Olbermann got perp-walked out of ESPN and then literally paid NOT to appear on the air for Fox Sports. He is the Bryant Gumbel of cable news - the guy people keep bidding to get but that no actual viewers want to see on TV.
Yes, they really are that pathetic.
If Olbermann wants to play this game, he's better be ready to stand for something or just be up front with his public and admit his show is satire. There's something very insincere about a man who's best known for his contempt and disgust of his rival. He's the one who's got something to prove and hating Bill O'Reilly is no way to live.
O'Reilly actually has a stated points of view which he's not shy about. This obviously gets under Olbermann's thin skin. But, Olbermann's tirades are motivated by nothing more than what he perceives to be bad etiquette from a political party that he's not real fond of. All his self-righteous indignations are phoney and he knows it.
He's on the clock.