tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post4646668468882098077..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: A real Déjà VuMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-51038256450182610812009-10-03T12:57:37.855-05:002009-10-03T12:57:37.855-05:00Excellent points, all.
I seem to recall Kay appea...Excellent points, all.<br /><br />I seem to recall Kay appearing before a hearing, saying 'We got it all wrong' (about Iraq). Where's that particular déjà vu, Dave?<br /><br />We are in a very delicate time, and NPR means to be in on the action, yet again, albeit in the cushy zone, whatever its color.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-91218528965159484182009-10-03T08:46:35.613-05:002009-10-03T08:46:35.613-05:00NPR is clearly beating the drums of war again, thi...NPR is clearly beating the drums of war again, this time for war with Iran.<br /><br />NPR (and the rest of the mainstream media in this country) are actually a mirror of the dismissive "we'll say whatever the hell we want and the truth (and American public) be damned" attitude of our "leaders" in the Congress and White House.<br /><br />There is no accountability for ANY of these folks. They speak and act with total disregard for the people who foot the bill for their lavish salaries. <br /><br />Schiller makes close to half a million in salary and benefits a year as CEO of NPR. <br /><br />She recently made a big deal of working for two weeks "for free" (a gimic basically to show that she "walks arm in arm with the union"), but she makes more in the remaining 50 weeks than most Americans make in close to a decade.<br /><br />And for what? <br /><br />Propaganda and PR, that's what. <br /><br />People like Schiller, Simon, Inskeep, Shepard etc keep shoveling the shite, and they never have to answer for it (and they can continue to pull down hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in salary and benefits largely at public expense, of course)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-23336210915000364002009-10-02T23:52:21.936-05:002009-10-02T23:52:21.936-05:00The Title of the Pacifica piece: "Fmr. UN Wea...The Title of the Pacifica piece: "Fmr. UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Warns Against “Politically Motivated Hype” on Iran Nuke Program."Juan "Toss" Ensaladahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863718055252256536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-83996903995311363742009-10-02T23:51:33.618-05:002009-10-02T23:51:33.618-05:00Scott Ritter appeared on Democracy Now! 09/29/2009...Scott Ritter appeared on Democracy Now! 09/29/2009.<br /><br />Pacifica: 1<br />NPR: 0Juan "Toss" Ensaladahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863718055252256536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-23512457061119115052009-10-02T23:46:59.268-05:002009-10-02T23:46:59.268-05:00this takes me back to a real déjà vu. I remember i...this takes me back to a real déjà vu. I remember in 2009 explaining to the NPR ombot that if NPR announcers continued deception and lying and letting us discover stuff before they declared it, eventually we would not believe them even if they started telling the truth. I think the Inskeep, Norris, Simon and the rest are on the cusp of that point where even if they are fully cooperative, no one will be terribly satisfied about it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-79379866175571880832009-10-02T23:34:41.129-05:002009-10-02T23:34:41.129-05:00Thank you for this. I was shouting at the radio, ...Thank you for this. I was shouting at the radio, Where is Scott Ritter?? and lamenting them going to David Kay, embarrassingly discredited long ago. Maybe they got him for cheap?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com