Keith Olbermann's turn

[TheSportsPredictor]

Suspended for mean tweets about Penn State:

Keith Olbermann suspended for a week over Penn State tweets - Feb. 24, 2015

 

[LongTimeListener]

He didn't think of the waitresses.

 

[outofplace]

Olbermann's responses were childish, but I'm not sure they warrant a suspension.

I'm sure the Penn State faithful will be celebrating this one. I saw a good bit of whining about Olbermann's tweets on Facebook earlier today.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Yeah, nothing in those tweets comes even close to being deserving of a suspension. I just wonder if he's on a super short leash.

 

[SnarkShark]

Olbermann can't help himself. He has to respond to everyone in the most condescending possible way.

 

[Boom_70]

In between taunting PSU fans on his twitter feed, Olberman was taking on Bill O'Reilly who now gets the
last laugh.

Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann · 15h 15 hours ago
Time for this "man" to leave the public stage. RT @emilysteel “I am coming after you with everything I have,… http://tl.gd/nir4hg

 

[TeamBud]

I'm sure the Penn State faithful will be celebrating this one.

Not really. They're celebrating raising another $13M+ for pediatric cancer research. It's the largest student-run philanthropy in the world.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Olbermann can't help himself. He has to respond to everyone in the most condescending possible way.

The stories about him during his first ESPN stint were legendary. I had friends who were interns there in the mid to late 90s and he was one sadistic SOB.

 

[outofplace]

Not really. They're celebrating raising another $13M+ for pediatric cancer research. It's the largest student-run philanthropy in the world.

TeamBud, given the whiny, us-against-the-world responses I've seen from Penn State students and alumni since the entire Sandusky thing came to light, there will be plenty among you thrilled to see somebody get punished for daring to criticize your beloved school.

 

[SnarkShark]

TeamBud, given the whiny, us-against-the-world responses I've seen from Penn State students and alumni since the entire Sandusky thing came to light, there will be plenty among you thrilled to see somebody get punished for daring to criticize your beloved school.

This is true. Penn State, and its alums, rivals any public university in pretentiousness.

 

[TyWebb]

Further proof of the silliness of engaging in Twitter "beefs."

 

[TigerVols]

The other day Tony Kornheiser mentioned on PTI that he's not one Twitter...because, he said, he'd knew he'd get himself fired.

I bet he's right and I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.

 

[Starman]

KO probably wants to spend a few days in Florida anyway.

It's worth a public wrist-slap/reprimand, no more.

Fundraising for the pediatric hospital is great, but it doesn't wash PSU clean of the other stuff.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

I'd be able to stomach Olbermann a lot more if everything wasn't a nuclear war with him.

Pound Penn State for the other stuff? No argument. This seemed almost like it was something he sought out because he was bored and needed something to be "THIS IS THE WORST THING IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!!!!!!" about.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

KO probably wants to spend a few days in Florida anyway.

It's worth a public wrist-slap/reprimand, no more.

Fundraising for the pediatric hospital is great, but it doesn't wash PSU clean of the other stuff.

My problem with it is that the widow shows up and it becomes another celebration for the Cult of a Paterno. There’s certainly a discussion to be had about it and PSU patting itself on the back so hard for this given its history is distasteful. But KO didn't try to have a serious discussion or present an argument, he just wanted to **** them off.

 

[Batman]

The other day Tony Kornheiser mentioned on PTI that he's not one Twitter...because, he said, he'd knew he'd get himself fired.

I bet he's right and I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.

As Washington, D.C., radio host Scott Linn wisely said recently, "This thing is like a 140 character resignation letter, always in your hand."

 

[YankeeFan]

Please tell me there was more to it than was described in the link.

I'm no fan of KO, but that hardly deserves a suspension.

A pediatric hospital is great, but it doesn't erase the shame that comes with enabling, and covering up for a serial abuser of young children, who operated in plain site, right under your nose.

And, it's typical of their fans to not realize their reputation is still in tatters.

 

[old_tony]

KO probably wants to spend a few days in Florida anyway.

It's worth a public wrist-slap/reprimand, no more.

Fundraising for the pediatric hospital is great, but it doesn't wash PSU clean of the other stuff.

Unless you believe the buildings on campus committed some of the crimes, you're not making sense. People committed the atrocities, and all the people that committed the atrocities are gone. Should they burn down all the buildings, too?

 

[TeamBud]

Uh oh. Starman and YF are not gonna like this. That evil student body - the ones that enabled and covered up abuse of children when those students weren't even in elementary school yet - have been named Best Person in Sports. At least Starman can take comfort that it's Fox so it doesn't count.

Fox Sports 1 Names Penn State Student Body Its 'Best Person In Sports' - Onward State

 

[Riptide]

Why haven't O.J. Simpson's kids been jailed yet?