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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Bathtub Boy VS. ManBearPig
2012-04-06
Oh man, this is going to get good. Keith Olbermann has officially filed a lawsuit against Al Gore's CurrentTV. TMZ has posted the entire lawsuit in PDF format. It lists the plantiifs as Keith Olbermann and the "Olbermann Broadcasting Empire, INC." The defendants are Current TV LLC and DOES 1-50. Olbermann's suit against Current TV lists eight complaints. The complaints include breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and six separate declaratory relief requests.

Olbermann's lawsuit claims he was "enticed to leave MSNBC and come to Current with promise of editorial control, freedom from corporate influence and the professional support to produce a high-caliber political commentary show of the type his viewers have come to expect."
Posted by:Beavis

#13  My favorite line from the brief:

"Keith Olbermann was disheartened to discover Al Gore, Joel Hyatt and the management of Current are no more than dilettantes portraying entertainment industry executives." (bold added)

Olby should know dilettantes - he's a dilettante playing a human being (quite badly).
Posted by: Barbara   2012-04-06 20:04  

#12  Maybe they could get Shepard Smith to replace him.
Posted by: OCCD   2012-04-06 18:19  

#11  Ya think this guy's full of himself?

I think I see Keith's alleged 'breach of implied covenant of good faith' - the studio wasn't big enough for him and his ego...
Posted by: Raj   2012-04-06 16:43  

#10  I'm with Steve: CAGE MATCH!
Posted by: mojo   2012-04-06 14:44  

#9  I'm all for the left eating its own.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-04-06 11:42  

#8  "Olbermann Broadcasting Empire, INC."

Ya think this guy's full of himself?
Posted by: Frozen Al   2012-04-06 11:35  

#7  Iran v. Iraq: The Rematch

Can't they both lose?
Posted by: regular joe   2012-04-06 11:29  

#6  > Bathtub Boy VS. ManBearPig
Whoever loses, we win.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2012-04-06 09:56  

#5  unless that 'editorial control, freedom from corporate influence and professional support' stuff was in the written contract and defined to some extent, Olbermann's case is pretty thin gruel
Posted by: lord garth   2012-04-06 07:46  

#4  Kinda makes you nostalgic for the old trial by combat, fight to the death days. Maybe a pay-per-view event? Olbermann could finally get some decent ratings.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-04-06 02:35  

#3  Delusions of grandeur.
Posted by: gorb   2012-04-06 01:50  

#2  Sniff, sniff, those Rock'Em, Sock'Em Robots make me miss my Big Wheel.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-04-06 00:29  

#1  Olbermann's lawsuit claims he was "enticed to leave MSNBC and come to Current...

Ummmmmm...didn't he get fired at MSNBC?
Posted by: tu3031   2012-04-06 00:07  

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