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#10: Franken Gets Racy
What about Franken's own comments in respect to race and ethnicity? Look at his book again. On page 93 of Lies, Franken refers to talk-show host Sean Hannity as an "angry, Irish ape-man." Three pages earlier (in the paperback, it's page 86), Franken pondered whether Bill O'Reilly suffered from a "touch of the Irish flu." Ethnic slurs, anyone? Substitute "Mexican" or "black", and the point is clear.
Wait a second. Here's a thought:
Number of black writers on Lateline, Al Franken's late-90's NBC sitcom that was cancelled after only 12 episodes aired 2:
?? (anyone know?)
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Notes:
1 Is this correct? There is a photo of Harvard’s prestigious TeamFranken on page 368 of Lies (p. 396 of the paperback).
2 According to epguides.com, 19 episodes of Lateline were made, but only 12 aired originally on NBC.