Countdown withe Keith Olbermann Signs Off - the same week the ComcastAcquisition of NBC Was Approved by the FCC.

Now let me get this straight - Keith Olbermann's show is canceled the same week that the Comcast acquisition of NBC was approved by the FCC?   All I can say is that though I can prove nothing - I smell a rat.

Too much media power concentrated into the hands a few conglomerates..

Allowing Comcast and NBC to merge was a mistake if only from the standpoint that there is far too much media consolidation for comfort.  Senator Al Franken has been against the merger from the standpoint of its implications for net neutrality and the general free flow of information. Franken is also concerned about what this could do to the streaming video available now on NetFlix.  The fear is that Comcast will throttle NetFlix preventing access to streaming video the way it did to BitTorrent.

Controlling the voices of descent...

This is where the new monied elite comes face to face with the intellectual elite. In the old days, the intellectual elite was called the "intelligentsia."  In order to gain control of the masses - those in power had to silence or at least rend neutral the "intelligentsia."  The Nazis knew this well enough.  Although the right is not trying to shove us into concentration camps and kill us - they are trying to find ways to silence the most astute and aggressive in our fold.

Certainly, Keith Olbermann falls into that category.  Is he over-the-top?  Yes!  Do I approve or agree with everything he says?  Absolutely not!   But that aggressively penetrating intellect combined with his sharp tongue and laser-like focus on the issues is part and parcel of his ability to reach the masses.   And that makes him a danger to that intent on deceiving the public with their conservative red-meat politics.

Keith - you will be missed and I hope you find a new home on another network sooner rather than later.  I can only hope that I am wrong and this is a harbinger of things to come.  Here is his farewell to his audience.

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Further Reading:

Elitism is as elitism does. But who exactly are the elite?

Fact-Free News - as candidates are seen fleeing from the real press.

When comic critique informs and "legitimate" news distorts...

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