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9. I have no idea what you are complaining about

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 04:38 PM

Feb 2015

My employer would fire me if I went off on some drunken public online rant that embarrassed them, and rightly so.

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Apparently Keith Olbermann has been suspended [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 OP

Again? bigwillq Feb 2015 #1

Lesson: Don't drink and Tweet. FSogol Feb 2015 #2

"Olbermann sure seems to step in it." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #3

Except that his contract with ESPN might say otherwise. nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #6

Unless he is embarrassing the company he represents. FSogol Feb 2015 #7

tell that to Brandon Eich. AngryAmish Feb 2015 #18

That's my point. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #19

KO's twitter profile includes a link to his employer's website.... brendan120678 Feb 2015 #28

He sure did step in it. HappyMe Feb 2015 #8

No. He apparently has no internal editor. WillowTree Feb 2015 #34

I follow him on twitter and have never seen him 'step in it'. I HAVE seen him make mince meat out of sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #24

Headline: Geraldo blames selfie on tequila cui bono Feb 2015 #43

Olbermann is an ass, and deserved what he got. (eom) brendan120678 Feb 2015 #4

LOL, ok, I assume Keith made you mad at some point. nt Logical Feb 2015 #21

Guy really can't hold down a job, can he? BainsBane Feb 2015 #5

I think he needs something stronger GP6971 Feb 2015 #33

I have no idea what you are complaining about FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #9

someone like him shouldn't be on Twitter on the first place JI7 Feb 2015 #10

I follow him on twitter and couldn't disagree more. In fact, he should get away from Corporations sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #25

What he did was beyond stupid. dilby Feb 2015 #11

can you link to an account of what you're talking about? ND-Dem Feb 2015 #31

And particularly kids who just did something pretty great. WillowTree Feb 2015 #36

"Emerged triumphantly"? Sheldon Cooper Feb 2015 #12

Yes, how dare you Keith! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2015 #13

Neither the event nor Olbermann's tweets involved the abuse travesty. nt Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #14

"WE ARE".....Penn State....is symbolic of the arrogance they've displayed ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2015 #15

Origin of "We Are". It was about racial equality. Wheaty Feb 2015 #16

And now it's about circling the wagons and protecting a child molester and a dottering old fool n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2015 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #29

Harrasing kids because they attend a school that once had a man who molested kids. dilby Feb 2015 #20

Baloney, they tweeted him and invited comment ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2015 #22

IF anyone thinks KO is actually sorry about this... Lex Feb 2015 #23

when hes wrong MFM008 Feb 2015 #26

The OP isn't a critique; it's a defense of his right to speak his mind w/o corporatist controls. nt Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #27

olbermann is extremly angry, he needs to chill. frankieallen Feb 2015 #30

At least Olberman didn't say he's seen nuns shot in the back of the head R B Garr Feb 2015 #32

KO should have threatened to "come at them with everything he has"; his employer bullwinkle428 Feb 2015 #35

emerged triumphant? Calista241 Feb 2015 #37

To be fair, Olberman's original rant was a legitimate criticism of the NCAA's R B Garr Feb 2015 #38

He was attacking students raising money for pancreatic cancer former9thward Feb 2015 #39

It did get out of hand. But it's also a shame about the NCAA R B Garr Feb 2015 #41

Maybe Keith is in a position Go Vols Feb 2015 #40

Just another example of a 1%er who thinks the world revolves around him... SidDithers Feb 2015 #42