Posted on 11/08/2010 1:40:19 AM PST by Scanian
MSNBC says Keith Olbermann will be back on the air Tuesday, ending his suspension for violating NBC's rules against making political donations after two shows.
MSNBC's chief executive Phil Griffin said late Sunday that after several days of deliberation, he had determined that two days off the air was "an appropriate punishment for his violation of our policy."
The left-leaning cable network's most popular personality acknowledged donating $2,400 apiece to the campaigns of Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway and Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. NBC News prohibits its employees from making political donations unless an exception is granted in advance by the network news president. In this case, Olbermann's bosses didn't know about them until being informed by a reporter.
We look forward to having him back on the air Tuesday night," Griffin said in a statement.
Liberal groups had taken on Olbermann's suspension as a cause. An online petition calling for his reinstatement, run by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, had exceeded 300,000 signatures Sunday, and Michael Moore had tweeted his support. The committee's Adam Green said Griffin was repeatedly e-mailed updates on the petition drives.
"Progressives proved that when one of our own are targeted, we will have their backs," he said.
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I would rather have their support publicly announced, through contributions. End the pretense.
At the same time, though MSNBC should drop the “rule”. No point in having a “rule” if the “punishment” is a 2-day vacation.
I thought the most an individual could donate to a single candidate was $1000. Are there different rules for blowhards?
ML/NJ
Keith Olbermann gets his comedy show back applaud sign back on for progressives.
Stop screaming and get your facts correct.
Comcast may be just as corrupt but they had nothing to do with this decision.
They won't take over until they get FCC blessing, some time in the Spring.
OMG!!
Thanks.....you are a gentleman and a scholar.
This also shows the value of online infrastructure. When a conservative is being screwed over publicly, are WE able to whip up 300,000 petition signatures overnight?
This morning is a target rich environment ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lGXV09fJRU
Hitler and his 2 cents
TT
This reminds me of the time the Reverund Jackson knocked up his secretary sometime during the Clinton years. Everyone assumed he was done because, hey a reverend getting his girlfriend pregnant, while still married and paying the girl off out of funds from Rainbow PUSH. He’s done right. Wrong he went into seclusion for about 6 hours and he was back running his shakedown organization.
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