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4. The important thing for NPR is to avoid any accusations of "liberal bias"
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 09:09 AM
Feb 2017

And, to do so, they go to great lengths in servicing the GOP's propaganda. They've even issued a statement explaining that they "can't" call Trump's statements "lies" unless they can demonstrate that he knowingly and deliberately intended to deceive.

Yesterday they ran a puff-piece in which their correspondent Eyder Peralta journeyed all the way to Kenya to find "the Parliament of the Common Man."

According to Peralta, "I came to the Parliament of the Common Man to talk about President Trump. What I found was a bunch of guys who loved him. Here's Robert Okiberenge."

Transcript HERE

Not content to sing Trump's praises domestically, NPR is more than willing to venture abroad to find his supporters.

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