Like most people who appreciate the necessity of independent media outlets, it was personally frustrating to watch Current TV go under back at the beginning of the year. You don't have to agree with every point-of-view presented by a news organization to value its freedom to ...read more
Welcome to this week's edition of The Daily Banter Mailbag! Today, Bob, Ben and Chez discuss the Fiscal Cliff Deal, Current TV sold to Al Jazeera, and the NRA is really pissed off. The questions: 1) Neither political party is happy with the deal that was cut regarding the ...read more
I'm still annoyed that Keith Olbermann's gigantic ego destroyed his own career - he'd be extremely useful right now in piling on the Republicans, and he really only has himself to blame. Despite his flaws as a person, he was a voice of sanity in the corporate media and routinely ...read more
Keith Olbermann has just sued Current TV ... claiming the network violated his contract, torpedoed his show ... and still owes him up to $70 million in unpaid compensation. In the lawsuit, filed in L.A. and obtained by TMZ, Keith says, "After being enticed to leave MSNBC and ...read more
Light posting today everyone - just got off a conference call with Keith Olbermann who spoke about his new show launching on Current TV. It was a very interesting discussion and I'll post my interview with him on Monday. In the mean time, here's the press release about the ...read more
On his conference call announcing his new venture, Keith Olbermann has announced that he will be chief news officer for Current TV, with a tv show debuting later this year. Olbermann says it will be "news that is produced independently of corporate interference." From ...read more