There was another long story today about the Big Three bail-out in which comments of Alabama Senator Richard Shelby figured prominently. Shelby is critical of efforts to save the "Big 3." The story quoted him extensively, without ever mentioning that Shelby was NOT an honest commentator: Alabama's auto business--Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota all have (non-unionized) manufacturing plants in the State.
Just found this site from Greenwald. I am glad Woody already mentioned it, but NPR raises my blood pressure almost every other morning by giving Shelby a platform for his pro-Mercedes Benz propaganda.
I sent a query about this to the "Dean" Broder's WP chat today and it touched off a little firestorm from folks all around the country who pick up on this charade and are ticked off that the media lets Shelby and Crocker and others from states who subsidize foreign companies go on Detroit bashing rants with impunity. (And I say this as a person in the financials!)
Astounded (and not) to hear NPR's piece on the word "turkey" --- it ran on Thanksgiving Day, with the narrator saying "When Columbus discovered America..."
DISCOVERED???!!!
Use of that word is not "offensive" --- it is incorrect. Not "politically" incorrect. Just plain wrong. Factually wrong.
OK, it's Saturday, Dec.6 and we were just.....umm....entertained? by Scott Horsley's piece on ATC about Obama getting energy advise from James Jones, his National Security Advisor pick. Horsley presented Jones as a valued advisor in terms of energy issues but failed to mention that Jones sat on the board at Chevron! Hello?? Chevron? Big Oil? Arrrgghhhh!
My name is Matthew Murrey and I'm from Florida, but have been living in the Midwest since 1984. I started this blog because no one else was blogging NPR's drift toward the right - and it made more sense than yelling at the radio.
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There was another long story today about the Big Three bail-out in which comments of Alabama Senator Richard Shelby figured prominently. Shelby is critical of efforts to save the "Big 3." The story quoted him extensively, without ever mentioning that Shelby was NOT an honest commentator: Alabama's auto business--Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota all have (non-unionized) manufacturing plants in the State.
Alabama's auto business--Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota all have (non-unionized) manufacturing plants in the State.
All of which are heavily subsidized as well.
Amato, over at Crooks & Liars, has picked up on the Shelby story. I sure wish NPR would read the blogs, donchew?
Just found this site from Greenwald. I am glad Woody already mentioned it, but NPR raises my blood pressure almost every other morning by giving Shelby a platform for his pro-Mercedes Benz propaganda.
I sent a query about this to the "Dean" Broder's WP chat today and it touched off a little firestorm from folks all around the country who pick up on this charade and are ticked off that the media lets Shelby and Crocker and others from states who subsidize foreign companies go on Detroit bashing rants with impunity. (And I say this as a person in the financials!)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/12/03/DI2008120302516.html
Astounded (and not) to hear NPR's piece on the word "turkey" --- it ran on Thanksgiving Day, with the narrator saying "When Columbus discovered America..."
DISCOVERED???!!!
Use of that word is not "offensive" --- it is incorrect. Not "politically" incorrect. Just plain wrong. Factually wrong.
OK, it's Saturday, Dec.6 and we were just.....umm....entertained? by Scott Horsley's piece on ATC about Obama getting energy advise from James Jones, his National Security Advisor pick. Horsley presented Jones as a valued advisor in terms of energy issues but failed to mention that Jones sat on the board at Chevron! Hello?? Chevron? Big Oil? Arrrgghhhh!
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