can you still use your name keith olbermann?t's why it worked out very well. >> jimmy: well, can you give us a little straight-to-camera, little keith -- >> a little special kind of comment thing? >> jimmy: a little special comment letting people know why they should watch you on current. >> okay. thank you, jimmy. finally, tonight as promised a special comment about why you should watch "countdown" on current tv starting on monday, june 20th. there are many and manifold reasons for this, but the essence of it boils down to this, almost all of the other news broadcasts in this country suck. [ laughter ] good night and good luck. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: keith olbermann, everybody! check out "countdown" monday at 8:00 p.m. on current tv. rosie huntington-whiteley joins us next. come on back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: would foghorn leghorn make a really bad book narrator? foghorn (stammering): it was the best of times, it was the wor - i sa

on tomorrow ok or nonsupport a while keith olbermann and glenn beck prepare to bask in the light of their new adventures these old giants will release the face of alternative media and will their star soar or crash and burn. welcome back it's tuesday june twenty first eight pm here in washington d.c. and lucy cochran of any watching our team. and the civilian death toll continues to mount in libya where authorities accuse nato forces of killing one thousand civilians including eight children and an attack on the home of one of moammar gadhafi top officials the accusation comes one day after nato admitted to killing as many as nine civilians including two toddlers in a separate bungled air raid archies marine if an ocean on reopen ocean or pardon me is on the ground in tripoli and she filed this report. another day has brought more death and destruction to leave here a large private compound west of the capital tripoli has been leveled reduced to rubble in a parent's airstrike. rescuers have discovered the remains of fifteen people according to libyan officials. he has destroyed belong to

right well you don't have to be a fan of either to know that keith olbermann and glenn beck are polar opposites when it comes to politics and life from one supposed giant paychecks from their cable news employers the two men have very little in common until now so after years of generating both ratings and headaches for their respective networks both men are trading in their mainstream podiums for new ventures betting that the strength of their personal brands will somehow guarantee success even if that means starting over on smaller risky or so-called alternative television platforms or she's honestly on this to see a turkey has a story. so i think it's french for it's despised by some lot by others they certainly can't stand each other who makes you weak more for journalism keith olbermann or me the less than one percent of the country that watches your listens to his show thinking they are not listening to an educated imperceptibly. can these mainstream media stars shine just as bright in the scary world of alternative media after years of mad chalkboard ing fox news channel's glen

ok well maybe maybe not so much but well keith olbermann and glenn beck prepare to bask in the light of their new ventures these old giants really the face of the alternative press and will their star soar or crash and burn. it's tuesday june twenty first here in washington d.c. i'm lucy catherine of any watching artsy well death toll the death toll is rising in libya and the culprit this time isn't a bloodthirsty dictator but the very same forces who are there on a mission to liberate the country now the latest bungled nato air strike has claimed the lives of millions how a lot of civilians and the inclusion of two toddlers among the latest death toll how the alliance struggling to defend its credibility argues morea for an ocean of reports on the ground in tripoli. another day has brought more death and destruction to leave here a large private company the rest of the capital tripoli has been leveled reduced to rubble in apparent as strike. rescues have discovered the remains of fifteen people according to libyan officials. the house destroyed belonged to general who are like movie

that's what has always troubled me about keith olbermann. at network, will rein him in. but it is an attractive show. >> i think olbermann was hard to be olbermann. i thought he toned it down a notch even while doing worst persons in the world. aaron, olbermann talked both on the show and in the run up about being free of the corporate constraints of working for an organization like nbc. did he seem to you to be liberated on this new network? >> i didn't see off in any significant rhetorical way. and he assault weapon the last three months, you know, being asked this question. what was it that msnbc management did that you were trying to get out from under? and he had three months to give an answer and i never thought he particularly gave a very helpful answer. you know, in the show you saw the same guests, jonathan turley, john dean, the m & m brothers, marcos moore. so going forward, my question is now that you've promoted yourself as being, you know, free from the man, what does that mean? what exactly are you going to be doing with this s

to say i do listen now first on a response to gerald swan who commented on our interview about keith olbermann new show on current t.v. on facebook he said this is b.s. olbermann never made me feel as though who is going to change his show this shame same show is exactly what i expected and was waiting for and when you graced time attacking the mainstream correspondent whose views most closely resemble your own it makes me question your motives and as a fan of your show i'm disappointed now perhaps you're older you did not expect anything different from keith's new show but i did it partly because as i said yesterday this is what he told interview said what we're trying to do is something that is utterly different than what's been done with television news in the last thirty years since the advent of cable in the grating down of that used to be the wall between news and everything else the television networks so i was just simply pointing out that what i saw on monday night wasn't any different the want he was doing it and that's n.b.c. before that relationship soured was a revolutionary it wa

so last night we saw the debut of keith olbermann new gig at current t.v. of course with the exact same name and the same music that he had over amazon b.c. in fact it's pretty much the same of everything mine is a few obvious steps down of production value it wasn't a groundbreaking alternative media above the fray kind of show it is special comment for the evening over and promised to take on a fight this is to be a newscast of contextualization it is to be presented with a viewpoint that the weakest citizen of this country is more important than the strongest corporation but the nation is losing its independence through the malfeasance of one political party and the timidity of another and that even though you and i should not have to be the last line of defense currently we are so we damn well better start being it the words of the thing is when it came to bringing on contributor markos moulitsas from the daily kos kind of turning to the same insider baseball for a five minute rant about how joe scarborough is a tyrant. but you have been on cable televi

yeah i was a little disappointed and i'm not going to shy away from saying that just because keith olbermann and i purportedly play for the same team that being said i look forward to watching the show and hope that he fulfills his promise of bringing us something that's.

cranky commentator keith olbermann has writ than simmons has no discernible insight or talent.bermann a pious unlikable blow-hard who lives alone. there are people in the world who don't like what you do. >> i think it's law of averages. if you have a lot of reader you have a lot of people who don't like reading you. >> reporter: simmons seemed to be having the last laugh with an umpire that keeps growing, launching a new website this week called grantland.com which will showcase a power host roster of writers including cluck klosterman. >> the new website is going to be 70% sports 30% pop culture. it's going to try to fill in some of the voids i feel like are out there. >> reporter: you're not the sports guy anymore? >> i still have the title but only because it's just the name of the column. i'm old now. my son slept till 7:20 today. i'm never been more excited. that's the latest i've gotten up in five years. >> reporter: what about his legacy? i mean his ultimate legacy? if your kids grow up laker fans is that okay? >> no. >> reporter: if the kids are yankee fans? >> those a

in price manipulation we're going to break it down for metals to oil all the way to food and keith olbermann debuted his new show on current t.v. last night was a really alternative media or just a lot more the same when you get into all that and more tonight but first let's take a look at what your mainstream media missed today. all the big news around town is of course that tomorrow night at eight pm president obama is going to outline his plan for withdrawing troops from afghanistan and at the moment how many that's going to be what the timetable is going to look like it's mostly a guessing game as different channels and news outlets all report from different sources we are learning some new details about president obama's plans for the way forward in afghanistan we expect to hear directly from the president tomorrow several white house sources telling fox news he has not made a final decision on just how many troops to bring home from afghanistan this year president obama outlining his plan to begin withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan that is going to happen to morrow night and admi

now coming up next we have a show and tell and then he's back keith olbermann return to t.v. last night with a new show on current t.v. but it's changing channels really mean that he's gone alternative. just. i'm broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow and we're certainly glad to be with russian investigators are to shortly begin. killing forty four people survived the disaster with serious injuries and with the tragedy being blamed on bad weather and human error. libyan officials say at least fifteen is civilians and celebrating a child's birthday to be killed by nato strike just twenty four hours earlier. mistake an attack in which the. greek government. vote in a deeply divided parliament with a margin of just four. currently demonstrating in angry protests outside the building his decision opens the new austerity cuts needed for another new bailout loan but is likely to face continued public opposition. to the. war in the. but in june one hundred forty one these walls were the first barriers will announce new troops on the way to moscow. sunders umbrellas wer

and dee writes "countdown with keith olbermann" and rachel mad do you must have been directing the showigured most of the viewers came over from fox news. whatever the intent of the omission, this must be a double bogey. the whole god issue has us quite divided as a country. why would we ever allow such language to exist in the pledge of our allegiance. i pledge no allegiance to any god and many more millions of americans who believe in god don't ask me to pledge allegiance to my god. >> layery in denver says they apologized for their stupidity. is this major news? they wanted to be politically correct and incorrect all at the same time. good job. now let's move on to the important stuff. where's sarah palin today? nardo writes it's because nbc has a liberal agenda but conservative networks are called subversive. funny how that works, jack. gregory in alabama writes, in the highly polarized politicized air in america these days, the smarter move to be avoid any pandering either full or partial. this was partial pandering. jay says it's because god hates golf. and john writes i tried to

keith olbermann is back on the air as of last night. it is as if he never left.the mouth that roared" begins another countdown. we will be back with senator ron johnson of wisconsin. >> what was only echoes of the murky water which hit the presumed good guys keep reporting bombs on its allies? karl rove and liz jenny this afternoon addressing the republicans to attack military action in libya, not because he had done too much but on the theory that he has not done enough. ♪ >> mr. president, i thank you very much. i feel deeply honored to be nominated to become the 20 at director of the central intelligence agency. >> learn more about general david petreaus in his appearances on line at the c- span video library. with more the 115,000 people and every c-span program since 1987, all searchable in free, it is washington your way. >> this weekend, we look at the history and literary life of savannah, ga., with events on c- span2, including the childhood home of flannery o'connor, a conversation with the sister of jim williams, and also a tour of urban slavery sides.

an increasing as debt, another liberal dose of keith olbermann. he will begin his new program on a current tv. there is an ad in "the new york times." current tv was co-founded by former vice president al gore. when we come back we will talk about politics and "the weekly standard" with bill kristol. an issue of gays and lesbians in electoral politics. it is monday, june 20, and we are back in just a moment. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> c-span launched a new easy to navigate web site for politics and the 2012 election race. with events from the campaign trail, bio information on the candidates twitter feeds and facebook updates from candidates and political reporters, and links to c-span media partners from the early caucus states. visit us at c-span.org /campaign2012. >> blackberry users you can access our programming anytime with the cs boehner ready of -- radio app. public affairs, nonfiction books and american history all commercial free. and you can also li