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Keith Olbermann Dishes About MSNBC Feud

Kevin Spak — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:15:46 CDT

Keith Olbermann isn’t talking to Rachel Maddow, he’s pulling down a fortune at Current TV, and he’s plucked suspended MSNBC anchor David Shuster to be his fill-in host there. Those are just some of the revelations in a characteristically candid interview Olbermann gave the Hollywood Reporter . Some highlights:

MSNBC Suspends Shuster Over CNN Pilot

Kevin Spak — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:41:47 CDT

MSNBC has suspended David Shuster indefinitely, following a report that he had filmed a pilot for CNN. That report broke Friday, and MSNBC said the host would be “punished appropriately.” Now, the network has confirmed for Mediate that he’s off the air, to be replaced in the short term by...

Andrew Breitbart Goes After MSNBC's Shuster

John Johnson — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:34:00 CST

Conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart is escalating his feud with MSNBC's David Shuster with a column not-so-subtly headlined "How David Shuster Lied to Get Me to Appear on MSNBC." It follows a TV interview in which the two clashed over the motives of James O'Keefe in the phone tampering case. (See...

Dem: Bush Let Bin Laden Escape ... on Purpose

Will McCahill — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:32:47 CST

A Democratic congressman today accused President Bush of purposely letting Osama bin Laden escape capture in order to justify the Iraq war—and, when given an out by MSNBC’s David Shuster, Rep. Maurice Hinchey reiterated, “I don’t think it’ll will strike a lot of people as crazy. I think it’ll...

Birther Comes Unglued on MSNBC

Rob Quinn — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:33:00 CDT

Leading birther Orly Taitz had a shouting match with David Shuster on MSNBC yesterday, prompted by a document purporting to be proof President Obama was born in Kenya. The attorney called Shuster one of Obama's "Brownshirts in the media" before the feed was finally cut off, the Christian Science Monitor...

MSNBC Anchors in DNC Slugfest

Elizabeth Wolff — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:17:00 CDT

Infighting between MSNBC anchors is turning the Democratic National Convention into a partisan catfight. Joe Scarborough, who once served as Republican representative, got touchy when David Shuster yesterday referred to “your party, the Republican Party” and Scarborough and Tom Brokaw are miffed at the channel’s decision to increase its left-leaning...

MSNBC Anchor Apologizes for 'Pimped Out' Jab at Clinton

Jonas Oransky — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:22:34 CST

MNSBC suspended anchor David Shuster today after he drew fire from Hillary Clinton's camp for saying former first daughter Chelsea was being “pimped out in some weird sort of way” by her mother’s campaign. Shuster apologized on air earlier tonight, though he at first stood by the comments, made yesterday,...