Not Just Us Chickens

Apparently, even someone who was hired for being controversial has to tow the line with the boss these days.

Keith Olbermann, on MSNBC, was suspended for making political contributions.  Not secret contributions, mind you, like those which the Supreme Court has approved for big corporate interests.  Contributions that he made openly.

The crime Olbermann committed was that he did not get APPROVAL from MSNBC President, Phil Griffin, prior to making the contribution.

MSNBC claims that the issue is journalistic independence.  On Countdown???  I believe the issue should be transparency, and not prior approval.  Had Griffin granted approval, would that have made the contributions less likely to affect Olbermann's "journalistic independence"?  Would Griffin have approved contributions made to Nazi reenactor Rich Iott?

With all the dirty money that funded the 2010 elections, Olbermann's suspension is the ironic cherry on the icky campaign sundae.

Can we please focus on the important issue here?  Let's get the political leaders and the capitalist bosses to make transparency the rule, and not freedom to donate to a person or party.