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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: political correctness

political correctness stories: 7 news summaries

 Less Racist Names for 
 That Washington Team 

Just in case the Redskins have had a change of heart

Nov 18, 09 12:22 PM CST
(Newser) - The Redskins may have dodged the latest legal challenge to its (allegedly) racist team name, but with more on the way, bloggers are tossing out alternatives owner Dan Snyder should consider. The Week collects the best:
  • Washington Nationals: Sharing a nickname with a baseball team didn’t
... More »

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Washington Redskins • Native American • political correctness • Dan Snyder

fort hood shooting

 Army Medicine 
 Failed Hasan, 
 Shooting 
 Victims 

Shooter wasn't promoted because it was PC; it was necessity

Nov 13, 09 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Media coverage of the Fort Hood killings has been factually challenged and quick to jump to conclusions about terrorism and political correctness, but the underlying problem is much bigger, Mark Benjamin argues. The real question: Why was alleged shooter Nidal Malik Hasan an Army psychiatrist in the first place? Given... More »

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medicine • US military • US Army • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • political correctness • psychiatrist • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Mark Benjamin

(Newser) - Sarah Palin plans to unburden herself on Twitter more freely after she leaves office next week, the AP reports. “Elected is replaceable; Ak WILL progress! + side benefits10 dys til less politically correct twitters fly frm my fingertps outside State site,” she Tweeted today. And, she promises, “... More »

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social networking • Internet • Alaska • governor • political correctness • Sarah Palin • Twitter • tweet • Republican governor • politically correct

OPINION

 Lighten Up, This Is No Big Deal 

Internet age makes it impossible to have fun.

Dec 12, 08 12:08 PM CST
(Newser) - All it took was one drunken night and an errant Facebook photo to turn 27-year-old Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau into the scandal du jour. Feminists are outraged, calling him “offensively sexist” for daring to touch that cardboard breast. Hillary tried to laugh the incident off, only to be lambasted... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Facebook • sexism • drinking • political correctness • political scandal • Obama campaign

OPINION

Fear Not, Righties: Fairness Doctrine Isn't Coming Back

Democrats won't restore required balance to airwaves

Nov 23, 08 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Conservatives are beating their war drums with warnings that the Obama administration will torpedo them by reinstituting the so-called fairness doctrine. If he does—the policy calls for broadcasters to air opposing viewpoints—it could be big trouble for Rush Limbaugh and another denizens of the right-wing talk circuit. But... More »

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censorship • Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • broadcasting • political correctness • cable news • fairness doctrine

OPINION

At Chicago's Field, 'Ancient Americas' Exhibit a Bust

Museum 'patronizes, demeans' its subjects

Jun 4, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Revisiting Chicago’s Field Museum—an institution enshrined in loving childhood memories—for its “The Ancient Americas” exhibit is a sore disappointment, PJ O’Rourke writes in the Weekly Standard. Once a bastion of public scholarship so solemn it contained a section devoted to useful varieties of wood, the... More »

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museum • America • Incas • Aztecs • political correctness • Native Americans • Christopher Columbus • P.J. O'Rourke • Field Museum

OPINION

Let Retired
Chief Illiniwek Rest in Peace

Banned U of Illinois logo hasn't gone away entirely, but he should

Dec 27, 07 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The NCAA leaned on the University of Illinois to replace its "hostile and abusive" Native American mascot, Chief Illiniwek, back in February, and the Chief no longer dances on the Illini's fields and courts. But his story is far from over, writes Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune.... More »

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NCAA • racism • Illinois Fighting Illini • Chief Illiniwek • political correctness

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