Keith Olbermann Apologizes for Penn State Tweets, Will Be Off Air Rest of the Week
Olbermann apologized for the exchange on his Twitter account:
I apologize for the PSU tweets. I was stupid and childish and way less mature than the students there who did such a great fundraising job.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 24, 2015
As documented by Onward State, Olbermann’s back-and-forth with Penn State students initially began when one sent him a link to fundraising results of THON, a beloved annual event that raises money for pediatric cancer (in the past Olbermann has been critical of Penn State’s continued Joe Paterno hagiography):
More Penn State students and/or supporters jumped into the fray:
It’s good that Olbermann apologized, but this was a fight he really just shouldn’t have been having in the first place.