Re: Treasury Secretary Meets with Little-Watched Comedian
"Karl D. Swenson" <[email protected]>
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This is apparently a matter of policy at MSNBC. If he chooses to work there and that is their policy then he deserves suspension. That said, it is a dumb policy. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 2:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Treasury Secretary Meets with Little-Watched Comedian > MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in a statement Friday: "I became aware of >I'm no olbermann fan but how could anybody be surprised. I would have been >shocked if he hadn't donated. Let alone surprised, why should anyone care? Olbermann is on an op-ed show based around him. He's under no more obligation to be unbiased than Sean Hannity. Joe Scarborough (a conservative MSNBC host) has made donations without being suspended. Sean Hannity has as well-the same amount-this year. Fox gives money to candidates. http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/keiths-got-company-hannity-scarboro ugh-made-political-donations-too-22312 News Corp. contributed $2 million during the 2010 election cycle to organizations -- including $1 million to the Republican Governors Association -- opposed to Democratic candidates. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/olbermann-suspended-from-ms nbc-for-campaign-donations/ Earlier this year Mr. Hannity made a $2,400 contribution to a Republican congressional candidate, John Gomez, a long-time friend of his, and a $5,000 contribution to the political action committee of Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota. Whether talking heads make donations or not this should not be an issue. Thom http://thomwade.wordpress.com/ http://www.cafepress.com/Thomwade http://www.in-one-ear.com _______________________________________ "I want a song to learn and sing, of a life requited."-Echo & the Bunnymen -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot