Tag Archives: “Washington Redskins”

TPM claims Colbert critics ‘don’t realize The Colbert Report is satire’

http://twitter.com/#!/TPM/status/449506107644739584 As Twitchy reported last night, comedian Stephen Colbert has come under attack over a @ColbertReport tweet satirizing Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder and his launch of the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation. The tweet was not authored by Colbert, but quoted remarks he made on his show verbatim. Some of Colbert’s supporters, including Talking Points Memo (see tweet above), assert that Colbert’s critics do…

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NY Daily News decides to ‘sack’ the Redskins, unveils kinder, gentler logo

http://twitter.com/#!/NYDailyNews/status/507263721887248384 The New York Daily News is putting its foot down … about the Washington Redskins: http://twitter.com/#!/GregJKrieg/status/507308275160076288 Going forward, the Daily News will refer to the Redskins as just “Washington.” Oh, and that mean, nasty logo is out, too: http://twitter.com/#!/dcsportsbog/status/507307600221057024 Allow them to explain: Why drop the term now? Why not yesterday or last year? The answer…

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