Lies
by Al Franken · first published 2003
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As others have said, it's within limited scope. cf: "Lies: and Lying Liars Who Tell Them (A Fair and Balanced look at the right)" http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Lying-Liars-Tell-Them/dp/04522852... - was sued by Fox News because they own "Fair and Balanced." The…
on “It's the real thing” ↗I like to point out in these threads that my first exposure to "pornography" was a cunnilingus scene in Al Franken's political tirade Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. I was eleven. I don't think my parents had realized that scene was in the book. But I don't think it matters that much. Kids are going to encounter sex. In a pre-industrial…
on “Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations” ↗Al Franken describes it best in Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: "They don't get it. We love America just as much as they do, but in a differenct way. You see, they love America the way a four-year-old loves her mommy. [We] love…
on “Aaron Swartz: The Book That Changed My Life” ↗…was felt in similar states without tax policy changes, most likely driven by lingering impacts of the great recession and changes in federal tax policy. Al Franken had a great line about media bias in Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. He said everyone thinks the media is biased towards right or left when it's really just biased towards calamity and sensationalism. Cato is right-wing, but the rest…
on “The Kansas Experiment (2014) [audio]” ↗