If you're downright pissed about what happened to Keith Olbermann and think his indefinite suspension was unfair, then you can help us take action in bringing Keith back to MSNBC!
I've started a campaign on Facebook called Let's Bring Keith Back, which now has grown to 6,000 members since yesterday. We've got phone numbers, e-mails, and more contact information on our Facebook page.
Every single one of these 6,000 members is hopping mad about what happened to Keith, and they've been busy in calling, faxing, and e-mailing!
You can help spread the word about our Facebook campaign by following these simple steps below if you're on Facebook:
- Join us on Facebook by clicking the "like" button at the top of the Facebook page!
- Suggest the page to as many friends as you can to help us get more people onboard in taking action to bring Keith back!
- Click the "like" button at the top of this blog post to spread the word on Facebook!
And you can also spread the word on Twitter by tweeting this very simple message below:
Let's Bring #KeithOlbermann back to #MSNBC! Join us on Facebook to take action here! http://on.fb.me/... #p2
As soon as I heard the news about Keith Olbermann, I was downright mad about what had happened to him, and saw the punishment as being wholly unfair. I don't trust the excuses given out for the suspension given Karoli's very excellent article and the report by ThinkProgress here:
UPDATE: Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Comcast CEO Brian Roberts tacitly acknowledged that he would be open to interfering with the editorial content of MSNBC shows and with hosts like Keith Olbermann:
Comcast is in line to acquire control of NBC Universal, once regulators sign off on the $30 billion deal. Mr. Chernin asked Mr. Roberts how he planned to handle daily editorial control of such an immense news operation. "Are you saying that you’ll never interfere?" he asked. Mr. Roberts blanched slightly at the question, which included a hypothetical situation that had Keith Olbermann, an MSNBC host, attacking a couple of Republican congressmen just as the approvals were being finished. "Let’s have that conversation in six months or 12 months," Mr. Roberts said.
This stinks to high heaven here. Let's stop this by bringing Keith Olbermann back to MSNBC! Keep on spreading the word about our Facebook campaign to as many people as you can. The more people we get onboard, the more calls and e-mails are sent out, and that's what is needed to get Keith back.