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MSNBC trying out “unbiased” replacement for Imus; whither Olbermann?

So, Matt Drudge is reporting that MSNBC is going to try out Michael Smerconish for the Imus spot. Word floating around is that they won’t even consider a progressive host (like the folks at Air America, for instance) because they’re “too biased.” Okay, that’s fine in principle. So this means that Smerconish is “unbiased” – cool! Except, well, judge for

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L’affaire Imus: a lesson in the function of democracy (or, Why do conservatives hate freedom?)

I’ve heard from some conservative quarters lately that the librul campaign to unhorse Don Imus is anywhere from hypocritical to a full-Monty assault on the right to free speech. In some cases there may well be some hypocrisy – I’m sure there are people on the “left” side of the aisle who have made comments that are just as egregious

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