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Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Black rappers made him do it!

Joe Scarborough and John Ridley peddle the dumbest Imus excuse of all: He learned his racist misogyny from hip-hop!
Joan Walsh

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  • Thursday, April 12, 2007 09:40 AM

    Joan--

    Good on you for standing up to that stupidity last night. For half a minute, I thought I'd stumbled on some kind of brilliant satire-- but no, it was just another night on Scarborough Country.

    —Persia Read Persia's other letters

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