The former MSNBC news anchor Keith Olbermann who made a shocking exit from MSNBC (TopTV 410) three weeks ago is joining the former American vice president Al Gore's Current TV (TopTV 406) news channel as its chief news officer and will present a new weekday hour long show.
The new show will start later this year. ''Keith Olbermann is a gifted thinker, an amazing talent and a powerful communicator, and having him tap Current as his new home is exciting and very much in line with the core vision we founded this network on: To engage viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming,'' says Al Gore, chairman and co-founder of Current. ''In a world where there are fewer and fewer opportunities to hear truly distinct, unfettered voices on television, we are delighted to provide Keith with the independent platform and freedom that Current can, and does uniquely offer.''
''Nothing is more vital to a free America than a free media, and nothing is more vital to my concept of a free media than news produced independently of corporate interference," Keith Olbermann says in a statement.
