Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
AL FRANKENRush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
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I’m crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.
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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn’t been any radio that did that. And so they weren’t trained.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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