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Honeycombe8

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3. It sounds like they did. It's up to viewers to look up the organizations...
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 08:40 AM
Sep 2012

to see what it's about. Hosts can't go on and on about backgrounds of the various organizations. Also, you get into a discussion about whether the determination of political slant is accurate at any given time.

Someone can work for the NYT, for example, but be a conservative.

Viewers have to use their own brains and Google skills at some point.

been happening for years, and steams me too. Diane Rehn's show is often stacked with righties - NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 #1
Last month a caller called Rehm out for having an AEI guy on yet once again, without Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #35
NPR is... sendero Sep 2012 #2
and don't get me started on Neal Conan..... a kennedy Sep 2012 #6
I'm outta the loop. Could this be the same "Neal Conan" that broke in w. Pacifica ( WBAI)... Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #8
I'm not sure about him at WBAI.... a kennedy Sep 2012 #41
Lined up my reply wrong. Please check post #42. n/t Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #43
Gotta be the same guy. A lot of them went into "public radio." And the demographics line up... Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #42
It sounds like they did. It's up to viewers to look up the organizations... Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #3
why not? Doctor_J Sep 2012 #10
That's YOUR opinion, for one thing. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #13
MUAHAHAHA Doctor_J Sep 2012 #19
Let me simplify it for you. I didn't realize some posters would not be able to follow Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #26
So, in your view, if the analyst is in fact being paid to promote a particular POV re. a .... Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #30
No one with a brain doesn't understand that NPR is far right in its slant Doctor_J Sep 2012 #4
Thanks. Not everyone can listen 24 hrs per day. Jobs and child-rearing and life get in the way. Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #7
they don't have any journalistic ethics. Doctor_J Sep 2012 #9
I find NPR to be neutral. Right wingnuts think it's a liberal tool, and progressives think Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #14
Maybe they used to be........... Amaril Sep 2012 #18
Wingnuts think every news outlet is a liberal tool Doctor_J Sep 2012 #20
I've listened to NPR for years and watch public television for years. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #25
Surely even you can discern between entertainment shows and "news" shows Doctor_J Sep 2012 #31
Are there any more RW fallacies you'd like to put forward here? Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #23
That is an offensive, juvenile response to an articulate, sincere opinion post. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #24
and you have posted right-wing talking points throughout this thread Doctor_J Sep 2012 #32
LOL! You're so funny... Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #38
I await your post listing the conservative programs it airs. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #28
This whole thread began with irrefutable evidence that NPR presses Republican propaganda Doctor_J Sep 2012 #33
So let's see if I get your point; If it's not Faux Nuz, it's not right-wing claptrap. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #39
Du rec. Nt xchrom Sep 2012 #5
NPR has been RW for years now. It's like CNN only more staid. nt valerief Sep 2012 #11
I think NPR and CNN, both, are neutral. A study has shown CNN to be the most neutral Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #15
"A study" Doctor_J Sep 2012 #21
Ironically OTM tackled this issue last week... MinM Sep 2012 #12
PBS NewsHour Falls Into “Balance” Trap MinM Sep 2012 #16
The Repuke media whores don't even pretend to aim for the truth Doctor_J Sep 2012 #22
I gave up on Neutered Poodle Radio in 1999 central scrutinizer Sep 2012 #17
NPR seems to love RW think tanks. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #27
I guess Garrison Keillor has taken it over! Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #29
I think identifying their guests' home institutions is good enough. aikoaiko Sep 2012 #34
Geez, MadHound Sep 2012 #36
Is this the show? sl8 Sep 2012 #37
It is. Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #40
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