Why was Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" show abruptly terminated by MSNBC?He was speaking truth to power, don't you know? He stood on the battlements, waving the bloody shirt and expecting us to follow his brave lead into the war against eeeeeevil conservatives and the "corporate media."Or, he was a number one A-hole and nobody could stand him any longer: Did Comcast-as many Countdown viewers seem to suspect-order Olbermann out? It appears that the end of the Olbermann era at MSNBC was not "ordered" by Comcast, nor was it a move to tone down the network's politics. Instead, sources inside the network say it came down to the more mundane world of office politics-Olbermann was a difficult employee, who clashed with bosses, colleagues and underlings alike, and with the Comcast-related departure of Jeff Zucker, and the rise of Maddow and O'Donnell, the landscape shifted, making an Olbermann exit suddenly seem well-timed.The blunt, brief statement of Olbermann's...(Read Full Post)