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.