Phil Griffin's moves at MSNBC make more sense now? [View all]

[Shankapotomus]

With the recent controversy swirling around Rush Bimbaugh I was wondering if the choices of Phil Griffin, president at MSNBC, make more sense to people now.

I can understand Keith Olberman's point about being able to say and do what he wants but I also understand Phil Griffin's choice to minimize the slime throwing at his news organization and just promote less bombastic, insulting political discussion. I mean look at all the advertisers Rush has lost because of the kind of talk he engages in. If you're a president of a news/political talk organization, why alienate advertisers? It doesn't mean Keith can't do his own thing or that it's bad. It's just that MSNBC wasn't the format for it. Anyone else think that both formats need not be mutually exclusive and we don't have to hate Phil Griffin or MSNBC over this?

Also, I'm not saying KO was way over the top at all. Much of his ire was about the level of discussion the Right had brought to the nation.