I suppose you may have read about l'affaire Olbermann by now. The story is that political pundit and attack dog Keith Olbermann was outed as having contributed to three Democratic political candidates, much against MSNBC's rules, by the way. This garnered him an indefinite suspension by MSNBC boss Phill Griffith.
Well, der uberboss had a change of heart. Olbermann's suspension was reduced to three days, and that charmer will return to television tomorrow. Hmmm . . . . this is kind of like being suspended for cutting classes; I garnered one of similar length for the same reason.
But at least he didn't get the standard one-day suspension for having too short a skirt, like in my high school. No one really wants to look at Olbermann's legs!
Back to MSNBC and their rules. Apparently they had a short-lived attack of journalistic integrity, about like FoxNews and CNN get from time to time. But any good internist will tell you that if you take two aspirins and get some bed rest, it will get better.
When I was in high school, I learned that there was one set of rules for the football players and cheerleaders, and another set for everyone else.
It was a Publicity stunt, plain and simple.
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