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Next year, it will be 30 years since "Chicken Soup," a popular and high-rated sitcom, was pulled from the air by ABC because of inflammatory statements made by its stand-up comic star, Jackie Mason.

Really? I'm sure there have been Christians who have been rude to atheists, but we're talking in the media and pop culture - what examples of verbal abuse do you mean? Does it rise to the level of Behar's comments, or Bill Maher weekly anti-religion rants (not the mention the movie he made just...

I'm not sure that tracks with the anti-Semitic tweets of Joy Reid or Trevor Noah. Look, I get that there's no hard-and-fast rule in place for what a network (or any employer) should do when a high-profile employee says or tweets something like this. "Zero tolerance" policies sound good in theory...

Mike Frezon has already laid out the Barr/Behar comparison better than I could have in his eloquent post. In also assessing the reaction to Samantha Bee's recent comments, it's almost impossible not to draw two specific conclusions: 1. The target of the offensive speech is more of a factor in...

There's a lot of history with Samantha Bee as well - this is hardly the first time she's expressed herself in such a crude fashion, or gone after individuals and groups that do not enjoy being mocked or stereotyped any more than African-Americans do. And tonight, Ms. Bee is being honored by the...