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'''Keith Olbermann''' (born January 27, 1959) is a former progressive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30725.html|title=Keith Olbermann joins call to kill bill|accessdate=2010-03-11|last=Barr|first=Andy|publisher=Politico|date=2009-12-17}}</ref> male television talk show host and liberal political commentator on the[[NBC]]'s and [[Microsoft]]'s cable news channel [[Current TVMSNBC]], where he iswas the host of the show [[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]. On his show, he iswas often critical of [[Republican]]sconservatives such as [[Bill O'Reilly]] and [[George W. Bush]]. Some comparecompared him to O'Reilly, except that Olbermann iswas to the left and O'Reilly is to the right. Before being on political shows, Olbermann worked for [[ESPN]] as a [[sportscaster]]. He once hosted the ESPN sports news show [[SportsCenter]].

He previously had his show on [[MSNBC]], but was fired shortly after Comcast's takeover of NBC Universal in January 2011. He then moved to [[Current TV]], partially owned by [[Al Gore]], but was fired after less than a year there.

==Other Websiteswebsites==

*[http://current.com/shows/countdown/ Countdown Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624233717/http://current.com/shows/countdown/ |date=2011-06-24 }}

*[httphttps://twitter.com/iAMOlbermann Keith Olbermann on Twitter]

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