Counting Down to Zero

In the wake of Keith Olbermann's absence from Current TV's coverage of the Iowa cacauses, Olbermann has come out with a statement blasting network executives and the conditions he is working under.  Here is his statement:

“I was not given a legitimate opportunity to host under acceptable conditions,” Olbermann said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. “They know it and we know it. Telling half the story is wrong.”

 And that's not even the best part of the story.  Check out his ratings:

Countdown is the highest-rated show on Current by far. On Dec. 15, the program averaged 52,000 viewers among news’ target demographic of viewers ages 25-54. The network’s two-hour post-Iowa GOP debate analysis on the same night had 4,000 viewers in the demo, while the 2 a.m. rebroadcast of Countdown pulled in 11,000.

Wow.