When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
AL FRANKENThe 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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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces.
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Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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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 think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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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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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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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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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone – in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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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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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.
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