Hillary Rosen: Jack Valenti -- A Democrat's Tribute on Debate Night

Hillary Rosen: Jack Valenti -- A Democrat's Tribute on Debate Night
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Tonight was the Democratic debate. As with other big MSNBC events, I participated as a live blogger during the debate. Yet just as the debate was going live, it was announced that Jack Valenti, the former Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association had died. Jack suffered stroke a few weeks ago and in the last few days we sadly knew the end was near.I started my debate blogging with a tribute to Jack.

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