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MADem

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14. Well...the Bush administration was aggressive in putting "their"

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #12)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:10 PM

Jun 2015

people in at NPR at all levels...maybe she got one or more on her staff..?

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Do you think Diane Rehm should be suspended from NPR for her calumny against Senator Sanders? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 OP

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