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Actress Debra Messing freaks out after NY Times runs profile on Ben Shapiro, cancels subscription

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Debra Messing cancels New York Times subscription after the newspaper publishes positive profile of Ben Shapiro. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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Liberal actress Debra Messing, best known for her star role in “Will &Grace,” is not happy with the New York Times and plans to cancel her subscription. Her reason? The paper’s journalism.

What happened?

The Times on Thursday published a relatively positive profile on conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who this year has taken the nation by storm. Shapiro has become one of the most influential voices on the right, especially among younger conservatives and libertarians, and his podcast and news website are among the most viewed and listened to in politics.

It would only make sense for the Times, given its status as the leading national newspaper, to profile Shapiro. But not everyone was happy; enter Debra Messing.

What did she say?

Messing replied to a tweet about the Shapiro profile on Friday explaining that she had cancelled her New York Times subscription because of the profile.

Messing’s tweet came in response to liberal journalist Eric Boehlert, who said the Shapiro profile was part of the reason Donald Trump is president.

Messing is an outspoken liberal who routinely posts anti-Trump, anti-Second Amendment statements and pictures to her Twitter account. She even spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

Anti-Trump Spreads To Airwaves

CELEBRITIES HIT AIRWAVES TO BEG ELECTORS TO VOTE AGAINST TRUMP

 December 15, 2016  admin  28 Comments  OTHER NOTABLES, POLITICS, Uncategorized,

(Breitbart) — A group of Hollywood celebrities are calling on Republican electors in the Electoral College to disregard their states’ voting results and deny Donald Trump the presidency when the group casts their official ballots on December 19.

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In a star-studded video PSA released Wednesday, actors Martin Sheen, Debra Messing, Richard Schiff, Bob Odenkirk, BD Wong and others urge Republican electors to be “American heroes” and ensure Trump doesn’t reach the 306 electoral votes he earned in November’s election. It would take 37 so-called “faithless” electors to prevent Trump from reaching the required 270 electoral votes.

“Republican members of the Electoral College, this message is for you,” Sheen, who played a fictional President on the political drama The West Wing, opens the video. “As you know, our Founding Fathers built the Electoral College to safeguard the American people from the dangers of a demagogue, and to ensure that the presidency only goes to someone who is to an ’eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.’”

“An eminent degree,” chimes in Messing. “Someone who is highly qualified for the job.”

“I’m not asking you to vote for Hillary Clinton,” say several of the stars, including electronic music-maker Moby.

“By voting your conscience, you and other brave Republican electors can give the House of Representatives the option to select a qualified candidate for the presidency,” adds Schiff, who played White House communications director Toby Ziegler alongside Sheen on The West Wing.

The video ends with the celebrities telling the electors that they would earn their “respect” by performing this “service to the American people.”

The video was posted Wednesday by a group calling itself Unite for America. The group describes itself as a “multi-partisan movement of concerned citizens and volunteers, united against the unprecedented threat of an unqualified candidate taking our nation’s highest office.”…

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