MSNBC Wrong to Suspend Keith Olbermann

Published: Nov. 8, 2010, 12:12 a.m.

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.\xa0 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.

\n


Helpful links:

\n
    \n
  1. my short blog post on this matter: MSNBC Wrong and Self-Destructive to Suspend Keith Olbermann
  2. \n
  3. strong comments and debate on this issue on my Facebook wall
  4. \n
  5. Olbermann, Bauer, Coleridge - I critique Olbermann in this 2007 podcast
  6. \n
\n

\xa0

\n

my home page: http://paullevinson.info

\n

more blogs:\xa0http://InfiniteRegress.tv

\n

more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

\n

videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006

\n

\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

\n

published on 3 September 2009:\xa0 New New Media

\n

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates

\n

"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

\n

"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

\n

and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit"-- in Curled Up With A Good Book

\n

FREE audiobook of The Plot to Save Socrates from Audible special trial offer!

\n

\xa0

\n

\n

\xa0