‘I do not watch MSNBC for more than five minutes since I left,’ he said.During an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, Olbermann said he would like to see MSNBC Rachel Maddow in power once his contract is complete.
Olbermann also noted that he was not watching cable news, including his former colleagues on MSNBC, which wil now be competing with. ‘I do not watch MSNBC for more than five minutes since I left,’ he said.
Moulitsas said: ‘I just hope we can see Maddow take the plunge when his current contract with MSNBC expires.’
Moulitsas was quoted as saying Olbermann and Maddow are ‘the two most important voices on television progressive’ in an email to The Huffington Post. He said that today ‘will have a network that is not afraid to piss off the bosses at GE Corporate, or Comcast.’
The Huffington Post reports that he would ‘please’ one of the contributors Down Olbermann, Markos Moulitsas DailyKos founder.
Joel Hyatt, Current chief executive vice president, told the Huffington Post that he hopes to have a companion with the countdown display at the end of this year and, hopefully, another in early 2012.
‘We have the opportunity to play an important role in election coverage,’ says Hyatt. It talks about David Shuster at MSNBC as a susceptible host.