Al Franken Quotes, Lying Quotes, Media Quotes

I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn't be able to get away with.

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To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It's - I think they might use too much oil in their hummus - but it's the wrong question.

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My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.

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When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.

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If you use a cell phone - as I do - your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.

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The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the private sector. The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations. The Freedom of Information Act doesn't apply to Silicon Valley. And you can't impeach Google if it breaks its 'Don't be evil' campaign pledge.

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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.

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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.

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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.

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Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.

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If you want a free email service that doesn’t use your words to target ads to you, you’ll have to figure out how to port years and years of Gmail messages somewhere else, which is about as easy as developing your own free email service.

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I'm the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.

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My dad was a terrible businessman.

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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.

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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.

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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families. They're trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they're worried about declining home values, they're scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.

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Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.

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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.

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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, 'Hi' to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.

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I'm sure I've devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.

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