The Stain of Politics
Just for a moment, we’ll take back those things we said about the pettiness of cable news. And for a moment, we’ll recognize this as proof that there are still some teeth in the First Ammendment.
Unfortunately, this will likely never result in the resignation Olberman rightly suggests, but if it results in him getting fired anytime soon, then we’ll take back the nice things we said about cable news and the consitution.
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