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Olbermann Returns To The Air With Apology For Penn State Tweets

ESPN’s Keith Olbermann returned to the air last night and opened his broadcast by apologizing for the tweets about Penn State that earned him a suspension. Olbermann: "The batting practice attitude towards Twitter ... is far more dangerous than just self-inflicted damage to somebody's reputation or one's ego. It can wind up making it seem like you have just attacked, belittled, marginalized, trivialized, joked about or called pitiful a cause that has been ... as close to my own heart as my lungs are, namely cancer, specifically pediatric cancer."

Olbermann continued, “I was not a victim here. I brought this on myself. This is my fault. But what I brought on, that can happen to anybody ... unless we stop viewing social media as an alternative for wild west saloon brawling." He concluded, "I’m sorry for the Penn State tweets – stupid and immature – but I’m much more sorry about batting practice. So for me, batting practice ends. And as quixotic as this may seem to you, I hope you will join me in trying to end it for all of us so we can get back to what matters" (ESPN2, 3/2).

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