The liberal press likes to scold what it sees as lapses in civil rhetoric, usually from conservatives who fail to properly respect the icons of the Left. But as documented by the MRC's Best Notable Quotables of 2010 , the media elite itself lurched into some pretty uncivil rhetoric this year — especially when the targets were Rush Limbaugh, the Tea Party and other conservatives. PBS's Tavis Smiley won MRC's ” Poison Tea Pot Award for Smearing the Anti-Obama Rabbl e” (and was runner-up for ” Quote of the Year “) for arguing with author Ayaan Hirsi Ali that everyday Christians and the Tea Party were just as dangerous as radical Muslims. read more
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Best Notable Quotables of 2010: Crushing Rush and Damning Conservatives