tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post5277052726783553143..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Q TipsMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-85596261965299347322010-01-16T18:30:03.384-06:002010-01-16T18:30:03.384-06:00"given the enormous human suffering caused by..."given the enormous human suffering caused by this downturn, the laughing tone adopted by the reporters is completely inappropriate. Perhaps NPR will soon advance to Holocaust jokes."<br />-- Dean Baker<br /><br />When you are talking about people like Pat Robertson and members of the NPRyan race, nothing is beyond the pale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-57143238222699402562010-01-16T13:47:15.954-06:002010-01-16T13:47:15.954-06:00This is the comment I tried to leave at Scott (moi...This is the comment I tried to leave at Scott (moist bauble) Simon's commentary on Robertson this AM. For some reason, it's not posting.<br /><br />"Martians, moon landings and 9-11" is a very odd grouping. It's a disjoint progression from science fiction to science fact to...9-11? What's the point of this? Clearly, the implication is that anyone who questions the official narrative of 9-11 propagandized by mainstream media outlets like NPR is a lunatic. Got it. It's nice to know my place in the NPR mosaic.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-22669872539670551632010-01-16T08:50:30.448-06:002010-01-16T08:50:30.448-06:00Dean Baker:
Also, given the enormous human suffe...Dean Baker: <br /><br />Also, given the enormous human suffering caused by this downturn, the laughing tone adopted by the reporters is completely inappropriate. Perhaps NPR will soon advance to Holocaust jokes."<br /><br />Actually, given the people running NPR (eg, Vivian Schiller), the latter would not surprise me at all.<br /><br />NPR really has become grotesque.<br /><br />It's not only propaganda, but it's slimy, callus, condescending propaganda.<br /><br />It really IS Fox News masquerading as a liberal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-3495948641416096712010-01-16T06:59:02.941-06:002010-01-16T06:59:02.941-06:00Dean Baker sticks it to the twerpy, snarky serial ...Dean Baker <a href="http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=01&year=2010&base_name=npr_and_the_economic_crisis_it" rel="nofollow">sticks it to</a> the twerpy, snarky serial misinformers on the Planet Monkey team once again.amnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-29305673910544821622010-01-16T00:59:21.901-06:002010-01-16T00:59:21.901-06:00Danie Zwerdling had another installment in his hys...Danie Zwerdling had <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122623101" rel="nofollow">another installment</a> in his hysterical series that should be titled "Someone should have seen Nadal Hasan's shootout at Fort Hood coming and prevented it, damn it! And I, DZ, broke the original manufactured story."<br /><br />It is, as usual, based on scant or non-existent evidence, inflammatory, hyperbolic, distorting and misrepresentative.<br /><br />DZ is following the FOX example very well.Nate Bowmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-10133311847787137842010-01-15T21:59:15.474-06:002010-01-15T21:59:15.474-06:00Anon 1/15/10 10:29 AM:
Thanks for the link. As ...Anon 1/15/10 10:29 AM:<br /> Thanks for the link. As I've written before (and to npr as well), soon after Aristide was 'removed', npr ran an interview w/ colin powell (gee, he's never lied before), while Amy Goodman was on the plane with Aristide. That juxtaposition is all one really needs to know.larry, dfhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-78299905079962955172010-01-15T14:46:14.048-06:002010-01-15T14:46:14.048-06:00I'll add bonus points because Baker is a frequ...I'll add bonus points because Baker is a frequent critic of NPR news."<br /><br />Schiller and the other management at NPR are not stupid.<br /><br />Even they recognize that you can't simply act as if people like Baker do not exist.<br /><br />Ironically, the best way for them to "dis" him is to have him on once (or a couple times).<br /><br />That way they can claim to be "airing all opinions".<br /><br />What they will NOT do is directly address his many criticisms.<br /><br />..because that would require admitting what a bunch of ideologically driven idiots they are -- on economics, at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-88153246273455809752010-01-15T12:47:58.353-06:002010-01-15T12:47:58.353-06:00Wow, I missed the Dean Baker interview. That was ...Wow, I missed the <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122516561" rel="nofollow">Dean Baker interview.</a> That was good. To nitpick, Deborah asks, "In your opinion, do you think the deficit is bad and must be addressed?" That's redundant (she's obviously asking for his opinion) and somewhat loaded. "Do you think death is bad?" she might ask, and he would have to answer something like, "Yes well we need death to do something about all these people being born." I mean, c'mon! Still, it's very refreshing to have someone sensible on!geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-13405325439973122252010-01-15T11:37:38.003-06:002010-01-15T11:37:38.003-06:00I will confess that I was not appalled a couple of...I will confess that I was not appalled a couple of times this week with Deborah Amos co-hosting. The interview with Dean Baker completely caught me off guard. Someone who is both knowledgeable and reasonable was permitted to speak at length on a topic of some importance on NPR. It's not unprecedented (I would hope), but it was definitely unexpected. I'll add bonus points because Baker is a frequent critic of NPR news. Also, her interview with Patti Smith failed to make me cringe. Liane could not have managed such a feat.Jay Schiavonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575283403103183391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-2029887985754502952010-01-15T10:29:25.668-06:002010-01-15T10:29:25.668-06:00The fact is, the catastrophic nature of what has h...The fact is, the catastrophic nature of what has happened in haiti is due primarily due to things that were entirely under human control: eg, building methods.<br /><br />SanFrancisco suffered over a 7 magnitude quake in 1989 with very little loss of life.<br /><br />And LA suffered a relatively large one in the early nineties with similar results (little loss of life).<br /><br />of course, the people of haiti can not afford proper houses largely because their (US-installed/sponsored) leaders and the corporations they are lackeys for have been robbing them blind for decades now.<br /><br />but, of course, NPR is not talking about this.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/14-13" rel="nofollow">Haitian Earthquake: Made in the USA<br />Why the Blood Is on Our Hands</a><br /><br />I have sponsored school children in haiti through a church program so i have a little better feel than some people about the situation in haiti.<br /><br />i have seen ( the kind of conditions that these folks live under (from pictures sent by the children i have sponsored).<br /><br />It is no exaggeration to say that WE (in the US) are directly responsible for what haiti is now experiencing.<br /><br />it is disgusting that we have not only ALLOWED the people of a country that is literally outside our back door step to languish in poverty the way we have, but have actually played a direct role in contributing to that poverty (ie in ensuring that the poverty continues)<br /><br />It is immoral, actually. <br /><br />lots of "Christian" people in this country go to church on Sunday and talk about religion (eg, Pat Robertson), but practicing it seems to be a different matter entirely.<br /><br />Incidentally, what Robertson said is WAY beyond the pale. That his church and university have not taken him to task over it speaks volumes about the "Christianity' of these folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-31149225485181925262010-01-14T23:05:50.494-06:002010-01-14T23:05:50.494-06:00Dear Frumpy,
Thank you for completing our recent ...Dear Frumpy,<br /><br />Thank you for completing our recent NPR Listens survey.<br /><br />Your feedback will be extremely helpful to the Morning Edition and All Things Considered hosts and producers. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts, and we thank you for your help in improving the future of public radio.<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Sandrageoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-41643238070863533742010-01-14T13:47:08.425-06:002010-01-14T13:47:08.425-06:00Earthquake Sets Back Progress In Haiti In this CIA...<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122516551" rel="nofollow">Earthquake Sets Back Progress In Haiti</a> <br>In this CIA induced amnesiac puff piece about the idyllic nature of Haiti prior to the quake, Debora Amos interviews Ms. Charles of the Miami Herald about how terrible it is that Haiti has suffered such a setback, just when they were finding their feet and getting stable. Who is Ms. Jacqueline Charles? To get a sense of her perspective, read this <a href="http://canuckmediamonitor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=104" rel="nofollow">exchange with Jacqueline Charles (Maimi Herald) re Father Gerard Jean-Juste</a>.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-68824891138259552512010-01-14T12:34:05.967-06:002010-01-14T12:34:05.967-06:00It took only one day to be booted from Radio Times...It took only one day to be booted from Radio Times/facebook. Today i can not post at all there. I guess I should have just accepted Stern's drivel and Farmer's mendacity.<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-26107682575678135752010-01-14T12:30:34.396-06:002010-01-14T12:30:34.396-06:00Nate:
She only mentioned two(2) communications an...Nate:<br /><br />She only mentioned two(2) communications and both were right-wing. Whatever happened to fair and balanced?<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-63135519229772598762010-01-14T11:18:05.192-06:002010-01-14T11:18:05.192-06:00Ms. Shepard went on TOTN and did her usual "d...<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122494626" rel="nofollow">Ms. Shepard went on TOTN</a> and did her usual "don't want to be perceived as left-leaning, need to be middle-of-the-road speech in response to the Fiore animation complaints.Nate Bowmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-82307946486655873822010-01-14T11:13:02.717-06:002010-01-14T11:13:02.717-06:00programs produced by the monkeys (and no, I'm ...programs produced by the monkeys (and no, I'm not talking about the TV singing group, though their program was pretty bad)<br /><br /><br />Sir or Ma'am: Now you have gone over the line. Dog America, dog the media, dog 'em all but you got to lay off The Monkees cause i'd be willing to bet that anyone of the faux Fab Four were better economists than the entire Market Place, Money, and Planet Money staff put together.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4bB8pI-7L8<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-4688139238160350912010-01-14T10:48:32.401-06:002010-01-14T10:48:32.401-06:00Ed,
I'm working hard to out typo Grumpy. I&#...Ed,<br /><br />I'm working hard to out typo Grumpy. I'm polishing the carved claws at the feet of his thrown. <br /><br />As to Inskeep, even the <a href="http://www.moreheadstate.edu/news/release.aspx?id=46569" rel="nofollow">announcement of his honorary doctorate</a> in broadcasting or whatever just says that he's a 1990 graduate. It seems that getting a college degree in something specific is just passÉ. The characterization of Inskeep described in the link is laughable.<br /><br />For the record, I have a master's degree in math from UC Davis.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-16057553367192708522010-01-14T10:40:04.077-06:002010-01-14T10:40:04.077-06:00Larry from Newark:
Most-Inane is so very NPRish. ...Larry from Newark:<br /><br />Most-Inane is so very NPRish. She is as shallow as urine on a rock, US-centric to the max, and filled with all the angst and fear the typical NPR supporter/employee revels in.<br /><br />It's hard to tell which is worse: Most-Inane or Gasbag Gross.<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-89361138767385418802010-01-14T10:21:23.717-06:002010-01-14T10:21:23.717-06:00goop doggy:
Have you ever found just what Inskeep...goop doggy:<br /><br />Have you ever found just what Inskeep got his degree in? As far as i could find (I am far too inept with computers . . .) it hasn't been disclosed. For some reason I find that ommission "interesting" ("interesting" = WTF???)<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-9788289939833664892010-01-14T10:08:55.389-06:002010-01-14T10:08:55.389-06:00RE: "The Awesomest Economy?".
We have c...RE: "The Awesomest Economy?".<br /><br />We have come to expect such nonsense from the Planet Monkey's.<br /><br />Those chimps revealed their ideological (free(forall)marketeer) hand long ago.<br /><br />These are the type of folks who, after having all but one dime stolen from their bank account, proceed to run after the fleeing robber -- not to get their money back but to give him the dime that he dropped. <br /><br />Planet Monkey is definitely in the running for "Most pathetic economic [sic] program on the Planet" -- and that includes the programs produced by the monkeys (and no, I'm not talking about the TV singing group, though their program was pretty bad)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-27654943952875554232010-01-14T07:30:55.839-06:002010-01-14T07:30:55.839-06:00All NPR has on Pat Robertson's outrageous clai...All NPR has on Pat Robertson's outrageous claim that the Haitian earthquake was somehow God's payback for a haitian pact with the Devil, is this:<br /><i><br />"So, as far as Robertson is concerned, the fault is not in the ground; it's in the Haitians. "<br /><br />and this<br /><br />"As we're reminded by NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty who covers religion:<br /><br /> "Robertson has a history of blaming disasters on victims. He said Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke because he ceded land to the Palestinians. And he said Americans brought the 9/11 attacks on themselves for their banning school prayer and allowing abortion." </i><br /><br />//// That's IT for NPR's "denunciation" o f Robertson's idiotic and thoroughly disgusting "theory".<br /><br /><br />you know, I'd bet good money that if NPR had been around at the time of Hitler, they probably would not have denounced his vile claims about (and murder of) Jews either, for fear of offending some of his supporters.<br /><br />Then again, maybe NPR was around, just with a different name: "Reichspropagandaleitung"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-13914517837329333052010-01-14T06:08:46.702-06:002010-01-14T06:08:46.702-06:00Interesting post as for me. It would be great to r...Interesting post as for me. It would be great to read a bit more concerning that matter. Thanx for posting that info.<br />Joan Stepsen<br /><a href="http://altgeek.org/" rel="nofollow">Cool geeks</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-11315500663759273422010-01-14T01:55:34.053-06:002010-01-14T01:55:34.053-06:00Please go visit Planet Monkey and listen to the la...Please go visit Planet Monkey and listen to the latest podcast, 'The Awesomest Economy?'.<br /><br />They really need a take down for this, but I don't have the ability to do it myself.<br /><br />Someone please take those clowns at PM to school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-13821011223595912082010-01-13T23:06:25.529-06:002010-01-13T23:06:25.529-06:00goop doggy
Oops on that last accidental post.
&q...goop doggy<br /><br />Oops on that last accidental post.<br /><br />"One" Williams upset me with that piece, too.<br /><br />I took him to task for several things:<br /><br />1. He took poll findings and told us what HE THINKS the reasons are for the answers, with no support.<br /><br />2. He made a big deal about certain stats to support his theory that blacks are responsible for their own situation and that there is a great class division in black society. I checked the 2007 version of the poll, and there were basically no differences to the current results which Williams wanted to make "astounding."<br /><br />3. He never bothered to check the 2007 poll. (If you think his analysis of this one is bigoted, go back and read that one. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16260629)<br /><br />4. I asked him if atheism is the new black.<br /><br />link to the piece<br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122516602Nate Bowmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-84827633157289385722010-01-13T22:55:53.889-06:002010-01-13T22:55:53.889-06:00goop doggygoop doggyNate Bowmannoreply@blogger.com