There’s a difference between news and infotainment. In the instances of Olbermann and Matthews, both have clearly crossed the line into infotainment, and MSNBC has wisely decided that enough was enough.
Personally, I don’t mind a Hannity and Democrat to be named laterColmes arrangement, because at least there’s a bit of give and take. Full fledged one sided nonsense being spewed day in and day out is just boring.
Conventions? I watch them on C-SPAN. Debates? The same. Thinking people shouldn’t need the verbal garbage from commentators to explain what and how to think about what transpired.