Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.
AL FRANKENAt ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.
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I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven.
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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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They’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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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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We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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Most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time – even when they’re wrong.
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Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
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I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.
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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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