{"id":2489997,"date":"2025-09-23T11:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olbermann-caught-deleting-messages-after-telling-scott-jennings-youre-next-in-fight-over-kirk-murder-kimmels-lies\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:09:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:09:36","slug":"olbermann-caught-deleting-messages-after-telling-scott-jennings-youre-next-in-fight-over-kirk-murder-kimmels-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olbermann-caught-deleting-messages-after-telling-scott-jennings-youre-next-in-fight-over-kirk-murder-kimmels-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Olbermann Caught Deleting Messages After Telling Scott Jennings &#8216;You&#8217;re Next&#8217; in Fight Over Kirk Murder, Kimmel&#8217;s Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Folbermann-caught-deleting-messages-after-telling-scott-jennings-youre-next-in-fight-over-kirk-murder-kimmels-lies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2489997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Keith Olbermann, a longtime public figure and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >outspoken left-wing commentator<\/a>, posted threatening messages directed at CNN&#8217;s conservative commentator Scott Jennings on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Olbermann&#8217;s aggressive message,including the phrase &#8220;You&#8217;re next,motherf***er,&#8221; was sent amid a heated dispute regarding the future of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel,whose show faced backlash over false claims related to the assassination of conservative organizer Charlie Kirk. Although Olbermann deleted the threatening posts, they where captured and shared by a conservative columnist and subsequently forwarded by Jennings to the FBI. Given the recent political climate in the U.S. following a related shooting incident, many viewed Olbermann&#8217;s words as a potential death threat rather than merely a comment about job loss. Critics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-call-out-chuck-schumers-reaction-as-aoc-claims-an-answer-to-violent-crime-is-not-building-jails\/\" title=\"People Call Out Chuck Schumer\u2019s Reaction As AOC Claims An Answer To Violent Crime Is Not Building Jails\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-furious-ca-restaurant-owner-confronts-inspectors-issuing-citation-are-you-gonna-pay-my-rent\/\" title=\"WATCH: Furious CA Restaurant Owner Confronts Inspectors Issuing Citation: \u2018Are You Gonna Pay My Rent?\u2019\">social media users<\/a> called<\/a> for accountability, highlighting the seriousness of such rhetoric in today&#8217;s tense surroundings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A guy who&rsquo;s spent a lifetime in the public eye should know by now how hard it is to hide anything for long.<\/p>\n<p>But Keith Olbermann, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/keith-olbermann-sinks-new-low-says-conservatives-suffering-wildfire-disaster-not-human\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most callously cruel leftists<\/a> raging on social media these days, apparently thought that deleting a couple of apparently threatening posts on the platform X would be enough to make those messages go away.<\/p>\n<p>And now, CNN&rsquo;s conservative commentator Scott Jennings has forwarded them to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/22\/media\/keith-olbermann-appears-to-threaten-cnns-conservative-pundit-scott-jennings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported, Olbermann was in a raging dispute with Jennings over the fate of late-night &ldquo;comedian&rdquo; Jimmy Kimmel, whose job is clearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-affiliates-revolt-refuse-bring-kimmel-back-even-abc-disney-unsuspend-show-blunt-comments-may-spell-doom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hanging by a thread<\/a> after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jimmy-kimmel-blatantly-lies-audience-charlie-kirks-assassin-claiming-part-maga-gang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flagrantly false comments<\/a> last week about the assassination of conservative organizer Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re next, motherf***er,&rdquo; Olbermann wrote to Jennings. &ldquo;But keep mugging to the camera.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; 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Olbermann did NOT use asterisks.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">Cc: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIDirectorKash?\">@FBIDirectorKash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4bEXaWfAHv\">https:\/\/t.co\/4bEXaWfAHv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/1970258499063132278?\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  To be fair, as some <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/beyondreasdoubt\/status\/1970259685107446028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media users noted<\/a>, it&rsquo;s possible Olbermann was not referring to Jennings&rsquo; being killed but instead to being taken off the air, as Kimmel was by ABC (though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-disney-abc-bring-back-jimmy-kimmel-despite-charlie-kirk-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that didn&rsquo;t last<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Maybe.<\/p>\n<p>But in the American political atmosphere after the Kirk assassination, it&rsquo;s easy to see how Olbermann&rsquo;s words come off like a death threat.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/insider-rode-charlie-kirk-hospital-speaks-charlie-didnt-suffer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sept. 10 shooting<\/a> at Utah Valley University has made the country achingly aware of how easily a bullet can upend a political order &mdash; and reminded us all of how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-media-platforms-forced-take-action-leftists-go-wild-wake-charlie-kirks-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hair-trigger deranged<\/a> the American left has become.<\/p>\n<p>And let&rsquo;s face it, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re next, motherf***er,&rdquo; generally isn&rsquo;t terminology that describes the addressee&rsquo;s future employment status.<\/p>\n<p>There were plenty, plenty of social media users who took Olbermann&rsquo;s words as the threat they appeared to be:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The one person on cable news that appears to be the voice of reason is just too much for them to abide. They go from cancellation, to lawfare and if those doesn&rsquo;t silence people, then they move to the unthinkable. Heaven help us. This country is in a bad place.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Skylark (@skylark1984) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skylark1984\/status\/1970271803726762144?\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What is it about their cloistered, groupthink surroundings that makes them tone-deaf to their own rhetoric? Please ensure cameras are rolling when Keith is tazed and cuffed.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stanley Ridgley (@StanleyRidgley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanleyRidgley\/status\/1970281287157194881?\">September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That&rsquo;s reads like a call to action.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m no lawyer, but that sounds like a situation where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?\">@CNN<\/a> may be need to hold <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithOlbermann?\">@KeithOlbermann<\/a> liable for the additional security costs to necessitate this increased risk.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jimmy McCambridge (@JimmyMack0320) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimmyMack0320\/status\/1970281474394886372?\">September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If there were an innocent explanation &mdash; if Olbermann really had been referring to Jennings losing his gig as the only sane voice at CNN &mdash; the right move would have been for Olbermann to clarify himself.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he chose to delete the posts, like a child hiding a broken toy, hoping that would make it all go away.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&rsquo;t, though.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he can do a better job clearing things up with the FBI.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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