He was saying unhinged shit since he was a sportscaster. That's why he made the transition to liberal idiot pundit so seamlessly. FoxSports was tired of him and MSNBC needed more useful idiots.
Olbermann is basically just doing a parody of the newscaster in the movie Network. Remember that one? "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." That's Olbermann.
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