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Nearly half say they don't. but 40% keep views quiet at work and nearly a third don't tell friends their real views on these subjects either. i'm not worried about being judged. i would just far rather not say something because i don't think it's right. as well as being judged, yeah. i think that might be people trapped a bit in the past. it's about human decency, really. because at the end of the day, making offensive remarks is bullying. ok, could you tell me the last time you are weighed, what was your weight? eight pounds four ounces... what's happening on the comedy stage and in real life...

And outdated views are being weeded out, on the comedy stage and in real life? yes, says the night's compere. no one is being censored, i don't think. i think that had i done this gig tonight dressed as an ss officer, and thrown around racial slurs, i'd still been booked to do tonight, but i wouldn't be booked in the future. everyone can say what they want, no one is being stopped. if you are going to come out and be hate filled or transphobic or homophobic, or racist, it's also the right of the person booking you to not want you any more. that's not being cancelled, that's being unemployed. 0...

Minnesota State Fair Annouces Free Entertainment Lineup The Minnesota State Fair is less than two months away and this year you can expect a large selection of free entertainment. With over 900 shows and 100 different acts, you'll surely be able to find something to watch while you chow down a bucket of mini donuts. All the free entertainment will be spread around the fairgrounds and the seven stages. Highlights of this year's free entertainment include the Minneapolis quartet Yam Haus on September 5th and 6th, members of the eighties band Dire Straits on August 26th and 27th, 'We Are Family'...

Republicans but made people laugh. now he is on a network with a much bigger stage. can he hang onto the audience while being extremely partisan? >> bill: leslie if you reverse the roles and the criticism was at barack obama do you think conservatives could get away with it? >> absolutely. before i came on this morning. >> bill: to say something like that on network television in prime time? we haven't gone there before. >> well, i would agree that i think they call it in comedy going blue when you go a bit too far. but again, one of the things that's great about our nation and there are so ma...

For the first time since his car accident almost a year ago. morgan and his friends, including fellow comedian james mcnair were traveling back from a comedy show when a walmart truck collided with their limo bus, killing mcnair, leaving morgan severely injured. tracy morgan spoke exclusively to matt lauer about his road to recovery, death of his best friend, and the way back to the comedy stage. >> you're a sight for sore eyes. >> thank you. >> how do you feel? >> i'm -- i'm -- i can't believe i'm here. i can't believe i'm in front of you, i'm here seeing the tragedy that happened. it touches...