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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (289312)	11/5/2010 11:31:04 AM
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Keith Olbermann contributed to Grijalva & repeatedly had him on as guest--breaking media ethics rules ....................................................... Keith Olbermann contributed to three Democrats Olbermann acknowledged the contributions in a statement to POLITICO. \| By SIMMI AUJLA \| 11/5/10 politico.com MSNBC host Keith Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of Congress and failed Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway ahead of Tuesday’s election — a potential violation of NBC ethics policies. Olbermann, who acknowledged the contributions in a statement to POLITICO, made the maximum legal donations of $2,400 apiece to Conway and to Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. He donated to the Arizona pair on Oct. 28 — the same day that Grijalva appeared as a guest on Olbermann’s “Countdown” show. Grijalva, a prominent liberal who was just declared a winner in his race Thursday night, was in a tight contest against tea party-backed candidate Ruth McClung when he appeared on "Countdown" — one of several appearances he made on the show. NBC has a rule against employees contributing to political campaigns, and a wide range of news organizations prohibit political contributions — considering it a breach of journalistic independence to contribute to the candidates they cover. Olbermann, who has become of the most prominent liberal commentators on cable television, has been a critic of the political donations made by Fox News’ parent company, News Corp., which contributed $1 million each to a pair of organizations trying to defeat Democratic candidates. MSNBC President Phil Griffin also tweaked rival network Fox over the contributions. “Show me an example of us fundraising,” Griffin told The New York Times last month. POLITICO discovered the Olbermann donation to Grijalva in a Federal Election Commission filing, and when MSNBC was asked for a comment, it forwarded a statement from Olbermann: “One week ago, on the night of Thursday October 28 2010, after a discussion with a friend about the state of politics in Arizona, I donated $2,400 each to the reelection campaigns of Democratic Representatives Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords,” Olbermann said. “I also donated the same amount to the campaign of Democratic Senatorial candidate Jack Conway in Kentucky.” In his statement, Olbermann said he wasn’t using his influence to solicit any donations for the candidates. “I did not privately or publicly encourage anyone else to donate to these campaigns, nor to any others in this election or any previous ones, nor have I previously donated to any political campaign at any level,” Olbermann said. Under FEC rules, an individual donor may only give $2,400 to a candidate per general election campaign. The FEC filings for Olbermann’s contributions list an address that is a Mailboxes Etc. storefront in New York, and it also lists his occupation as a newscaster for NBC Television. MSNBC declined to comment on Olbermann. “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” started in 2003 as a traditional news show, but evolved into a left-leaning opinion program. Olbermann has tripled MSNBC’s ratings at 8 p.m., and much of the network’s recent evolution has followed his lead. In the past two years, MSNBC’s left-leaning opinionated hosts have helped propel it past CNN in primetime, and even lately during the daytime, too. MSNBC has branded Olbermann as a prominent face in its new “Lean Forward” marketing campaign, which has been designed to show that the network clearly wants to be the cable news voice of the left, but the company has a policy that warns against political contributions. A 2007 MSNBC.com story laid out the rules for the network regarding such contributions: Read more: politico.com