MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Suspended Indefinitely!

msnbc is once again showing the pussy card... well played gentleman well played.... considering what, at least 3 fauxnews contributors will probably run on the republican ticket for pres in 2012...

 

I clicked on the link and it sent me here:***

Correct link is: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/05/keith-olbermann-suspended_n_779586.html

 

Is there any rationale for such a response.. or even a requirement that ones contributions be reported to an employer as a condition of continued employment. Granted, MSNBC might want to preserve some illusion of political impartiality- but it strikes me that a measure of this nature would pretty much throw that illusion out the window. I partake in some guilty comedy en route to work each afternoon by listening to that affable caricature of right-wing extremism, Rush Limbaugh and it strikes me that there are those who've induced a state of con-servitude- the exact sub-species that bestow mega-dittos before delivering the sobering reminder that people who believe as they do, despite being free from the burdensome baggage of common sense and intelligence, sit on juries and vote.

It would take a minimum of persuasion on the part of Loonbaugh to whip his minions into an angry froth at the audacious, obscene, offensive... brazen move on the part of the "liberal media" in not only "distorting facts" but bankrolling the campaigns of "big government loving socialists". Oh one can easily imagine how the skillfully radio's maestro of malice orchestrates the hatred and distrust to perhaps inspire calls for the revoking of their broadcast license... It would be a shame if one must fashion employee policy with regard to candidate support based on the rantings of such a crackpot.

I am left to wonder just what criteria MSNBC uses to render its approval of a proposed political donation not to mention just how intrusive into an employee's politics is appropriate for an employer when one's income hangs in the balance. Is this a proverbial foot in the door to a path that eventually has companies forcing their employees to disclose whom they are voting for to ensure that management's favorites get endorsed... perhaps signing pre-employment pledges to vote along certain party lines as a condition of employment.

I hate seeing Olbermann suspended but am more concerned with what the action says about our so-called voting rights.

 

I think I've gotten a bit used to the concept that the news media cannot be relied on for unbiased and balanced news coverage... and do you think the FCC would issue a broadcast license to them if they were to propose starting their own news network? A war with whom? Iran? It wouldn't surprise me much... maybe our creditors in the RoC will call some debt in the form of mercenary services by the U.S. military?

 

NBC's rule seems reasonable for journalists, but not for commentators. Nobody expects Keith Olbermann to be unbiased and neutral. That isn't his job.

 

Good riddance. But msnbc will probably replace him with another establishment drone, sadly. But hopefully the next one they hire won't be a screaming white man like him.

 

just another reason never to watch msnbc..

 

You've refined your story.

 

There was a time when I enjoyed olbermann's poetic social commentary but I felt he lapsed into dishonesty and sensationalism when he didn't have Bush Cheney to focus on. As counterweight to o'rielly, He is the same mouth with a different head

 

Yeah, it doesn't make sense to be unbiased in appearance only.

 

Don't celebrate just yet. There's a good chance he will return.

Please convince Fox News of this. All of their "news" is also commentary.

 

I cannot accept the premise that Faux Nooze is at all interested in actually being informative... much less being willing to entertain suggestions from the herd they are seeking to manipulate.

 

Agreed.

 

maybe Olbie can go back ESPN and do sports, where everyone learned how good of a broadcaster he was as he used sports as a platform for his sarcastic wit and political commentary!