Keith Olbermann has been suspended by MSNBC for donating to three congressional candidates, including Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords, according to Politico:
MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay after POLITICO reported that he made three campaign contributions to Democratic candidates.
MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in a statement Friday: “I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay.”
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POLITICO discovered the Olbermann donation to Grijalva in a Federal Election Commission filing, and when MSNBC was asked for a comment, it forwarded a statement from Olbermann:
“One week ago, on the night of Thursday October 28 2010, after a discussion with a friend about the state of politics in Arizona, I donated $2,400 each to the reelection campaigns of Democratic Representatives Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords,” Olbermann said. “I also donated the same amount to the campaign of Democratic Senatorial candidate Jack Conway in Kentucky.”
In his statement, Olbermann said he wasn’t using his influence to solicit any donations for the candidates.
“I did not privately or publicly encourage anyone else to donate to these campaigns, nor to any others in this election or any previous ones, nor have I previously donated to any political campaign at any level,” Olbermann said.
This article appears in Nov 4-10, 2010.
Typical biased media! Look at how they just let their commentators do or say anything they want in support of political parties!
Oh wait, that’s Fox I’m thinking of, not MSNBC.
I donated to three canidates in the election…..Rand Paul, Jesse Kelly and Ruth McClung. It feels good to know that I am on the opposite side of that assjacket Olbermann.
Lets see, Jesse does got his High School Diploma, so I guess he can go back to work for his millionaire dad until he becomes president.
So, if I run a corporation, I can cut a company check to a candidate (or the third party entity being used as the candidate’s fig leaf) in the name of “free speech” (thank you, SCOTUS!). However, if I make donations of my own personal money on my own time (i.e., neither using company resources nor badgering fellow employees), my “speech” is less free. Is this the latest interpretation of the “original intent” of the Constitution?