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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers...Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.

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Al Franken
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 21
Actor
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United States Senator
Manhattan borough
New York City
Alan Stuart Franken
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I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I'm happy with it.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you're sure of what you're doing and you're working with allies.
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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.
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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign. But I think it's a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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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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