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Network Execs Halted Olbermann-O'Reilly Feud

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 1, 2009 8:03 AM CDT

(Newser) – It took the intervention of a PBS peacemaker to halt the bitterest media fight of the decade, insiders tell the New York Times. Bosses at Fox and at MSNBC owner GE were fed up with Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly's long-running feud—especially after they...   Read full story »

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