KO for KO?

Posted: November 5, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Elections, Main Stream Media, The DNC, The Media SUCKS | Tags: , , | 67 Comments

Two breaking news stories worth front paging are sweeping blog headlines.

First, Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay at MSNBC for donationg to three Democratic candidates during the last election. This is from Politico.

Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of Congress and failed Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Olbermann, who acknowledged the contributions in a statement to POLITICO, made the maximum legal donations of $2,400 apiece to Conway and to Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. He donated to the Arizona pair on Oct. 28 — the same day that Grijalva appeared as a guest on Olbermann’s “Countdown” show.

NBC has a rule against employees contributing to political campaigns, and a wide range of news organizations prohibit political contributions — considering it a breach of journalistic independence to contribute to the candidates they cover.

Other links:

CBS

Mediaite

The second breaking news story of interest is that Nancy Pelosi will run for Minority Leader.  This is from Ryan Griffin at Huffpo. Pelosi  Tweeted the announcement.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will make a bid to be Democratic minority leader, she announced Friday via Twitter. “Driven by the urgency of creating jobs & protecting , #wsr, Social Security & Medicare, I am running for Dem Leader,” she tweeted.

Other Links:

CNN

Politico

In related news, Rep. Van Hollen is leaving his chairmanship at the DCCC.