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Is "Howard Kurtz" a software program?

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  • Thursday, March 1, 2007 01:32 PM

    Is "Howard Kurtz" a software program?

    Yes!

    In a bold and unprecendented announcement, Microsoft Chief, Tourvald Hagestedt, said today that Howard Kurtz is actually a beta test of Microsoft's new Assbot artificial intelligence program.

    Programed to parrot rightwing talking points, the Assbot promises to be a major profit center for Microsoft in today's political climate, where legitimate conservative talking points are becoming harder and harder to find.

    In Washington, an unnamed senior administration official stated, "I'd rather be an Assbot than a Limbot, at least until I go home to Wyoming."

    Developing....

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