tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post831264937441546534..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Whatever Happened to Nigeria?Mytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-32325060169560604042009-06-08T12:44:19.163-05:002009-06-08T12:44:19.163-05:00Yes, the underwriter.
The underwriter/propagandi...Yes, the underwriter. <br />The underwriter/propagandist clearly holds sway over public radio. <br /><br />The three most insidious underwriters appear to be, in no particular order, Bank of America, Chevron and Monsanto. That covers a lot of waterfront. I think they must still have a warehouse full of free samples from Merck, and this explains their irrepressible cheeriness and smug contempt for their listeners.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-20042926285108929342009-06-07T15:37:44.263-05:002009-06-07T15:37:44.263-05:00Criticizing Shell would fall under the heading, in...Criticizing Shell would fall under the heading, in the NPR manual: "Underwriters, prostate-massaging of." <br /><br />There you would find the very explicit prohibition against any NPR story or headline that MIGHT even remotely make a potential NPR underwriter even the tiniest bit uncomfortable about their corporate acts...Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.com