tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post7475018668910657871..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Q TipsMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-22609801954198478762010-01-24T19:08:23.718-06:002010-01-24T19:08:23.718-06:00..."Some critics say that Cuba's medical ......"Some critics say that Cuba's medical assitance is intended to spread the country's ideology"...<br />Well, that's one time more than they've ever said it about the Peace Corps.larry, dfhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-27464765192335229212010-01-24T10:03:50.623-06:002010-01-24T10:03:50.623-06:00To give NPR a little grudging credit: This morning...To give NPR a little grudging credit: This morning on WESUN, a piece on Cuban doctors in Haiti. They managed to hold the Cuba-bashing to a minimum ("Some critics say that Cuba's medical assitance is intended to spread the country's ideology" -- paraphrasing here) while offering a mostly sympathetic portrait of what the Cubans are doing to help.Buzztreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556126018133552905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-41779619677444397102010-01-23T16:45:49.285-06:002010-01-23T16:45:49.285-06:00I just read this article. Recommended vis-à-vis NP...I just read this article. Recommended vis-à-vis NPR & mainstream media reporting on Haiti.<br /><br />In CommonDreams, <br /><br />"Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster," by Rebecca Solnit<br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/21-9" rel="nofollow">Soon after almost every disaster the crimes begin:</a> ruthless, selfish, indifferent to human suffering, and generating far more suffering. The perpetrators go unpunished and live to commit further crimes against humanity. They care less for human life than for property. They act without regard for consequences.<br /><br />I'm talking, of course, about those members of the mass media whose misrepresentation of what goes on in disaster often abets and justifies a second wave of disaster. I'm talking about the treatment of sufferers as criminals, both on the ground and in the news, and the endorsement of a shift of resources from rescue to property patrol. They still have blood on their hands from Hurricane Katrina, and they are staining themselves anew in Haiti.</i>JayVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892272648798100594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-92131031455153505132010-01-23T15:45:09.512-06:002010-01-23T15:45:09.512-06:00Good spot on Woodshredder, Frumps.
Grace, yeah, I...Good spot on Woodshredder, Frumps.<br /><br />Grace, yeah, I suspect that Mr. Rude has become so use to people kissing his ass on the site that he is not use to the level of Snark I can toss out in a moments notice. =P I look forward to auditing his posts over the next month. His little Ad hominem attack was priceless without actually answering the question.Boulder Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302667693965940615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-46071397623982961062010-01-23T13:03:36.045-06:002010-01-23T13:03:36.045-06:00"Three Card Baraky""Three Card Baraky"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-73212701317508442932010-01-23T13:01:21.744-06:002010-01-23T13:01:21.744-06:00Dan Schorr cooly dismisses Obama's significant...Dan Schorr cooly dismisses Obama's significant move towards populism as cynical.'<br /><br />To tell you the truth, I'm pretty cynical when it comes to Obama.<br /><br />Obama's move to populism is more than a little suspect, coming just a day after the loss (read wakeup call) in Massachusetts.<br /><br />Obama apparently believes not only that the American public are going to just quietly accept all the crappy hands he has dealt them from the bottom of the deck over the past year, but that they are also now going to accept that he is a Born-again Populist.<br /><br />Obama should just quit talking and actually do something for ordinary Americans.<br /><br />I'm growing tired of his BS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-89580693517241199142010-01-23T12:19:03.529-06:002010-01-23T12:19:03.529-06:00Couple of points this AM:
1. The populist revolt...Couple of points this AM:<br /><br />1. The populist revolt in MA was mistakenly attributed to the Tea Party movement by bay state know-little journalist <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4986687" rel="nofollow">Audie Cornish</a>, on the basis of...what, a gut feeling? She doesn't say. When police and teacher pension funds are squandered by Wall St. assholes like Lawrence Summers (another Bay stater) then you don't have to be a Tea Bagger to vote your outrage at their continued control over the levers of power.<br /><br />2. Dan Schorr cooly dismisses Obama's significant move towards populism as cynical. I suggest listening to James Galbraith on the <a href="http://kpfa.org/saturday-morning-talkies" rel="nofollow">Saturday Morning Talkies</a> to get a more mature (ahem) assessment.qoobdoopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-2273001829355871962010-01-23T12:15:10.113-06:002010-01-23T12:15:10.113-06:00Schorr was off the hook today.Schorr was off the hook today.The Boss of Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597266775692604529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-1538422885136426042010-01-22T21:23:37.773-06:002010-01-22T21:23:37.773-06:00I thought I had driven into another universe when ...I thought I had driven into another universe when I heard all that about China and internet privacy. This was after Schorr's Haiti comments had me laughing so hard I almost drove into a semi.<br />Most of this is so absurd or dark I have to laugh, sometimes cry and often yell.<br /><br />BD, great comment on SCOTUS ruling. Unbelievable Mr Rude attacked your spelling! <br /><br />goopDoggy, you add so much quality to NPR's comments / site I'm glad you "jumped in"!<br />Dirge..brilliantly beautiful.Gracenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-20921615230135367952010-01-22T20:43:39.941-06:002010-01-22T20:43:39.941-06:00In response to this comment by Wall St trader Jeff...In response to this comment by Wall St trader <a href="http://blog.covestor.com/weblog/2008/12/weekly-member-interview-jeff-boarman.html" rel="nofollow">Jeff Boarman</a> (check out that link) I tried to leave this at the <a href="http://www.npr.org/ombudsman/2010/01/is_npr_not_covering_obamas_sli.html" rel="nofollow">ombutt site</a> <br /><br>I wrote <br><i>Jeff, I would have thought you were too busy tweaking those "mechanical" trades to opine among the swine.</i><br> but I don't think it's going to make it by the censor. Swine? The Jeff Boarman character is the kind of rabid swine the grows up on Long Guyland and then just naturally thinks the world's an oyster in his stew. There are a lot of these types on WS and they are very dangerous, it seems. They certainly work hard to apply pressure on all our branches of govt: including the fourth estate. Viewed in this context, the behavior of NPR seems much more understandable.Frumpsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-56927133590890021402010-01-22T20:03:01.312-06:002010-01-22T20:03:01.312-06:00Anon, Adumb coulda been a slam dunk for the Mr. Pe...Anon, Adumb coulda been a slam dunk for the Mr. Peabrain.doopqoobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-53229389476470707082010-01-22T18:47:00.656-06:002010-01-22T18:47:00.656-06:00At least Obama is smart enough to recognize that h...At least Obama is smart enough to recognize that he did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.<br /><br />...but of course, he did not decline it.<br /><br />That would have required something more than mere intelligence: character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-26830381819634953752010-01-22T18:41:59.773-06:002010-01-22T18:41:59.773-06:00Inskeep getting an award for reporting on race is ...Inskeep getting an award for reporting on race is certainly no weirder than Adumb Davidson getting a (Mr Peabody) award for reporting on economics.<br /><br />Ask Dean Baker what he thinks of that.<br /><br />Most people in their shoes would be embarrassed to be getting an award for something they know nothing about.<br /><br />But these folks are so clueless, they actually believe they are brilliant (see Dunning Kruger effect)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-67903543248348859942010-01-22T15:57:19.325-06:002010-01-22T15:57:19.325-06:00Also, some quality Liberal "Bias" here:
...Also, some quality Liberal "Bias" here:<br /><br />The Cato Institute:<br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122762284&ps=rs<br /><br />The Heritage Foundation:<br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122762639<br /><br />and the Human Rights Watch:<br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122764163<br /><br />posted a question in the Ombudsman section and expect to be ignored, like everything else.Boulder Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302667693965940615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-68108612105807850012010-01-22T13:13:20.594-06:002010-01-22T13:13:20.594-06:00@Larry, dfh
Did you hear the first part of Laura ...@Larry, dfh<br /><br />Did you hear the first part of Laura Sullivan's bail-bond piece from Thursday's ATC?<br /><br />That was actually a good one too, it was Old School NPR, like it use to be back when I was in High School.Boulder Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302667693965940615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-83018152248774396052010-01-22T13:09:14.934-06:002010-01-22T13:09:14.934-06:00Well, today is my lucky day: two pieces on npr th...Well, today is my lucky day: two pieces on npr that I liked! Laura Sullivan (neva hoid a her) actually gave a decent <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122725819" rel="nofollow"><br />human interest presentation</a> about how lousy our bail-bond system is. It was only about one case, it was only a slight beginning, but a good effort it was. And then, surprise of surprises, Radio (usually waste of) Times had an hour about <a href="http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2010/01/22/needle-exchange/" rel="nofollow"><br />heroin</a> addiction and needle exchanges. The program was what I used to expect from public radio, informative, non-mainstream, and edgy; and although the host was obviously aghast with addicts calling in, she restrained herself from her usual priggish judgmentalism. It was a very good show.larry, dfhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-45794067761349372902010-01-22T12:35:57.520-06:002010-01-22T12:35:57.520-06:00loved las vegas? try the all reborn [url=http://ww...loved las vegas? try the all reborn [url=http://www.casinolasvegass.com]casino[/url] las vegas at www.casinolasvegass.com with over 75 up to date free [url=http://www.casinolasvegass.com]online casino[/url] games like slots, roulette, baccarat, craps and more and carry off true notes with our $400 cost-free bonus.<br />we have even better games then the old online [url=http://www.place-a-bet.net/]casino[/url] www.place-a-bet.net!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-41884121646679821192010-01-22T12:13:27.011-06:002010-01-22T12:13:27.011-06:00The Dupont Journalism award: NPR, Michele Norris &...The <a href="http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1165270069766/page/1175295284582/JRNSimplePage2.htm" rel="nofollow">Dupont Journalism award: NPR, Michele Norris & Steve Inskeep<br />The York Project: Race and the 2008 Vote</a>. <br /><br>I don't know what's weirder, that Wonderbread Inskeep (see my earlier posts re his palefaced background) is getting an award for reporting on race, or that Dupont is giving it. The <a href="http://www.nffc.net/Issues/Corporate%20Control/page-corporate.htm" rel="nofollow">National Family Farm Coalition</a> has identified Dupont as part of a corporate conspiracy to monopolize the seed and farm industry and push neoliberal "free trade" agreements that have destroyed agriculture in, oh, say, Haiti, for instance.goopDoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-8072888147175898582010-01-22T12:07:54.169-06:002010-01-22T12:07:54.169-06:00"This is a tough one. What the listeners say ..."This is a tough one. What the listeners say makes sense, but it is also true that looting has taken place in Haiti." <br /><br />This is a tough one. What listeners say makes sense... but since when does making sense mean anything? <br /><br />The great thing about Alicia Shepard (and Adumb Davidson) is that you only need to read a few statements by them (at most) to know that they are completely clueless morons.<br /><br />And you can pretty much choose any statement you want at random because they contradict themselves on an almost continual basis (sometimes in the very same sentence)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-78247844185277927632010-01-22T11:55:17.421-06:002010-01-22T11:55:17.421-06:00Adumb Davidson "We don't know how much we...Adumb Davidson "We don't know how much we'll learn at today's announcement [about Obama on banks]. I'll say that, after a couple years of covering this, it is way, way, way too early to have any sense of what this means."<br /><br />after he just said (in the same post a few lines above that)<br /><br />"Later today, President Obama is expected to announce a <b>radical new approach</b> to the regulation of very large banks. In short, he's adopting the approach Paul Volcker has been calling for. There will be some sort of limit imposed on the size of banks and banks will not be able to make bets with their own deposits as freely as they have been."<br /><br />Got that?<br /><br />On Davidson's Planet (of the Monkeys), we don't know what it means, but (whatever it means) we know with certainty that it will be "radical".<br /><br />Regulating banks so they can't speculate like some Monte carlo high roller is WAAAAY radical.<br /><br />It's been, what, 20 years since the federal government prevented them from doing that (and the previous policies put in place by FDR (also way radical) only lasted a half a century.<br /><br />Davidson does not even pretend to base his "assessments" on anything other than ideology. <br /><br />It's absolutely pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-59183017548924803612010-01-22T11:03:28.276-06:002010-01-22T11:03:28.276-06:00Ombot newspeak: "This is a tough one. What th...Ombot newspeak: "This is a tough one. What the listeners say makes sense, but it is also true that looting has taken place in Haiti." That is, it would be racist, classist and corporatist to harp on about looting, but we are all those things, so we will do it.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-76518141131069397642010-01-22T10:35:34.384-06:002010-01-22T10:35:34.384-06:00On the Rudin "Supreme Court Ruling..." c...On the Rudin "Supreme Court Ruling..." comment thread, here's my contribution. (Oops, some sloppy typos on my part - I should be more careful to avoid the Rudin gotchas! Ha!)<br /><br /><i>Yeah, right on to what boulder dude, Frumpy Demon, Nate Bowman have said. (To add to the Ken Quibble on spelling of 'organization,' if there is a British variant, too: 'organisation.' Ha!<br /><br />Ken Rudin and others of his ilk at NPR ought just bloody to stop the pretence and introduce themselves as Pentagon/CIA/RNC/White House/corporate press officers (take your pick) rather than NPR journalists. (Selfishly, I want to avoid road rage, too, when I'm out and about with the car radio tuned to NPR news programing!)<br /><br />I've also noted just today on this and other comment threads that the option to post comments on Facebook has been removed. What's up with that?</i>JayVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892272648798100594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-65781172843244888842010-01-22T09:59:37.524-06:002010-01-22T09:59:37.524-06:00"my humble homage to Grumpy, I typod "Or..."my humble homage to Grumpy, I typod "Organization" <br /><br />Those of you familiar with my work, know that I have never used the King's English in my life. "Organization"? what's next "bangers" for breakfast?<br /><br />"You know what, buy GSM jammer to disable all secret devices in your room or at work."<br /><br />It's not the secret devices in my room I'm worried about.<br /><br />Me? I'm worried about the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZCO4OASV-Y" rel="nofollow">The Dream Police,</a>.<br /><br />(FYI, the best f****ing band that ever came out of Rockford, Illinois!)GRUMPY DEMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076837066633851919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-52272783436836713882010-01-22T08:44:12.290-06:002010-01-22T08:44:12.290-06:00Oh, goody, I'll have to go and read it.
In ot...Oh, goody, I'll have to go and read it.<br /><br />In other news:<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122843914" rel="nofollow">Planet Monkey</a> folks were very silly today.Boulder Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302667693965940615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-44646790038200730832010-01-22T03:45:34.249-06:002010-01-22T03:45:34.249-06:00New ombudsman post up.
It's on "looting&...New ombudsman post up.<br /><br />It's on "looting".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com