Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.
AL FRANKENBut in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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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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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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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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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I’ve had to learn a little bit about it. It’s not rocket science: You get ratings, that’s good.
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And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.
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It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I’ve done.
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