Keith Olbermann#Controversies

Olbermann was born January 27, 1959, in New York City,{{cite journal|title=Current Biography Yearbook|author=H.W. Wilson Company|journal=Current Biography Yearbook: Annual Cumulation|year=2009|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|issn=0084-9499|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vwZAAAAYAAJ|access-date=July 11, 2022|quote=Keith Olbermann was born in New York City on January 27, 1959 to Theodore Olbermann, an architect, and Marie Olbermann, a preschool teacher...}} the son of Marie Katherine (née Charbonier), a preschool teacher, and Theodore Olbermann, a commercial architect. He is of German ancestry. Olbermann and his younger sister Jenna (b. 1968), were raised in a Unitarian household in the town of Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester, New York. He attended the Hackley School, a private Ivy League Preparatory school in nearby Tarrytown.

Olbermann became a devoted fan of baseball at a young age, a love he inherited from his mother, who was a lifelong New York Yankees fan. As a teenager he often wrote about baseball card-collecting and appeared in many sports card-collecting periodicals of the mid-1970s. He is also referenced in Sports Collectors Bible, a 1979 book by Bert Sugar, which is considered one of the important early books for trading card collectors.

While at Hackley, Olbermann began his broadcasting career as a play-by-play announcer for WHTR. After graduating from Hackley in 1975, he enrolled at Cornell University at the age of 16. At college Olbermann served as sports director for WVBR, a student-run commercial radio station in Ithaca. Olbermann graduated from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1979 with a BS in communication.{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Elizabeth|title=Olbermann '79 entertains with Cornell anecdotes and political commentary|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2011/03/olbermann-entertains-cornell-anecdotes|publisher=Cornell Chronicle|access-date=September 12, 2013|archive-date=October 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003004357/http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2011/03/olbermann-entertains-cornell-anecdotes|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=CALS Departments & Majors|url=http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/departments-majors/|publisher=Cornell University|access-date=September 12, 2013|archive-date=September 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903024922/http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/departments-majors/|url-status=live}}

Olbermann began his professional career at UPI and the RKO Radio Network before joining then-nascent CNN in 1981.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn2TTadqcuo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/cn2TTadqcuo| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Redskins 1983 Super Bowl parade, Keith Olbermann on CNN|last=Cathy Ferkleheimer|date=December 10, 2012 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Among the early stories he covered was the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, including the "Miracle on Ice." In the early-to-mid 1980s he was a sportscaster on the old WNEW 1130-AM radio station in New York City. In 1984, he briefly worked as a sports anchor at WCVB-TV in Boston before heading to Los Angeles to work at KTLA and KCBS. His work there earned him 11 Golden Mike Awards,{{cite web|url=https://www.rtna.org/GoldenMikeAwards/winners.asp|title=Radio and Television News Association of Southern California – Golden Mike Awards Winners|website=www.rtna.org|access-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005130633/http://rtna.org/GoldenMikeAwards/winners.asp|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=dead}} and he was named best sportscaster by the California Associated Press three times.{{Better source needed|reason=Wikipedia:Citing IMDb|date=November 2017}}

In 1992 Olbermann joined ESPN's SportsCenter, a position he held until 1997 with the exception of a period from 1993 to 1994 when he was at ESPN2. He joined ESPN2 as its "marquee" personality to help launch the network. He often co-hosted SportsCenter{{'}}s 11:00 p.m. show with Dan Patrick, the two becoming a popular anchor team. In 1995 Olbermann won a Cable ACE award for Best Sportscaster. he later co-authored a book with Patrick called The Big Show about their experiences working at SportsCenter; he also said that the short-lived ABC dramedy Sports Night was based on his time on SportsCenter with Patrick, ABC having been co-owned with ESPN since 1985 (ESPN now produces all sports coverage on ABC, which is branded ESPN on ABC). In his last year with KCBS before moving east to work for ESPN, Olbermann's salary was $475,000 but started at "just over $150,000" with ESPN.{{cite news |url=https://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201106/espn-oral-history-sportscenter-keith-olbermann |date=June 2011 |access-date=April 27, 2012 |work=GQ |title=Game On! The Untold Stories and Furios Egos Behind the Rise of SportsCenter |author=James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales |archive-date=January 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109041157/http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201106/espn-oral-history-sportscenter-keith-olbermann |url-status=dead }} He made $350,000 at the end of his tenure at ESPN.

Early in 1997 Olbermann was suspended for two weeks after he made an unauthorized appearance on The Daily Show on Comedy Central with then-host and former ESPN colleague Craig Kilborn. At one point in the show he referred to Bristol, Connecticut (ESPN's headquarters), as a "Godforsaken place". Later that year he abruptly left ESPN under a cloud of controversy, apparently burning his bridges with the network's management; this began a long and drawn-out feud between Olbermann and ESPN. Between 1997 and 2007 incidents between the two sides included Olbermann's publishing an essay on Salon in November 2002 titled "Mea Culpa", in which he stated, "I couldn't handle the pressure of working in daily long-form television, and what was worse, I didn't know I couldn't handle it." The essay told of an instance when his former bosses remarked he had "too much backbone", a claim that is literally true, as Olbermann has six lumbar vertebrae instead of the normal five.

In 2004, Olbermann was not included in ESPN's guest lineup for its 25th anniversary SportsCenter "Reunion Week", which saw Craig Kilborn and Charley Steiner return to the SportsCenter set. In 2007, ten years after Olbermann's departure, in an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, he said, "If you burn a bridge, you can possibly build a new bridge, but if there's no river any more, that's a lot of trouble." During the same interview Olbermann stated that he had recently learned that as a result of ESPN's agreeing to let him return to the airwaves on ESPN Radio, he was banned from ESPN's main (Bristol, Connecticut) campus.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7bXnJ9MvOI|title=Keith and Dan with Dave|date=June 27, 2007|publisher=YouTube|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=January 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115061647/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7bXnJ9MvOI|url-status=live}}

In 1999, Olbermann joined Fox Sports Net to be the star anchor for their sports news show Fox Sports News Primetime, which was an ill-fated competitor to SportsCenter.{{cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/2015/the-keith-olbermann-timeline.html|title=The Keith Olbermann Timeline|first=Ken|last=Fang|date=July 9, 2015|access-date=January 7, 2019|archive-date=January 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108050247/https://awfulannouncing.com/2015/the-keith-olbermann-timeline.html|url-status=live}} Olbermann later left that show to be an anchor and executive producer for The Keith Olbermann Evening News, a sportscast similar to SportsCenter that aired weekly on Sunday evenings. While at Fox he hosted the 2000 World Series as well as Fox Broadcasting's baseball Game of the Week. In May and July 1999, Olbermann also guest-starred ten times on Hollywood Squares.

According to Olbermann, he was demoted by Fox when he asked for a slight reduction in duties for health reasons, and then was fired from Fox in 2001 after reporting on rumors that Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation owns Fox, was planning on selling the Los Angeles Dodgers. Olbermann characterized the demotion as "blackmail." When asked about Olbermann, Murdoch said, "I fired him ... He's crazy." In 2004 Olbermann remarked, "Fox Sports was an infant trying to stand [in comparison to ESPN], but on the broadcast side there was no comparison—ESPN was the bush leagues."

After Olbermann left Fox Sports in 2001, he provided twice-daily sports commentary on the ABC Radio Network, reviving the "Speaking of Sports" and "Speaking of Everything" segments begun by Howard Cosell. In 2005, Olbermann made a return to ESPN Radio when he began co-hosting an hour of the syndicated Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio, a tenure that lasted until Patrick left ESPN on August 17, 2007. Olbermann and Patrick referred to this segment as "The Big Show", just as their book was known. Patrick often introduced Olbermann with the tagline "saving the democracy", a nod to his work on Countdown. On April 16, 2007, Olbermann was named co-host of Football Night in America, NBC's NFL pre-game show that precedes their Sunday Night NFL game, a position which reunited him in 2008 with his former SportsCenter co-anchor Dan Patrick. Olbermann left the show prior to the start of the 2010 season.

Shortly before rejoining ESPN, Olbermann signed a contract with TBS to host the studio show portions of its coverage of the Division Series and National League Championship Series. He replaced Matt Winer, who had been in this role since his departure from ESPN to join the Turner Sports family, and was originally supposed to host the show with TBS' Dennis Eckersley. Instead, Eckersley was sent to join Don Orsillo and Buck Martinez to call the Detroit-Oakland series. TBS later hired Dirk Hayhurst, Pedro Martínez, and Mark DeRosa to provide analysis. Tom Verducci also joined the studio crew, as he was replaced by Rachel Nichols as a field reporter.{{cite web|title=Olbermann to host TBS' postseason baseball studio show|date=June 5, 2013|url=https://nypost.com/2013/06/05/olbermann-to-host-tbs-postseason-baseball-studio-show/|publisher=New York Post|access-date=May 19, 2022|archive-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520033300/https://nypost.com/2013/06/05/olbermann-to-host-tbs-postseason-baseball-studio-show/|url-status=live}}

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It was announced on July 17, 2013, that Olbermann would host his own one-hour nightly show on ESPN2. The two-year contract would allow him to deviate from the topic of sports into realms such as "pop culture and current events",{{cite news|title=Olbermann Will Return To ESPN|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 17, 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/sports/after-16-year-absence-olbermann-is-said-to-be-returning-to-espn-to-host-show.html|access-date=July 17, 2013|last1=Miller|first1=James Andrew|archive-date=July 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717172127/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/sports/after-16-year-absence-olbermann-is-said-to-be-returning-to-espn-to-host-show.html|url-status=live}} as well as politics, which was a right Olbermann claimed he did not intend to exercise.{{Citation | last = Pierce | first = Scott D. | title = Keith Olbermann promises no politics on his new ESPN2 show | newspaper = The Salt Lake Tribune | date = July 25, 2013 | url = https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/blogstv/56642603-63/olbermann-politics-talking-sports.html.csp | access-date = April 5, 2016 | archive-date = February 21, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010247/http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/blogstv/56642603-63/olbermann-politics-talking-sports.html.csp | url-status = live }}

Olbermann was suspended by ESPN in 2015 for the week following Penn State University's annual philanthropy THON due to a Twitter exchange he had with Penn State supporters.{{Citation|title=Keith Olbermann Benched by ESPN For Comments About Penn State |newspaper=StateCollege.com |date=February 24, 2015 |url=https://www.statecollege.com/keith-olbermann-benched-by-espn-for-comments-about-penn-state/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225150528/http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/keith-olbermann-benched-by-espn-for-comments-about-penn-state%2C1462946/ |archive-date=February 25, 2015 |access-date=May 19, 2022 }} THON is the world's largest student-run philanthropy, raising over $160 million for pediatric cancer research since 1977. In the Twitter exchange, Olbermann stated, "PSU students are pitiful." Later, prior to apologizing, Olbermann stated, "I'd like to thank the students and alums of Penn State for proving my point about the mediocrity of their education and ethics."{{Citation|title=Fallout Continues to Pile Up After Olbermann Rant Against Penn State |newspaper=statecollege.com |date=February 25, 2015 |url=https://www.statecollege.com/fallout-continues-to-pile-up-after-olbermann-rant-against-penn-state/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226155525/http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/fallout-continues-to-pile-up-after-olbermann-rant-against-penn-state%2C1462951/ |archive-date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=May 19, 2022 }}{{Citation | title = ESPN suspends Keith Olbermann after a series of nasty tweets insulting Penn State students | newspaper = Business Insider | date = February 24, 2015 | url = http://www.businessinsider.com/espn-suspends-keith-olbermann-for-a-week-2015-2 | access-date = February 24, 2015 | archive-date = February 26, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150226113921/http://www.businessinsider.com/espn-suspends-keith-olbermann-for-a-week-2015-2 | url-status = live }}{{Citation|title=ESPN Suspends Keith Olbermann For Penn State Tweets |newspaper=Deadspin |date=February 24, 2015 |url=http://deadspin.com/espn-suspends-keith-olbermann-for-penn-state-tweets-1687751753 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224235215/http://deadspin.com/espn-suspends-keith-olbermann-for-penn-state-tweets-1687751753 |archive-date=February 24, 2015 |access-date=February 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{Citation|title=ESPN's Keith Olbermann taken off the air after fighting with Penn State fans on Twitter |newspaper=USA Today |date=February 24, 2015 |url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/02/espn-keith-olbermann-penn-state-twitter-taken-off-air |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224200249/http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/02/espn-keith-olbermann-penn-state-twitter-taken-off-air |archive-date=February 24, 2015 |access-date=February 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Olbermann apologized on his program upon his return March 2, but noted, "I'm much more sorry about batting practice [i.e. trolling or cyber bullying]. So for me, batting practice ends."{{cite web|url=http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-82957112/|title=LA Times|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 3, 2015|archive-date=October 6, 2012|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121006015957/http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-82957112/|url-status=dead}}

In July 2015 ESPN announced that it would be Olbermann's last month with the network. ESPN said that it was a "business decision to move in another direction".{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/07/08/keith-olbermann-out-espn-contract |title=Keith Olbermann's second tenure at ESPN comes to end after two years. |newspaper=Sports Illustrated |date=July 8, 2015 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714234843/http://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/07/08/keith-olbermann-out-espn-contract |url-status=live }}

In 2016, Olbermann wrote an article for Bill Simmons' company "The Ringer" after Muhammad Ali's death.{{cite web|url=https://theringer.com/muhammad-ali-keith-olbermann-remembrance-2d81ba11561b|title=Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World.|date=June 4, 2016|access-date=June 4, 2016|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531084059/https://theringer.com/muhammad-ali-keith-olbermann-remembrance-2d81ba11561b|url-status=live}}

In January 2018, Olbermann returned to ESPN once again, presenting occasional commentaries on SportsCenter throughout the first half of 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/keith-olbermann-espn-sportscenter.html|title=Keith Olbermann's again working with ESPN, contributing to 'SportsCenter'|date=2018-01-31|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=2018-07-14|archive-date=June 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604214539/http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/keith-olbermann-espn-sportscenter.html|url-status=live}} In May 2018, Olbermann's role at ESPN expanded to include a return to the role of SportsCenter host and the addition of occasional ESPN Major League Baseball play-by-play.{{Cite web|url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2018/05/keith-olbermann-to-expand-multi-faceted-espn-role/|title=Keith Olbermann to Expand Multi-Faceted ESPN Role|website=ESPN Press Room U.S.|date=May 25, 2018|access-date=May 19, 2022|author=Josh Krulewitz|archive-date=May 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517042203/https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2018/05/keith-olbermann-to-expand-multi-faceted-espn-role/|url-status=live}}

In 1997, Olbermann left ESPN to host a prime-time show on MSNBC, The Big Show with Keith Olbermann (ESPN objected to the use of the title). The news-driven program, with substantial discussion, relied on Olbermann to carry the 8:00–9:00 pm hour. The show typically covered three or four topics in a one-hour broadcast. Olbermann also hosted two Sunday editions of NBC Nightly News and once co-anchored a Saturday edition of the Today show.A search of the [http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/ Vanderbilt University Television News Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105181132/http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/ |date=November 5, 2014 }} shows that Olbermann anchored NBC Nightly News on April 12, 1998 (Easter Sunday), and May 9, 1998. On his Nightly News debut Olbermann led with coverage of the April 1998 Birmingham tornado and introduced stories about observances of Easter at the Vatican, the Northern Ireland peace process, and Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement among other subjects. During that period Olbermann, along with Hannah Storm, also co-hosted NBC Sports' pre-game coverage of the MLB 1997 World Series. Olbermann became frustrated as his show was consumed by the Monica Lewinsky scandal. In 1998, he stated that his work at MSNBC would "make me ashamed, make me depressed, make me cry."

Olbermann left MSNBC for Fox Sports Net shortly thereafter. After leaving Fox Sports in 2001, Olbermann returned once more to news journalism. In 2003, his network won an Edward R. Murrow Award for writing on the "Keith Olbermann Speaking of Everything" show. In addition, Olbermann wrote a weekly column for Salon.com from July 2002 until early 2003, worked for CNN as a freelance reporter, and was a fill-in for newscaster Paul Harvey. Olbermann revived his association with MSNBC in 2003 briefly as a substitute host on Nachman and as an anchor for the network's coverage of the war in Iraq.

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Olbermann's own show, Countdown, debuted on MSNBC on March 31, 2003, in the 8 p.m. ET time slot previously held by programs hosted by Phil Donahue and, briefly, Lester Holt. Countdown's format, per its name, involved Olbermann ranking the five biggest news stories of the day or sometimes "stories my producers force me to cover", as Olbermann put it. This was done in numerically reverse order, counting down with the first story shown being ranked fifth but apparently the most important.

The first few stories shown were typically oriented toward government, politics, and world events; the segments ranked numbers two and one were typically of a lighter fare than the preceding segments. These lighter stories sometimes involved celebrities, sports, and, regularly and somewhere in the middle, the bizarre, in a segment he called "Oddball." Opinions on each were offered by Olbermann and guests interviewed during the segment. Olbermann had been criticized for only having guests that agree with his perspective. Former Los Angeles Times television critic Howard Rosenberg stated that "Countdown is more or less an echo chamber in which Olbermann and like-minded bobbleheads nod at each other."

On October 13, 2004, Olbermann launched [https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6210240 Bloggermann], his Countdown blog, hosted on MSNBC's website. Olbermann used the open format of the blog to expand on facts or ideas alluded to in the broadcast, to offer personal musings and reactions. However, in February 2007, Olbermann launched a new blog, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150201181155/http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/default.aspx The News Hole].

In a technique similar to that of former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite in connection to the Iran Hostage Crisis, for the last six years of the program, Olbermann closed every show by announcing the number of days passed since President George W. Bush had declared the end of "major combat operations" in Iraq under a banner that read "Mission Accomplished" (May 1, 2003). Olbermann would then crumple up his notes, throwing them at the camera and saying "Good night and good luck", echoing another former CBS newsman, Edward R. Murrow. (Yet Olbermann himself discounted this gesture to his hero as "presumptuous" and a "feeble tribute.")

On February 16, 2007, MSNBC reported that Olbermann had signed a four-year extension on his contract with MSNBC for Countdown which also provided for his hosting of two Countdown specials a year to be aired on NBC as well as for his occasional contribution of essays on NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams.

Olbermann co-anchored, with Chris Matthews, MSNBC's coverage of the death of fellow NBC News employee Tim Russert on June 13, 2008. He presented a tribute, along with several fellow journalists, in honor of Russert.

During the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Olbermann co-anchored MSNBC's coverage with Chris Matthews until September 7, 2008, when they were replaced by David Gregory after complaints from both outside and inside of NBC that they were making partisan statements. This apparent conflict of interest had been an issue as early as May 2007, when Giuliani campaign officials complained about his serving in dual roles, as both a host and a commentator. Despite this, Countdown was broadcast both before and after each of the presidential and vice-presidential debates, and Olbermann and Matthews joined Gregory on MSNBC's Election Day coverage. Olbermann and Matthews also led MSNBC's coverage of the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

In November 2008, it was announced that Olbermann had signed a four-year contract extension worth an estimated $30 million.

After beginning Countdown's "Worst Person in the World" segment in July 2005, Olbermann repeatedly awarded Bill O'Reilly, host of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel, the dubious honor. The feud between the anchors originated with Olbermann's extensive coverage of a 2004 sexual harassment suit brought against O'Reilly by former Fox News Channel producer Andrea Mackris during which Olbermann asked Countdown viewers to fund the purchase of lurid audio tapes allegedly held by Mackris. In 2008 O'Reilly decided to avoid mentioning Olbermann's name on the air, and once cut off a caller who mentioned Olbermann. O'Reilly has also criticized MSNBC's news commentary and political coverage without ever specifically mentioning Olbermann. The rivalry continued when in 2006 at Television Critics' Association in California, Olbermann donned a mask of O'Reilly and made a Nazi salute, leading to a letter of protest from the Anti-Defamation League.

In an article on "perhaps the fiercest media feud of the decade", The New York Times{{'}} Brian Stelter noted that in early June 2009 the "combat" between the two hosts seemed to have abruptly ended as a result of instructions filtered down to Olbermann and O'Reilly from the chief executives of their respective networks. On the August 3, 2009, edition of Countdown, Olbermann asserted that he had made statements to Stelter before the article was published denying that he was a party to such a deal, or that there was such a deal between NBC and Fox News, or that any NBC executive had asked him to change Countdown's content. Olbermann maintained that he had stopped joking about O'Reilly because of O'Reilly's attacks of George Tiller, and soon resumed his criticism of O'Reilly.

On October 28, 2010, days before the 2010 U.S. elections, Olbermann donated $2,400 each to three Democratic candidates for Congress: Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway, and Arizona Democratic Representatives Raul Grijalva and Gabby Giffords. Grijalva had appeared on Olbermann's show immediately before Olbermann mailed the donations. In response, on November 5, MSNBC President Phil Griffin suspended him indefinitely without pay for violating a network policy which required employees to obtain approval from management before making political contributions. An online petition calling for his reinstatement received over 250,000 signatures; two days after the suspension began, Griffin announced that Olbermann would return to the air on November 9.

On January 21, 2011, Olbermann announced his departure from MSNBC and that the episode would be the final episode of Countdown. MSNBC issued a statement that it had ended its contract with Olbermann, with no further explanation. Additional reporting in the days immediately following suggested that the negotiations for the end of Olbermann's tenure at MSNBC had begun soon after the end of his suspension.

On February 8, 2011, it was announced that Olbermann had become the chief news officer for the public affairs channel Current TV and would begin hosting a one-hour prime time program on the network at 8 pm Eastern – the same time slot that Countdown had been on MSNBC. On April 26, 2011, it was announced that Olbermann's new show would debut on June 20 and would be named Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Olbermann was also heavily involved in the development of the rest of the network's news programming. The deal also included an equity stake in Current TV.[http://current.com/keith-olbermann/ Countdown with Keith Olbermann // Current TV] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208211320/http://current.com/keith-olbermann/ |date=February 8, 2011 }}

During the interim between shows, Olbermann launched an "official not-for-profit" blog called FOKNewsChannel.com, "FOK" being an abbreviation for "Friends of Keith". The blog featured political commentaries by Olbermann—including viral video versions of Countdown's "Special Comment" and "Worst Person" segments, as well as photographs of his outings at professional baseball games. On May 29, 2011, the FOKNewsChannel.com domain redirected to the Current website promoting the June 20 launch.

Olbermann was fired from Current TV on March 30, 2012. In a statement from Current TV, they stated that "Current was [...] founded on the values of respect, openness, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers. Unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann and we have ended it." Olbermann released his own statement, apologizing for "the failure of Current TV" and "that the claims against me implied in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently."{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/03/keith-olbermann-to-file-against-current-tv-119218|title=Keith Olbermann to file against Current TV|author=Keach Hagey|work=POLITICO|date=March 30, 2012|access-date=March 30, 2012|archive-date=March 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330215739/http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/03/keith-olbermann-to-file-against-current-tv-119218.html|url-status=live}}

The two parties sued each other over Olbermann's firing. On March 12, 2013, it was announced that Olbermann settled his $50 million legal claim. In a joint statement, Olbermann and Current TV said: "The parties are pleased to announce that a settlement has occurred, and that the terms are confidential. Nothing more will be disclosed regarding the settlement."{{cite web|title=Keith Olbermann Settles $50 Million Current TV Lawsuit|date=March 12, 2013|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/keith-olbermann-settles-50-million-428231/|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 19, 2022|archive-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520033300/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/keith-olbermann-settles-50-million-428231/|url-status=live}}

According to Politico, Olbermann's professional reputation suffered greatly as a result of his dispute with Current, which accused Olbermann of making "material breaches of his contract, including the failure to show up at work, sabotaging the network and attacking Current and its executives." Purportedly, despite actively shopping other networks for offers, Olbermann was unable to find an outlet interested in hiring him. According to Politico, the fact Olbermann had been rendered unemployable as a result of the dispute, factored heavily during settlement negotiations between his attorneys and representatives from CurrentTV."Sources: Olbermann's inability to get a job cited in Current TV settlement." By DYLAN BYERS, writing for Politico. [https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/03/sources-olbermanns-inability-to-get-a-job-cited-in-current-tv-settlement-159322] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209072249/https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/03/sources-olbermanns-inability-to-get-a-job-cited-in-current-tv-settlement-159322|date=December 9, 2021}}. Published March 14, 2013, Retrieved December 9, 2021.

On September 12, 2016, GQ magazine announced that Olbermann would, as a special correspondent, host a web series covering the 2016 US presidential election. The series, titled The Closer with Keith Olbermann, aired twice weekly on GQ.com. It was retitled The Resistance after Donald Trump's victory.{{cite news|url=https://www.gq.com/story/watch-the-closer-keith-olbermann|title=Watch 'The Resistance' with Keith Olbermann|last=Olbermann|first=Keith|date=November 21, 2016|work=GQ|access-date=December 21, 2016|archive-date=December 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222034809/http://www.gq.com/story/watch-the-closer-keith-olbermann|url-status=live}} {{as of|2017|March}}, it had nearly 170 million views on GQ{{'}}s YouTube and Facebook.{{cite web | url=https://medium.com/idea-insider/keith-olbermann-the-closer-the-resistance-viewed-170-million-times-gq-youtube-gq-facebook-aa54e17a4cbc | title=Keith Olbermann's The Closer and The Resistance have been viewed almost 170 million times on GQ{{'}}s YouTube and Facebook | work=Idea Insider | date=April 2, 2017 | access-date=May 2, 2017 | author=Black, Lee Bob | archive-date=April 9, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200144/https://medium.com/idea-insider/keith-olbermann-the-closer-the-resistance-viewed-170-million-times-gq-youtube-gq-facebook-aa54e17a4cbc | url-status=live }} In mid-October 2017, Penguin Random House issued a hardcover book by Olbermann, Trump Is F*cking Crazy (This Is Not a Joke), consisting of 50 essays based on The Resistance commentaries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564314/trump-is-fcking-crazy-by-keith-olbermann/9780525533863/|title=Trump is F*cking Crazy by Keith Olbermann|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|access-date=2018-11-18|archive-date=November 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118081917/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564314/trump-is-fcking-crazy-by-keith-olbermann/9780525533863/|url-status=live}} On November 27, 2017, in episode 147 of The Resistance, Olbermann announced his retirement from political commentary, citing his belief that "this ... presidency of Donald John Trump will end prematurely and end soon, and I am thus also confident that this is the correct moment to end this series of commentaries".{{Citation|last=GQ|title=Trump is Finished {{!}} The Resistance with Keith Olbermann {{!}} GQ|date=2017-11-27|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkXR7EL_RY|access-date=2018-11-18|archive-date=November 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128051347/https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xmkXR7EL_RY|url-status=live}}

On August 1, 2022, Olbermann began producing and hosting a weekday podcast titled "Countdown with Keith Olbermann", for iHeart Media.{{cite news|title=Keith Olbermann to Host New Podcast on iHeartMedia|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/keith-olbermann-to-host-new-podcast-on-iheartmedia-1235185676/|access-date=7 September 2022|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=25 July 2022|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907162659/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/keith-olbermann-to-host-new-podcast-on-iheartmedia-1235185676/|url-status=live}} It usually consists of a similar five block show from the TV days with three blocks changed out. The main, a dog in need, a headlines section, worst person, a sports rundown and the number one story either being a story of Olbermann's (usually his experience in the news media) or a short story from James Thurber on Fridays.

Olbermann has made several acting appearances either as himself or simply as a sports/newscaster, most notably as Tom Jumbo-Grumbo (a blue whale newscaster on the MSNBSea network) in several episodes of BoJack Horseman.{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/BoJack-Horseman/Tom-Jumbo-Grumbo/|title=Tom Jumbo Grumbo|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=2016-10-21|archive-date=October 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018165448/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/BoJack-Horseman/Tom-Jumbo-Grumbo|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://cornellsun.com/2015/10/29/interviewing-the-cornellians-behind-bojack-horseman/|title=Interviewing the Cornellians Behind BoJack Horseman|date=2015-10-30|website=The Cornell Daily Sun|access-date=2016-10-21|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010213118/http://cornellsun.com/2015/10/29/interviewing-the-cornellians-behind-bojack-horseman/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/the-locker/craig-kilborn-voiced-a-cartoon-character-in-a-scene-keith-olbermann.html|title=Craig Kilborn voiced a cartoon character in a scene with Keith Olbermann|date=2015-07-21|newspaper=Awful Announcing|access-date=2016-10-21|archive-date=May 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515212325/http://awfulannouncing.com/the-locker/craig-kilborn-voiced-a-cartoon-character-in-a-scene-keith-olbermann.html|url-status=live}}

Although it began as a traditional newscast, Countdown with Keith Olbermann eventually adopted an opinion-oriented format. In a Countdown interview with Al Franken on October 25, 2005, Olbermann noted that in 2003, after having Janeane Garofalo and Franken on his show, a vice president of MSNBC had questioned him on inviting "liberals" on consecutive nights, contrasting that occurrence to the apparent ideological latitude he enjoyed at the time of the second Franken interview.

In January 2007, The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz wrote that Olbermann was "position[ing] his program as an increasingly liberal alternative to The O'Reilly Factor." Much of the program featured harsh criticism of prominent Republicans and right-leaning figures, including those who worked for or supported the George W. Bush administration, 2008 Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain and running mate Governor Sarah Palin, and rival news commentator Bill O'Reilly, whom Olbermann has routinely dubbed the "Worst Person in the World".

The October 2007 edition of Playboy carried an Olbermann interview in which he stated, "Al Qaeda really hurt us, but not as much as Rupert Murdoch has hurt us, particularly in the case of Fox News. Fox News is worse than Al Qaeda — worse for our society. It's as dangerous as the Ku Klux Klan ever was."{{Cite web|date=2007-09-11|title=Olbermann|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/olbermann-jonah-goldberg-3/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=National Review|archive-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424202503/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/olbermann-jonah-goldberg-3/|url-status=live}}

In November 2007, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph placed Olbermann at No. 67 on their Top 100 list of most influential US liberals. It said that he used his MSNBC show to promote "an increasingly strident liberal agenda." It added that he would be "a force on the Left for some time to come." Avoiding ideological self-labeling, Olbermann described his reporting in 2006 to Salon.com, "I don't think in these issues that I'm a liberal; I think that I'm an American. I think I'm acting almost as a historian on these particular things". During the 2008 Democratic Party primaries, Olbermann frequently chastised presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton for her campaign tactics against her principal opponent, Senator Barack Obama, and made her the subject of two of his "special comments". Olbermann has also posted on the liberal blog Daily Kos.

Before the 2010 Massachusetts special election, Olbermann called Republican candidate Scott Brown "an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, Tea Bagging supporter of violence against women, and against politicians with whom he disagrees". This was criticized by his colleague Joe Scarborough, who called the comments "reckless" and "sad". Yael T. Abouhalkah of the Kansas City Star said that Olbermann "crossed the line in a major way with his comments". The next night, Olbermann chose to "double down", as The Huffington Post's Danny Shea described it, on his criticism of Brown by adding the word "sexist" to his original description of the Republican candidate. Jon Stewart criticized Olbermann about this attack on his show, The Daily Show, by noting that it was "the harshest description of anyone I've ever heard uttered on MSNBC". Following Stewart's critique, Olbermann apologized by noting, "I have been a little over the top lately. Point taken. Sorry."

Olbermann accused the Tea Party movement of being racist due to what he views as a lack of racial diversity at the events, using photos that show overwhelmingly white crowds attending the rallies. In response, the Dallas Tea Party invited him to attend one of their events and also criticized his network for a lack of racial diversity, pointing out that an online banner of MSNBC personalities that appears on the website shows only white personalities. Olbermann declined the invitation, citing his father's prolonged ill health and hospitalization and stated that the network has minority anchors, contributors and guests.

In October 2020, Olbermann called for supporters and what he described as "enablers" of Donald Trump, including United States Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and conservative political commentator Sean Hannity, to be "prosecuted" and "removed from our society".{{cite web |title=Keith Olbermann: "Terrorist Trump" And His Enablers And Supporters Must Be "Removed From Our Society" |url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/10/09/keith_olbermann_terrorist_trump_and_his_enablers_and_supporters_must_be_removed_from_our_society.html |website=RealClearPolitics |access-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013180946/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/10/09/keith_olbermann_terrorist_trump_and_his_enablers_and_supporters_must_be_removed_from_our_society.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Barrabi |first1=Thomas |title=Keith Olbermann: Amy Coney Barrett, others should be 'prosecuted' and 'removed from our society' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/keith-olbermann-amy-coney-barrett-trump-prosecuted-removed-society |website=Fox News |date=9 October 2020}} Additionally. Olbermann labeled Trump "a terrorist" and called his supporters "a blight that will be with us for generations", further saying that Trump's "only barely-human delight comes from the morons in the crowd."{{cite web |title=Ex-ESPN anchor Keith Olbermann labels President Trump a 'terrorist' and gets called out by Mitt Romney |url=https://www.nj.com/sports/2020/10/ex-espn-anchor-keith-olbermann-blasted-by-mitt-romney-for-calling-president-trump-a-terrorist.html |website=nj.com |date=October 13, 2020 |access-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019215333/https://www.nj.com/sports/2020/10/ex-espn-anchor-keith-olbermann-blasted-by-mitt-romney-for-calling-president-trump-a-terrorist.html |url-status=live }}

In March 2024, Olbermann called for the United States Supreme Court to be dissolved following the court's unanimous decision in Trump v. Anderson to allow Trump to remain on the ballot in the 2024 election.{{cite web |last1=Fortinsky |first1=Sarah |title=Keith Olbermann rips Supreme Court, calls liberal justices 'inept' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/4507380-keith-olbermann-rips-supreme-court/ |website=The Hill |access-date=5 March 2024 |date=4 March 2024 |archive-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305053859/https://thehill.com/homenews/4507380-keith-olbermann-rips-supreme-court/ |url-status=live }}

In Olbermann's "Special Comment" segment on July 3, 2007, he called George W. Bush's commutation of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence the "last straw" and called for the resignation of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. On his February 14, 2008, "Special Comments" segment, Olbermann castigated Bush for threatening to veto an extension of the Protect America Act unless it provided full immunity from lawsuits to telecom companies. During the same commentary, Olbermann called Bush a fascist. In a special comment on May 14, 2008, Olbermann criticized Bush for announcing that he had stopped playing golf in honor of American soldiers who died in the Iraq War. He stated that Bush never should have started the war in the first place, and he accused Bush of dishonesty and war crimes.

Olbermann suffers from a mild case of celiac disease, as well as restless legs syndrome. In August 1980, he also suffered a head injury while leaping onto a New York City Subway train. This head injury permanently upset his equilibrium, resulting in his avoidance of driving. Along with Bob Costas, he supports the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation as an honorary board member.

Olbermann's father, Theodore, died on March 13, 2010, of complications from colon surgery the previous September. His mother had died several months before. Olbermann had cited the need to spend time with his father for taking a leave of absence shortly before his father's death, occasionally recording segments to air at the beginning of the shows which Lawrence O'Donnell guest hosted in his absence, giving his views on the state of the American health care system and updating viewers on his father's condition.{{Cite news|last=Vogel|first=Kenneth|date=March 15, 2010|title=Olbermann's father dies|work=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/olbermanns-father-dies-034425|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003830/https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/olbermanns-father-dies-034425|url-status=live}} Olbermann has dated several women involved in politics and journalism, including Katy Tur, Laura Ingraham, Kyrsten Sinema and Olivia Nuzzi.{{Cite news|last=Kosman|first=Josh|date=September 23, 2024|title=Olivia Nuzzi once dated ex-MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann — star reporter's love life in focus amid RFK Jr. sexting scandal|work=New York Post|url=https://nypost.com/2024/09/23/entertainment/olivia-nuzzi-once-dated-msnbc-commentator-keith-olbermann/}}

Olbermann is a dedicated baseball fan and historian of the sport, with membership in the Society for American Baseball Research. In 1973, when he was 14 years old, The Card Memorabilia Associates (TCMA) published his book The Major League Coaches: 1921–1973. The September issue of Beckett Sports Collectibles Vintage included a T206 card that depicted Olbermann in a 1905-era New York Giants uniform. He argues that New York Giants baseball player Fred Merkle has been unduly criticized for his infamous baserunning mistake.{{efn|See video: {{YouTube|id=9QVcGJwiO54|title=The Fred Merkle Story}}}}{{Dead link|date=October 2021}} He contributed the foreword to More Than Merkle, a book requesting amnesty for "Merkle's Boner". Olbermann was also one of the founders of the first experts' fantasy baseball league, the USA Today Baseball Weekly League of Alternative Baseball Reality, and he gave the league its nickname "LABR". Olbermann wrote the foreword to the 2009 Baseball Prospectus Annual. In March 2009, Olbermann began a baseball-related blog entitled Baseball Nerd. He has also written a series of articles on baseball cards for the Sports Collectors Digest.

• United Press International Radio Network, sports reporter (1979){{cite web | url=https://awfulannouncing.com/2015/the-keith-olbermann-timeline.html | title=The Keith Olbermann Timeline | date=July 9, 2015 | access-date=January 7, 2019 | archive-date=January 8, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108050247/https://awfulannouncing.com/2015/the-keith-olbermann-timeline.html | url-status=live }}
• RKO Radio Network, sports reporter (1980)''
• CNN, sports reporter (1981–1984)
• WCVB-TV Boston, sports reporter (1984)
• KTLA-TV Los Angeles, sports director (1985–1988)
• KCBS-TV Los Angeles, sports director (1988–1992)
• SportsCenter, co-anchor (ESPN, 1992–1997){{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0646021/|work=IMDb.com|title=Keith Olbermann|access-date=October 30, 2008|archive-date=March 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322124051/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0646021/|url-status=live}}
• The Big Show, anchor (MSNBC, 1997–1998)
• White House in Crisis, anchor (MSNBC, 1997–1998)
• Major League Baseball on Fox, studio host (1999–2000)
• National Sports Report, co-anchor (Fox Sports Net, 1999–2000)
• The Keith Olbermann Evening News, anchor (Fox Sports Net, 2000–2001)
• Speaking of Sports and Speaking of Everything, commentator (ABC Radio, 2001)
• Countdown with Keith Olbermann, anchor (MSNBC, 2003–2011)
• The Dan Patrick Show, co-host (ESPN Radio, 2005–2007)
• Football Night in America, co-host (NBC, 2007–2010)
• Countdown with Keith Olbermann, anchor (Current TV: 2011–2012)
• MLB on TBS, studio host (2013)
• Olbermann, host (ESPN2, 2013–2015)
• The Resistance with Keith Olbermann, host (GQ, 2016–2017){{cite web|title=Trump is Finished|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkXR7EL_RY&t=8s|website=YouTube|access-date=28 November 2017|date=27 November 2017}}
• SportsCenter, anchor and ESPN Major League Baseball, play-by-play (2018–2020)
• Countdown with Keith Olbermann, host (iHeart Radio, 2022–present)

• The Major League Coaches: 1921–1973 (Card Memorabilia Associates, 1973).
• The Big Show: Inside ESPN's Sportscenter (Atria, 1997) (coauthor: Dan Patrick). {{ISBN|0-671-00918-4}}.
• The Worst Person in the World and 202 Strong Contenders (Wiley, September 2006). {{ISBN|0-470-04495-0}}.
• Truth and Consequences: Special Comments on the Bush Administration's War on American Values (Random House, December 2007). {{ISBN|978-1-4000-6676-6}}.
• Pitchforks and Torches: The Worst of the Worst, from Beck, Bill, and Bush to Palin and Other Posturing Republicans (Wiley, October 25, 2010). {{ISBN|0-470-61447-1}}.
• Trump Is F*cking Crazy: (This Is Not a Joke) (Blue Rider Press, October 17, 2017) {{ISBN|978-0-525-53386-3}}.

• New Yorkers in journalism

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Keith Olbermann, Olbermann/Bloggermann, August 30, 2006, [https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12131617 Feeling morally, intellectually confused?] . "Although I presumptuously use his sign-off each night, in feeble tribute, I have utterly no claim to the words of the exemplary journalist Edward R. Murrow."

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{{cite journal | author = Frager, Ray | date = April 20, 2007 | title = For NBC, Olbermann Will Use His Political, ESPN Play Books | journal = The Baltimore Sun | url = http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2007-04-20/sports/0704200149_1_olbermann-football-night-night-in-america | access-date = February 1, 2017 | archive-date = February 2, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202234211/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2007-04-20/sports/0704200149_1_olbermann-football-night-night-in-america | url-status = dead }} See also {{cite journal | author = Gold, Matea | date = February 19, 2009 | title = MSNBC Viewers Lobby For a Liberal Host | journal = The Los Angeles Times | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-19-et-msnbc19-story.html | access-date = February 1, 2017 | archive-date = March 5, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305220422/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/19/entertainment/et-msnbc19 | url-status = live }} and {{cite news | author = Kurtz, Howard | date = April 1, 2009 | title = MSNBC Signs Liberal Radio Host Ed Schultz to Be Its 6 O'Clock Anchor | newspaper = The Washington Post | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/01/AR2009040104061.html | access-date = February 1, 2017 }} and {{cite news | author = Kurtz, Howard | date = September 1, 2008 | title = At MSNBC, A Liberal Supply Of Sharp Elbows | newspaper = The Washington Post | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31/AR2008083102263.html | access-date = February 1, 2017 | archive-date = August 25, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160825180628/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31/AR2008083102263.html | url-status = live }}.

[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/01/sports/espn-s-hip-kid-brother.html ESPN's Hip Kid Brother] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306023820/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/01/sports/espn-s-hip-kid-brother.html |date=March 6, 2016 }} The New York Times. October 1, 1993.

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[http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-080903paul-harvey-birthday,0,5643317.story Good Happy Birthday to Paul Harvey, who turns 90 Thursday] – Chicago Tribune, September 3, 2008 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914144705/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-080903paul-harvey-birthday%2C0%2C5643317.story |date=September 14, 2008 }}

{{cite news |last=Hinckley |first=David |date=January 4, 2002 |title=He picks up Cosell torch |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2002/01/04/he-picks-up-cosell-torch-speaking-of-slot-to-olbermann/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |work=New York Daily News}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17168554|title=Keith Olbermann, NBC agree on 'second term'|work=NBC News|date=February 15, 2007|access-date=November 8, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306042603/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17168554/|url-status=live}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17168554|title=Remembering Tim Russert|work=NBC News|date=February 15, 2007|access-date=November 8, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306042603/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17168554/|url-status=live}}

{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2007-05-06-3981219478_x.htm|title=MSNBC's Olbermann seeks delicate balance|author-first1=David|author-last1=Bauder|work=USA Today|date=May 6, 2007}}

{{Cite web |date=2006-07-23 |title=Olbermann dons O'Reilly mask at TV meeting |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/olbermann-dons-oreilly-mask-tv-meeting-wbna13997412 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=TODAY.com |language=en |agency=Associated Press}}

Kurtz, Howard. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121026123501/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-125183.html "A Gadfly With Buzz; MSNBC's Olbermann, Exercising the Right"] The Washington Post. April 3, 2006

{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/26/olbermann-blogging-regula_n_83411.html|title=Olbermann Blogging Regularly at DailyKos|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=October 2, 2008|first=Max|last=Follmer|date=January 26, 2008|archive-date=January 31, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131124001/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/26/olbermann-blogging-regula_n_83411.html|url-status=live}}

[http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=1157 Announcing the 2009 Baseball Prospectus Annual] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127035504/http://baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=1157 |date=January 27, 2009 }}. Goldman. January 21, 2009.

{{cite web|url=http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.com/keitholbermann/|title=Keith Olbermann Archive|work=Sports Collectors Digest|access-date=February 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211190552/http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.com/keitholbermann|archive-date=February 11, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.multiplemyeloma.org/foundation/1.05.php|title=Honorary Board|access-date=October 14, 2008|publisher=Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080416015201/http://www.multiplemyeloma.org/foundation/1.05.php |archive-date = April 16, 2008}}

{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/08/AR2008090800008.html|title=MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors|newspaper=The Washington Post|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|date=September 8, 2008|access-date=October 30, 2008|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214002033/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/08/AR2008090800008.html|url-status=live}}

{{cite web| last =Simpson| first =Jake| title =Olbermann Roasts 'Ex Nude Model' Brown| publisher =The Atlantic| date =January 20, 2010| url =http://atlanticwire.theatlantic.com/features/view/feature/Olbermann-Roasts-Ex-Nude-Model-Brown-618| access-date =January 22, 2010| archive-date =February 8, 2010| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100208222942/http://atlanticwire.theatlantic.com/features/view/feature/Olbermann-Roasts-Ex-Nude-Model-Brown-618| url-status =dead}}

{{cite web|last=Rodrick|first=Stephen|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/30338/|title=Limbaugh for Lefties|work=New York|date=April 16, 2007|access-date=October 30, 2008|archive-date=February 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208112323/http://nymag.com/news/features/30338/|url-status=live}}

{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-comment7-2008jun07,0,834902.story|title=Is Olbermann's snide act on MSNBC the future of TV news?|last=Rosenberg|first=Howard|date=June 7, 2008|access-date=October 30, 2008|work=The Los Angeles Times|archive-date=October 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016141027/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-comment7-2008jun07,0,834902.story|url-status=live}}

{{cite news|url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E1DB1030F930A35752C0A9649C8B63|title = PLUS: RADIO/TV SPORTS; Olbermann to Do Radio Commentaries|last = Sandomir|first = Richard|date = January 3, 2002|access-date = October 30, 2008|work = New York Times|archive-date = July 6, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240706005535/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/03/sports/plus-radio-tv-sports-olbermann-to-do-radio-commentaries.html|url-status = live}}

{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Hiestand |title=Despite scorched bridges, Olbermann rejoins ESPN |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/2005-06-13-olbermann-espn_x.htm |date=June 13, 2005 |access-date=October 30, 2008 |archive-date=October 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022140338/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2005-06-13-olbermann-espn_x.htm |url-status=live }}

{{cite news | url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/olbermann_dropped_by_snf_GQBPwqzMz9oLafV2szQ1jP | work=New York Post | title=Keith Olbermann dropped by 'Sunday Night Football' | first=Michael | last=Shain | date=August 9, 2010 | access-date=August 11, 2010 | archive-date=August 14, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814151755/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/olbermann_dropped_by_snf_GQBPwqzMz9oLafV2szQ1jP | url-status=live }}

{{cite news|last=Shea|first=Danny|title=Keith Olbermann Apologizes For Scott Brown Comment: 'I Have Been A Little Over The Top Lately'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/23/keith-olbermann-apologize_n_434129.html|publisher=Huffington Post|date=January 23, 2010|access-date=July 13, 2010|archive-date=July 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706005536/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/keith-olbermann-apologize_n_434129|url-status=live}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/09/keith-olbermann-current-tv-show-time_n_821089.html |title=Keith Olbermann Current TV Show Time: 8 PM ET |publisher=HuffingtonPost |date=February 9, 2011 |access-date=February 9, 2011 |first=Jack |last=Mirkinson |archive-date=February 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210072333/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/09/keith-olbermann-current-tv-show-time_n_821089.html |url-status=live }}

{{Cite web |last=Kaplan |first=David A. |date=1997-10-05 |title=Can Keith Fly Solo? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/can-keith-fly-solo-174076 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

{{cite book|title=Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction of Childhood|last=Steinberg|first=Shirley|author2=Kincheloe, Joe|publisher=Westview Press|year=1997|isbn=0-8133-2310-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/kinderculturecor0000unse/page/205 205]|url=https://archive.org/details/kinderculturecor0000unse/page/205}}

{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/business/media/01feud.html|title=Voices From Above Silence a Cable TV Feud|work=The New York Times|date=July 31, 2009|access-date=August 2, 2009|first=Brian|last=Stelter|archive-date=January 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117052038/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/business/media/01feud.html?|url-status=live}}

{{cite news | first = David | last = Montgomery | title = MSNBC's Keith Olbermann suspended for contributing to 3 Democratic candidates | date = November 6, 2010 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/05/AR2010110504496.html | newspaper = The Washington Post | access-date = November 6, 2010 | archive-date = November 18, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101118204905/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/05/AR2010110504496.html | url-status = live }}

{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/olbermanns_deal_will_pay_30m_over_four_years_100173.asp?c=rss |title=Olbermann's Deal Will Pay $30M Over Four Years |publisher=MediaBistro |date=November 11, 2008 |access-date=November 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524064100/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/olbermanns_deal_will_pay_30m_over_four_years_100173.asp?c=rss |archive-date=May 24, 2009 }}

{{cite news |title=Current TV Unveils Name, Debut Date For New Keith Olbermann Show |url=http://i2.crtcdn1.net/images/ed/2011/04/26/833284.pdf |work=Current TV website |location=San Francisco, California |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=May 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510084326/http://i2.crtcdn1.net/images/ed/2011/04/26/833284.pdf |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}

{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/26/fok-news-channel-keith-olbermann-website_n_828631.html | title=FOK News Channel, Keith Olbermann Website, Launches | work=The Huffington Post | access-date=April 4, 2011 | date=February 26, 2011 | first=Jack | last=Mirkinson | archive-date=March 2, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302211840/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/26/fok-news-channel-keith-olbermann-website_n_828631.html | url-status=live }}

{{cite news |last=Olbermann |first=Keith |title=Welcome to Bloggerman |publisher=NBC News |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6243014 |date=October 13, 2004 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=February 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226025236/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6243014/ |url-status=dead }}

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