Keith Olbermann Slams Murdoch With ‘Fok’ Website Mocking News Channel

Update: The former MSNBC host and upcoming Current TV host takes the Twitter page he created to a new level — though says any “reference to plural of FOK is purely coincidental.”

Looks like Keith Olbermann has declared war on his former boss, Rupert Murdoch — with the announcement today of the "FOKNewsChannel website."

The former MSNBC host and upcoming Current TV host said Tuesday on the Twitter site for his faux channel, which has been up since Jan. 25, that he is enlarging it to an actual website.

"Proud to announce: coming very, very soon, your FOKNewsChannel website…"

Also read: Did Keith Olbermann Bolt MSNBC to Create Media Empire?

Olbermann later, via his own Twitter page, told TheWrap's Dominic Patten that "FOK is an abbreviation for 'Friends of Keith.'"

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