Tag Archives: NPR

Oops, I got my mad kings mixed up

Posted on July 6, 2026 by oddmanout215

It was too hot to exercise, so I nodded out with NPR on the radio. When I woke, the network’s hosts and reporters were reading from a list of grievances: He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for … Continue reading →

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For news without context, tune into NPR

Posted on May 16, 2018 by oddmanout215

Do not report on Kushner in the Middle East without mentioning his family's West Bank settlement investments, his family's long-time ties to Netanyahu, and his many infractions as an amorphous "advisor", ranging from lying on security forms to the probable … Continue reading →

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Tweedledum, Tweedledee spar on NPR

Posted on March 16, 2014 by oddmanout215

My friend Swamp Rabbit and I get a kick out of Republicans who complain of National Public Radio’s “liberal bias,” a strange charge given the fact that NPR rarely veers from the “he said/she said” style of reporting and commentary, … Continue reading →

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Ex-NRP reporter owns up to ‘colluding’

Posted on August 23, 2012 by oddmanout215

Newsflash: Reporting on Congress is like participating in the theater of the absurd. So why wait until you’re no longer covering D.C. to give us your honest opinion of the job? From Truthdig: Andrea Seabrook left NPR this summer to … Continue reading →

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NPR’s new goal — be ‘fair to the truth’

Posted on March 1, 2012 by oddmanout215

A new ethics handbook released by National Public Radio would seem to indicate the network is reacting in a positive way to persistent criticism of its “he said, she said” approach to the news. According to Jay Rosen of PressThink, … Continue reading →

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NPR probes bank’s gift to NYPD (I kid you, NPR)

Posted on October 2, 2011 by oddmanout215

This just in from a National Public Radio investigation sparked by a post on JP Morgan Chase’s website: JPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the … Continue reading →

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