Fans of Keith Olbermann launch a Facebook Page encouraging CNN to hire the news anchor

Jan. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- Livonia, Michigan- Fans of Keith Olbermann, shocked by his swift resignation on Friday, January 21st during MSNBC's Countdown program, form a Facebook fan page campaign, encouraging rival cable news network CNN to hire the anchor.

MSNBC's anchor Keith Olbermann was released from his program by the network on Friday, January 21, 2010. Fans of the second rated prime-time cable show were shocked by the abrupt departure of the anchor.

'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' was an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program on the network airing live daily at 8pm EST. The show was formerly hosted by Olbermann, from March 31, 2003 to January 21, 2011.

The set up for the show consisted of five selected news stories of the day with commentary by Olbermann and interviews of guests. In February 2007, Olbermann received a four-year contract extension.

At the start of 'Countdown', Olbermann told television columnist Lisa de Moraes his idea on what a news program should contain for the viewing public.

"Our charge for the immediate future is to stay out of the way of the news.... News is the news. We will not be screwing around with it”, Olbermann stated. “As times improve and the war ends we will begin to introduce more and more elements familiar to my style."

Olbermann melded news stories -both serious and light- along with commentary; much of it critical of Republicans and conservative politics. Fans of the former 'Countdown' show suspect, despite the network statements, that Olbermann was released from his duties due to a recent merger with Comcast and NBC Universal approved by the Federal Trade Commission on January 18, 2011.

On Friday, November 5, 2010, Olbermann was 'Indefinitely Suspended' by MSNBC's President Phil Griffin due to monetary campaign donations. Supporters of Olbermann, including the grassroots group BoldProgressives.Org, hip-hop executive producer Russell Simmons, the Daily Kos blog and a large number of fans, joined in campaign to end the suspension immediately.

Efforts to immediately place Olbermann back on to MSNBC's prime-time line up were quickly successful as the network prime-time anchor was returned to the program on Monday, November 8, 2010.

"It is obviously that Comcast, NBC Universal, MSNBC do not appreciate the insightful, informative and professional news program that Mr. Olbermann provided", CNN Hire Keith Olbermann ASAP Facebook fan page Lead Moderator Monica Ross-Williams stated.

"Mr. Olbermann is the Edward R. Morrow of our generation. If MSNBC cannot appreciate his talent, another network . We are ready to put up a fight to get Olbermann back on broadcast television news, quickly. Let the marketplace decide Keith's value to his viewers”, Ross-Williams stated.

On January 21st, Ross-Williams along with two additional moderators formed the Facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/cnnhirekeitholbermannasap. Since prior fan rallying efforts were successful, she strong feels that this campaign have a similar result.

"It does not matter how long it takes, we are in this for the long-term, if need be", she stated. "We need progressive voices like Olbermann on television, period".

The fan page desires to have 10,000 fans by no later than Tuesday, January 25th and another 10,000 participants by Saturday, January 29th.

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Reach Out Job Search (ROJS) is a blog that focus on breaking news, politics, unemployment, pop-culture and social impact articles. Formed in May 2010, ROJS supported the effort to return Keith Olbermann from his former suspension in November 2010 and is doing so again to the anchor back to a prime-time news lineup. The growing news resource receives 15,000 visitors per month, airs a weekly 'Featured" podcast on the Blog Talk Radio network named after the blog and the have received 60,000 archive listens since its' inception in July 2010.

More information on the blog- visit http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com.

To inquire about the Facebook fan page visit- http://www.facebook.com/cnnhirekeitholbermannasap