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Thu Oct-21-10 04:27 PM
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| 46. LOL, how true, how true. |
| -Right declares war on NPR |
hedgehog |
Oct-21-10 01:44 PM |
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They've managed to piss off both the left and the right |
slackmaster |
Oct-21-10 01:47 PM |
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Not really. They've been a right-wing mouthpiece for years, all after the rightist Congress |
Judi Lynn |
Oct-21-10 02:54 PM |
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WOW! I listen quite regularly... |
SkyDaddy7 |
Oct-21-10 03:22 PM |
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Agreed. I listen regularly as well, and don't get the hate at all. |
Greyskye |
Oct-21-10 03:35 PM |
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Can't speak to NPR because I've tuned in so rarely and almost immediately |
defendandprotect |
Oct-21-10 11:18 PM |
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I quit listening to NPR |
Enthusiast |
Oct-21-10 05:20 PM |
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+1 What the r's really don't like is NPR's educational value |
wordpix |
Oct-23-10 10:37 AM |
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Try Democracy Now for a taste of what isn't getting reported by NPR... |
sfwriter |
Oct-23-10 06:17 PM |
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BBC World Service for one... |
ProudDad |
Oct-23-10 09:51 PM |
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"They've been a right-wing mouthpiece for years;" |
greiner3 |
Oct-21-10 03:37 PM |
#36 |
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All Things Ignored, |
ProudDad |
Oct-23-10 09:57 PM |
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I remember this... |
silverlib |
Oct-21-10 03:50 PM |
#37 |
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I'll agree with that |
DBoon |
Oct-21-10 03:53 PM |
#39 |
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Check out the BBC World Service... |
ProudDad |
Oct-23-10 09:59 PM |
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I realized it in 2000 when they really came out of the closet for Bush. |
glitch |
Oct-21-10 03:54 PM |
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Yes. |
PassingFair |
Oct-22-10 07:12 AM |
#89 |
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Wrong |
Mudoria |
Oct-21-10 04:13 PM |
#45 |
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Watchdog Group Report: Most NPR Sources are Conservative |
Judi Lynn |
Oct-21-10 04:31 PM |
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For balance, the NPR rebuttal to this 7-8 year old data: |
Greyskye |
Oct-21-10 04:46 PM |
#49 |
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This exactly the time I must use for other purposes, like starting dinner. |
Judi Lynn |
Oct-21-10 05:08 PM |
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'04 That's timely! |
Plucketeer |
Oct-21-10 05:11 PM |
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You add a lot, don't you? Unaware that around dinner time, some DU'ers |
Judi Lynn |
Oct-21-10 07:59 PM |
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If you're going to focus strictly on what you want to, ... |
Plucketeer |
Oct-22-10 12:18 PM |
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+1 |
No Elephants |
Oct-22-10 01:22 PM |
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You must be way out in left field if you think they are RW |
Ter |
Oct-22-10 02:19 PM |
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In other news |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-21-10 01:47 PM |
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Good, I don't want to here Huckabee or any right wing nut case on NPR |
county worker |
Oct-21-10 01:51 PM |
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My thoughts exactly. |
Flipper999 |
Oct-21-10 03:05 PM |
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Poor Suckabee. Facts have a liberal bias and he just can't handle it |
Roland99 |
Oct-21-10 01:53 PM |
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Shrub tried his best |
Rambis |
Oct-21-10 01:54 PM |
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NPR is taking a load of shit over this - |
hedgehog |
Oct-21-10 02:02 PM |
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I'm strongly considering it even though they piss me off regularly with their teabag coverage |
Iris |
Oct-21-10 04:04 PM |
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"...urged Congress to cut NPR’s funding" |
KansDem |
Oct-21-10 02:04 PM |
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Well I mean after all you can't have a news station that leans to the left |
Bitwit1234 |
Oct-21-10 02:04 PM |
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Damn straight. Palin works for them too. |
Turborama |
Oct-21-10 02:37 PM |
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It doesn't lean to the Left. The entire directing board and nearly every |
Lorien |
Oct-23-10 11:38 PM |
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NPR doesn't receive direct federal funding |
1gobluedem |
Oct-21-10 02:04 PM |
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I believe they get like 7% or so |
Wickerman |
Oct-21-10 02:05 PM |
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actually, according to their page its less than 2% direct Fed support |
Wickerman |
Oct-21-10 02:10 PM |
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They piss off the left because they are relentlessly pro-corporate |
ProudDad |
Oct-21-10 02:07 PM |
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In this household we've taken to calling them |
HillWilliam |
Oct-21-10 02:26 PM |
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We like the term National Petroleum Radio |
ProudDad |
Oct-21-10 03:54 PM |
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Agreed... |
Iowa |
Oct-21-10 02:38 PM |
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Agree ... nice summation -- :) |
defendandprotect |
Oct-21-10 11:22 PM |
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NPR is NOT the entirety of "public media" |
ProudDad |
Oct-21-10 02:09 PM |
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count on Juan williams to move further right, |
karnac |
Oct-21-10 02:10 PM |
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I think his comments suggested that any Muslim who dresses |
hedgehog |
Oct-21-10 02:19 PM |
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NO! he merely stated it made him nervous. On honest statement. |
karnac |
Oct-21-10 02:33 PM |
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He didn't qualify it by saying his nervousness wasn't justified. |
Turborama |
Oct-21-10 02:39 PM |
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he went on to say; quoting would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad: |
hedgehog |
Oct-21-10 02:51 PM |
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So, he *justified* his "nervousness" by further defining his Islamophobia, then. |
Turborama |
Oct-21-10 02:59 PM |
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Kind of like anyone with an Oakland Raiders cap |
ProudDad |
Oct-23-10 10:00 PM |
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Cute story. Doesn't scale up to what Juan Williams said, though. |
Demit |
Oct-21-10 07:45 PM |
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He is entitled to his PRIVATE opinion. As an on-air personality his PUBLIC opinion is subject to the |
Thor_MN |
Oct-21-10 09:38 PM |
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Why did you misstate Williams' words? |
No Elephants |
Oct-22-10 01:46 PM |
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When did he defend "peaceful muslims to the hilt (sic)"? BTW He was fired for going on Faux |
Turborama |
Oct-21-10 02:45 PM |
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Dobbs said on TV today that Williams has been going on Fox for 10 years. |
No Elephants |
Oct-22-10 01:36 PM |
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Of course he should have been fired for "just showing up in Fox". |
Tesha |
Oct-22-10 07:04 AM |
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Fox is so fucked up....... |
Grassy Knoll |
Oct-21-10 02:12 PM |
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Williams is no liberal, token or otherwise |
No Elephants |
Oct-22-10 01:53 PM |
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the 'right' defends ignorance |
bowens43 |
Oct-21-10 02:21 PM |
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Not so fast, "Right"--you haven't paid for Bush's two bogus wars. |
KansDem |
Oct-21-10 02:25 PM |
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Another hoot is that today I've come across a few supposed Liberals who agree with Huckabee & Palin |
Turborama |
Oct-21-10 02:31 PM |
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I say "Bring It, Bitches!!!"... too bad NPR won't say it. n/t |
stlsaxman |
Oct-21-10 02:37 PM |
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NPR, PBS and their state affiliates all have former BUSH/CHENEY criminals and traitors as "experts" |
bobthedrummer |
Oct-21-10 03:02 PM |
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Dear Bible Spice |
AC_Mem |
Oct-21-10 03:20 PM |
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This is when I wish there was a "like" button. |
silverlib |
Oct-21-10 03:51 PM |
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If your job is being a public figure |
DBoon |
Oct-21-10 03:55 PM |
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Who ISN'T the right at war with? |
GETPLANING |
Oct-21-10 03:34 PM |
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LOL, how true, how true. |
harun |
Oct-21-10 04:27 PM |
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The one thing that will doom their campaign is that most right-wingnuts can't spell "NPR" . |
Fly by night |
Oct-21-10 04:06 PM |
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NPR has swerved sharply to the right in recent years. |
EFerrari |
Oct-21-10 05:00 PM |
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They think anything to the left of "Mein Kampf" |
ProudDad |
Oct-23-10 10:02 PM |
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Palin is a hypocrite, she wanted people fired for much less than what Williams said. |
wisteria |
Oct-21-10 04:30 PM |
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Less than 6% of NPR's funding comes from government - federal, state, and local |
Iris |
Oct-21-10 05:08 PM |
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Let me get this straight. |
sulphurdunn |
Oct-21-10 05:15 PM |
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Juan Williams Firing Leads Palin, Huckabee to Call for Defunding NPR |
progressoid |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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Repukes have wanted to defund public radio and television for a lot less |
chelsea0011 |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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'jihadist threat' Oh jesus Sary yer killing me here |
rurallib |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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So because of his discrimination against Muslims the |
Bitwit1234 |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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HIlarious. NPR was captured under BushCo. |
EFerrari |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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Calling all wingnutz! |
Cirque du So-What |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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Sarah - 3 clicks on the NPR website & you would see that they get less than 6% of their funding from |
Iris |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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These people |
Iliyah |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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They are too dumb to be embarrased by their dumbness. |
Iris |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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Someone has to explain to her how to turn the computer on! |
bullwinkle428 |
Oct-21-10 10:08 PM |
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Over 35 years or so, they've gotten a hell of a kicking around by GOP..... |
defendandprotect |
Oct-21-10 11:26 PM |
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If NPR actually went to being mostly listener-sponsored, it would immediately do... |
Tesha |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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Agree -- and wondering if we should all be thinking about LICENSES for TV/radio .... |
defendandprotect |
Oct-21-10 11:27 PM |
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They are IDIOTS!!!! Do they think the taxpayers fund NPR? |
Zen Democrat |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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Did you see . . . |
bainz |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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What information? The info I posted that says less than 6% of NPR's funding comes from taxes? |
Iris |
Oct-22-10 06:12 PM |
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Clearly not. If they did, they would have heard a long time ago how much money actually comes from |
Iris |
Oct-22-10 06:13 PM |
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Go right ahead and defund NPR. |
edbermac |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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ding ding |
indimuse |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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Awesome cartoon! |
Xipe Totec |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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Excellent point! Wow! This needs to go viral! |
Iris |
Oct-22-10 06:14 PM |
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Clang! Clang! Clang! |
mazzarro |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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LOL |
JJ |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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Euww! Just---Eeeuuww! |
Demeter |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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So now they care about the unemployed? |
mikeSchmuckabee |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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The right has been trying to defund NPR for as long as I can |
MineralMan |
Oct-21-10 07:33 PM |
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They've already gone over to the dark side (corporate funding). |
ozone_man |
Oct-21-10 07:54 PM |
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Agree ... |
defendandprotect |
Oct-21-10 11:28 PM |
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Enhanced interrogation techniques |
midnight armadillo |
Oct-21-10 07:39 PM |
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Corp for Public Broadcasting is a PRIVATE corp GOP put in charge of PBS... |
defendandprotect |
Oct-21-10 10:45 PM |
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This must mean they want Helen back! |
randr |
Oct-22-10 10:36 AM |
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It's NPR!!! |
windowpilot |
Oct-22-10 11:10 AM |
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Yep, the right-wingers obviously have their new marching orders. |
toddwv |
Oct-22-10 01:18 PM |
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Fine, give him his job back with a big pay cut. |
louis-t |
Oct-22-10 05:30 PM |
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moved by author |
Bragi |
Oct-22-10 06:22 PM |
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NPR quit leaning liberal years ago when their federal funding got slashed. |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-22-10 11:35 PM |
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So does that make Mara LIEasson a double agent? |
KamaAina |
Oct-23-10 07:33 PM |
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Can you say HELEN THOMAS or RICK SANCHEZ |
sammyscout |
Oct-23-10 11:11 PM |
#113 |
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