MSNBC Suspends Keith Olbermann

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Liberal pundit Keith Olbermann — who constantly rails against political corruption on the right — has been knocked off his TV perch by the same sort of dicey behavior he claims to be against.

MSNBC today suspended Olbermann indefinitely without pay following a bombshell revelation that the TV host made financial contributions to three Democratic midterm campaigns.

The news of Olbermann’s donations to a pair of Arizona congressmen and losing Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway was first reported by Politico (the site is now running an updated story).

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