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In reply to the discussion: Shouldn't NPR disclose the political slant of people they have on as "objective" analysts? [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)3. It sounds like they did. It's up to viewers to look up the organizations...
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.
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Shouldn't NPR disclose the political slant of people they have on as "objective" analysts? [View all]
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
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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
I'm outta the loop. Could this be the same "Neal Conan" that broke in w. Pacifica ( WBAI)...
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#8
Gotta be the same guy. A lot of them went into "public radio." And the demographics line up...
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#42
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
Thanks. Not everyone can listen 24 hrs per day. Jobs and child-rearing and life get in the way.
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#7
I find NPR to be neutral. Right wingnuts think it's a liberal tool, and progressives think
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#14
That is an offensive, juvenile response to an articulate, sincere opinion post.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#24
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
I think NPR and CNN, both, are neutral. A study has shown CNN to be the most neutral
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#15