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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (444871)	9/7/2011 8:31:08 AM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) of 794309

Barnicle, Brown Defend Hoffa: Suddenly Concerned About 'Sanitizing' Speech ............................................................................................................. By Mark Finkelstein \| September 07, 2011 \| 08:01 Is there no double-standard depths to which the liberal media won't sink when it comes to provocative political speech? No—judging by the pitiful performance of two MSMers on today's Morning Joe in defending James "take them out" Hoffa. Newsweek editor Tina Brown brayed that we must not "sanitize" political speech or take the "juice" out of it--all the while condemning Michele Bachmann and Glen Beck for some of their remarks. And the preposterous Mike Barnicle somehow defended Hoffa on the basis of the "context" of his remarks. Say what? Hoffa was introducing the President of the United States! Video after the jump. I'll be back with a transcript but in the meantime watch Brown and Barnicle twist themselves into hypocritical knots—and give kudos to Mika Brzezinski for calling out the media for its bias in the way it treats strong language depending on whether it comes from the left or the right. Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2011/09/07/barnicle-brown-defend-hoffa-suddenly-concerned-about-sanitizing-sp#ixzz1XGkCTc00

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