Archive for August 14th, 2009

url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/14/glenn-beck-loses-advertisers-over-racist-remark-white-house-involved/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Glenn Beck has lost advertisers on his TV show after calling President Obama “a racist” in the context of the Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy. The pressure on advertisers has become a politically charged debate about the right to free speech, censorship and what constitutes hate speech. Conservatives are questioning if the campaign against...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/14/fake-sarah-palin-facebook-page-uncovered-and-shut-down/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Hundreds of people thought they were becoming Facebook friends with the former governor of Alaska when they friended “Governor Palin.” What many of them didn’t know was they were actually chatting with a 38-year-old screenwriter in Los Angeles with a left-of-center agenda. Alex Grossman said he decided to pose as “Governor Palin” to demonstrate...
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