tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post6538696605456079595..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: The Catch Phrase if You WillMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-32232029090758061022009-07-19T21:41:38.978-05:002009-07-19T21:41:38.978-05:00I missed the second Asia Times link MTWords refere...I missed the second Asia Times link MTWords referenced here: Pepe Escobar fleshes out the role of Balochis and Balochistan, it sure is news from outside the bubble.<br /><br />http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KE09Df03.htmlgeoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-44444579585340803252009-07-18T07:11:19.613-05:002009-07-18T07:11:19.613-05:00gopol: "It seems NPR is a dumping ground for ...gopol: "It seems NPR is a dumping ground for insecure Yale/Harvard alums who desperately seek the approval of their higher achieving Agency peers.'<br /><br />I agree there is definitely something to the insecurity thing.<br /><br />After all, these are largely people who either could not get a job as a real journalist or have been "put out to pasture".<br /><br />What the people at NPR crave more than anything else is legitimacy, at least in the eyes of their peers.<br /><br />What a delicious irony.<br /><br />They claim to aspire to be an "alternative" (outside the mainstream), when in fact, quite the opposite is true.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The best way to change -- or eliminateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-2654041127222484262009-07-17T23:37:45.705-05:002009-07-17T23:37:45.705-05:00I think what we are really talking about in the ca...<i>I think what we are really talking about in the case of NPR is not just negligence or incompetence.</i><br />Yeah, it's those plus fear. It seems NPR is a dumping ground for insecure Yale/Harvard alums who desperately seek the approval of their higher achieving Agency peers. To be rejected by them, as Zwerdling and Edwards were, would be devastating. Look what happened to Gary Webb. I'm just a fraction into his Dark Alliance and it's already clear that the machine of normative compliance was very much alive and well in the DC Village circa 1980's and 1990's. Do you suppose 9/11 improved that?geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-68950301000314263852009-07-17T23:29:15.885-05:002009-07-17T23:29:15.885-05:00I wish everyone, but especially journalists, would...I wish everyone, but especially journalists, would read VIOLENT POLITICS - A History of Insurgency, Terrorism & Guerrilla War, From The American Revolution to Iraq.<br />By William R. Polk. <br /><br />It's not long; eleven short chapters, outlining different conflicts. But no one will look at Iraq or Afghanistan and now Pakistan the same; you will worry for your country's future, and wonder how we could've entered this trap again; and the true odium of Inskeep and his producers' and sponsors' journalism will demand some clean air at NPR. <br /><br />Read also about Mr. Polk. He's an interesting man, with a very distinguished career. The George Polk Award is named for his brother, who was murdered in Greece, covering an insurgency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-69383943350799718712009-07-17T23:25:18.650-05:002009-07-17T23:25:18.650-05:00should be "those who pay their bills: "should be "those who pay their bills: "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-78086605121230888542009-07-17T23:23:59.301-05:002009-07-17T23:23:59.301-05:00Do you suppose Montagne will report on this?
&qu...Do you suppose Montagne will report on this?<br /><br /><br />"In November 2001, as many as 2,000 Taliban prisoners are believed to have been killed in container trucks by US-allied Afghan troops and buried in a mass grave in Dasht-e Leili,"<br />http://afghanistan.phrblog.org/get-the-facts/war-crimes-video/<br /><br />the last time NPR reported on this was OVER SIX YEARS AGO.<br /><br />I think what we are really talking about in the case of NPR is not just negligence or incompetence.<br /><br />They are knowingly avoiding covering stories like this because they know it will upset those who pay their corporate sponsors AND the White House.<br /><br />That is highly unethical from a journalistic standpoint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-16354553069552169252009-07-17T14:21:22.250-05:002009-07-17T14:21:22.250-05:00(preface: I recall "them" spinning this ...(preface: I recall "them" spinning this little chestnut one time before yon back for the inimitable Ms Mundane)<br /><br />"Just walk away, Renee"<br />(and STAY THERE! guffaw guffaw)big!pink!zinger!bunny!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-53862263214997612282009-07-17T14:14:29.200-05:002009-07-17T14:14:29.200-05:00Bringing peace and prosperity...of course. How'...<i>Bringing peace and prosperity...of course. How's that for objective journalism?"</i><br /><br />Forget journalism.<br /><br />How's that for an objective for waging war in a foreign land?<br /><br />How do you measure success based on such a nebulous objective?<br /><br />How do you know when you have achieved your "goal"?<br /><br />1% growth in GDP/ 4% GDP? 2? 5?<br />10% decrease in violence? 20? 5?<br /><br />What ever happened to the lesson our government supposedly learned in Vietnam?: never get involved in another war in a foreign land without clearly defined objectives.<br /><br />It's not just NPR, of course.<br /><br />Obama and the rest have no clear objective in sending more troops to Afghanistan.<br /><br />"To kill terrorists' is about as well defined as "to bring peace and prosperity" to the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com