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DemocratSinceBirth

(100,188 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:04 PM Jun 2015

Do you think Diane Rehm should be suspended from NPR for her calumny against Senator Sanders? [View all]


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Yes
12 (67%)
No
6 (33%)
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Just as Lara Logan and Brian Williams did, so should Diane NightWatcher Jun 2015 #1
I think there's a possiblity she may have been manipulated into it Fumesucker Jun 2015 #2
She apologized and retracted what she said. Koinos Jun 2015 #3
link? G_j Jun 2015 #4
I will give her the benefit of the doubt. EVERYONE gets one. Rex Jun 2015 #5
I agree. nt cwydro Jun 2015 #13
She used a facebook comment as her source gollygee Jun 2015 #6
No. She should be suspended for using a Facebook comment as a source n/t arcane1 Jun 2015 #7
Good point! n/t Aerows Jun 2015 #51
She knew full well what she was doing madokie Jun 2015 #8
She's been in media in WDC since 1973 when she started in radio. Born in DC 1936, appalachiablue Jun 2015 #57
I'm not sure. She has apologized. I don't listen to her regularly. MADem Jun 2015 #9
I listen to her regularly and this is very, very out of character. She's a Dem riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #10
I think the apology is sufficient. cwydro Jun 2015 #11
She didn't waste any time, either. No hemming and hawing. MADem Jun 2015 #17
me too (glad she apologized) - quality shows - DrDan Jun 2015 #20
spasmodic dysphonia, involuntary muscle spasms of the larynx affecting voice. appalachiablue Jun 2015 #59
I listen to her regularly and she... TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #12
Well...the Bush administration was aggressive in putting "their" MADem Jun 2015 #14
The only person taking a shot at Bernie was Diane Rehm. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #18
Listen to the whole show before mouthing off... TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #23
She pushed an anti-Semtic trope based geek tragedy Jun 2015 #39
I would be surprised by that comment pangaia Jun 2015 #40
she has a vocal problem dsc Jun 2015 #24
Spasmodic dysphonia... MADem Jun 2015 #26
She has a vocal cord condition... ms liberty Jun 2015 #29
I think she should have her mic turned off. permanently cali Jun 2015 #15
She should be suspended for using Facebook comments geek tragedy Jun 2015 #16
Or for anything other than a "shit on facebook" segment Scootaloo Jun 2015 #41
I think she needs to go period.... Oktober Jun 2015 #19
She can not help it that she has a problem with her vocal cords. kath Jun 2015 #28
I always enjoy listening to her. pangaia Jun 2015 #42
I enjoy the topics and the guests... Oktober Jun 2015 #47
She's got a handicap despite which she's made a successful radio career riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #45
Handicap or no.... Oktober Jun 2015 #48
Limbaugh would say an intern gave him bad info. lpbk2713 Jun 2015 #21
I think she's letting something slip. . . nt Codeine Jun 2015 #22
Not for only that. There are too many truly fraudulent pundits and "news" people on the radio, MH1 Jun 2015 #25
How is it a "calumny" to suggest (erroneously) that someone has dual US/Israeli citizenship? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #27
Suggesting Jews have a dual loyalty to Israel or to their religion is an ancient anti-semitic canard DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #33
Did she go so far as to suggest dual loyalty? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #35
Res ipsa loquitiur DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #37
She just asked, didn't she? Reter Jun 2015 #44
She asserted DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #46
She didn't ASK him, she stated it- appalachiablue Jun 2015 #61
Diane Rehm is a great talk show host, and a liberal Dem. kwassa Jun 2015 #30
I enjoy her show. I agree with you. Tipperary Jun 2015 #38
I could not give less of a shit what happens to anybody on NPR tularetom Jun 2015 #31
I used to listen to her regularly... ms liberty Jun 2015 #32
It think it is time for her to consider retiring. Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #34
Yes Kalidurga Jun 2015 #36
If she had asked, rather than asserted... Scootaloo Jun 2015 #43
That's the main point Aerows Jun 2015 #60
Why is everything "BURN THE WITCH!" these days? Throd Jun 2015 #49
Exactly. Sanders spoke for an hour on issues he cares about. When FSogol Jun 2015 #53
Senator Obama, you were born in Kenya Fumesucker Jun 2015 #56
Yes Aerows Jun 2015 #50
She used material from a hate-site and presented it as fact. Coventina Jun 2015 #52
She should be fired. She is promoting fear & hate underthematrix Jun 2015 #54
Cannibals are not worth the time Riftaxe Jun 2015 #55
"grow up son" DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #58
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