NEW YORK - After leaving MSNBC tonight, Keith Olbermann signed with Fox News.
Keith Olbermann, who had been suspended indefinitely without pay from MSNBC because he donated to three Democratic candidates this election cycle and then was rehired – quit MSNBC tonight. He’s done at MSNBC,
“We didn’t like Keith made political contributions, but then he apologized and we hired him back and then we decided we should have fired him instead of suspending him, but tonight he quit, so we’re all happy,” MSNBC president Phil Griffin said in a statement.
As soon as Roger Ailes, the head honcho of Fox News heard that Olbermann quite, he offered Keith a spot in the nightly lineup. Olbermann, who said the money Ailes offered was three times what MSNBC was paying him, quickly accepted the deal.
In a statement Friday, Olbermann said, “I don’t like being a popular TV host on a channel that doesn’t love me. I went over to Fox and Roger Ailes said that he loved me and I then I went back to MSNBC and told them that if they wanted to keep me they had to tell me they loved me more, but they didn’t so I quit and went over to Roger Ailes who gave me a big bear hug. He loves me.”
He then went on to say, “I am thrilled to be joining the team at Fox News. Mr. Ailes has assured me that I continue doing my program in the same format, and with the same viewpoint, that I had at MSNBC. I will continue doing the Worst Person in The World. And my first Worst Person on Fox News will be MSNBC president, Phil Griffin.”
Olbermann will be taking Greta Van Susteren in the 10 pm. slot.
Rachael Maddow went on the air tonight to urge Olbermann to return to MSNBC, but Olbermann said that he’d rather go to hunting with Dick Cheney then return to MSNBC.”
Fox News stars – Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck – were livid when the learned of Olbermann’s hiring. “They have to run everything by me on this network. Everything!” O’Reilly said. Ailes said he likes the conflict between his hosts, “it keeps them on their toes.”
So, there you have it… Keith Olbermann is joining Fox News, starting Monday, January 24th, 2011.
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