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Mixed Media

by Jeff Bercovici

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'NY Times' Editor Murdered! (in Fict... More on the 'LA Times' Staff Chop

Jul 3 2008 8:59AM EDT

-Conservative radio host Monica Crowley tried to take credit for a parody of MoveOn.org's tear-jerking "Alex" ad that was actually created by 23/6, the Huffpo-affiliated humor site. It's not her first taste of plagiarism. [Huffpo]

-Speaking of right-wing radio yakkers, Clear Channel has signed Rush Limbaugh to a new $400 million deal that will keep him on the air through 2016. [NYT]

-Dennis Haysbert, the actor who played David Palmer on 24, is pretty sure his portrayal of a black president opened the door for Barack Obama. So, Democrats, weigh that against the show's wholehearted endorsement of torture. [CNN, via Daily Intel]

-A Friends movie is in the works...um, according to a British tabloid. Yeah. [Daily Mail]

-Pediatricians and child psychologists are pleading with NBC to cancel The Baby Borrowers, the reality show where new parents lend their infants to teenagers for ratings. Killjoys. What, don't the babies get a say in it? [Medical News Today]

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