Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely from MSNBC for political donations he made to 3 Democratic candidates.  The MSNBC policy is that all donations must be approved ahead of time and it appears that Olbermann did not do that.  It also appears that MSNBC is really overreacting here.  Joe Scarborough has also donated to Republican candidates in the past and it’s not exactly like Keith is impartial or hiding his biases.

Statement from MSNBC reads:

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,” MSNBC president Phil Griffin said in a statement.

If it is the policy that all donations need to be approved ahead of time and if Olbermann failed to do that he violated the rules.  That doesn’t mean he should be suspended indefinitely however.  From the little we know about the policy at this point it really doesn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense because I don’t know how you would implement it across the board.  That said suspended indefinitely sure sounds like fired but only time will tell.

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