Re: Tony Hendra on NPR

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just read in the current issue of the PROGRESSIVE (Ruth Coniff's
column) that in his book (the MAN FROM HOPE??), Barach Obama sees NPR
as the left-wing equivalent of Rush Limbaugh.

they must be doing something right.

On 5/31/07, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> NPR has prided itself as being the New York TIMES/Washington POST of
> the airwaves for a long time, so this story isn't very surprising.
> Further, there has been a lot of right-wing political pressure on it,
> along with a growing reliance on commercial advertising.
>
> On 5/30/07, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 5/30/07, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-hendra/national-republican-radio_b_49905.html
> >
> > funny! it's amazing how often NPR omits Israel from its stories when
> > there are bad things to tell. For example, a story about nuclear
> > proliferation didn't mention it. Then they played an old Tom Lehrer
> > song which suggested that Egypt was getting the Bomb and that Israel
> > would get it only in self-defense. A nice song, but those are two
> > falsehoods from the perspective of 2007.
> > --
> > Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your
> > own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
> >
>
>
> --
> Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your
> own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.


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Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your
own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.