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link How Al Gore Offered Keith Olbermann a Job – The Hollywood Reporter.
A stretch of credibility already. It says in the article that:
“…Current averaged 18,000 homes in primetime for fourth quarter 2010, lower than any other network measured by Nielsen…”
Current TV is the network founded by the inventor of the Internet, Al, we’re all gonna die, Gore. The curious statistic of 18,000 viewers can possibly be attributed to:
a) a computer glitch which added two too many zeroes to the count
b) tv’s left on when people have died
c) the handful of zealots in San Francisco who think continents will be submerged on any upcoming day that ends in a ‘y’
d) the Gore family owning 17,946 tv’s.
It really is a tribute to America that the Nobel prize winner still commands an audience, no matter how nominal, even when his entire life’s work has been soundly discredited. Except of course the Internet thing. That may still have legs. The whole Global warming kabuki reminds me of the scene in the classic 1983 movie, Trading Places, starring Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy. In one of the final scenes, the evil Duke brothers are begging and pleading with people to come back to the trading pits after being ruined by bad trades.
So now, Keith Olbermann is being added to the lineup in order to bolster ratings. That would be like making the cast of The Golden Girls put on miniskirts to attract viewers. Mr. Olbermann is touted as once the cornerstone of ESPN sports, a claim that is as laughable as saying the TV series Baywatch was popular because of David Hasselhoff. I’m not sure how much you could pay Olbermann given that he’s used to multi million dollar paychecks from MSNBC, which is under new management. MSNBC of course stood for, Mainstream News By Coercion, or Mainly Silly News Bashing Conservatives. If current TV has only 18,000 (claimed) viewers, what is the revenue model that would allow them to pay Olbermann more than free sandwiches and Starbucks to offer his talents? It’s possible that he’s doing it gratis in order to have a soapbox for his insightful soliloquies.
In any case, he will have found his kindred spirit at Current TV with Al Gore since no one listens to him anymore. But if the Gore clan sells any of the TV sets in their 900,000 square foot home, ratings will crater.