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MSNBC's possible hiring of the Rev. Al Sharpton doesn't represent a conflict of interest for the cable channel, its president said.

Keith Olbermann has returned to the air promising "a newscast of contextualization." Five months after his abrupt departure from MSNBC, the outspokenly liberal host premiered on the Current TV network Monday night awash in media attention to his arrival at a new home.

MSNBC's Ed Schultz is off the air for more than a week after calling a fellow talk-show host a vulgar term.

Keith Olbermann was MSNBC's most popular personality and single-handedly led its transformation to an outspoken, left-leaning cable news network in prime time. Despite that, he often seemed to be walking on a tightrope with his job.

In the light of the recent ratings news--CNN implodes, FOX soars, MSNBC does okay--it's worth asking a question that no one seems to have a good answer to: Why is conservative media crushing liberal media?