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Part Two: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious Right

Behind the Bastards

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Larry Flint and the Chicken Fucking Porn Salesman

Larry Flint sued Jerry Falwell for libel over a parody ad in Hustler magazine. The case was escalated to the Supreme Court, where justices ruled that even gross and repugnant parody of a public figure was protected by the first amendment. "He's on the right side of history," says host John Berman.

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