is trying to do when it comes to being a progressive media platform at a time of major corporate consolidation of media properties per his contract,” the source says. Olbermann released a statement disputing Current’s version of events, but note the parsing:(emphasis mine) I’d like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of Current TV. Editorially, Countdown had never been better

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