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Keith Olbermann, host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, has been suspended indefinitely by MSNBC. Photograph: Fred Prouser/Reuters
Friday 5 November 2010
Ewen MacAskill in Washington
guardian.co.uk

A prominent US television anchorman, Keith Olbermann, was suspended today for making donations to three Democratic candidates in this week's midterm elections, in breach of company rules.

US journalistic ethics are extremely strict, barring media employees from donating to political parties or any other political involvement that might cause a conflict of interest.

Although Rupert Murdoch contributed $2m (£1.23m) to the Republicans and commentators from his Fox News network also made donations, papers such as the New York Times, National Public Radio and television channels such as CNN and MSNBC seek to maintain strict neutrality.