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Media Matters has launched a campaign because "right-wing pundits -- who have called for the execution of public officials and others -- are given a platform in the major media," which they call "unprecedented."
They're referring to "conservative hate merchants like 'The Tall Blonde Woman in the Short Skirt With the Big Mouth' [whose column was recently dropped from the Cedar Rapids Gazette in Iowa], Glenn Beck, and Melanie Morgan," whose work is promoted by Universal Press Syndicate, CNN, and Disney, respectively.
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Evan Derkacz is a New York-based writer and contributor to AlterNet.
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