- Brian Stelter, the New York Times Digital Media reporter, commonly teases big stories on twitter by tweeting "Stand by for news..."
Here, Keach Hagey, a media reporter for Politico uses his trademark tweet: - To channel @brianstelter, stand by for news...
http://twitter.com/keachhagey/status/185829148642656257
— khagey (@keachhagey)Fri, Mar 30 2012 20:41:36 - Which Stelter himself re-tweeted:
- RT @keachhagey: To channel @brianstelter, stand by for news...
http://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/185829460409450497
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter)Fri, Mar 30 2012 20:42:50 - And then promptly beats her to the story:
- I'm told that Current TV has terminated its relationship with Keith Olbermann.
http://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/185829912173756416
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter)Fri, Mar 30 2012 20:44:38 - Current TV has fired Keith Olbermann, replacing him with Eliot Spitzer. Full memo on @DylanByers blog http://is.gd/TLvWu4
http://twitter.com/keachhagey/status/185832422443716608
— khagey (@keachhagey)Fri, Mar 30 2012 20:54:36 - Stelter continued using Twitter to report:
- Olbermann will be replaced by...
http://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/185830265598386176
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter)Fri, Mar 30 2012 20:46:02 - Olbermann will be replaced by "Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer," according to Current TV.
http://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/185830378714574848
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter)Fri, Mar 30 2012 20:46:29 - Spitzer will replace Olbermann beginning TONIGHT. Live story on @mediadecodernyt: http://nyti.ms/H864dj j
http://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/185831131093016576
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter)Fri, Mar 30 2012 20:49:28 - Current TV posted their statement on their website:
Open letter to the viewers of CurrentTo the Viewers of Current: We created Current to give voice to those Americans who refuse to rely on corporate-controlled media and are s...- But Keith Olbermann took to twitter to post his own statement:
- I'll be putting out my statement in two ways: 140 characters at a time, and then in one fell swoop via Twitlonger.
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185841011891773440
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:28:44 - 1/ I'd like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of Current TV. Editorially, Countdown had never been better.
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185842406984388610
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:34:17 - 2/ But for more than a year I have been imploring @algore and @joelhyatt to resolve our issues internally,
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185842602552201216
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:35:03 - 3/ while I've been not publicizing my complaints, and keeping the show alive for the sake of its loyal viewers and even more loyal staff.
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185842766578851840
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:35:43 - 4/ Nevertheless, Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt, instead of abiding by their promises and obligations and investing in a quality news program,
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185842881246928896
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:36:10 - 5/ finally thought it was more economical to try to get out of my contract. It goes almost without saying that the claims against me
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185843041377058817
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:36:48 - 6/ in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently.
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185843113611366400
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:37:05 - 7/ To understand Mr. Hyatt’s “values of respect, openness, collegiality and loyalty,” I encourage you to read of a previous occasion
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185843447054352387
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:38:25 - 8/ Mr. Hyatt found himself in court for having unjustly fired an employee. That employee’s name was Clarence B. Cain: http://nyti.ms/HueZsa a
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185843570828263424
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:38:54 - 9/ In due course, the truth of the ethics of Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt will come out. For now, it is important only to again acknowledge
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185843832859017217
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:39:57 - 10/ that joining them was a sincere and well-intentioned gesture on my part, but in retrospect a foolish one.
http://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/185843921270751232
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)Fri, Mar 30 2012 21:40:18


