G.E., News Corp muzzle Olbermann and O'Reilly

So says the New York Times at least.

For years Keith Olbermann of MSNBC had savaged his prime-time nemesis Bill O’Reilly of the Fox News Channel and accused Fox of journalistic malpractice almost nightly. Mr. O’Reilly in turn criticized Mr. Olbermann’s bosses and led an exceptional campaign against General Electric, the parent company of MSNBC.

It was perhaps the fiercest media feud of the decade and by this year, their bosses had had enough. But it took a fellow television personality with a neutral perspective to bring it to an end.

At an off-the-record summit meeting for chief executives sponsored by Microsoft in May, the PBS interviewer Charlie Rose asked Jeffrey Immelt, chairman of G.E., and his counterpart at the News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, about the feud.

Weird.

I can't even describe this story in a headline

Via @m_ruth, a story otu of a soap opera. If it was based in New Mexico:

A black bear in Espanola touches off an odd series of events leading to an animal control officer being arrested, accused of battering an underage girl.

There are four main characters in the story: A large black bear, an animal control officer, and his two unsuspecting girlfriends.

And, since it's from a TV network, here's the story in video form as well!

What the "beer summit" could have been...

From the always-great (even if I don't get it about 32 percent of the time) XKCD:



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Should WEC fold into UFC?

WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting) isn't a pro wrestling organization like it sounds like. Instead, it is the little brother of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). They are both owned by Zuffa, and run by Dana White.

So Yahoo! Sports columnist Kevin Iole says it is time for the two to merge and let the names like Miguel Torres, Dan Brown and Urijah Faber be on par with the Georges St. Pierres and BJ Penns of the world.

It makes business sense to add two divisions to the UFC and create bigger stars. So will they do it? Or will someone beat UFC to the punch and offer a higher profile fight organization for the lower weights?