tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post1076126300062718207..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Q TipsMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-44586881012382021032008-07-23T12:15:00.000-05:002008-07-23T12:15:00.000-05:00Porter, don't forget that NPR "balanced" their rep...Porter, don't forget that NPR "balanced" their report on McCain's viva-Viagra moment with a segment on how "Obama has his own troubles on the abortion issue".<BR/><BR/>False equivalence, anyone?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807725197461706733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-23673597123574337802008-07-23T10:35:00.000-05:002008-07-23T10:35:00.000-05:00Yet another example of NPR's cutting edge journali...Yet another example of NPR's cutting edge journalism: this morning they (reluctantly) played the McCain/Viagra segment, AFTER it had already been seen/heard 90 billion times on the internet, at over a gazillion websites. Chalk up another notch in the NPR Profiles in Courage. But professionally-somber Debi Amos warns: 'And you'll be seeing it on TV, too', as some 'pro-abortion' (not her words, but her implication) organization is using it in an anti-MCCain TV spot.<BR/><BR/>Not just chucklesome, but a laff riot!Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-53997210320778705772008-07-23T06:36:00.000-05:002008-07-23T06:36:00.000-05:00More brilliant NPR reporting on the Fannie/Freddie...More brilliant NPR reporting on the Fannie/Freddie bailouts and other economic issues:<BR/><BR/>www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_pressAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-62271704754360832272008-07-21T08:52:00.000-05:002008-07-21T08:52:00.000-05:00Greetings all...attended Netroots Nation here in A...Greetings all...attended Netroots Nation here in Austin over the weekend, and one of the best panels I attended was titled, <A HREF="http://www.netrootsnation.org/node/825" REL="nofollow">"How the Media Learned to Bend Over Backward to Please the Right."</A> Check out Rick Perlstein's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Nixonland-Rise-President-Fracturing-America/dp/0743243021" REL="nofollow">Nixonland</A> to put it all into perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-89808550425206708672008-07-20T06:35:00.000-05:002008-07-20T06:35:00.000-05:00PS: And Mickey D's used to flaunt their billions s...PS: And Mickey D's used to flaunt their billions served. Still doesn't justify that it's any good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-71151352709432262822008-07-19T16:18:00.000-05:002008-07-19T16:18:00.000-05:00Yes, mass hypnosis is a scary prospect indeed ... ...Yes, mass hypnosis is a scary prospect indeed ... except to those already hypnotized.<BR/><BR/>(thanks for the tab on yet another NoPR off-button moment I am ever so thankful to have missed)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-81175791384201284372008-07-19T12:26:00.000-05:002008-07-19T12:26:00.000-05:00It was one of the most insipid, banal wastes of tr...It was one of the most insipid, banal wastes of travel expenses and airtime I've heard in a long time. Truly sad...but as the Ombotsman keeps reminding us - 26 million listeners a week! Scary.Mytwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-38652555324817684422008-07-19T11:50:00.000-05:002008-07-19T11:50:00.000-05:00The only thing I'll say about Gwen Thompkins' visi...The only thing I'll say about Gwen Thompkins' visit to a Khartoum wrestling match is: there's a position waiting for her at Fox Sports Kids Channel.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.com