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Honeycombe8

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29. I guess Garrison Keillor has taken it over!

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #27)

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 09:59 PM

Sep 2012

Oh, wait...he's a celebrity liberal. Then it's the popularity of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me that has persuaded NPR to slant right...oh, wait that's a liberal show. I guess it's Gwen....oh wait, she's liberal. I guess it's that they showed only the Republican Convention and not the Democratic Convention...oh, wait they showed both and had commentators at them.

The fact that Republicans are still pushing to totally de-fund NPR? That's a ruse. They really want to fund it to the hilt, to push their conservative ideas.

Silly putty.

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Shouldn't NPR disclose the political slant of people they have on as "objective" analysts? [View all] Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 OP

been happening for years, and steams me too. Diane Rehn's show is often stacked with righties - NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 #1

Last month a caller called Rehm out for having an AEI guy on yet once again, without Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #35

NPR is... sendero Sep 2012 #2

and don't get me started on Neal Conan..... a kennedy Sep 2012 #6

I'm outta the loop. Could this be the same "Neal Conan" that broke in w. Pacifica ( WBAI)... Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #8

I'm not sure about him at WBAI.... a kennedy Sep 2012 #41

Lined up my reply wrong. Please check post #42. n/t Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #43

Gotta be the same guy. A lot of them went into "public radio." And the demographics line up... Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #42

It sounds like they did. It's up to viewers to look up the organizations... Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #3

why not? Doctor_J Sep 2012 #10

That's YOUR opinion, for one thing. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #13

MUAHAHAHA Doctor_J Sep 2012 #19

Let me simplify it for you. I didn't realize some posters would not be able to follow Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #26

So, in your view, if the analyst is in fact being paid to promote a particular POV re. a .... Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #30

No one with a brain doesn't understand that NPR is far right in its slant Doctor_J Sep 2012 #4

Thanks. Not everyone can listen 24 hrs per day. Jobs and child-rearing and life get in the way. Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #7

they don't have any journalistic ethics. Doctor_J Sep 2012 #9

I find NPR to be neutral. Right wingnuts think it's a liberal tool, and progressives think Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #14

Maybe they used to be........... Amaril Sep 2012 #18

Wingnuts think every news outlet is a liberal tool Doctor_J Sep 2012 #20

I've listened to NPR for years and watch public television for years. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #25

Surely even you can discern between entertainment shows and "news" shows Doctor_J Sep 2012 #31

Are there any more RW fallacies you'd like to put forward here? Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #23

That is an offensive, juvenile response to an articulate, sincere opinion post. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #24

and you have posted right-wing talking points throughout this thread Doctor_J Sep 2012 #32

LOL! You're so funny... Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #38

I await your post listing the conservative programs it airs. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #28

This whole thread began with irrefutable evidence that NPR presses Republican propaganda Doctor_J Sep 2012 #33

So let's see if I get your point; If it's not Faux Nuz, it's not right-wing claptrap. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #39

Du rec. Nt xchrom Sep 2012 #5

NPR has been RW for years now. It's like CNN only more staid. nt valerief Sep 2012 #11

I think NPR and CNN, both, are neutral. A study has shown CNN to be the most neutral Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #15

"A study" Doctor_J Sep 2012 #21

Ironically OTM tackled this issue last week... MinM Sep 2012 #12

PBS NewsHour Falls Into �Balance� Trap MinM Sep 2012 #16

The Repuke media whores don't even pretend to aim for the truth Doctor_J Sep 2012 #22

I gave up on Neutered Poodle Radio in 1999 central scrutinizer Sep 2012 #17

NPR seems to love RW think tanks. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #27

I guess Garrison Keillor has taken it over! Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #29

I think identifying their guests' home institutions is good enough. aikoaiko Sep 2012 #34

Geez, MadHound Sep 2012 #36

Is this the show? sl8 Sep 2012 #37

It is. Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #40