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Meet the Cry-Wolf Racists: Dowd, Garofalo, Carter

What do actor/comic Janeane Garofalo, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and former President Jimmy Carter all have in common? They commit racism in the name of fighting it, but still expect to be taken seriously. In short, their grasp

Tina Fey: Downright Mean

Tina Fey recently won an Emmy for her uncanny resemblance and venomous impersonation of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. In accepting her award, Fey was her typical, obloquious self saying, “Mrs. Palin is an inspiration to working mothers everywhere

'NewsBusted' 9/18/09 — Comedy News from the Right

[youtube Fw3wyPKDve4 nolink] In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: NBC News, Obama Health Care Plan, Joe Trippi, Jimmy Carter, China Organ Donation, Fairness Doctrine, Steven Spielberg, SAT Testing, Kelly Osbourne, and Paula Abdul.

Dateline NBC: To Catch an ACORN Organizer

I’m not sure why I bothered to sign up for MySpace. My manager assured me that it would be good for my career, but that was a long time ago, way back when it was okay to call the President

Does Upcoming 'Full Ginsburg' Put Obama at Risk of Over-Exposure?

Jake Tapper: This Sunday, President Obama will be interviewed on five shows — ABC News’ “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” CNN’s “State of the Nation”, CBS’s “Face the Nation”, NBC’s “Meet the Press” and Univision’s “Al Punto with Jorge Ramos.”

Caught on Tape: Apple Store Robbed in 30 Seconds

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy NBC Philadelphia: A quick smash and grab robbery at a New Jersey Apple Store cost the retailer more than $50,000. In less than a minute, five men stole

The Cult of Iconography

You know, the one thing that I learned from this last election is that if you have a young, hip, likable, historic candidate, and you promote him through CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC and all the rest, not to mention

Review: 'District 9'–An Alien Internment Camp?

Is it possible for a film to be both a brilliant, exciting piece of entertainment, and also a completely illogical piece of heavy-handed political propaganda? It is, if the new science-fiction oddity “District 9” is any indication. Led by a

NBC's Reality TV: To Catch a Terrorist

When I learned of a new NBC-TV series called “The Wanted,” about an elite investigative team tracking down terrorists-at-large, I naturally assumed the terrorists in question would be Homeland Security priorities: white Christian conservatives building abortion clinic bombs in church

Is Obama Breaking His Campaign Promises?

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy ‘You never take an option off the table [tax increases] in fear of looking like a flip-flopper down the road. So, I think the administration’s a little that