Terry sits down with KO, Keith Olbermann, for a nice long discussion covering a number of subjects especially his new gig.
Keith Olbermann: The 'Countdown' To His New Show
June 7, 2011 - After abruptly departing MSNBC in January, Keith Olbermann returns to broadcasting on June 20 with a new version of Countdown on the Current TV network.
He tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that his new show resembles his old show on MSNBC but "with some additional bells and whistles and a little bit more commentary." And, he says, he's looking forward to being at a network where he can say things he wasn't able to say before.
{Note: Don't know why but the new format doesn't complete the embed of the NPR player, as noted below, visit site link to listen in.}
"This is not specific to NBC or MSNBC, but I just saw an environment growing in which there were more and more conflicts of interest within these large national corporations where no matter what you said, you had the potential to affect some other part of the big company's business," Olbermann explains. "The more that that's true, the less they want you to say. Even if there is no explicit attempt to censure or to proscribe or otherwise to interfere, there becomes an issue of the larger the corporation, the more fear in the part of the people involved in its production." {continued}
Real good intelligent discussion, as per usually Terry Gross carries!