Olberman suspended
 

For campaign contributions

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...of-nbc-policy/

They'll have to fire everyone, lol. Or maybe only 80%.

Meh, someone new will step up. Rush Limbaugh's troubles opened the door for Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck in the radio mainstream. There is an enormous market for political vitriol.

why is this even an issue to them? Olbermann is opinion, right? They don't call his show "news" I assume.

If it is company policy, then it is company policy.

And when he hired on he agreed to follow the rules.

No sympathy :down:

Gotta play by the rules. He knew better and did it anyways. :nope: No sympathy indeed.

It wouldent have been so bad if he hadent had tried to position himself as 'neutral'. I mean why lie about it?

http://newsbusters.org/node/6637

I agree, but do you really think none of them make any political contributions, even though we know from numerous studies that over 80% of reporters self-describe themselves as democrat" or other "left" affiliation?

I'm sure they do, but as the article says:

Olbermann donated without obtaining the permission of his employer. The policy, evidently, is not new so NBC is in the right here.

I despise KO , realize he broke the rules and thus glad he has been punished.However, he should not lose his show over it, hopefully he is just suspended and will return.I enjoy watching his unfair, crazy Left wing moonbat rants and panels full of racists like Eugene Robinson and other moonbats he has as guest on a regular basis, provides a good laugh.

Suspending indefinitely does seem a bit harsh. I wonder if there is more to the story or whether he had a history of doing this?

Yeah, the indefinite suspension thing makes me think that there may be a history of him being a loose canon in terms of following policy.

Well if you ever wanted a liberal leaning radio talk show he should be your man. He has the voice for it.

Put him on Air America..... oh wait :|\\

He is no better or worse than Beck or Limbaugh.

These are entertainers. People should watch them for entertainment purposes only. No one should be considering any of these actual authorities on political issues. :nope:

Least of all Beck. I think his best claim was when he said he held Washington's First Inaugural Address in his own hands and read it. And then he got dramatic and told about how moving it was (and yes, there were tears; lots and lots of tears).

http://motherjones.com/politics/2010...estoring-honor

I know what you mean. I certainly admire many of our nation's past leaders, but don't go as far to get choked up when reading Washington's Inagural Address or the Gettysburg Address, or what-have-you. I consider such displays to be empty, and frankly, tasteless theatrics.

+1

"Oh spare me the theatrics!" came to mind when I saw Boehner break down in tears. We don't need crocodile tears, we don't need any tears at all. We need people in office who will quit screwing around with us and just do their jobs.

Exactly what I was thinking too. My second thought was to imagine the uproar on this forum if Nancy Pelosi had done it. But it was Boehner, so he gets a pass.

Boehner's reaction may have looked hokey but I think it was sincere. Men don't cry that easily.

But Boehner is Catholic and a smoker....so perhaps that is it.