Fox Anchor Greta Van Susteren Tries To School Sarah Palin On Free Speech

Via Mediaite:

In a Facebook post, Palin declared that “free speech is an endangered species.” Monday night on Fox News, Greta Van Susteren attempted to explain why invoking the First Amendment in this case does not actually make any sense. Palin said she would leave it to the lawyers to decide whether it’s a “free speech rule of law or not,” and would herself focus on the larger question of “whether we’re allowed to express our personal opinions without threats of intimidation and mockery and criticism and loss of jobs and revenue.” “I think people loosely use the term ‘free speech,’” Van Susteren said, without saying which “people” she was referring to. She added that “if the market wants to be such that people don’t want to watch someone, so be it.”

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Posted in: Duck Dynasty,freedom of speech,Greta Van Susteren,Phil Robertson,religion,Sarah Palin,Tea Party,teabaggers

Quote Of The Day - Matt Taibbi

"Conservatives have always had trouble grasping the difference between public censorship and private enterprise. With a few exceptions, like whistleblower laws and National Labor Relations Board protections against being fired for off-site discussions about work conditions (exceptions that, in almost every case, conservatives bitterly opposed), there is no legal or constitutional right to free speech on private property. You can be fired for calling your boss a dick, and you can just as easily be let go by a profit-seeking media company for imperiling its relationship with advertisers. And incidentally, this is the way true conservatives, and especially true hardcore speech advocates, have always wanted it. Could you imagine the uproar if someone passed a law saying that Martin Bashir couldn't be bounced from a broadcast job for saying Sarah Palin was a good candidate to have feces shoved in her mouth? Now that would be censorship. Remember, nobody heard a peep from Sarah Palin about free speech after that episode." - Matt Taibbi, writing for Rolling Stone. (Tipped by JMG reader David)

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PETA Vs Duck Slayers

Via press release:

PETA wants A&E to do more than suspend one of the characters on Duck Dynasty for damning gays. We call on the channel to challenge the entire crew of duck slayers to ignore Sarah Palin's self-serving slap on the back for spewing hate speech and deny that they are as anti-gay as they are anti-animal. All people who consider themselves followers of Christ should follow all His teachings—and that includes showing mercy, compassion, and kindness to all of God's creation, human and nonhuman alike. What's "sinful" is hating people and animals. PETA asks everyone who consider themselves to be Christian to reject hate speech and call for this show's cancellation.

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Betty Bowers Nails It

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Caribou Barbie Defends Phil Robertson

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Sarah Palin Lands New Reality Show

The New York Daily News reports:

Sarah Palin is giving reality TV another try. The former Alaska governor will host a weekly program on the Sportsman Channel to celebrate the "red, wild and blue" lifestyle by profiling stories related to hunting, shooting and fishing. Palin's program, "Amazing America," will debut in April 2014, the cable channel said Monday. It has ordered 12 episodes. "The network showcases a lifestyle that I love and celebrate every day and it's great to be a part of their team," Palin said in a statement.

Her last reality show, Sarah Palin's Alaska, lasted for eight episodes in 2010.

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Angry Atheists Are At War Against Xmas

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Posted in: atheism,Bill O'Reilly,crackpots,Fox News,religion,Sarah Palin,Xmas