Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 81 - 15 minutes of clear, cogent analysis from me about why MSNBC was dead wrong to suspend Keith Olbermann.  Well, I'll leave it to you to judge whether my analysis is clear and cogent, but the long and the short of it is, although I've found fault with Olbermann's over-the-top denunciations of everyone from Hillary Clinton to Bill O'Reilly to Jack Bauer, his suspension from MSNBC is based on the dangerous and foolish myth that news commentators are supposed to be "objective," and not connected in any way to those they may interview.
Helpful links:

my short blog post on this matter: MSNBC Wrong and Self-Destructive to Suspend Keith Olbermann
strong comments and debate on this issue on my Facebook wall
Olbermann, Bauer, Coleridge - I critique Olbermann in this 2007 podcast

 
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