Olbermann feuding with his boss? What a surprise!!!!

The Peck's Bad Boy of liberal media is apparently upset that his upstart employer, Current TV, is acting like, well, an upstart. That means technical glitches and crummy facilities. Relations have gotten so testy that he has brought in high-priced L.A. attorney Patty Glaser. The most recent squabble involved Olbermann not covering the Iowa caucus results, From The Wrap:

Olbermann joined the network in February as the Chief News Officer, but several individuals said that it only took a few months for him to become dissatisfied with his new home. The problems can be traced back to the ouster of CEO Mark Rosenthal in August, according to a knowledgeable individual. "When Joel Hyatt bounced Mark Rosenthal so Hyatt could take his job, that's when things turned out to be difficult," one individual close to the situation said. Once Rosenthal was out, there was no one with TV experience.

The guy's time is running out - just too much trouble. Actually, Olbermann reminds me a little of the Dustin Hoffman character in "Tootsie." Here he is with the late, great Sydney Pollack.


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