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Keep Keith! — On Olbermann's unjust suspension. — MSNBC's suspension of Keith Olbermann is ludicrous. — Second, he's not a reporter. It's an opinion show. If Olbermann wants to put his money where his mouth is, more power to him. — Third, GE, the corporate parent of MSNBC, gives money to political organizations.
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UPDATED: Before Bush Donor Takeover Of MSNBC, Network Selectively Applies Rules To Suspend Olbermann — UPDATED: We have been notified that Comcast has not yet officially taken over MSNBC/NBC Universal. Although Comcast has tentatively finalized a deal to purchase a majority stake in NBC …
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OpenSecrets.org and AMERICAblog News
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Olbermann 'Doesn't Answer' to NBC News Standards — MSNBC chief Phil Griffin suspended Keith Olbermann today for violating “NBC News policy and standards” by donating to three Democratic congressional candidates last month. But according to an NBC News source, MSNBCers have been exempt from those rules for years.
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Political giving not unusual on cable — A search of campaign finance records shows that MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is hardly the only cable news host who has written a check for a candidate in recent years. — With the distinction between journalism and punditry increasingly blurring …
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Roger Ailes
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Olbermann's Replacement? Wait for It... Chris Hayes, tapped Friday by MSNBC to fill in for the indefinitely suspended Keith Olbermann as host of the prime-time political show “Countdown,” gave money to two Democratic campaigns in recent years. Now, following that disclosure, MSNBC says Mr. Hayes won't get the gig after all.
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Don Surber, Top of the Ticket and ECHIDNE of the snakes
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Keith Olbermann Suspended From MSNBC Indefinitely — Blowback to the political donation is immediate, and shocking. — Statement from Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC: … More coming, obviously. — Ok, let's decompress. First of all, “indefinitely” is David Shuster language.
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Gawker, The Right Scoop, The Politico, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller, Donklephant, NewsReal Blog, Raw Story, Hit & Run, JOSHUAPUNDIT and The Awl
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Keith Olbermann of MSNBC Suspended Over Donations — Keith Olbermann, the leading liberal voice on American television in the age of Obama, was suspended Friday after his employer, MSNBC, discovered he made campaign contributions to three Democrats last month.
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Talking Points Memo, The Politico, Pajamas Media, Yahoo! News, Prairie Weather and Media Decoder
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Support Olbermann? No freaking way; Poll added — As you all know, that mashed-up bag of gas with pancake make-up on it Keith Olbermann has been “suspended indefinitely” by MSNBC for making and failing to disclose political contributions to three Democrats — including open-borders Democrat …
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National Review, Wake up America and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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Scarborough, Buchanan Also Made Political Contributions — MSNBC suspended host Keith Olbermann today, following revelations that he made campaign contributions to three Democrats in the elections — a violation of MSNBC policy. — But a search of OpenSecrets.org reveals that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Keith Olbermann Suspended from MSNBC
Keith Olbermann Suspended from MSNBC
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Kos / Daily Kos:
Olbermann suspended by MSNBC
Olbermann suspended by MSNBC
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Media Matters for America, Washington Monthly, TalkLeft and Outside the Beltway
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
OLBERMANN'S CHECKBOOK.... [Update: there's an important follow-up to this story]
OLBERMANN'S CHECKBOOK.... [Update: there's an important follow-up to this story]
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Z on TV, The Politico, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, Atlas Shrugs and Comments from Left Field
Rachel Slajda / TPM LiveWire:
Olbermann Suspended Without Pay After Political Contributions
Olbermann Suspended Without Pay After Political Contributions
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First Draft, AlterNet.org, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Atlantic Online and The Nation
Atrios / Eschaton:
And Buchanan? — So Olbermann is suspended for making political contributions.
And Buchanan? — So Olbermann is suspended for making political contributions.
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The Plum Line
Ace of Spades HQ:
O'Donnell, Who Lost By 17 Points, Still Sending Out Press Releases Attacking People — O'Donnell didn't cost us one seat; she cost us three. Chalk Rossi's and Buck's loss up to her as well. — But here's O'Donnell saying it wasn't her “standing up for principle” that cost her the election, but shady machinations against her.
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The Moderate Voice, Pajamas Media and protein wisdom
Mark Davis / The Age:
Murdoch reveals ‘arrogant’ Obama — TWO generations ago, Rupert Murdoch bowed to pressure from the White House to suppress the biggest story of his life - that the American president John F. Kennedy was indifferent to the political fate of Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies.
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Ben Smith's Blog and New York Magazine
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Murdoch: Bloomberg called Obama ‘arrogant’
Murdoch: Bloomberg called Obama ‘arrogant’
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Political Punch, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
David Weigel / Weigel:
Joe McGinniss Wants to Be Taken Out of “Sarah Palin's Alaska” — The premiere episode of “Sarah Palin's Alaska” began with the former governor's piqued version of a minor scandal of the summer — author Joe McGinniss renting the house next to hers as he researched his biography of Palin.
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GOP 12, The Huffington Post and Althouse
The Hill:
Dems split over Pelosi bid for minority leader — Battle lines are emerging in the House Democratic Caucus over Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) possible bid to stay on as the minority leader. — Liberal Democrats are mobilizing in support of Pelosi remaining at the head of the party …
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Daily Kos, The Politico, TigerHawk, Hot Air, The Impolitic, Comments from Left Field, Capitol Alert and JammieWearingFool
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The GOP's 2012 Game Plan — Sen. Mitch McConnell says Republicans will keep the country focused on the unpopular elements of the president's agenda, especially health care. — 'It's a great first step. " That's the way Washington's resident realist, Mitch McConnell, is describing this week's GOP electoral triumph.
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The Moderate Voice, American Power, Beltway Confidential, The New Republic and The Daily Dish
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Irrelevance of Mitch McConnell
The Irrelevance of Mitch McConnell
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The New Republic, Talking Points Memo and CNN
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If the Tea Party Prefers Bachmann to Hensarling, What Good Is It? — The New York Times reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a “Tea Party heroine,” plans to challenge Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) for the post of GOP conference chair, the fourth-highest House leadership position, in the new Congress.
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Jackson Baker / Memphis Flyer:
Corker , on Mission to Reform Spending, Responds to Being on Tea Party Purge List
Corker , on Mission to Reform Spending, Responds to Being on Tea Party Purge List
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The Hill
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
USN&WR: ‘December issue will be our last printed monthly sent to subscribers’ — Memo to US News & World Report employees — RE: Completing Our Shift to the Digital World — Colleagues, We're finally ready to complete our transition to a predominantly digital publishing model with selected, single-topic print issues.
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Outside the Beltway, MyFox Philadelphia, TechCrunch and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
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David Brooks illustrates how clueless Easterners can be without local knowledge about My Midwest — A frequent theme in this blog is the importance of local knowledge for development. David Brooks helpfully illustrated in his column today on my home region the Midwest.
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The New Republic, The Moderate Voice, EconLog and Commentary
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Ex-President George W. Bush rips wisdom of Barack Obama, Sarah Palin and John McCain to friends — Former President George W. Bush is privately critical of Sarah Palin (below), but stops short of criticizing the likes of Barack Obama in his upcoming memoir ‘Decision Points.’
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The Moderate Voice and Firedoglake
The Politico:
The ego factor: Can Obama change? — In the anthology of Barack Obama quotations, one of the classics came just hours before the event that made him the hottest property in American politics. — As Obama walked toward the arena at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston …
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Ben Smith's Blog, Pajamas Media, Althouse and Commentary
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House Candidates in Undecided Races Beg for More Cash, Volunteers — ABC News' Devin Dwyer reports: If the campaign ain't over 'til the fat lady sings, then one way to look at the handful of undecided U.S. House races is that the lady is too busy begging for money to fund a recount.
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The Politico, AmSpecBlog and Renee Ellmers for Congress
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Lisa Vorderbrueggen / Mercury News:
Democrat Jerry McNerney's lead in CD11 race expands slightly
Democrat Jerry McNerney's lead in CD11 race expands slightly
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Daily Kos and Ballot Box