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To msnbc, their highest rated star. clearly there's going to be a change in some way in management. i don't think comcast is going to come in and change msnbc after they established the brand. that's made them much more successful. they're the left wing alternative to fox news and it's been their brand. i think they're going to be cautious about that. let's face it, rachel maddow has become the star of the network and her opinions and i just think keith is a different personality. would he have run afoul at comcast? i think everybody at nbc and msnbc believes that would have been inevitable. >...

And he may have decided that the kind of fierce independence that he values was not going to be possible under the new regime. so it may not be an accident that this happens now, a week before comcast takes over. this isn't the first time, anderson, that olberman has left msnbc. he left in 1998. he criticized his bosses. he has a history of doing that. at the same time, he's a pretty talented broadcaster when he doesn't let his emotions run away with him. so i think he will find somebody who will put him on the air somewhere. >> whether you agree with him or not, he is a strong talent. howard,...

Saw the handwriting on the wall and he may have decided that the kind of fierce indepen dance that he values was not going to be possible under the new regime. so it may not be an accident that this happens now, a week before comcast takes over. this isn't the first time, anderson, that olberman has left msnbc. he left in 1998. he criticized his bosses. he has a history of doing that. at the same time, he's a pretty talented broadcaster when he doesn't let his emotions run away with him. so he will find somebody who put him on the air. >> whether you agree with him or not, he is a strong talen...

You have phil griffin that is going to be reporting to steve cap instead of the head of nbc. so steve cap is the head of nbc news, that will have a much more influence over msnbc, and this may be part of it. it was no secret that steve was particularly upset, justifiably so, with how keith handled the suspension earlier this year and the donations. and phil griffin took a little bit of a different tack than steve probably would have liked. but you're probably seeing now steve influencing msnbc a lot more than say a week ago. >> bill carter, we mentioned this earlier and i think it was you repo...

Thing is a slippery slope. and your reason for suing, i call it the could have case. >> the fountain could have been empty. i could have been in the hospital. i could have walked into a bus. you know, got hit by a car. >> and i said last night, could have, could have, could have. the fountain wasn't empty, but the threat of a lawsuit, was. she wasn't in hospital, she was on probation and is definitely on the "ridicu-list" again tonight. more now at the top of the hour, starting with breaking news. the sudden departure of msnbc's keith olberman. so you have five brothers.