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Keith Olbermann Suspended by ESPN Over "Pitiful" Penn State Tweets (Original Post) RockaFowler Feb 2015 OP
Most people shouldn't tweet, IMHO joeybee12 Feb 2015 #1
He's at least gotta pick his battles charlie and algernon Feb 2015 #2
Teach himself to count to 10 before he tweets... joeybee12 Feb 2015 #3
Should Not Have Been Suspended erpowers Feb 2015 #4
Olbermann needs his own network. Like Oprah. El Supremo Feb 2015 #5
This guy is always Jamaal510 Feb 2015 #6
 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
1. Most people shouldn't tweet, IMHO
Tue Feb 24, 2015, 08:26 PM
Feb 2015

Too easy to let your emotions get the best of you...and to tweet before you think.

charlie and algernon

(13,447 posts)
2. He's at least gotta pick his battles
Tue Feb 24, 2015, 09:27 PM
Feb 2015

it's one thing to still hate Penn State given what's happened there (God knows MANY people still do), but put the hatred on hold when it comes to fundraising for cancer. Though I do think that first girl was taunting him with the initial tweet. Still, he should've sucked it up and ignored it.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
3. Teach himself to count to 10 before he tweets...
Tue Feb 24, 2015, 09:29 PM
Feb 2015

Too much is done on the spur of the moment. Some people, like Patton Oswalt, tweet well, they tweet only when something is well thought-out

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
4. Should Not Have Been Suspended
Tue Feb 24, 2015, 09:36 PM
Feb 2015

Keith Olbermann should not have been suspended. If Keith Olbermann should have been suspended then every on air employee of ESPN should be fired, starting with Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless. I like their show, but I think they say much worse things every day.

So, he gave his opinion that Penn State students are "pitiful", poorly educated, and unethical. ESPN should have just said Olbermann has a right to his opinion, but the network does not agree with his opinion. I do not think the tweets from Olbermann rose to the level of something deserving a suspension.

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