NPR is run by, operated by, and funded by pink tutu pantywaists

[homelandpunk]

On "Talk of the (scared) Nation" the host was interviewing a documentary fimmmaker, a woman who filmed the inside workings of al-Jazeera and he asked why only left-leaning individuals are making documentaries like this. This woman filmmaker said that the people on the left are interested in challenging the status quo and the moron host laughs stupidly and cuts her off and says "the status quo can be challenged from other sides" with an edge of exasperation in his voice. Yeah right, right-wingers are so prone to sticking it to rich whitey in documentaries. At another point a caller was mentioning the right wing bias of the media in regards to the war and coverage of Bush, and the same asshole interupts, and with the same edge of exasperation bordering on fear(?) is in his voice "well the other side says the same thing...they say the same thing...i mean it goes both ways...I'm just saying...blah blah." And you KNOW if a right inger was claiming liberal bias, this guy would not interrupt with FRANTICALLY saying "But, but, but the other side is saying the same thing!!"
At another point the filmmaker is mentioning how bizarre it was to the arabs to hear "shock and awe" announced and how they saw the things americans would never see, mentioning I think "ten ton bombs" being strapped to these fighter jets, and how the arabs saw later the destruction whereas americans just see some rah rah piece before the war...and this doofus host says "to be fair, we did not use TEN TON bombs, I mean..."
Christ, it's as if Karpinski was in the room with her dogs at the ready if this guy did not do his best to appease Rush and Sean listeners. I mean this guy was frantic if the converstion started sounding too "leftist". But these same people let Tony Blakely, William Kristol, et al, say anything and eveything they want without ANY challenges or corrections from the hosts....
You NPR supporters are really strange. You give them - THEM? - your money? And if I asked how much you give theses NPR jackoffs every year, I'll bet it is equal to or well above what you would spend on a Sirius or XMRadio setup. Is it just the quasi-intellectual snobbish feeling you get by saying "I gave to NPR. AirAmerica is...how should I say...a bit low-brow. The guests from the policy institutes and think tanks who intone their drivel always stimulates my sense of elitism."
Cause, if that ain't what is driving you people, please explain it. NPR is for pantywaists and pink tutus.

[Gildor Inglorion]

1. Oh, get OVER yourself, Nellie....

there's more to NPR than "Talk of the Nation." My local NPR affiliate doesn't carry that show, anyway. I have listened to and contributed to NPR for more than 20 years, and I don't intend to stop. There is literally no other source for the kind of programming I enjoy. If that makes me a pink tutu pantywaist, so be it.

[homelandpunk]

3. Indeed, so be it.

It's not just TOTN...it's all of them. You think cuz they let Tavis have his show that makes them progressive?
And tell me how ddo you "enjoy" the latest weasel they bring in from some right leaning "policy institute" drone on about BS, or the nearly daily dose of Blakely on the right and some moderate pussy to represent the left?
You admit you give your money to these guys. I want some of your money. Can I have some? No, really.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. NPR tries in vein to take "the middle ground:"

even when the right is promoting the most bogus insidious policies since Nazi Germany. This leads to these odd distorted bizarro comments and replies from the hosts of these programs. There isn't any middle ground when to are talking about this administrations insane policies. Either you reject them out of hand as being stupid and dangerous, or you buy in to them because you are stupid or have something big to gain by them.

[NightTrain]

4. I've never donated a cent to NPR.

Thanks for reminding me of why! :hi:

[DieboldMustDie]

5. See this from Newsday:

"Despite a perception that National Public Radio is politically liberal, the majority of its sources are actually Republicans and conservatives, according to a survey released today by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting..."

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0525-11.htm

[senseandsensibility]

6. Who was the host

doing this horrible "interiew?" I'd like the name so that I can e-mail and complain.