Keith Olbermann

Keith Theodore Olbermann ( born January 27, 1959 in New York City ) is an American presenter of news and sports broadcasts on television and radio as well as a political commentator.

Olbermann, whose ancestors came from Germany and was initially obtained as a sports commentator awareness, presented from June 2011 to March 2012 the program Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Current TV, an hour-long newscast, were in the presents and comments from him the most important events of the day. This show was previously on MSNBC since 2003. He also denies The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio. Keith Olbermann is a keen and often aggressive critic of Bill O'Reilly ( whose mission parallel to countdown at FOX News ran ) and other right-wing populists (especially Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck ), and George W. Bush, in particular its policy of restriction of civil liberties in the so-called anti - terror fight.

In November 2010, Keith Olbermann by Phil Griffin, the head of NBC News, temporarily suspended, since he had made ​​private campaign contributions to Democratic Congress candidate contrary to the transmitter's internal policies without prior consultation with the transmitter cable. After mass protests, the suspension was lifted a few days later.

Since the 2007/ 08 season, the NFL has returned with the Sunday Night NFL game on NBC, Olbermann was again working as a sports presenter. He was co-host of Football Night in America, a mission which should agree to the following Sunday Night NFL game.

On January 21, 2011 Olbermann announced surprising not to continue his mission on NBC. NBC confirmed that his contract had been terminated by the sender.

In February 2011 it was announced that Olbermann future head of the news department at Current TV, founded by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt independent transmitter should be. There, he hosted again Countdown with Keith Olbermann. , But only until 30 March 2012. Current TV and Olbermann parted in the dispute, the moderator announced legal action.