Kurtz: Rove’s Fundraising For GOP ‘a Lot Worse’ Than Olbermann Donation
On Friday's Situation Room, The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz stated that the fundraising activities of Fox News contributors Dick Morris and Karl Rove somehow rose to a worse level than Keith Olbermann's maximum individual donations to three Democrats, which violated MSNBC's policy. Kurtz also suggested that both networks “tighten up on this stuff or just tear up the rule book.” Correspondent Mary Snow covered Olbermann's suspension during a report just before the bottom of the 6 pm Eastern hour. Snow began by noting how the anchor “has become a star power at MSNBC for voicing his liberal opinions, but Keith Olbermann is now sidelined for financially supporting three Democratic candidates. Records show he contributed $2,400 each to Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway, and two members of Congress from Arizona: Gabrielle Giffords and Raul Grijalva.” She continued that “Congressman Grijalva was a guest on Olbermann's show October 28, the same day Olbermann donated to his campaign.” Later, after recounting how the MSNBC personality has been “a vocal critic of Fox and its parent company, News Corp, for donating $1 million to the Republican Governors Association,” the CNN correspondent played her clip from Kurtz, who gave his take on the Olbermann suspension and on the Fox News contributors' fundraising: read more
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Kurtz: Rove’s Fundraising For GOP ‘a Lot Worse’ Than Olbermann Donation
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