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Okay, here’s a bit of a lesson for the left. Sometimes calling an ass “an ass” actually has some sort of effect, even in today’s political environment of “say whatever you want and we’ll still do whatever we please.”

The big news today from US media is the dumping of bow-tied Tucker Carlson from CNN’s Crossfire political shoutfest show. Naturally your first thought on hearing this is “I wonder if Jon Stewart had anything to do with this?’ Well, here’s a quote from the Globe story, attributed to the CNN CEO Jonathan Klein:

“I guess I come down more firmly in the Jon Stewart camp,” Mr. Klein said.

Wow.

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