Olbermann On Current TV: ‘I Didn’t Think The Whole Thing Through’

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Keith Olbermann told David Letterman on Tuesday that he “screwed up” when it came to his time at Current TV. “It’s my fault that it didn’t succeed, in the sense that I didn’t think the whole thing through,” Olbermann said.

The recently fired progressive TV star compared the situation to a $10 million chandelier that is purchased without a home to put it in. The chandelier on its own isn’t any good without a house. “So you’re the chandelier?” Letterman asked him.

Watch a preview of the exchange released by CBS:

 

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