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In reply to the discussion: Do you think Diane Rehm should be suspended from NPR for her calumny against Senator Sanders? [View all]Ms. Toad
(35,540 posts)34. It think it is time for her to consider retiring.
Over the past few years I have watched her ability to do her job as magnificently as she used to decline. At least once a show now I find myself yelling at the radio, "You completely missed the point."
This incident may make it more apparent, but it is a symptom that it is time for her to think about what is in the best interests of NPR and her listeners, not an isolated cause for which she should be suspended.
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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
She's been in media in WDC since 1973 when she started in radio. Born in DC 1936,
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#57
I listen to her regularly and this is very, very out of character. She's a Dem
riderinthestorm
Jun 2015
#10
spasmodic dysphonia, involuntary muscle spasms of the larynx affecting voice.
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#59
She's got a handicap despite which she's made a successful radio career
riderinthestorm
Jun 2015
#45
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