FILE - In this undated publicity released by ABC-TV, Martin Bashir, co-anchor of "Nightline," Martin Bashir is shown. (AP Photo/ABC, DONNA SVENNEVIK, file)
**FILE** Since the salad days of ABC's "Politically Incorrect," which minted countless right-wing pundits and best-selling authors, conservatives have rightly assessed the HBO version of the Bill Maher show as R-rated and shockingly hostile to their worldview. (Associated Press)