Suspended with no pay for political contributions to democrats.
Don't see why a partisan TV commentator can't show his colours in the same way he does on air each night. These were personal donations from what I understand, not in the name of NBC.
FOX corp donates all the time to the GOP.
Unfortunate, he played an important role in balancing FOX News, however biased himself.
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In a statement earlier Friday, Olbermann defended his donation, saying, "I did not privately or publicly encourage anyone else to donate to these campaigns nor to any others in this election or any previous ones, nor have I previously donated to any political campaign at any level."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/1..._n_779586.html
EDIT: More coming out now about the suspension...Apparently the issue NBC had was he didn't gain approval from executives before donating. So the donations themselves weren't a problem.
My guess is he'll be back on the air by next week, once MSNBC realizes he's the only one that brings that station and ratings.