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Keith Olbermann and MSNBC's Messy Breakup

Adrian Chen · 01/22/11 12:36PM

Keith Olbermann unexpectedly announced he was leaving MSNBC last night. Olbermann is MSNBC's highest-rated anchor, and the main reason the network now stands as the left-leaning alternative to Fox News. So why'd he quit? Or was he fired?