I'm sick to death over this, and it is yet another piece of the puzzle of the Shock Doctrine in full view of our eyes. It is disgusting, and we must have a complete plan of action to raise our voices, and I don't just mean, complaining or canceling Comcast.
I'm talking real action here. I welcome your ideas. What can we do as a community to stop this vicious and final take over of what little is left for the progressive open free market for real news on our airwaves?
Time to go to the fucking 'mattresses,' for Keith, because next with this new Comcast/NBC merger, Rachel Maddow will be next, and so will Ed Schulz and Darrell Ratigan.
Keith Olbermann and MSNBC have ended their contract, according to a statement from MSNBC. The last episode of "Countdown" will air this evening, Friday, January 21. MSNBC's statement reads as follows:
MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC's success and we wish him well in his future endeavors. As for the updated schedule, Lawrence O'Donnell's show will be moved to 8 p.m.; while "The Ed Show" with Ed Schultz will air at 10 p.m. Rachel Maddow will stay in her regular slot at 9 p.m. MSNBC released the following statement on their new programming order:
Starting Monday, January 24, "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" will move to 8 p.m. ET/PT and "The Ed Show," hosted by Ed Schultz, will move to 10 p.m. ET/PT on MSNBC. The announcement was made today by Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC. "The Rachel Maddow Show" will continue to air live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Also starting Monday, Cenk Uygur, MSNBC contributor and host of the popular web show "The Young Turks," will be filling in as host of the 6 p.m ET hour. Olbermann says in his final sign off tonight that he was told, "This is going to be the last edition of your show."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
As one Kossack said tonight, I do not believe in coincidences and it is not a coincidence, that Rachel Maddow is not hosting her own show tonight, but instead will be on Bill Mayer.
This entire episode smells like a pile of shit, left on our door step in flames.
So let's make a real action plan here people. Let's stop this cold in its tracks and make certain, the Oligarchy, Plutocrats, Corporate takeover of our final notion of what is left of free speech and progressive ideals will not be taken laying down like helpless citizens.
Regardless of when this merger happened (today or whenever) we have watched systematically as the Fairness Doctrine has been destroyed, and will keep being destroyed, and this is absolutely no different in my book, that how the Right Wing Supreme Court, took away President Al Gore's election (unconstitutionally) to hand it over to George Bush, or how the Citizen's United decision, (making Corporations people who can now, secretly steal elections). This is all one in the same.
Democracies are destroyed one tiny step at a time, when finally we wake up one day, and we ask ourselves?
How the fuck did this happen.
Well, here is yet another line in the sand.
I welcome your 'action ideas' on how to cause a major and total upheaval in support of Keith.
For the past several years, Keith has put his ass on the line for all of us, and now, if we let him go without even pretending what actions we all took in the past to designate Beck's advertisers then what does that say about us?
Let's get it together, and if we have to go down, then let's have least have the damned courage to go down fighting and fighting hard.
thanks for listening. I'm disgusted and completely appalled.
Let's make a plan of action that will shake the ever loving shit out of the corporate takeover of our airwaves.......I'm sick of this shit, and its time to regroup, keep our chins up, and know this:
Whatever has happened to Keith, next up is anyone like him: Rachel or whoever.
Where and when do we put up a real fight, and how can we do this?
Thanks. I'm ready to rumble, are you?
Ms. B.