Why MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann decision was a really bad idea #p2

• Keith Olbermann stepped in it when he donated to a political candidate. What happened next, though, was a really bad precedent for MSNBC that'll prove more controversial than Olbermann's original move was. While we don't think Keith should've been donating to candidates immediately after talking to them on TV, we also think the punishment doesn't fit the crime. It also opens NBC Universal up to double standards, especially if Gawker's right, and MSNBC doesn't actually have the standards that NBC News does. Some other points to come out of this whole mess:

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