{"id":30648,"date":"2010-11-09T00:03:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T05:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=30648"},"modified":"2010-11-09T08:41:25","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T13:41:25","slug":"and-this-is-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/and-this-is-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"And, this is what happened"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your efforts have been integral to the remedying of these recent events, and the results should remind us of the power of individuals spontaneously acting together to correct injustices great or small.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Statement To The Viewers Of Countdown from Keith Olbermann<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> I received this from the organization that pulled together the petition of 250,000 Olbermann viewers. The Wall Street Journal has reported this as well, referring to the full text on this website<\/a>. The version you see below is edited down by that organization. The original is better. –efc <\/em><\/p>\n

I want to sincerely thank you for the honor of your extraordinary and ground-rattling support. <\/p>\n

Your efforts have been integral to the remedying of these recent events, and the results should remind us of the power of individuals spontaneously acting together to correct injustices great or small.<\/p>\n

…I also wish to apologize to you viewers for having precipitated such anxiety and unnecessary drama. You should know that I mistakenly violated an inconsistently applied rule \u2013 which I previously knew nothing about — that pertains to the process by which such political contributions are approved by NBC.<\/p>\n

Certainly this mistake merited a form of public acknowledgment and\/or internal warning, and an on-air discussion about the merits of limitations on such campaign contributions by all employees of news organizations.<\/p>\n

Instead, after my representative was assured that no suspension was contemplated, I was suspended without a hearing, and learned of that suspension through the media.<\/p>\n

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You should also know that I did not attempt to keep any of these political contributions secret; I knew they would be known to you and the rest of the public. I did not make them through a relative, friend, corporation, PAC, or any other intermediary, and I did not blame them on some kind of convenient ‘mistake’ by their recipients. <\/p>\n

When a website contacted NBC about one of the donations, I immediately volunteered that there were in fact three of them; and contrary to much of the subsequent reporting, I immediately volunteered to explain all this, on-air and off, in the fashion MSNBC desired. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n

I genuinely look forward to rejoining you on Countdown on Tuesday, to begin the repayment of your latest display of support and loyalty – support and loyalty that is truly mutual. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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