tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post6200834208233063471..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Bend It Like Beck - AhemMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-6240031765091771072010-05-21T21:20:47.702-05:002010-05-21T21:20:47.702-05:00It's very interesting to see politics over you...It's very interesting to see politics over your side of the pond. Man, I thought I was right-wing, turns out I'm a Marxist by US standards! You say tomato, I say, er, football...<br /><br />http://methuselahsdiary.blogspot.com/2010/05/bend-it-like-hamid-karzai.htmlMethuselahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717394420587738823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-74337334713387172972010-02-20T00:27:02.415-06:002010-02-20T00:27:02.415-06:00You have really great taste on catch article title...You have really great taste on catch article titles, even when you are not interested in this topic you push to read itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-25170772315773343292010-01-18T16:53:10.821-06:002010-01-18T16:53:10.821-06:00interesting read. I would love to follow you on tw...interesting read. I would love to follow you on twitter. By the way, did anyone hear that some chinese hacker had busted twitter yesterday again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-35201660056996875212009-11-09T12:58:47.436-06:002009-11-09T12:58:47.436-06:00During fundraising scams local stations constantly...During fundraising scams local stations constantly and consistently paint the "average" listener/supporter as (not explicit but certainly implicit)the "not Fox" person. I had a go round on Ombudsman thread with conservative listener. This was my observation: NPR "brands" itself as the non-Fox during fundraising but shows its' true foxiness by being slightly to the left of FOX (and by slightly I mean SLIGHTLY) on trivial matters (movies, pop culture,jazz) but on torture, illegal wars, domestic spying etc) they are right there.<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-80601871156192485072009-11-05T17:21:48.799-06:002009-11-05T17:21:48.799-06:00Drat, wanted to also add:
Frighteningly brill fa...Drat, wanted to also add: <br /><br />Frighteningly brill facial mash-up there, by the way! Now I'm not gonna be able to sleep tonight. And if I do, there'll be nightmares.b-p-f-psnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-71740701549946842012009-11-05T17:16:20.108-06:002009-11-05T17:16:20.108-06:00The lead quote sez it all, fer sure fer sure. That...The lead quote sez it all, fer sure fer sure. That's why "listeners" should cut the supporting and let their (obvious) advertisers pay their cushy salaries. Thanks for the money-saving tip, Lishy! (as if I was even on the verge of have any change-of-heart epiphanies ~nasal drone tone here~ anytime soon)bog!ponk!fazzy!banny!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-60791376694777027342009-11-05T10:51:33.083-06:002009-11-05T10:51:33.083-06:00Barbara asks: Does NPR want to feature that sort o...Barbara asks: <i>Does NPR want to feature that sort of character assassination?</i><br /><br />For the answer to your question, <br /><br />Click on the link to the <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/webb212172004.html" rel="nofollow">Counterpunch article about Gary Webb</a> and search on Alicia Shepard (NPR's ombudsman)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-92202415280183965152009-11-05T08:24:02.960-06:002009-11-05T08:24:02.960-06:00I've now bookmarked you as one of my primary s...I've now bookmarked you as one of my primary sources. NPR's slobbering over the GOP is disgusting! Does NPR know that Beck had a skit in which he pretended to poison Nancy Pelosi? Does NPR want to feature that sort of character assassination?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126776609038891088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-81132584430183219922009-11-05T08:12:05.954-06:002009-11-05T08:12:05.954-06:00Shepard and Beck are soulmates in that each is a p...Shepard and Beck are soulmates in that each is a puppet to puppetmasters"<br /><br />and given that the "puppetmaster' is the same in both cases (Corporate America), that would make them sock puppets, would it not?<br /><br />I actually think Shepard is FAR worse than Beck, for <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/webb212172004.html" rel="nofollow">her (sorry) role in the Gary Webb saga</a><br /><br />She really is disgusting and so is anyone who would employ her as an "neutral ombudsman" (what a joke).<br /><br />One recent event in the news (not covered by NPR, of course) that lends credibility to Gary Webb's claims is the fact that the <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33500863/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/" rel="nofollow">CIA has been funding Ahmed Karzai</a> -- Hamid Karzai's brother -- who, as the NY Times says, " is [a] suspected player in nation's illegal opium trade".<br /><br />Some things apparently never change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-65971526184181393892009-11-04T21:41:49.901-06:002009-11-04T21:41:49.901-06:00Shepard and Beck are soulmates in that each is a p...Shepard and Beck are soulmates in that each is a puppet to puppetmasters - as we all are, in some sense, but these are people who've "sold their soul" in very specific, probably contractual ways to sell the product that is USG a la CIA/DIA/DEA/HUD/NSA as controlled by Goldman/Sachs vis-a-vid their employment by/of Kellogg/Brown/Root - Halliburton, which the Brown/Root part was very much alive in November of 1963.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-66137424482985513112009-11-04T18:29:38.102-06:002009-11-04T18:29:38.102-06:00The resemblance between Shepard and beck is striki...The resemblance between Shepard and beck is striking.<br /><br />I wonder, are they brothers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-20758658382323563052009-11-04T12:58:44.552-06:002009-11-04T12:58:44.552-06:00When Kevin Klose was running NPR, I didn't thi...When Kevin Klose was running NPR, I didn't think it was possible that it could get any worse.<br /><br />How wrong I was.<br /><br />Schiller (with her sidekick, Shepard running interference) has put Klose to shame in the propaganda department.<br /><br />Shown him how it's done.<br /><br />Must be all that experience she gained as a "tour guide" in Russia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-635674880482127202009-11-04T12:13:30.579-06:002009-11-04T12:13:30.579-06:00Not specifically related to NprNews, but you can s...Not specifically related to NprNews, but you can see how the ANGA and the API are <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/newsweek_and_oil_lobby_team_up_to_host_climate_cha.php?ref=fpa" rel="nofollow">working the public relations</a> regarding energy.<br /><br />Fortunately, Talking Points Memo is finally picking up on this issue. NPR, WaPo and Newsweek? Mainstream media indeed! Show me the money!Juan "Toss" Ensaladahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863718055252256536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-7770047242085232842009-11-04T09:27:16.212-06:002009-11-04T09:27:16.212-06:00Shepard is a character right out of an Orwell book...Shepard is a character right out of an Orwell book.<br /><br />fell free to pick the book and the character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-59574688986425850902009-11-04T08:55:25.583-06:002009-11-04T08:55:25.583-06:00Alicia just loves herself some ignorant, manipulat...Alicia just loves herself some ignorant, manipulative, well-financed frauds such as Glen "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050371/" rel="nofollow">Lonesome Rhodes"</a> Beck.<br /><br />But real truthtellers? Not so much.WarOnWarOffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-15402053857621878112009-11-04T08:52:31.986-06:002009-11-04T08:52:31.986-06:00Nice job, MM.
If you have time, maybe you can moc...Nice job, MM.<br /><br />If you have time, maybe you can mock up a new logo for NPR; one that looks like FoxNews.<br /><br />NprNews<br /><br />-JETJuan "Toss" Ensaladahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863718055252256536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-38108554880211284422009-11-04T08:10:08.488-06:002009-11-04T08:10:08.488-06:00On Morning Edition we listeners got a good example...On Morning Edition we listeners got a good example of Shepard's "wide range of perspectives"on NPR: <br /><br /><br />Two back-to-back interview with FOX News employees (Juan & Mara) interpretation of the election this morning.<br /><br />Surprise! They think its good news for the GOP and bad news for Obama. (I guess a Democratic sweep of the only Federal elections yesterday, two Congressional special elections, is also bad for Obama?)<br /><br />Working for Rupert for more than a decade here's their FOX bios: Mara Liasson, a full time FOX News employee (link), and Juan Williams, a full time FOX News employee, (link), this must be the "wide range of perspectives" that the Ombudsman thinks NPR promotes.<br /><br />Yum, now that's some tasty wide range of perspectives for breakfast.GRUMPY DEMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076837066633851919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-76554933669221511382009-11-04T07:53:31.197-06:002009-11-04T07:53:31.197-06:00"wide range of perspectives"?
Rush Limb..."<b>wide</b> range of perspectives"?<br /><br />Rush Limbaugh is pretty "wide", all right.<br /><br />But putting wideness aside (if that's possible), I think it's really important for viewers to get perspectives like <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/fox-host-glenn-beck-obama_n_246310.html" rel="nofollow">Beck's (on Obama)</a> <br /><br />because it just adds so much to the national conversation, you know.<br /><br />Ya know, any REAL journalist at NPR would DEMAND Shepard's ouster or resign (and Shiller's, since she is almost certainly behind Shepard's pandering to the right wing on the torture issue and everything else)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-47950060812228887982009-11-04T07:42:30.004-06:002009-11-04T07:42:30.004-06:00Good job MTW, also reminds me: Never mess with a l...Good job MTW, also reminds me: Never mess with a librarian.<br /><br />My favorite piece of delusion:<br /><br />"But listeners deserve exposure to all sorts of voices discussing a wide range of perspectives on NPR -- not just those that are palatable to them."<br /><br />"wide range of perspectives"?<br /><br />So that's why NPR's sole two Washington Analysts both are career FOX News employees, Juan and Mara have more that a decade as Rupert's sock puppets.<br /><br />Here's NPR's idea of a variety of viewpoints: Center Right, Right, Hard Right, GOP Congressman, GOP Senators, Retire GOP Congressman, GOP Lobbyists, GOP Think Tanks, FOX, American Enterprise Institutes, Tea Baggers, National Review, Weekly Standard, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal.<br /><br />Yeah love the diversity.<br /><br />Yejp just as "diverse" as NPR's discussion of Obama's economic rescue package, 6 Republicans for every 1 Democrat:<br /><br />http://nprcheck.blogspot.com/2009/02/are-we-stimulated-yet.htmlGRUMPY DEMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076837066633851919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-15166939837822317522009-11-04T07:41:43.270-06:002009-11-04T07:41:43.270-06:00Shorter Alicia Shepard:
"NPR's duty is t...Shorter Alicia Shepard:<br /><br />"NPR's duty is to inform the public about every new twist in the balloon boy saga".<br /><br />Amen to that ... and pass the potatoes please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-12329438863096711282009-11-04T07:34:29.172-06:002009-11-04T07:34:29.172-06:00I've said it before, and I will reiterate it. ...I've said it before, and I will reiterate it. NPR is a mainstream news outlet." - Alicia Shepard, Nov. 2, 2009<br /><br />hey, Shepard is honest (about that one thing, at least).<br /><br />At least we won't have to hear (from NPR management and announcers) that NPR is "alternative" or "offers a unique perspective" any more, right?<br /><br />It's kind of fitting in a way. <br /><br />Shepard marks the official "end of an era" for NPR. <br /><br />It's kind of like advanced Alzheimers, which completely wipes out the person's former personality.<br /><br />Or like when rabies, which completely takes over an animal and makes it turn even on its own young.<br /><br />Or like driving a stake into the heart of a vampire.<br /><br />There is no turning back now.<br /><br />NPR has been officially Foxified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com