Keith Olberman Demands Apology From NBC

Reports of Keith Olberman's suspension disturbed me.  I wondered why shouldn't he be given the same freedom as the rest of us to support the candidate of his choice?  Then I learned that it was becasuse he had violated an express condition of his employment.  Okay, then he should have been canned.  But then why is he back?

Keith Olbermann might have been suspended from MSNBC after breaking company rules regarding making contributions to political candidates, but now sources tell me it's Keith whose demands have been met, allowing him to return to his perch atop the cable network.

"Keith is furious about the way this has all been handled and insisted that MSNBC bosses apologize to him before he would agree to return," a network insider tells me. "Keith sees himself as the star of MSNBC, the person who put them on the map and discovered fellow network anchors Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell. To be treated like this by the network he helped shape, he considers disgusting."
MSNBC employees follow ethics guidelines barring them from making political contributions. After Olbermann's "indefinite suspension without pay," it appears those rules may see some revision.

"In addition to an apology, Keith is demanding that the rules be changed," an executive tells me. "Keith thinks it's unfair that FOX News anchors can make contributions and support candidates and he can't. It's his money that he has earned, he should be allowed to do whatever he wants with it. [PopEater]

Comments

[Robert New]

It is all a PR stunt and working well. As simple as that, otherwise the only people who would know would have been his 30 viewers.

[spinnikerca]

I really can't get excited about this. He signed a contract, he should live by it. On the other hand, is there anyone on the planet who really considered him to be unbiased? MSNBC's rule could be changed simply because it is laughable as applied to the people they hire.