Dan Choi Boycotts MSNBC Over Keith Olbermann Suspension

[Tx4obama]

Dan Choi announced today that he is boycotting MSNBC over the network's suspension of Keith Olbermann.

"I'm declining interviews on MSNBC and affiliates until @KeithOlbermann is reinstated," Choi wrote on his Twitter page.

Choi, an outspoken critic of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, has been a frequent guest on MSNBC shows. He gave his first interview after being fired by the Army to Rachel Maddow last year.

According to Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, MSNBC asked Choi to appear on the network on Monday, and Choi declined.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/07/dan-choi-msnbc-olbermann_n_780086.html

[tridim]

1. Gut check time for the media.

Censor the truth and we will fight back.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I am sure this is shocking to them

but might be what they want... and I hope they reconsider.

[tularetom]

3. Not sure how big of a deal that is

Far as I know he only appeared on Countdown and Rachel Maddow.

Unless he snuck in on some other show, his boycott doesn't hurt MSNBC very much. In fact it hurts Rachel more than the network.

[mzmolly]

6. It's a matter of principle. Others

may follow.

[EFerrari]

7. Amy, Thom and Laura's, too.

I don't know if it's big but it's right, of course.

[Tx4obama]

8. Who? n/t

[EFerrari]

11. Choi has been on all the progressive indy shows. n/t

[handmade34]

4. Dan Choi is a fine man

and I admire his commitments

[mzmolly]

5. Choi is

an amazing man.

[donheld]

9. Danny can come back Tuesday.

[Dawgs]

10. Who?

Sorry, this is just another ploy to get his name out there.