I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
AL FRANKENMy parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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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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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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There’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.
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I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
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I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents.
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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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Technology is an incredible tool – it connects people to each other.
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