Thursday Jan 17, 2008

Who Gave the Anonymous Quote About Olbermann?

countdown_1-17.jpgKeith Olbermann awarded the team from Fox & Friends a bronze in his World's Worst segment last night on Countdown. Yesterday the morning crew spent almost five minutes discussing the anonymous quote in the Men's Journal article about Olbermann, claiming Olbermann "runs MSNBC."

"I know you guys are sleep-deprived, but partisans...running a network...You work for Roger Ailes, what are you hypnotized?"

Then, Olbermann said this: "All of it based on an anonymous, inaccurate quote by somebody at MSNBC who claimed I run this network. A guy who was fired not long after he said that. Coincidence! Coincidence!"

So who could Olbermann be talking about?

Well, last week, after TVNewser's story on the Men's Journal interview, an anonymous emailer wrote: "The anon source in Men's Journal was Davidson Goldin..."

As TVNewser reported, Goldin was among those cut by MSNBC last month.

> Update: Goldin gave TVNewser this statement: "I've heard Men's Journal is a great magazine, but I've never read the magazine, nor have I spoken to a reporter from Men's Journal. Nor have I ever spoken to any reporter about Keith Olbermann. The item you posted is completely false, and it was irresponsible to post that item without contacting me first." (TVNewser emailed Goldin at his New York Sun email address at 1:07pmET. There had been no response until a phone call from Goldin at 5:40pmET)

>More from an insider: "It's clear that somebody currently working at MSNBC talked out of school to Men's Journal and is now trying to pin this on people who aren't there anymore."

Click continued to see the video of the Olbermann segment from last night...



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