NPR is using the Florida mass shooting to attack Bernie.

[senz]

They brought up his gun votes and talked about how Hillary had opposed him on it and how the president is the person who sets the tone on these things.

NPR has been shamelessly shilling for Hillary for months, but this is too low.

[retrowire]

1. Glad I never donated to them. :) nt

[senz]

9. I stopped my monthly donation because they were lying about Bernie.

They tried to talk me out of it, too.

Monday I'm stopping my monthly subscription to the New York Times for the same reason.

[JudyM]

17. I have also discontinued my support. And have stopped listening to them.

When we know the facts and hear them outright lying about the facts, we know they are not fair and balanced, they are spinning it toward their political position.

[senz]

18. They have been shamelessly and blatantly shilling for Hillary for months.

They've also been lying about Bernie, putting him down, misrepresenting his words and actions, questioning his motives.

Last Thursday, I caught the name of this little creep, http://www.npr.org/people/392602474/domenico-montanaro, NPR's "Lead Editor, Politics & Digital Audience," who said Bernie is in the race for his "ego" and then started sneering and laughing at him. On air.

Objective news coverage? Fair? Good ol' listener-supported NPR? Nah. Screw 'em.

But I'd really like a good substitute on the non-commercial spectrum. I used to be able to get Pacifica Radio but can't get it now.

Oh, NPR says they're waiting for more word on the shooting from Hillary. They speak her name in hushed respectful tones. If Bernie said anything about it, they didn't report it. Hill's speech writers are probably hard at work right now.

[JudyM]

34. They've eviscerated their reputation.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. NPR has been on our shit list for several years now.

None of the MSM is trustworthy, and I am so glad we have world wide options thanks to the inter-tubes.

[Chasstev365]

2. So cheap!

[Duval]

3. Yes, it is.

Stopped giving and listening to them a few years ago. Such drivel!!

[bunnies]

4. It's happening here too.

Surprised?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. No... sad but true.

[senz]

10. Yes, they are. An OP is blaming it on Bernie.

In case anyone hasn't seen it: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512178827

[amborin]

6. she approved millions in gun sales to Sandy Hook gun mftr Remington

[MisterP]

24. plus Libya and then pouring arms and money into anti-Assad Syrians to get at Iran

[Duppers]

27. And...

Google uranium sales to Russia. April 2015 articles in NYT and WaPo.

Saw this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512179296

[amborin]

30. yes, and obstructing the 2012 UN Peace Accord in Syria:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/hillary-clinton-and-the-s_b_9231190.html

[djean111]

7. Yeah, I told my grandson this morning that there will be many assholes who will view the attack

as merely another opportunity to attack Bernie. His reply - that's bullshit. But Hillary is responsible for a great many deaths.

[senz]

13. Yes. Hillary's SOS blunders and weapons sales have killed many thousands.

But no one in the media ever mentions it.

Bernie, otoh, has always been against assault weapons and always favored background checks.

[amborin]

31. especially her horrifying regime change in the ME and her terrible behavior there:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/hillary-clinton-and-the-s_b_9231190.html

[merrily]

8. Choosing a "worst" about Bernie is difficult, but NPR is among the nominees.

WAPO, NYT and MSNBC are up there as well. I cannot think of a "best."

[senz]

12. Want to read pure filth? Check this out.

New York Times editorial from yesterday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/11/opinion/it-was-better-to-bern-out.html

They cut off comments in very short order. The NYTimes "picks" comments were all against Bernie, even though the commenting readership has been heavily pro-Bernie. After some complaints, they put in a couple of pro-Bernie comments.

The establishment media wants to kill his chances.

[merrily]

14. Bookmarked. I am already too upset today to read it.

[senz]

16. I understand completely.

I've been tearing up and trying to type with shaking hands.

Take care.

[senz]

11. Important: they would not be doing this if they thought Hillary had won.

If they didn't see Bernie as a lingering threat to her nomination, they wouldn't need to try to destroy him.

Bernie is still in the race, stands a chance, and they know it.

[Hydra]

15. Yes, this is not the behavior of people with a winning message

And it seems there are a lot of people with an agenda playing this horrible crime to get their own agendas in place. Sickening.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

20. That thought crossed my mind

[senz]

21. It's obvious the way they're still beating on Bernie.

The Hill campaign has wisely decided to have her appear sweet and good, only concerned with Donald Trump, but their media -- and online -- surrogates are still viciously trashing Bernie Sanders.

Because she doesn't yet have the numbers to be the nominee, and if Bernie stays in, she could conceivably lose -- depending on what happens between now and July 25.

It makes them nervous.

PLUS: if she is indicted, TPTB want Bernie out of the picture.

[amborin]

32. excellent points

[2banon]

22. color me not at all surprised. by the way Koch "Foundation" sponsors NPR and PBS these days

David and Charlies Koch had been sponsoring NOVA on PBS for a number of years, now. The other day I was listening to NPR, I forget if it was ATC or ME but when I heard their name it all sort of fell right into place.

I noticed it transformed during Clinton's admin. I wonder how much if that change had to with the Telecommunications Act of 1996?

The irony of signing that Act, right wingers to infiltrate every single inch of bandwidth available soley to diss his administration, family and scandals galore.

Go figure..

[2banon]

23. color me not at all surprised. by the way Koch "Foundation" sponsors NPR and PBS these days

David and Charlies Koch had been sponsoring NOVA on PBS for a number of years.

The other day listening to NPR I heard their name and it all sort of fell right into place.

I noticed it transformed during Clinton's admin. Curious how much that had to with the Telecommunications Act of 1996?

The irony of signing that Act, right wingers to infiltrate every single inch of bandwidth available solely to diss his administration, family and scandals galore.

Go figure, ya'd think they'd show a little love and gratitude..

[senz]

25. The Telecom Act loosened media ownership rules, allowing more monopoly.

That doesn't affect NPR. NPR is nonprofit and does not buy up other media outlets.

I believe NPR's change had more to do with Republicans having defunded it. Republicans hated NPR because it was so liberal, so every time they had control of congress, they voted to take away more of NPR's funding. Without government funding, NPR was thrown on the mercy of corporate sponsorship, and corporations don't sponsor without getting something in return. So over time, NPR became more corporate in its content. Now it is firmly establishment, in the hands of the oligarchy.

Bill Clinton said, a long time ago, that the media controls politics, and it does.

[2banon]

29. good point, and thanks for the history refresher course!

yes, and the lion's share of the defunding began in earnest in the late 80's on through the 90's, I would say.

[Live and Learn]

37. Yep, I quit listening years ago. nt

[braddy]

26. Gun laws won't stop ISIS, it's too bad someone wasn't able to shoot the terrorist.

[840high]

28. .+1

[senz]

33. This morning they're reporting comments by Hill and Trump. No mention of Bernie.

Boy does Hill sound good, quite the expert now -- I wonder if they rehearsed the interview a few times before airing it? And NPR commentators are reiterating each of her excellent points in tones of tremendous respect, as though she were in charge now.

We are being manipulated.

I hope everyone is aware that Sherrod Brown actually said on NPR, a couple of months ago, that he wrote several of her policy positions. At the time, the interviewer changed the subject very quickly.

[hopemountain]

35. noticed. his call to halt the sale of assault weapons when

he first addressed the massacre yesterday morning was on the CNN banner for the better part of today - his quotes headlined trumps and hillary's o the banner.

but today, they do not fit with the clinton meme of the day.

[Dont call me Shirley]

36. Assholes!

[blackspade]

38. No low is too low.

Notice that Congress gets a pass even though Obama has set a gun control "tone." What bunch of hacks.

[senz]

39. NPR just said that even though the primary's not over, Hill is running in November.

A blatant lie, because at this point we do not have a nominee and anything could happen between now and the July convention.

American media boldly stating lies to its audience.

I like radio because you can listen to it while doing other things, but I'm weaning myself off this corrupt network and looking around for a reasonably fair, soft-spoken news alternative. I'll probably check in for a couple of programs like Fresh Air and radiolab. Will never financially support them again.