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...They are a joke." - On the Anti-Defamation League, an organization dedicated to combating anti-Semitism. The remark led MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann to dub Dobbs the "worst person in the world" in February 2008 (Media Matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Departing CNN Anchor Lou Dobbs | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

Although Palin occasionally faltered and tied herself in verbal knots, the adoring listeners could not have cared less. They laughed at every joke, cheered in all the right places, hushed when Palin suggested a pro-abortion-rights mind-set could lead Democrats to neglect special-needs children or older people. She brought the audience members to their feet with a defiant charge: "Don't let anyone ever tell you to sit down and shut up." (See pictures: "Sarah Palin Hits the Campaign Trail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rogue Returns: On the Road with Sarah Palin | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

Recently, I heard a joke that the Quad buildings were built over a Gypsy burial ground. This seems like an amusing thought to many people, but would people react the same way if it said that the Quad was built on a Jewish burial ground? Chances are that the joke would not have been very amusing...

Author: By Charles A. Lacalle | Title: Racism and the Romani | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...like much radio content, it's mostly talk. Satellite radio has been stunted by the recession and a lack of must-have content beyond Howard Stern. Consumers have taken slowly to HD radio receivers--there's an industry joke that HD stands for Huge Disaster. And there's no money to invest in digital. "The biggest challenge we've got right now in the industry," says Agovino, "is that companies are struggling to stay out of the way of their bankers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rescuing Radio | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...Stare At Goats” is a monumental waste of talent, employing A-List actors in the cinematic equivalent of the “no soap radio” gag. It is a prank without a punch line, a satire without a point, a joke at which we are supposed to laugh because we don’t want to be caught as the only one to say we didn’t get it. Don’t fall...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Men Who Stare at Goats | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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