The details of the Olbermann – MSNBC slapfight are still emerging, but one thing we’re hearing now is that one of Olbermann’s conditions for returning to air was for MSNBC to apologize for the ordeal.
And it looks like his needs were met:
Keith Olbermann might have been suspended from MSNBC after breaking company rules regarding making contributions to political candidates, but now sources tell me it’s Keith whose demands have been met, allowing him to return to his perch atop the cable network.
“Keith is furious about the way this has all been handled and insisted that MSNBC bosses apologize to him before he would agree to return,” a network insider tells me. “Keith sees himself as the star of MSNBC, the person who put them on the map and discovered fellow network anchors Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell. To be treated like this by the network he helped shape, he considers disgusting.”
“In addition to an apology, Keith is demanding that the rules be changed,” an executive tells me. “Keith thinks it’s unfair that FOX News anchors can make contributions and support candidates and he can’t.
You mean … Olbermann wants MSNBC to be more transparent by way of affiliations like Fox? Color me surprised.
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