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Thursday, February 7, 2008 12:00 AM

John Gibson wants rappers arrested for their lyrics

The Fox News anchor with a penchant for saying things that get him in trouble says, "Book 'em all."
Alex Koppelman

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  • Thursday, February 7, 2008 12:34 PM

    way beyond parody

    The sitcom Newsradio parodied this kind of overreaction to naughty words in rap over ten years ago, when Phil Hartman's character goes on an on-air crusade against rap lyrics (and the joke then was that he was ten years behind the times in his outrage.)

    It's on youtube in three parts: here's a link to the first part, see at about six minutes in.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i0nxcRw850

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