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MedleyMisty

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19. I stopped listening to NPR

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 07:21 PM

Dec 2011

the day I heard a host of a show come right out and say that you didn't want to educate the plebes too much.

The guests were people who were trying to bring back education in the arts, and the host actually said something like "Oh, but of course you don't want to educate them too much." Not a direct quote, because it was years ago, but close enough.

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On the Media... [View all] nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 OP

I never listen to NPR. Tuned out since I couldn't stand Cokie or Maria Liason (or whatever her name Hardrada Dec 2011 #1

I mentioned them nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #2

I stopped listening to NPR MedleyMisty Dec 2011 #19

I turned off all but a few select programs on NPR in 2004 The Genealogist Dec 2011 #5

Cokie. I still chortle when I hear that name. dogknob Dec 2011 #6

A dwarf with the name Cokie sounds like she snorted zbdent Dec 2011 #12

LOL! Hardrada Dec 2011 #15

That was implied, but still... dogknob Dec 2011 #16

our media is infected by profits and bias.... spanone Dec 2011 #3

That is why we might be on cusp of something nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #4

Oh dear, another cusp... Whisp Dec 2011 #7

Whatever dude nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #9

wall street media starts at the local RW radio station- that's where the heavy lifting is done certainot Dec 2011 #10

That's part of it. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #11

global warming won't wait for a passive approach to beating a dominating media monopoly certainot Dec 2011 #13

Oh I agree nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #14

Free Speech TV, Amy Goodman and Thom Hartmann, has given OWS tons of exposure and favorable coverage aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2011 #17

alas none of them is elite conservative, corporate controlled, media nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #18