“I have been covering electoral politics for a very long time, and there has perhaps never been a more important midterm election in my lifetime. Sen. Bernie Sanders is at the heart of it."
"To those of you at Fox with any power -- from Lachlan on down -- know that things like this only harm the company's reputation. Not among your enemies, who will hate you no matter what, but among your supporters, like me, who get pained when the hyperbolic attacks turn out to be true."
Olbermann's tweet was in response to Tapper's remarks on Monday, where he stated that the report by Special Counsel John Durham had a "devastating" impact on the FBI.
That is not to say that NBC News won't cover Trump or look to feature him in its coverage of the run-up to the Republican primary, only that a town hall-style event is unlikely to happen.
"To those of you at Fox with any power -- from Lachlan on down -- know that things like this only harm the company's reputation. Not among your enemies, who will hate you no matter what, but among your supporters, like me, who get pained when the hyperbolic attacks turn out to be true."