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To: FJB who wrote (49060)	1/31/2012 5:23:48 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Al Gore says his cable network Current is the only one giving an openly liberal view Former veep likes the fact that he has 'Young Turks' leading into fringe liberal Keith Olbermann NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Monday, January 30, 2012, 6:00 AM Updated: Monday, January 30, 2012, 6:00 AM Right now, to be blunt, Current TV plays on the fringes of the TV news game. At the age of 5 it’s still the new kid, not a household brand like Fox News, or CNN. Its biggest headlines lately came from an internal dustup with its star player, leftwing evening host Keith Olbermann. Former Vice President Al Gore, who founded Current TV with Joel Hyatt, is unbothered. Gore even likes some of the numbers. “Our average viewer is 36,” he says. “That’s unheard of in cable news, where the average age is in the 60s.” He likes that the network landed the “Young Turks” show, with Cenk Uygur, for the 7 p.m. slot that leads into Olbermann. He likes that former democrat Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm launches a new 9 o'clock show Monday night, “The War Room.” He likes that Current is openly ... nydailynews.com