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WATCH: Schultz Challenges 'Racist' Talk Show Host To Defend Shocking Comments

Posted 08.16.2011

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Ed Schultz said he is worried about right-wing rhetoric after playing a clip of a talk show host calling for the streets of Atlanta to be "littered" w...

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Targeting Unions: The Table Scraps War

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

The regular people of Toilerville worked hard, but it was difficult to stay ahead even in the best of times. Which is why the regular people of Toilerville were so grateful for the gristle.

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In Madison, The Governor Gets Buffaloed

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

So it turns out I'm not the only person in Wisconsin without caller ID. Then again, I never get any calls from Buffalo bloggers pretending to be one of my billionaire sugar daddies.

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In Wisconsin, Singing Out for Justice

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

There once was a union maid/ Who found herself betrayed/ By sharps and clowns in Madison town/ Who decided that they'd degrade her trade.

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'Pig Virus Quarantined' : Kevin Metheny, Jim Laski Fired From WGN Radio

WBEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Kevin Metheny wasn't the worst program director in the history of Chicago radio, I don't know who was. Arrogant, aloof, stubborn and contemptuo...

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A Crescendo of Innuendo: Obama and the Muslim Myth

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Mitch McConnell says he's never done anything wrong with mutton. I take him at his word, for Mitch McConnell is an honorable man.

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Conservative Blogger Found GUILTY: Posted Death Threats To Judges Over Gun Ban

Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservative shock jock and blogger Hal Turner was convicted Friday for making death threats against federal appeals court judges in Illinois. A Ne...

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The Race Card: Dealing From the Bottom of the Deck

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Say the magic words and end the conversation. Say the magic words, and uncomfortable facts and figures disappear. Responsibility? Gone. Complicity? Vanquished, with a phrase.

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Removed Laugh Track Version of 'The Rush Limbaugh Show' Identifies Unseen, Hate-Filled Side to Program

Ben Berkon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Berkon

While audiences are used to heartily laughing at Limbaugh's blasphemous jokes, people were dumbfounded by the seemingly new angry, racist angle that is usually masked by rousing laughter.

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Conservative DJ Roger Hedgecock Says Dems "Crave Dead Miners"

Dave Maass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Maass

Today, Roger Hedgecock went over the edge, first claiming that the West Virginia mining disaster is the fault of Democrats who "crave dead miners," before suggesting that China may have sabotaged the mine.

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Murder by Metaphor

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

[Warning: This column contains language and images that many people will find deeply offensive. Many people, but not enough.] Just so we're clear: Th...

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Rush Limbaugh, The Airbrushed Biography

The New York Times | Janet Maslin | Posted 05.25.2011

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In July 2008 The New York Times Magazine published Zev Chafets's appreciative profile of a surprisingly candid Rush Limbaugh. There was spontaneity to...

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Mancow Muller and Pat Cassidy Fired From WLS

Posted 05.25.2011

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Popular Chicago radio personality Mancow Muller was fired from his job as midday personality on news and conservative talk station WLS-AM Wednesday af...

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Mark Foley: Disgraced Former GOP Congressman Makes Radio Debut

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley began his new career on a Florida political talk radio, three years after a lurid scandal ru...

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The Radio Hall of Shame To Honor James Dobson

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

James Dobson's self-righteous ranting about gay people overrides his ratings and the prejudice he perpetuates overshadows his popularity.

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