MSNBC Wrong to Can Olbermann

Back in November, MSNBC suspended its mouthpiece in general Keith Olbermann for having donated funds to the Democrats. And as of last week, he abruptly "parted ways" with the broadcaster after nearly 8 years of his vitriolic hate.

My opinion: MSNBC was wrong.

Now, don't get me wrong. I can't stand Olbermann. Here's a guy who tilts the scales so far to the left that anybody on the right ends up at the top point of 90-degree angle. He has been given a pass on manipulating the truth, being completely unjust in his reporting of the news and spewing some of the most hate-filled, vitriolic venom I've ever heard.

But he has every right to donate to whomever the hades he wants!

Isn't it the right of free citizens to have our opinions represented in the political process? Isn't it the right of free market capitalists (I know, he hardly counts) to spend our money on anything we want?

(*note: those were rhetorical questions in case you thought there was another answer)

I think that MSNBC has done itself a great disservice on the reason for forcing Olbermann out; whether he was fired or he quit we'll never really know. They had every right to fire him for being unprofessional as a reporter. They had every right to fire him for manipulating the truth and painting innocent people (i.e. the Tea Party) as racists or complicit in the Tucson shootings.

But firing somebody because they are exercising their democratic and free capitalist rights? Talk about a pathetic excuse.

Just when you though MSNBC couldn't prove itself to be any more screwed up... they surprise you yet again.

Where's that vitriol now Olbermann?

Can we put to rest any doubt at all that Keith Olbermann and MSNBC are complete hypocrites?

Oh, they scream at conservatives commentators who describe a politician as a "whore" and even put the word out there. But when it's an actual politician or his aide -- it has been reported the court transcriber attributed it to J.B. while leftist news organizations are falling in line with saying it was an aide -- calling her a whore, MSNBC has to beep it out of the story.

I doubt we'll hear Olbermann shouting down Jerry Brown over this... no, that would show principle. And Olbermann needs to take anger management courses before he'll show any of that.

(Hat tip to Big Journalism for catching this one.)

I, for one, am having a hard time believing that Jerry Brown himself didn't use the word. If you watch the video from the link above and listen to the audio recording you'll notice that the first time the word "whore" is used, the person's voice is higher pitched and has a little more of a nasal aspect.

But the voice is deeper the second time the word is used and sounds like it is coming from the same person who said, "I am going to use that."

There doesn't seem to be any question that it was Jerry Brown who said, "I am going to use that."

The fallout for this story hasn't even hit yet. But it will be interesting to see who gets in line. We already know that NOW has repeated the hypocritical stance it took with Bill Clinton and has quickly jumped to Brown's side after this.

The level of hypocrisy is simply stunning.