drive time this am on npr....newt fucking gingrich

[spanone]

damn near ruined my good obama day

swearing off.....

[Uben]

1. Neutered Gingrich?

That asswipe is a "has been". Why anyone would want to listen to that lying piece of shit is beyond me. When you lie, and get caught in it, it takes more than a few years for people to forget. He carried the water for those who tore down our country. He is complicit. A failure of monumental proportion. Scum.

[spanone]

2. why they give him air time is beyond me....especially this week

[Uben]

4. I guess the skinheads need someone to listen to

They can have him!

[bushmeister0]

3. God, I know. They interviewed Norm Ornstein on, get this, post partisanship!

That's rich!

Is there some law that says NPR has to have at least one scheister from the AEI every time they mention a liberal? It's not like they've got Tom DeLay breating down their necks anymore. The AEI, along with all the other neocon homunculi, they've been foisting on us for the past eight years have been totally discredited. William Kristal is always wrong. David Brooks is a moron, why are these people still getting airtime on our public radio?

[spanone]

5. i wasn't about to let gingrich ruin my obama week......!!!!

[Sal Minella]

6. My question has just become, why am I still sending money to public radio?

On a tiny income, I am sending money every month to public radio stations in two states -- hearing the Great Gasbag on NPR this morning made me think I should just save my money and watch Faux "News" instead.

[bushmeister0]

7. At least with Faux, you know what you're getting, They make no pretence.

NPR acts like they're "fair and balanced" but they always have these right wing hacks on who they consider "experts." And they always have to have one on when they have an interview with a "liberal," for balance, you understand. Not necessarliy always the other way around, though.

TOTN can have some freak like John Fund on, spouting the most outrageous BS, and whenever a caller takes him task that caller is hung up on and then right winger -- fill in the blank -- get's to filabuster for another 10 minutes, never challanged by the host.

Not that this sort of thing is new. Here's a LTTE I wrote to Morning Edition (one of many, sometimes every hour) I worte to them about their coverage of the funeral of Ronney Raygun.

To Morning Edition:
June 7 2004

Dear NPR-- At the top of this hour's news, it seems to me I heard only four references to HIS most holy, meteoric, divine present, Ronald Wilson Reagan. Not good enough. If you don't want a boycott launched against you, I would suggest dropping the Iraq crap and just going straight to the news on Ronald Wilson Reagan. Here are several other things you can do to make those who are mourning, MOURNING, the loss of the Gipper a little happier and less likely to write more angry letters. ---NPR should immediately change its name to RWRR. (Ronald Wilson Reagan Radio) ---RWRR should immediately call for John Kerry to suspend his campaign until after president Bush has won the election in honor of Ronald Wilson Reagan. ---All references to the fact that Ronald (6) Wilson (6) Reagan (6) is 666 will end this minute. ---And RWRR should make it abundantly clear to the listening public that the greatest president from the greatest generation was right when he said, "80 percent of air pollution comes not from chimneys and auto exhaust pipes, but from plants and trees." Thank you for your time Sincerely, someone who loves the former president P.S. change your e-mail address to [e-mail]

[lonestarnot]

8. NPR has a corrupted program. I hope they remove and reinstall!

[bertman]

9. I stopped sending my money two years ago. Which is sad because our local affiliates

have some excellent programming.

During the runup to the Iraq War I was so furious that I emailed the ombudsperson at NPR asking them why they were spouting BushCo propaganda without even mentioning the opposition to the war. Never got a response.

Then, after Kerry lost, NPR acted as if all was just hunky dory with out elections process--no voting machine problems, no questioning of the no-paper-trail voting process.

The reason we're seeing this is the corporate sponsors and the reich-wing pressure from our ultra-fascist Congress critters.

Occasionally they'll surprise me with something that is not just more corporate propaganda, but not often enough to warrant funding them.