So far In less than three hours 50,000 sign petition for Olbermann

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-green/50000-sign-petition-for-o_b_779790.html

As Danny Shea and others are well documenting, Keith Olbermann's suspension is getting a ton of attention. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is organizing the public to do something about it. In less than three hours, 50,000 MSNBC viewers signed our petition saying:

Literally thousands of people have shared the petition on Facebook and Twitter, including Michael Moore who Tweeted, "Sign this emergency petition to @msnbc to put @KeithOlbermann back on the air."

In our email to PCCC members announcing the petition, we pointed out the irony of this move -- given this week's election:

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This is a no-brainer. Keith was one of the only people speaking truth to power for years -- and we need to speak truth to power now, for him. Sign the petition today -- then tell your friends.

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1. Amen That's Good News!

Screw MSNBC.