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Submariner

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3. It could be a much worse situation

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Jan 21, 2022, 04:44 PM

Jan 2022

The Horror: I tuned in NPR back in the early to mid-2,000's only to find I was listening to the Tucker Carlson Show.

I don't know who he killed to get on NPR to get his own show, but the world is not right when ghastly stuff like a fascist trust fund baby can get on (what used to be) Liberal radio.

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Oh for the love of Bob Edwards do we have a NPR family fight? Botany Jan 2022 #1

Nah... go for the Schwetty balls. hlthe2b Jan 2022 #6

A request for a change of verb is reasonable. Tetrachloride Jan 2022 #2

No credence happy feet Jan 2022 #4

It could be a much worse situation Submariner Jan 2022 #3

Tucker never had a show on NPR and SharonClark Jan 2022 #8

His PBS show was broadcast on NPR in 2004 Submariner Jan 2022 #9

PBS and NPR are two different organizations. SharonClark Jan 2022 #10

Does no one ever pick up the phone and talk through such issues with each other any more? hlthe2b Jan 2022 #5

I did not hear this story, but as a decades long listener I believe rurallib Jan 2022 #7