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	<title>Politicker &#187; Malcolm Smith Wades Into Alec Baldwin Controversy </title>
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		<title>Malcolm Smith Wades Into Alec Baldwin Controversy</title>

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<p>Having already <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/08/malcolm-smith-lil-wayne/">conquered the rapper Lil Wayne</a> for his alleged slights against New York City, State Senator Malcolm Smith is now calling for a boycott against actor Alec Baldwin until he seeks professional help. Mr. Smith made the call for Mr. Baldwin to be blacklisted following <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens_senator_demands_anger_management_vELKsVKg0gZ41RBsBBYIKK" target="_blank">a <em>New York Post</em> story</a> that claimed the <em>30 Rock</em> star used racial slurs in a confrontation with one of the tabloid newspaper's paparazzos.</p>
<p>‘’If these allegations are true, then no television network or film studio should hire the veteran actor until he seeks help,” Mr. Smith said in a statement. “In today’s modern age it’s a disgrace that people still use remarks that provide hatred to others based on race, religion or origin.”</p>
<p><!--more-->Through a representative, Mr. Baldwin has denied using the racially-charged language the <em>Post</em> photographer has alleged the actor used, which includes terms like “coon," "drug dealer," and "crack-head."</p>
<p>This incident is like a preview for a version of this year's mayoral race that is, we can only hope, playing out in some alternate universe far more interesting than our own. Mr. Smith, who's a Democrat, has been <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/10/new-york-republicans-look-towards-2013-as-2012s-election-day-looms/">exploring a run for mayor</a> as a Republican and Mr. Baldwin was, at one time, seen as a <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/10/majority-of-new-york-voters-do-not-want-alec-baldwin-to-run-for-mayor/">potential mayoral contender</a> himself.</p>
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<p>Having already <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/08/malcolm-smith-lil-wayne/">conquered the rapper Lil Wayne</a> for his alleged slights against New York City, State Senator Malcolm Smith is now calling for a boycott against actor Alec Baldwin until he seeks professional help. Mr. Smith made the call for Mr. Baldwin to be blacklisted following <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens_senator_demands_anger_management_vELKsVKg0gZ41RBsBBYIKK" target="_blank">a <em>New York Post</em> story</a> that claimed the <em>30 Rock</em> star used racial slurs in a confrontation with one of the tabloid newspaper's paparazzos.</p>
<p>‘’If these allegations are true, then no television network or film studio should hire the veteran actor until he seeks help,” Mr. Smith said in a statement. “In today’s modern age it’s a disgrace that people still use remarks that provide hatred to others based on race, religion or origin.”</p>
<p><!--more-->Through a representative, Mr. Baldwin has denied using the racially-charged language the <em>Post</em> photographer has alleged the actor used, which includes terms like “coon," "drug dealer," and "crack-head."</p>
<p>This incident is like a preview for a version of this year's mayoral race that is, we can only hope, playing out in some alternate universe far more interesting than our own. Mr. Smith, who's a Democrat, has been <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/10/new-york-republicans-look-towards-2013-as-2012s-election-day-looms/">exploring a run for mayor</a> as a Republican and Mr. Baldwin was, at one time, seen as a <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/10/majority-of-new-york-voters-do-not-want-alec-baldwin-to-run-for-mayor/">potential mayoral contender</a> himself.</p>
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