tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post4950527834883337618..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: 99 and CountingMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-71244699585998737272010-08-27T09:16:24.435-05:002010-08-27T09:16:24.435-05:00Gosh folks, I hope you didn't miss the Beckste...Gosh folks, I hope you didn't miss the Beckster on ME today. He is just what NPR really needs at this point because donations are way off, corporate sponsors have much more important things to spend their propaganda budget on than piddling 'ol NPR, and the Tea Party is a ripe source of new funding. After all, from Schiller through the lowest drone in NPR system is already inclined to be tea party adherants because they are right wing all the way up to slightly right of center. That's why they are so gay and diversity "friendly". They work with all kinds of perople except anything progressive.<br /><br />Hah! I got the hundred? Is there a prize?<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-13115695808077627742010-08-26T09:03:41.511-05:002010-08-26T09:03:41.511-05:00Hi guys and gals,
Let see, . . .
An 10+ year e...Hi guys and gals, <br /><br />Let see, . . .<br /><br />An 10+ year employee of a company that just gave a $1 million donation to the GOP <br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/aug/20/news-corporation-fox-news.<br /><br />is asked to provide "analysis" of a FOX News co-worker and leader of the GOP <br /><br />http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/01/palin-signs-on-with-fox-news.html?hpid=topnews<br /><br />I wonder what he will say? Does anyone think Mr. Williams would say anything negative about another FOX News employee. Also, he discusses GOP fund raising without mentioning his bosses $1 million donation?<br />Yesterday, NPR" Morning Edition report by Juan Williams, the" FOX News Negro" (Google the term, its a great essay).<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129418020<br /><br />Yeah, there's no conflict of interest or ethical problems here.<br /><br />NPR doesn't i.d. Juan Williams as FOX New employee and ignores two blatant conflicts of interest. I wish I had "thirty years of journalism" to understand how is isn't unethical.GRUMPY DEMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076837066633851919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-49714981542662435392010-08-26T08:52:39.212-05:002010-08-26T08:52:39.212-05:00^ Such are the slings and arrows of modern existen...^ Such are the slings and arrows of modern existence, G-Dawg. Being 'bout 80-90% vegan sorta immunizes my lop ears from the ovophobia - but they're still tryin' to eke in & monkey with my tofu~<br /><br />Intwestin' link thar - imminent guest spot on Gross Air? (haw haw)bn.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-12164501670609489652010-08-25T14:56:48.977-05:002010-08-25T14:56:48.977-05:00Yeah, bunns, count me among the missing too...also...Yeah, bunns, count me among the missing too...also. Revving up the work ethic for another semester, tho, I yam spuddling at the wakeup call from my local NPR afflictiate. NO! Mebbe Sirius Radio will have a new customer... This morning I was advised to hard boil my eggs - that it's really the only sensible reflex to mega ag's salmonella gag. Well, how silly of me to expect inspection and regulation when I can just get me some hard boiled.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.metanoia-films.org/psywar.php" rel="nofollow">The Real Battlefield is the Mind</a>gDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301694571913815244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-11790043003094167162010-08-24T12:10:43.234-05:002010-08-24T12:10:43.234-05:00^ I got stoned and I missed it (happily)
signed,
...^ I got stoned and I missed it (happily)<br /><br />signed,<br />bunny.bunny.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-19459241577169342602010-08-23T09:06:08.638-05:002010-08-23T09:06:08.638-05:00Get ready folks for the "Terry n Scott" ...Get ready folks for the "Terry n Scott" show today on Fresh Air. Gonna talk about his new memoir telling the excitement of adopting a child from China. I'm going to suggest that she remind him that he could have saved a lot of time and trouble if he'd gone to Iraq where he and Terry helped to create tens of thousands of Iraqi orphans.<br /><br />In NPRland Kookie and Renee discussed the "victory" acheived in Iraq. USA! USA! USA! We ARE # 1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-92046266221093451132010-08-13T22:02:59.277-05:002010-08-13T22:02:59.277-05:00Please visit the head monkey at NPR's Planet M...Please visit the head monkey at NPR's Planet Money as he gets it wrong again!<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/08/13/129187369/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-7855358057602462012010-08-13T13:54:31.078-05:002010-08-13T13:54:31.078-05:00From Eschaton this A.M. (8-13)
Lunch Thread
enj...From Eschaton this A.M. (8-13)<br /><br />Lunch Thread <br /><br />enjoy<br /><br />...adding, I forgot to mention earlier that I heard part of a piece on NPR about the economy, and the basic gist was the consumers just need to be more confident that we aren't entering a double dip and all will be well. There seems to be little understanding that people aren't spending money because they, you know, don't have any, and not because of unwarranted existential angst about the future.<br /><br />-Atrios 12:15<br /><br /> Pretty much sums up their whole 'let them eat cake' attitude.larry, dfhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-47494223604049572752010-08-11T10:00:43.548-05:002010-08-11T10:00:43.548-05:00NPR is fully on borad with American policy in Iraq...NPR is fully on borad with American policy in Iraq and Afghanistan if I "hear" their news reports correctly (maybe it is just me lol).<br /><br />It started me to think that although NPR's economics are Libertarian and their political POV is center-right they will support any party in power as long as it furthers American "interests" and deepens the American "exceptionalism" understanding of the world.<br /><br />So we get a jaundiced view of Democratic policy (which I share but from a different perspective) but as long as Obama maintains the occupation of Iraq and expands teh occupation of Afghanistan they will go along. So you get two NPR connected (one a translator and the other was Deborah Amos who is out flogging her book) people wailing that the occupation of Iraq is ending. No such thing is going on. 50k American troops and 100+ "contractors" remain and they ain't leaving in our life times.<br /><br />But it makes the management/professional class happy to know that this Iraqi mistake is gonna work out ok in the end. And those are the people the Government and NPR depend on. The Government depends on those people being "propagandized" and quiet; NPR wants their money. It's all good. I note the differences in the reporting of the death of a corrupt Senator from Alaska and Howard Zinn. Wonder if there will be anyone allowed to point out Stevens was symbolic of almost every thing that is wrong with America.<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-33297422238744219792010-08-06T01:37:36.125-05:002010-08-06T01:37:36.125-05:00Top of the hour update makes it sound like Republi...Top of the hour update makes it sound like Republican Senators were the noble ones to go ahead and approve Kagan for SCOTUS. This stuff is getting more blatantThe Boss of Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597266775692604529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-21291488539328784912010-08-05T11:57:08.819-05:002010-08-05T11:57:08.819-05:00I was really happy that ATC didn't interview f...I was really happy that ATC didn't interview from the anti-Prop8 side last night, because why muddy the waters with a human rights discussion, when this was about overturning a vote of the people. I mean the people voted and now as a result of this dictatorial activist ruling, I am no longer safe to practice heterosexual marriage and I kind of have a thing for the neighbor dog.The Boss of Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597266775692604529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-83798910733919009822010-08-02T21:28:39.028-05:002010-08-02T21:28:39.028-05:00JayV,
The Baker bit is short enough to deserve a ...JayV,<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/npr-still-has-not-noticed-the-housing-bubble" rel="nofollow">Baker bit</a> is short enough to deserve a full reprise (below). The trouble is, even my jaundiced opionion of NPR was a little swayed by this spin: ignoring the continued overpricing of houses and papering over their earlier blithering ignorance of the bubbling in that market.<br /><br />NPR Still Has Not Noticed the Housing Bubble<br /> Print<br />Monday, 02 August 2010 05:11<br /><br />Morning Edition told listeners that the shadow inventory of foreclosed homes will keep the housing market depressed for several years to come. Actually house prices are not depressed. House prices are still 15-20 percent above their trend levels. The housing market will not be back to normal until house prices fall back to a more sustainable level.<br /><br />This is really getting annoying. NPR completely missed the housing bubble. During its run-up they relied almost exclusively on economists who did not have a clue, many of whom were on the industry payroll. Given the enormous damage that has been done to the country by the collapse of this bubble, can't NPR make a point even now of finding someone who knows something about the housing market? Isn't that what their reporters are paid for?geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-72746231498079459912010-08-02T12:07:00.788-05:002010-08-02T12:07:00.788-05:00And
another subject for a soft-ball interview at ...And <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/01/AR2010080103518.html" rel="nofollow"><br />another</a> subject for a soft-ball interview at npr.larry, dfhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-60764070194779513382010-08-02T12:06:20.118-05:002010-08-02T12:06:20.118-05:00And
another subject for a soft-ball interview at ...And <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/01/AR2010080103518.html" rel="nofollow"><br />another</a> subject for a soft-ball interview at npr.larry, dfhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-81472871138319342772010-08-02T09:40:47.020-05:002010-08-02T09:40:47.020-05:00More on the go-to media critic which is a fav. of ...<a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201008020006" rel="nofollow"><br />More</a> on the go-to media critic which is a fav. of terri gross. Hey, if you hang with wing-nuts, maybe you're a: wing-nut.larry, dfhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-29406970635758393272010-08-02T07:15:42.772-05:002010-08-02T07:15:42.772-05:00Dean Baker comments on NPR ME segment on housing. ...Dean Baker comments on NPR ME segment on housing. "NPR still doesn't get it."<br /><br />http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/npr-still-has-not-noticed-the-housing-bubbleJayVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892272648798100594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-20283469584242939892010-07-31T02:39:30.464-05:002010-07-31T02:39:30.464-05:00Sorry,
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/07/30/...Sorry,<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/07/30/128880374/the-friday-podcast-tallying-up-the-pelican-billAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-65163399984998832112010-07-31T02:38:50.615-05:002010-07-31T02:38:50.615-05:00More jack-assery over at Planet Monkey
http://vid...More jack-assery over at Planet Monkey<br /><br />http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/epa-whistleblower-hugh-kaufman-weve-now-poAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-39811418069126883262010-07-30T10:42:01.405-05:002010-07-30T10:42:01.405-05:00I left a message on the web-site of this ridiculou...I left a message on the web-site of this ridiculous notion pushing this nonsense stating that NPR is simply smoother than Fox but they are all the same under the skin.<br /><br />I suggested they push for Amy Goodman.<br /><br />edAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-79660290058568523302010-07-29T14:13:34.096-05:002010-07-29T14:13:34.096-05:00Yeah, I took myself off Credo's mailing list w...Yeah, I took myself off Credo's mailing list with a comment about how NPR is worse than FOX. Worse than Fox in Sox in a box on a train in a tunnel in the rain.<br /><br /><br />Heard a bit of Wan this AM. Everything is like, "literally," to him. Reputations are "literally" destroyed and words are literally without their natural meanings.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-16126898792821438142010-07-29T13:38:44.733-05:002010-07-29T13:38:44.733-05:00Someone needs to have a talk with Credo Mobile
Th...Someone needs to have a talk with Credo Mobile<br /><br />They are pushing to give a White House press seat to NPR <a href="http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=6851405967&share_id=146456755370760&comments=1#s146456755370760" rel="nofollow">Credo Facebook Action Page</a><br /><br />Surely there is a better news organization for that seat.---https://www.blogger.com/profile/09979393006693728792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-38276023819332430172010-07-29T08:59:51.729-05:002010-07-29T08:59:51.729-05:00This just in, to be filed in the "Scoff! Don&...This just in, to be filed in the "Scoff! Don't Make Me Laugh" subfolder:<br /><br />CREDO Action Alert: Tell the White House Correspondents Association - Give the best seat in the briefing room to NPR, not FOX!bun. back.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-2942256427919891542010-07-29T07:27:43.016-05:002010-07-29T07:27:43.016-05:00^ Yeah, that'll ruin your golf outing.
Duly n...^ Yeah, that'll ruin your golf outing.<br /><br />Duly noted, PM - guess there's a little bit o' Yakk in all of us, bursting out at the most inopportune times.bun.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-11752364258795809152010-07-28T09:07:15.217-05:002010-07-28T09:07:15.217-05:00Terry (GasBag) Gross discussed the wiki-leaks yest...Terry (GasBag) Gross discussed the wiki-leaks yesterday on Fresh Air. I was so happy that she spared me the "grim" details of Americans killing women and children and instead spoke non-stop about Pakistan. Nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-17985195411312260692010-07-28T00:38:37.470-05:002010-07-28T00:38:37.470-05:00Disasters In Reel Life: It's About Time (And S...<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128671240" rel="nofollow">Disasters In Reel Life: It's About Time (And Suspense)</a> is a Bob Mondello movie review that is breathtaking in its naivete. I dropped my jaw somewhere while listening to his assessment of the reality of the fiction of the official 911 scenario. Wow. Hook line sinker glub glub glub.<br /><br />I saw Inception the other day. There were some good psyfi features of the film, but it was just so full "Man From Uncle" pseudo violence that it was hard to suspend unreality enough to get into it.<br /><br />Americans just love to blow stuff up, huh? Clinton's proclaimed solution to the Deep water well SNAFU was to bomb it. Yeah, a bomb ought to fix that! Remember <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vmnq5dBF7Y" rel="nofollow">that whale that started to rot on a beach in Oregon?</a>geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.com