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In reply to the discussion: NPR's Andrea Seabrook fed up with all the lies quits [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)the damage. I was listening to NPR most of the day yesterday and with each story that came up, the right wing position was presented first and as the default, and the center-left argument was quickly dismissed when it was mentioned at all, maybe half the time.
Foe example, we had an interview with our state education boss (forget the actual title) who went on and on about how class size is irrelevant, and every call that came in was from a teacher (current and former) who tried to call him on his BS. The host brushed the caller off in 10 - 15 seconds, and turned it over to the idiot to restate his BS for as long as he could talk.
Similar on the national show, NPR interviewed every conservative idiot they could find in Wisconsin to talk about the plight of the small business owner, or whatever, with not even the suggestion of a challenge to obvious lies. If NPR was the only source of political news, you have to believe that WI will overwhelmingly support Rmoney.