Keith Olbermann quit Twitter because of me

[popehippo]

Late Wednesday night, long after I'd promised myself that I would sign off the internet, I found myself Googling Keith Olbermann's Twitter feed. He had re-tweeted a link to an article alleging that one of the women accusing Julian Assange of rape had "ties" to the CIA. That article also gave the name of the accuser. This, I understood to be a

Comments

[eversofar]

I am so unsurprised that Keith turned out to be this big of a douche.

[brewsternorth]

Srsly.

I'm just disappointed that he's this poor of a journalist, too (yeah, OK, technically he's more of an anchorman than a reporter, but the Viewing Public still deserves a lot better).

[eversofar]

Yeah, I wasn't a fan before this, but it's still disappointing that he's spread so much misinformation about this case.

[lemonsherry]

lol i'm not.

[eversofar]

You're not unsurprised?

[lemonsherry]

haha, i read 'surprised' at first.