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Didn't use their heavy hand. it seems that nbc and msnbc as steve and phil might have come to the conclusion that their new positions weren't going for as tall rant of keith's temperament. but the reality is, it's probably more than likely that keith olberman himself precipitated this arrangement. keith has signaled for some time he's been ready to move on and the closure of this deal may just have a precipitating event. from what we understand, anderson, no direct connection between the approval of the merger between comcast and nbc and the release of keith olberman from his contract. >> bill...

Terms. >> ali, as david mentioned, i just want to play some of what he said when he came back from his suspension. >> i owe you apology for having subjected you to all this unnecessary drama. the white house is on the phone for you. seriously? another for not having known by observation, since it's not in my contract that nbc had rules about getting permission for making political donations, even though any rule like that in any company is probably not legal. >> even with the apology, he found a way to criticize his bosses. that put a strain on his relationship with msnbc's management. >> yes....

Olberman has been shopping around for his next job for some time. it's a fact he's not happy. while the fcc just approved that comcast-nbc universal merger on tuesday, it doesn't seem comcast did use their heavy hand. it does seem that nbc and msnbc as steve and phil might have come to the conclusion that their new bosses weren't going to be as tolerant of keith's temperament. but the reality is, it's probably more than likely that keith olberman himself precipitated this arrangement. keith has signaled for some time he's been ready to move on and the closure of this deal may just have a preci...

Segments that they have, which clearly are some successful franchises. >> my understanding is they're moving ed schultz to 10:00, lawrence o'donnell to 8:00 and rachel stays where she is. let's go to our political panel. eric, what do you make of this? >> i don't know that i should say anything. i'm kind of laughing at this. >> eric not saying anything? >> i'm going to miss being named "worst person in the world." i'm reminded of a "sports illustrated" article a year ago. he was the one anchor on espn not invited back for sportcenter. they said the amount of damage he would do in a day would t...

Network, as well. so he was the face of the network. look at what they were able to do over the past year. he was out for an extended period of time. his father had been ill, passed away. lawrence o'donnell filled in for him and when you look at the ratings, held those numbers strongly. they put o'donnell in at 10:00 and they set themselves up perfectly to have, in essence, a bench. so when they were ready to make this move, schultz was already on the network at 6:00, going to 10:00. so what we have to understand is we're shocked by this. but guess what? networks go on. the players simply chan...