Goodbye Olbermann!

Keith Olbermann is a progressive hero. Unapologetic in his tone, clear in his wording, erudite and scathing. His intelligence and charm on Countdown earned him a loyal following and was the highest rated show on MSNBC. Because of him Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow now have their own shows and now he is gone. It smells bad that this happened so soon after the monstrous Comcast NBC merger was announced. The head of Comcast was a huge supporter and donated a lot of money to Bush. He was no friend to Olbermann. I would not be surprised to see Schultz and Maddow edged out in the coming months either. Liberal voices in media are getting harder to hear all the time. I live in Vegas and if I did not have satellite radio I would not even know there were any great progressive programs on the air. Except for places like Seattle where there is the excellent AM 1090 that anyone can access, those are a lucky few exceptions. I haven't watched Countdown in a while and I'm sorry about that now and I am sorry that he is gone. Hopefully another network will pick him up, there has been rumors about CNN, we'll see. But until then goodbye Keith, I'll miss you. You kept me sane during some pretty dark times for our country and you made me think, made me mad, made me laugh, made me cry you informed and outraged and television will be drearier without you. So to you sir, I say, goodnight, and good luck.