keith Olbermann's ties to the Arizona stootings

[tomspud]

in November, 2010, Keith Olbermann was suspended by MSNBC for making political contributions to 4 candidates against corporate wishes. One of those candidates was Rep Gabrielle Griffiths of Arizona, who was shot today in an assassination attempt at a constituient meeting in Tuscon. Olbermann issued a strong condemnation of the incident and the

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[beautifulprayer]

KO is part of the problem. He needs to tone his rhetoric down as well and even he admitted so yesterday. Both sides media people need to take a step back.

[tomspud]

At least he was big enough to admit it. I doubt if Rush or Glen Beck will. In fact, they will do their best to deflect blame. KO was on the ground in NYC reporting on 9/11 as it happened-where was Rush?
KO is a class act-he didn't have to say what he did last night. He even wasn't on the schedule last night-it was his night off.

[beautifulprayer]

I think everybody needs to tone down the rhetoric, that's all.

[tomspud]

I agree. I think MSNBC set KO loose to compete with Fox, and the ratings took off. There clearly is more responsible journalism across the MSNBC family than there is on Fox, who starts with a political agenda and does everything they can to fan the fires.