Olbermann, suspended for contract violations...

[longfisher]

...just like Juan Williams.

Both were just in my book. A contract has meaning in America due to the rule of law.

Hubris, it's now your turn to chime in and celebrate Olbermann's suspension and condemn Williams' firing as one act reinforces your political persuasion and the other does not.

Whatever's politically convenient appears to be your motto, H. Insubstantive, you are.

LongFisher

[hubris 1]

Personally, I hated that douche overbite, I never watched him at all. I dont find him entertaining or informed. I can watch Chris Matthews however. A liberal slant but more entertaining. After overbite that lesbian from Harvard comes on and it just gets worse. During that time slot I prefer an hour of 2 1/2 men.

[bigfish4me]

. During that time slot I prefer an hour of 2 1/2 men.

Been hanging with lowtide lately

[seapower]

You beat me to it!!! Frank

[bigfish4me]

You beat me to it!!! Frank

At this very moment Lowtide is powdering his nuts and waiting for his decoy to make herself pretty to head to the bar for a 4 o'clock eagles game.....he has a pocket full of roofies and a wad of $50's....look out somers point.....there is a wolf amongst the sheep

[bigeasy]

calls him Oberdork. I kinda think that fits.

[longfisher]

calls him Oberdork. I kinda think that fits.

Instead of jumping to Olberman's defense, he made campaign contributions which was in violation of his contract with MSNBC, not one of you has written a single word of praise for him or voiced a single syllable of protest over his suspension because he did what many citizens do, submit contributions to candidates he supported which is his right under normal circumstances.

His political donations are protected under the 1st amendment as such donations are considered a form of free speech. Still, he violated his contract.

Yet the air here was full of angry, protests and howls about Juan Williams' firing from NPR for the same offense, a contract violation and exercising his "rights to his opinion" as I've heard so many times on this board. Moreover, the newly-elected Republican-dominated Congress is threatening to strip NPR of their funding over the incident. I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer for them announce their threats to crack down on MSNBC, huh?

Juan Williams' statement of opinion are protected under the 1st Amendment as their expression is considered a form of free speech. Still, he violated a term of his contract.

You are so partisan that when you utter anything related to the rule of law, the rights of citizens or fair play you're best ignored. You're best ignored because there's nothing substantive about your "principles". They flow like water to the lowest point on the political spectrum (the Republican right) and can't be found anywhere near the level where real Americans have them.

Your very use of the terms above threatens their actual meanings and makes them useless in objective conversations, of which you don't have very many...George Orwell.

And, you call yourselves patriots and others who might disagree with you traitors. Hummmmph. You're all nothing more than hypocritical partisans and what you say is worth nearly nothing at all. You are traitors to the Constitution and deserve very little but scorn.

LF

[Bird Dog]

Instead of jumping to Olberman's defense, he made campaign contributions which was in violation of his contract with MSNBC, not one of you has written a single word of praise for him or voiced a single syllable of protest over his suspension because he did what many citizens do, submit contributions to candidates he supported which is his right under normal circumstances.

His political donations are protected under the 1st amendment as such donations are considered a form of free speech. Still, he violated his contract.

Yet the air here was full of angry, protests and howls about Juan Williams' firing from NPR for the same offense, a contract violation and exercising his "rights to his opinion" as I've heard so many times on this board. Moreover, the newly-elected Republican-dominated Congress is threatening to strip NPR of their funding over the incident. I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer for them announce their threats to crack down on MSNBC, huh?

Juan Williams' statement of opinion are protected under the 1st Amendment as their expression is considered a form of free speech. Still, he violated a term of his contract.

You are so partisan that when you utter anything related to the rule of law, the rights of citizens or fair play you're best ignored. You're best ignored because there's nothing substantive about your "principles". They flow like water to the lowest point on the political spectrum (the Republican right) and can't be found anywhere near the level where real Americans have them.

Your very use of the terms above threatens their actual meanings and makes them useless in objective conversations, of which you don't have very many...George Orwell.

And, you call yourselves patriots and others who might disagree with you traitors. Hummmmph. You're all nothing more than hypocritical partisans and what you say is worth nearly nothing at all. You are traitors to the Constitution and deserve very little but scorn.

LF

Already got his show back. Only 2 days. That didn't last long.

[Zummie]

Best journalist on the tube they couldn't leave him. I also read he demanded and received an apology from the network head and that Murdock who owns fox news personally gave him a bj to come back.

[Scooper]

Juan Williams' statement of opinion are protected under the 1st Amendment as their expression is considered a form of free speech. Still, he violated a term of his contract.

LF

According to NPR Williams didn't get fired for violating his contract.
As per :
The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson First Posted: 10-21-10 12:31 AM | Updated: 10-27-10 11:33 AM

In a statement, NPR said that it had informed Williams of its decision on Wednesday night, and that his remarks were "inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR."

Olbermann violated his contract for making financial contributions to a political campaign and got suspended for 2 days.

I am not the most political savvy person here, but I don't think the situations are exactly apples to apples.